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What:
Changing My Mind - Occasional Essays Who:
Zadie Smith Where:
Good bookstores or online here
How much:
$38.95
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| | Call me lowbrow, but it's not often that I get a hankering to read essays. I just don't have the discipline. About 500 words in I'll start getting restless. Around the 1000 word mark I'll decide I need tea. Then conveniently, on my way back from the kitchen, I'll come across something that I simply must read RIGHT NOW, like the instructions for my blender or a week old newspaper, and it's all over. I have no idea how I made it through university.
Despite this, I bought Zadie's book of essays recently, because I think she's ace. Yes, she's precocious and annoyingly attractive and it's fashionable to pretend you don't like her, but shut up because you totally do, or at least you will once you've read this book. With her entirely natural enthusiasm, she makes essays engrossing and enjoyable - the way they should be. | | Thoughtful but not pompous, agile but not glib, witty but not cruel, Changing My Mind combines literary criticism - mostly first published in The New York Review of Books and The Guardian - with memoir, writerly advice, reportage, and a season's worth of pithy film reviews.
Five essays in I'm still going strong, and if I can do it you can too. By Alice Fenton | | | | | | | 
What:
Hornets Nest & Christmas Worms Quest For Fresh Apples Double-A Side Single Launch
Who:
Danimals
Where:
Spectrum, 34 Oxford St, Darlinghurst
When:
Fri Jan 15, 8pm
On:
Speak n Spell Win:
A double pass. To enter email win@twothousand.com.au with the subject line 'Begone New Year' View map
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| | We're all back in Sydney and thank God all that holiday crap is over with. You know how you can celebrate? Danimals!
One of the most exciting Aussie acts around, Danimals make music that twists, turns and sputters with life. They kinda sound like Flying Lotus making beats for Animal Collective (and their antecedent Beach Boys), with playful melodies, lo-fi, shambling production and a sunny disposition. | | But while their sound echoes other maestros, and key members have had previous musical fame, Danimals are truly on their own trip. I'm obviously not the only one who likes what they do; they just returned from time spent in NYC working with Mark Ronson, Santigold and Sean Lennon.
See Danimals live this Friday at Spectrum launching their new double-A side single, along with Fashion Launches Rocket Launches. And when you see your mates there, be grateful that you can officially stop saying "Happy New Year". By Wilfred Brandt | | | | | | | 
What:
Sunrise Nursery
Where:
193 Princes Hwy, Helensburgh
When:
Mon-Sun, 9am-5pm
How much:
Peace Lily $12.95
Contact:
4294 1307
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| | Living things improve the home. Unfortunately they have to be well looked after, which for me, cancels out the idea of having living things like children, axolotls, and galapagos turtles. However plants are a cinch; just water, trim and spin for optimal sunlight. Buying them can sometimes be a little confusing though (much like buying a child), so it's nice to have experts at hand to help you pick the perfect petunia.
Sunrise is the Bethesda of nurseries. It has been sowing, nurturing and watching its small seeds leave with new families since 1959. Set out over four acres, there is room for everything from the sub-tropical to the deciduous. There is also an impressive glasshouse where you can find all the little darlings who prefer life indoors.
| | Whether you're looking for a f*ck-off Bungalow Palm, or just something edible, Sunrise has it and an all-terrain trolley to push it 'round on. And, if you're not into the circus of five new children, bouncing around on your back seat, the Sunrise delivery van goes to most parts of Sydney and the South Coast. There's literally no excuse. By Hayley Morgan | | | | | | | 
What:
Arts Mobile Sydney - Please DO touch the art
Who:
Tom Phillipson, Sandra Veljanovski, Jonathan James, Julie Doye, Joe Angert-Quilter, Daniel Malecki, MamaDada, Ivi Olszewska, Sandra Veljanovski
Where:
Wynyard Park & Station When:
Thurs Jan 14 (today!), 4pm-7pm
How much:
Free
Image:
Mamma Dada by Alex Wisser. Watch this space for documentation of the event
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| | Like any good secret, Arts Mobile Sydney is enigmatic to the point of frustration, or it was until yesterday. Like any good journalist, I retrieved you the guts of this secret militantly. If only I'd waited until today, when the heads spilled the juice themselves. So, what we know is this. This is a civic tickling of interactive entertainment requiring your intervention. Ten artists will deliver executions into the public domain. You will encounter them on your daily routine. Hoping to impress upon and engage citizens outside of the art system and the gallery, they will involve you to varied capacities. You will be able to help build the artworks and take some home for free. | | Wrap your nog around the reality that you may or may not be slipped a love note, an eyeball or a one-minute portrait of your face. Dance with motion graphics or leave a filmed message for a person waiting in the bus queue behind you, all before you reach your doormat tonight.
