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What:
Iron Curtain Issue #1
Where:
Lopez Records, 70 Oxford St, Darlinghurst
When:
Now
How much:
$28
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| | You're crouched behind the signal box. You watch the 11.47 roll in through the neck of your t-shirt that you've pulled up like a balaclava. The guard steps onto the platform, you can feel your heartbeat in your throat. You look down at your tins, labelled 'backy', 'fill', 'outline' and 'key'. The guard is out of sight and you've heard no warning from your sub on the platform. Shaking, you have to jump in.
While you stumble down the track rocks, your heartbeat gets thicker. If you cop a chase tonight, you'll puke, you can feel it. But you'd rather feel that than gun shots. Russian vandals risk this every time they're out - they gamble not only getting caught, but getting shot. | | Iron Curtain is a Russian subway graffiti magazine. There are six issues to date, but Australia has just received the first. Issue #1 includes panels from all metro lines in Russia as well as candid photos of the vandals. Read an article about the first whole train in Russia, a broken-English interview with the infamous MDT crew, and learn that relaxation music is 'only positively Satan Metal! Not hip-hop, cause it's conspiracy'. So take heed vandals, listen to Satan Metal and paint trains. Aint no guards with guns on Australian trains. By Hayley Morgan | | | | | | | 
What:
Difficult Music Festival Who:
Noiseniks, jazz freaks, drone holes, industrial hounds, experimentos etc Where:
Sedition, 275 Victoria St, Darlinghurst When:
Every night in January Image:
Courtesy the venue
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| | While Sydney's small bars and tiny cafes proliferate (yay!), live music venues and strange shops are closing (yikes!).
Sedition barbershop has resisted the gentri-fabulous-cation of its surroundings in Darlo for years, stocking weird shit and just generally not giving a damn. Several small spaces around town have started/continued showcasing experimental noise artists (places like Hellen Rose Labrotorium, Red Rattler and Locksmith Project Space). And this month, Sedition has live music every single night with The Difficult Music Festival. | | Check out the line-up, but note the term 'difficult'. Not all of this will be your thang. Google a few bands; you're sure to find something you like, whether its drone, breakcore, industrial, post-rock, mash-ups, or free jazz (several artists crossover from the Now Now improvised music fest). Me? I'm really into Silver Moon's garage rock the space rock drone of Arkestra and the cinematic sampledelica of Cleptoclectics.
Head over with some friends for an intimate night of esoterica, and help keep the whiff of weird Sydney alive. 'Cuz where would we be without it? By Wilfred Brandt | | | | | | | 
What:
Sterling Hairdressing Parlour and Barber Shop
Where:
Shop 3/29 Brisbane St, Surry Hills
When:
Tues-Wed 10am-6pm, Thur 10am-9pm, Fri 10am-7pm, Sat 9am-5pm
How much:
Men's from $55-$60, women's from $70, vintage women's from $60, colour p.o.a.
Contact:
9262 7777 or sterlinghair@gmail.com
View map
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| | Ah the 50s... when rampant consumerism was born, unexpected DeLorean visits were all the talk of Hill Valley and the youth of the day took real pride in their appearance - and by appearance I mean haircuts. Digging that quiff, daddy-o!
The vibe of that era is recreated lovingly at the Sterling Hairdressing Parlour and Barber Shop in Surry Hills (minus any embarrassing attempts to speak like a fifties teenager). In a converted warehouse on Brisbane Street, Tony and Louise Vacher have split a huge salon space into a section for girl cuts and a barber room for men-folk, decked out with 50s pin-ups and mysterious bottles of yummy-smelling cleansing liquids. And beer. The only thing that would make it cooler is a back alley entrance with a password and secret knock. | | And the cuts? Tony wields his scissors (and clippers, cut-throat razor, shave cream, pomade, brylcream, bay rum spray, talc brush ...) with an easy prowess, delivering the complete 50s hairdressing experience. In fact he can pretty much guarantee you at least a 200% increase in dapperness.
Consider my berry razzed! By Michael Griffiths | | | | | | | | | 
What:
Art Loves Haiti
How:
Donate art work to auction by emailing art4haiti@gmail.com with an image, two lines describing the artwork and a short bio. Please know that you will also be donating postage.
Buy works from Art Loves Haiti online here. New pieces going up daily.
Where:
Money raised goes directly to Save The Children: Haiti
Contact:
art4haiti@gmail.com
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| | You might already know that Sarah Larnach does incredible things with water colours. She's created album artwork for Ladyhawke, illustrations for Amanda Maxwell's book, Nobody Told Me There'd Be Days Like These, worked at Michel Gondry's Partizan Studio and exhibited in galleries here and overseas.
What you probably don't know is that when an earthquake hit Haiti last week, Sarah's sister, her brother-in-law and their three children were in Port-au-Prince. Her sister and youngest niece are ok, but her brother in law and three-year-old niece are not. They're still searching for Kofie-Jade, who is five. | | Haiti might be thousands of miles away, but it's definitely not out of reach. Sarah has already raised over $2000 for relief efforts by selling her artwork. She's going to raise more - and you're going to help her.
If you don't have cash, send art. If you have a blog, send people towards this site. If you just got paid click here and bid on pieces by Dave Ladd, Shane Hansen, Henrietta Harris and more. If you want to donate directly, do that too at Save The Children: Haiti. Whatever you do will help. By Nadia Saccardo | | | | | | |
What:
The Tao of Now
Where:
White Rabbit Gallery, 30 Balfour St, Chippendale
When:
Opens Fri 22 Jan
Runs Thur - Sun 10am-6pm
How much:
Free
Image:
Courtesy White Rabbit Gallery
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| | Art that cannot be bought has a certain form of distinction. The public visual library that is White Rabbit has succeeded in culturally framing the suburb of Chippendale in which it lives. Here the art belongs to everyone.
