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What:
Cassette From My Ex: Stories and Soundtracks of Lost Loves Who:
Jason Bitner (co-creator of FOUND Magazine)
Where:
Ariel Books or online here
How much:
$36.95
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| | Mixtapes were, without a doubt, the best thing about the 20th Century. The Theory of Relativity, Cornflakes, Penicillin, teabags, sporks, velcro, crayons and the frisbee were all quite impressive inventions, but I'm sure you'll agree there's a clear winner here.
Where was the frisbee when you were clumsily trying to hammer your angsty teenage feelings into a shape another person might understand, hmmm? Where was Einstein when your 'soulmate' dumped you for that dude with the hair? Did Penicillin save you when you were so sick with love you sang 'The End of the Road' 17 times on a deserted beach? No. Mixtapes did. | | 90 minutes spent pondering how best to arrange 22 songs that express the inexpressible and you're pretty much cured of whatever ails you. And receiving a mix tape? Feels better than that time you punched a cone and accidently vomited everywhere but Crushy McCrushface still wanted to mack with you.
A couple of pages of Cassette From My Ex and you'll see it's a global phenomenon. Also, the geniuses behind it have rebirthed a bunch of other peoples' mixtapes so you can listen to them online! Voyeurism at its best. By Alice Fenton | | | | | | | 
What:
Darren Sylvester
Who:
Darren Sylvester
Where:
Album launch at GOODGOD, 55 Liverpool St, City
Thurs Feb 11, 8pm On:
Unstable Ape / Remote Control / Inertia
Myspace:
www.myspace.com/darrensylvesterband
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| | If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, Melbournite Darren Sylvester's heroes should be tickled pink.
As a visual artist, Sylvester took this saying to ridiculous, ludicrous extremes: perfectly re-enacting music videos by David Bowie and Kate Bush; re-building from scratch a classic, now defunct drum machine used by New Order; even constructing an elaborate stage set recreation of the Carpenters' backyard garden!
| | Yet while his gallery exhibits are recreated by rote, his debut embodies rather than apes, and is far more original than many of his peers. Sure, it sounds like certain classic iconoclasts; David Bowie, T. Rex, Don Lennon or a variety of 80s soft rock singer songwriters. But it inhabits its own space.
Sylvester has song-writing chops, and it shows. A strong debut from a promising voice who's refreshingly unafraid to fan out. Like they said, the geeks shall inherit the earth. By Wilfred Brandt | | | | | | | 
What:
The Arcade Project
Where:
Gaffa Gallery, 281 Clarence St, Sydney
When:
Opens Thur 11 Feb, 6pm
Runs Mon-Fri 11am-6pm, Sat 11am-5pm
How much:
Free entry Image:
Courtesy of Gaffa Gallery View map
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| | There are only so many discordant renditions of 'Achy Breaky Heart' that even the most persevering of souls can endure. So after sharing a home for three years with the infamous, and slightly bedraggled, Ding Dong Dang karaoke parlour, innovative art space Gaffa has moved to the big end of town. The new premises on Clarence Street in the CBD will house four galleries, Australia's largest jewellery studio, an industrial design project space and a café, spread over three levels in a 19th Century police station. In conjunction with its inaugural exhibition FIDELITY, Gaffa will launch The Arcade Project, a revolving series of pop-up shops/installations (which are actually former holding cells). Here emerging designers will have the chance to showcase their work in a shop context for a three-month block. | | First up will be the industrial expressions of Emma Elizabeth, Vert Design will flaunt their ability to fuse the technical and the beautiful and stylist duo bams & ted will present a fictional offering of objects from the non-fictional tale Picnic at Hanging Rock. The transformation of a building once used to police and penalise those on the margins of society into a space that celebrates creativity is a remarkable feat in itself but also serves as a valuable resource to chart the continual evolution of the urban landscape By Michael Walker | | | | | | | 
What:
Max Creasy, Emidio Puglielli, Roberta Thornley, Naomi White
Where:
Stills Gallery, 36 Gosbell St, Paddington
When:
Runs until Mar 6. Gallery open Tues - Sat, 11am - 6pm
How much:
Free Image:
Max Creasy View map
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| | If your eye has ever caught a glint of sun refracting off a water glass on your desk (or you've ever read Mike Mills' essay on 'light' for Cosmic Wonder Free Press), then you'll know the enigmatic aura objects can expel. Four emerging artists exercise their powers in constructing and capturing the atmospheres of objects via photography.