Tread lightly. By Lisa Lerkenfeldt |  | | | | | | | 
What:
Cremaster Cycle and Drawing Restraint 9
Where:
Chauvel Cinema, Paddington Town Hall, Cnr Oxford St & Oatley Rd, Paddington
When:
Cremaster Cycle: Fri Jan 15 - Fri Jan 29, see here for details
Drawing Restraint 9: Fri Feb 5, 8.30pm
How much:
$17/$13.50
Win:
Thanks to The Chauvel, we have 5 dbls to Cremaster 1 and 2 on Fri Jan 15 to give away! To enter, email win@twothousand.com.au with the subject line 'get in the womb, haters' View map
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| | Only a Yale graduate, ex-jock could make a movie loosely based around the positioning of the sexual organs during embryonic differentiation. The quintet of films dubbed the Cremaster Cycle by artist Matthew Barney is an audacious piece of cinema that has a tribe of avid fans along with a horde of ardent haters.
In short, Barney uses the aforementioned stages of embryonic differentiation as a template to guide characters' actions and the film's wider trajectory. Within this micro-cellular environment he explores mythology, history and geography. This in turn creates a dense weave of symbiology (neoglism!) between the five films that even the best code cracker would have difficulty getting their head around. | | Cinematically beautiful, the film stars (amongst others) Norman Mailer, sculptor Richard Serra, and on again off again Slayer drummer David Lombardo, improvising drums to the sound of a flurry of bees! Once in a blue moon is this series of films screened.
You may hate me for watching it but you have to see it once in your lifetime. Just sit quietly in the womb of the cinema and gestate. P.s. The Chauvel is also screening Drawing Restraint 9, Barney's latest film which stars his real life weirdo/partner Bjork. By Dominic Kirkwood | | | | | | | 
What:
This Is Not A Polo Shirt
Where:
Online from Jan 20 here or in late Feb from Incu, 256 Oxford St, Paddington
How much:
$150 US online, $199 from Incu
Related links:
Richie Tenenbaum on MySpace
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| | As these summer months drift by, the males among us are faced with a puzzling dilemma in terms of what to wear up top. The collared shirt with rolled up sleeves looks smart, but it's not exactly practical, particularly if you're faithful to the current top-button-done-uptrend. T-shirts get a bit boring and are a tad too casual for some events, while singlets are the domain of body-builders and tradies. The answer is sporty, casual, preppy and cool, wrapped up in a tidy pique package. The humble polo shirt goes with anything you care to throw at it, from shorts to chinos or well-worn jeans, with a blazer thrown over the top if you're feeling a bit Richie Tenenbaum. | | The picks of the bunch are This is Not a Polo Shirt, an off-shoot line from the impressive LA-based Band of Outsiders. Released internationally on Jan 20, these Japanese made, ultra-fine numbers are destined to rise through the ranks to become your ‘golden boy'. The other big players are the croc, the crest and the dude on the horse, all of which are on sale from the obvious outlets around town. Stick to block colours or simple stripes, avoid flipping the collar of course and think McEnroe, not Warney. By Max Olijnyk | | | | | | | | | 
What:
The new Cafe Ish
Where:
82 Campbell St, Surry Hills
When:
Sun-Tues 7am-4pm, Wed-Sat 7am-9.30pm (menu switches to Izakaya-style delights at 5pm) How much:
Mains from $9, most around $15. Organic wine from $6.50/glass Contact:
9281 1312 View map
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| | Consulting my learned friend, I found out 'Ish' doesn't actually mean anything in Japanese, negating my assumption regarding the name of the cult-popular original Cafe Ish on Albion Street. So you have to consider that ebonics came into the equation, right? You just have to. Ish, if somewhat crude, makes a lot of sense.
As with its sister, the quality of the menu at the new Campbell Street site backs up my theory: a green salad with green-tea poached chicken and rosella vinaigrette was dope ish, the number of wagyu burgers pouring out of the tiny kitchen proved that it was THE ish, and the coffee was good ish.
| | The huge windows sun up the split-level room nicely, the place is licensed and the casual, affable attentions of the staff was right on the money. The place can make the same claim as DJ Class. By Alex Vitlin | | | | | | | 
What:
Snorkelling
Where:
Various blue rooms around Sydney
When:
Before dark
How much:
Free
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| | Snorkeling is a great equaliser. Any element of calculated cool is immediately stripped away the moment you pull on the bulky goggles and cram the mouthpiece into your gob. It's kind of impossible to look cool, unless you happen to be Sean Connery in Thunderball.