Meditating on the beauty of paused moments, Max Creasy's layered worlds hold a curious motive - to induce an illusion of his process. His objects are plaster cast and arranged, the light and shadows are hand painted on to the scene, it's photographed, and presented in 2D format - appearing as a painting. Ambiguous and labour-intensive yes, but a refreshing puzzling of the mind. | | Rich with narrative possibilities Roberta Thornley's images of air beds and empty bottles also ask questions. Emidio Puglielli questions how we read an image by converting the photograph to object status. Naomi White recreates public interior scenes assigning new thought and beauty to the junk that makes up old spaces.
So it's really a collection of questions and assembly of objects in unusual places. By Lisa Lerkenfeldt | | | | | | | | | 
What:
The Wolfman
Where:
In cinemas from Feb 11
Watch the trailer:
Here
Win:
Thanks to Universal, we have 5 dbls to give away! To enter, email win@twothousand.com.au with the subject ‘Valentine's night, hold on tight'
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| | This year, Valentine's Day falls on a new moon. But you'd still better watch out for the signs you may be dating a werewolf. Has your Valentine ever been into ripping villagers to shreds? Does he or she do a really good Chewbacca impression? If you look up a book called Lycanthropy and flip to chapter two, "Ancient Gypsy Lore", do you see a woodcut of your Valentine with a furry head and no pants?
The Wolfman is Universal's homage to its own classic 1941 monster flick. This time, Oscar-winning actors Anthony Hopkins and Benicio Del Toro lope about the misty moors as father-and-son werewolves Sir John and Lawrence Talbot. Emily Blunt is Gwen, the fiancée of Lawrence's missing brother Ben. Meanwhile, Hugo Weaving plays Scotland Yard's Inspector Aberline as a cross between Agent Smith and Elrond. | | It's supremely silly panto fodder, full of yawning plot holes (what's the link between gypsies and werewolves? Was Lawrence's mum a gypsy? Is Sir John meant to be Welsh? Does Gwen own an antiques shop?). But it's unexpectedly gory, builds a wonderfully creepy gothic atmosphere, and best of all, it resists campy in-jokes. A date movie to sink your teeth into! By Mel Campbell | | | | | | | 
What:
Make A Plate
Where:
Online here or amazon
When:
Yesteryear
How much:
$14.95 + shipping
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| | As it's likely you experimented with melamine Make A Plates like me at age five. Take your mind back, way back. It went a little something like this: Take your circular paper sheet; consider the potential opus; doodle with the provided pens until you're pleased as spiked punch; enshrine your illustrated vision by baking it; realise you've forgotten your mum in your family portrait; eat off it for 10 years.
Like a wallflower, completed custom plates wait for your engagement. In the instance of home celebration, we suggest setting the table naked (no plates) and serving the plates full of food. Watch your invited studies accomplish their dinner with almost musical progression as the home illustrated narratives appear. | | Doodling need not be a disposable pleasure just as the plate need not sacrifice image for function. Make A Plate takes dining to a new edge and pays homage to crap craft and illustration unabridged, because it's the thought that counts. By Lisa Lerkenfeldt | | | | | | | | | 
What:
Eau De Vie
Where:
229 Darlinghurst Rd, Darlinghurst
When:
Mon-Sun, 6pm-1am
How much:
Cocktails from $16.50
Bar menu from $5
Contact:
0422 263 226 View map
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| | Eau De Vie has had some top billing this week, most of which has highlighted its speakeasy style. While in Chicago, as most tourists do, I drank at the Green Mill, putatively Al Capone's favourite speakeasy during Prohibition. Here, you paid the doorman, made sure you shut up during the band, and didn't stray far from whiskey, gin or Guinness - legacy traditions from a bygone era. Contemporary Darlinghurst doesn't require such gruffness, but what Eau De Vie can't have in bootlegging romance, it makes up for in quiet sophistication. | | The small bar, comprised currently of only a single room, displays restrained decadence, except for the lavishness of its liquor stock. The selection is a thing of beauty, and the staff know what to do with it. Where typically a cocktail bar will put twists on the classics, Eau De Vie offers some clever innovation on its list - a tea-based Hendricks concoction served in a long-stemmed china cup, for example. Engage the convivial hosts and they'll find the right choice for you.
The place isn't even finished yet - an expanded menu and a back room are on the way - but the deservedly gushing coverage will ensure it packs out. Grab a date and get in before they have to start waving people away.
By Alex Vitlin | | | | | | | 
What:
Archery
Where:
Archery Centre, Bennelong Pkwy, Sydney Olympic Park
When:
Tues-Sat, 10am-4pm
How much:
Come 'N' Try - $20, full price list here View map
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| | I decided that this year would be the year that I increased my skill base. Though there will be no courses in Excel or InDesign for me. No nunchuck skills or computer hacking skills either. Instead, I will be learning archery.
A chance encounter with the Archery Centre while on a job out at Sydney Olympic Park awakened in me a sudden urge to shoot things, not necessarily living things, but things all the same. | | It is an amazing exchange of energy, as you draw the bowstring back firmly, hold, aim, then release. The arrow flies forth, and with a dull thwack, pierces the target. This simple procedure, this kinetic gesture, elicits a fantastically primal and basic response. A response that easily surpasses any kind that may arise from mastering Excel.
And folks, just in case you need any more encouragement to pick up the bow and arrow, I leave you with Bryan Adams' ‘Everything I Do'. By Douglas Lance Gibson | | | | | | | | | | What:
Birushanah
Where:
Dirty Shirlows, 32 Shirlow St, Marrickville
When:
Fri Feb 12, 8pm
How much:
$10 | | Description:
Japanese people will NEVER stop being the coolest people ever. EVER. Birushana are the evidence. Listening to their song Jyodo is like having someone delicately pull you by your ear into a cosmic spiral of traditional Japanese sounds and haunts, with every clap so impeccably timed. In contrast, Akai Yami takes slow, deep bong-ripping rips from obvious bands like Sabbath and Electric Wizard. And then you hear Jintekiyokyu, and you're completely sold. Think Metallica, circa Master of Puppets, with Slayer's vocals if they were Japanese and way more down for sludge and heavy bongs. You'll literally die if you miss this. - HM | | | What:
Good Vibrations
Where:
Centennial Parklands, cnr Parkes Dr & Grand Dr, Centennial Park
When:
Sat Feb 13, 12pm-10pm
How much:
Sold out, but you can win below!