The point of snorkelling though isn't looking cool. The point of snorkelling is looking. Whether it's looking at a groper with an underbite in Clovelly or trying to work out whether that thing lazily swaying down there is natural or someone's togs lost on a cheeky late night dip. Everything takes on a new dimension underwater. | | A couple of years ago, a good friend of mine and I founded the Okie Dokie Snorkel Dorkel Club and while we don't claim to be experts, we've definitely copped a perve on many a pretty fish. Here are some trusty spots that we'd recommend along the Sydney coastline:
- Shelly Beach
- Congwong Beach
- Clovelly
- Gordon's Bay
- North Bondi By Douglas Lance Gibson | | | | | | | | | | What:
Sounds in Motion - a film fundraiser
Where:
Spectrum, L2 34 Oxford St, Darlinghurst
When:
Sat Jan 16, 8pm
How much:
$10
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Pursuing passions is an expensive business, particularly if you're into film, and raising funds can be a massive pain in the patootie. Most of the filmmakers I know just close their eyes and willingly fall into debt in the hope that in the end it'll be worth it. Director Aimee-Lee Curran has taken a wiser approach. She's got Belles Will Ring, Songs, and Silver Moon making some noise at Spectrum this Saturday to help raise the funds for her documentary (specifically, for the sound gear). Who knew these three Sydney favourites were such bleeding hearts? - AF | | | What:
Deus Bicycle Swap Meet
Where:
Deus Carpark, Deus Ex Machina, 98-104 Parramatta Rd, Camperdown
When:
Sat Jan 16, 12pm
How much:
Gold coin entry for BikeSydney View map | | Description:
I'm sure many of you share one if not more of the following New Year's Resolutions with me: get fit, save some damn money and generally appear more impressive to your peers. Perhaps the Deus Bicycle Swap Meet is a good place to start. Join other lovers of the humble bicycle as they swap, sell and scour for treasures of the two-wheeled kind. And if you do decide to empty your pockets and ride away on a brand new Deus custom, don't sweat the frugal resolution too much, I'll be impressed. - JP | | | | What:
PENGUIN plays ROUGH #12
Where:
475 King St, Newtown
When:
Mon Jan 18, 7.50pm-10.50pm
How much:
$5, but anything more gets you a zine! View map | | Description:
Do we even need to give you direction here? You've done it a millions times before. Bring a bottle of red, your best written work and a new friend. Donate, enter yourself in the wildcard ballot and set up a small wine picnic on the living room floor. Watch five writers invent a different story behind the same series of seven slides taken in one motel room. Luke Tipene has curated the evening and has decided to feature stories by Malcolm Whittaker, Alice Williams, Hossein Ghaemi, Annaliese Constable and you. If you get the guts to enter the wildcard. - HM | | | What:
Coco Avant Chanel at French Film Festival
Where:
Art Gallery NSW, The Domain, City
When:
Wed Jan 20 2pm & 7.15pm, Sun Jan 24 2pm
How much:
Free View map | | Description:
Voulez-vous coucher avec moi? Can't speak French? Neither can I, but I know how to proposition someone in the language, should I ever find myself caught up in the romance of The City of Lights. Or the romance of the French Film Festival. Screening as part of this series of films is Coco Avant Chanel - the story of Coco Chanel's rise from humble beginnings to the heights of Parisian Couture. It's a heady ride, hold on to your beret. - CJ | | | What:
Devendra Banhart & the Grogs w/ Pikelet
Where:
The Metro, 624 George St, City
When:
Sun Jan 24, 7.30pm
How much:
$66 +BF here
Win:
Thanks to Big Day Out, we have a dbl pass to give away! To enter, email win@twothousand.com.au with the subject 'Nice one, officer Busted-head' View map | | Description:
Devendra is playing at The Metro on January 24 and I'll bet you wish you hadn't shaved off that beard yesterday. You've got a chin like the toe of an old shoe. Why are you exposing it again? It's not good, Bro, not good at all. And why'd you cut off all your hair? Last week you looked like wild Jesus, all grown-out and cool. Now you just look like a fucking cop. Nice one, officer Busted-head. Way to go. Have fun being sneered at by all the long-hair digging chicks at the Devendra gig. They'll be there too, those chicks, and they won't give you the time of day unless you resemble a Crosby Stills & Nash roadie (circa 1971). Sucks to be you, man. You really blew it. Incidentally, we're giving away free tickets to the show. Yeah! - JC | | | What:
Dizzee Rascal
Where:
The Enmore, 118-132 Enmore Rd, Newtown
When:
Sun Jan 24, 7.30pm
How much:
$78.60 here
Win:
Thanks to Big Day Out, we have a dbl pass to give away! To enter, email win@twothousand.com.au with the subject 'Feel free to hate cos I ain't tryin-a be your mate' View map | | Description:
A few moons have passed since we were first introduced to Dizzee Rascal's frenetic, accessible brand of garage, in the shape of 2003's Mercury Prize winning Boy In Da Corner. That thing was everywhere, inciting many an otherwise sane white Australian to wave their hands about madly and rap in an exaggerated London accent. The poster boy of grime is back in the country touring with the BDO festival and those of you who share his point of view that 'a heavy bass line is my kind of silence' would have to be bonkers not to attend this gig. - MO | | | | | | | | | 
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