Win:
A dbl pass. To enter, email win@twothousand.com.au with the subject 'Peace to Baby Phife, Q-Tip, Ali Shaheed' Don't forget to include your full name and date of birth. View map | | Description:
If, like me, you were busy napping, dribbling and learning to tie your shoes in the early 90s, chances are you missed some choice hip hop. Conveniently, a musical time warp is going down this weekend at Good Vibrations for those not too munted to miss it. Aside from some super fly indie acts like Art vs Science and Friendly Fires, along with quality mash-ups from Z-Trip, some rap royalty will be in attendance. Busta Rhymes will be busting rhymes, Salt-N-Pepa will be talking about sex baby and Naughty By Nature will have come there to party, so throw your hands up everybody, let's celebrate (it's a party goin' on). - JB | | | What:
Lover Jumble Sale
Where:
Paddington RSL (upstairs, all ages), 220-323 Oxford St, Paddington
When:
Sat Feb 13, 9am-5pm
How much:
Up to 75% off
Win:
One of two $100 vouchers. To enter, email win@twothousand.com.au with the subject 'Hello, I love you' | | Description:
Hi, I almost peed my pants when I found out about the Lover Jumble Sale. They've got samples and bits and pieces on sale, but also things from their Sacred Hearts College and White Moon Rising collections. At up to 75% off! Weee! Even their good-bum-and-boob swimmers are on sale. Tell your friends in Melbs and Brissy, too, because the sale is on tour. Fresh stock for every city! Weee! - HM | | | What:
RZA
Where:
Metro Theatre, 624 George St, City
When:
Sun Feb 14, 8.30pm
How much:
$52.80 + BF here View map | | Description:
Don't be disappointed this Valentine's Day. Spend the evening with a nice young man who promises to bring da muthafuckin' ruckus. The RZA, Wu-Tang Clan's de facto point man, is in town bringing flowers, candy and phat beats. Hailed as the uniting force behind that acclaimed hip hop hurricane, The RZA's signature loops and martial arts samples put the clan on the map. Shame on a nigguh who doesn't spend V-day with the RZA. - JB | | | What:
My Disco 12" Single Launch
Where:
OAF, 38-46 Oxford St, Darlinghurst
When:
Fri Feb 12, 8pm
How much:
$18 + BF here | | Description:
Melbourne's My Disco have a new single, Young. It's epic in length (10.50!) and feels the effects of a German minimalist influence, which is quite the opposite to most of our own misspent youths, which were short and under the influence of Australian maximalism. Come celebrate either way, with its launch, and further cosmic jams from Qua and New War. - CB | | | What:
New York, I Love You
Where:
Moonlight Cinema, Belvedere Amphitheatre, Centennial Park, cnr Loch Ave & Broome Ave, Paddington
When:
Sun Feb 14, 8.35pm
How much:
$15/$13 here
Win:
A dbl pass. To enter, email win@twothousand.com.au with the subject 'I (heart) NY T-shirts suck' | | Description:
Finding love in a city as chaotic as New York sounds nearly impossible, right? Let's face it, navigating Central Park and developing that skill of knowing which way is uptown and which way is downtown is hard enough. New York, I Love You is a collection of eleven short films, each of which tells a story about finding love in each of the five boroughs. The film opens late April, but Moonlight Cinema are doing a special little romance screening on the day of lurrrrve, and we've got a double pass to giveaway. Go on, woo us. - HM | | | | | | | | | 
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| | In a lot of ways the Playground Weekender is more like a cruise ship than a festival. You leave Sydney, jump on a floating vessel, and before you know it, BAM! BAM! BAM! Entertainment and luxuries from all sides! Feel like a daiquiri? This way to the cocktail bar! A spot of lolling in the sun? Head to the 'healing riverside area' or the swimming pool. Cabaret? Yoga? Somewhere to buy silly dress-ups? They've got it covered, and then some. Oh, and there's music too. Six stages of it, with an eclectic mix of artists from Lupe Fiasco and Blue Juice to The Brian Jonestown Massacre and OK Go.
Now, because the captains of this ship (which is actually an island on the Hawksbury River) are dashing and want to to have the best time possible, they've given us an ENORMOUS prize pack to give away. It includes:
- a 4 Day Camping Ticket (worth $420!)
- A bottle of Pinot at a posh Wine Bar
- 2 x Cocktails of choice overlooking the Hawksburry River
- Dinner for two
- Fancy Dress Hire for two
To enter, just answer the following question:
| | This week's question:
Make mine a
a) daiquiri
b) margarita
c) yoga class
d) drunk man in a robot suit
Send your answer and mailing address to win@twothousand.com.au. Winners will be notified by email. Subscriber only entry! Not a subscriber? | | | | | | | 
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