The contemporary art featured in The Tao of Now might originate from one land, but presents no opportunity for generalisation. And as the Tao (true nature of the world) often cannot be adequately expressed in words, White Rabbit Gallery unleashes its second collection of alternative expressions. | | The new manifestations breathe life into the converted four-story knitting factory, literally. Kombi vans take their first breath, plants grow from human spines, motorcycles are reinvented and a plait of hair assumes a new personality a grand 11m scale. Neo-tao! By Lisa Lerkenfeldt | | | | | | | 
What:
Nine
Where:
In cinemas from Jan 21
Watch Trailer:
Here
Win:
Thanks to Sony, we have 5 dbls! To enter, email win@twothousand.com.au with the subject line ‘Directing a movie is a very overrated job'
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| | Nine marshalls a galaxy of stars in stupendous musical set pieces: Penélope Cruz sliding down a swag of pink satin as if it were a banister; Kate Hudson's flirty, flashbulb-dazzled fashion runway; Fergie's beachside tarantella with arcs of sand cascading from tambourines. But based on the Broadway musical, based on Federico Fellini's film 8½, based on Fellini's own life, Nine feels as weighed down by intertextual references as a Folies Bergère showgirl by sequins and feathers.
Eschewing Fellini's self-reflexivity about creative narcissism, Nine betrays a conviction that aesthetics can paper over any dodgy gender politics; I emerged from the cinema glutted and queasy from its spectacle of female objectification. Just like silly-sausage 60s auteur Guido Contini (Daniel Day-Lewis), Nine doesn't seem to grasp that women deserve better than being men's eye candy and moral compass. | | Day-Lewis succeeds in making Guido seem charming; Judi Dench gets the best lines as his tough-talking costumier. In an amusing twist on Nicole Kidman's cardboard-cutout persona, she's Guido's Anita Ekberg-esque muse. But the star turns are from Marion Cotillard as the wife losing her few remaining illusions, and from Cruz as the mistress who seems wounded by her own sexiness. By Mel Campbell | | | | | | | 
What:
Sonya Gee Hearts Cafe Giulia Coffee Cups Where:
Cafe Giulia, 92 Abercrombie St, Chippendale When:
Until they run out How much:
Usual takeaway coffee price Contact:
9698 4424
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| | Harold: (Gruff voice) Hullo there, pretty thing
Edwina: (squeaky) Hullo, is someone there?
Harold: It's me, Harold, the one with the mustachio. My, look at your lovely pink bits!
Edwina: (giggles) From what I've heard you're quite the Romeo! If only I had eyes to see you for myself... Harold: Well, let me whet your appetite, sugar tits. I'm about 20cm tall, my eyes are real close together and my mo is as big as a hamster!
Edwina: Oh gosh Harold! I know I have limited features, but I am really good at holding liquids and smiling. Wanna make out? | | Harold: (kissy sounds)
Edwina: (sexy sounds)
Waiter: Ahem. Can I help you girls?
Coffee is more entertaining than Chances with Sonya Gee's special Cafe Giulia collection. Collect all 6 and make a giant fool of yourself. By Lisa Lerkenfeldt and Alice Fenton | | | | | | | | | 
What:
THE COMMONS local eating house
Where:
32 Burton St, Darlinghurst
When:
Coffee Cart: Mon-Fri, 7am-12pm
Lunch and dinner: Wed-Thurs 12pm-12am, Fri-Sat 12pm-1am, Sun 12pm-11pm
Contact:
9358 1487 or twitter.com/thecommons_syd View map
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| | A lot of things can disappoint your family. The time you passed out on the front path at 7am - for instance - or the time you drank bore water. For me, it was my inability to embrace eating LITERALLY EVERY SINGLE THING THAT COMES OUT OF THE OCEAN. Well ha! I ate a killer fish chowder at THE COMMONS local eating house, so look out family Christmas.
It would be disingenuous not to acknowledge that THE COMMONS' former self was the brief-but-loved Pond, a Right Angle project. But even with that in mind, the zephyr of change that has occurred since the project popped down reveals a fresh locale. | | The menu has a widened French and Italian lean, but is still based on ethically sourced produce. There's also a wider selection of boutique bevs like White Rabbit and Whale ales. The beautiful sandstone cottage is still there, but they've managed to create what will become my rustic living room in the downstairs bar, complete with nascent library and vinyl listening station. There's updated uniforms and the plants have grown, but it remains the comfortable, buzzing experience of its original incarnation.
The more things change, the more they stay the same. In this case, that's a good thing. By Alex Vitlin | | | | | | | 
What:
Laneway Markets Where:
Sydney College of the Arts, Balmain Rd, Rozelle When:
Sun Jan 31, 1pm-6pm How much:
Free with Laneway ticket Win:
We know, we know - it's all sold out! Luckily we have a double pass to give away. See here
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| | So Laneway is back and it's in a park. Confusing? Perhaps, but only momentarily. Once you fight through the lush greenery and stop looking for skyscrapers you'll notice that it's not really the lanes that make Laneway at all! It's the bands of course (I'm going to put it out there and say that this is the best line up to date) but it's also all the wonderful extras. Like, say, the Laneway Markets, brought to you by us. | | Yes, that's right, we're tooting our own horn, but it's a horn that deserves a good tooting, and not just because we'll be there with grins to welcome you. No, not just our smiling faces giving you sunscreen and a luckydip - also amazing stalls from Pigeon Ground Records & Clothing, Black Star Pastry, 2nd Hand Land, The Rizzeria, Via Alley Select, Kevin Tran, We Are Handsome Swimwear, Repressed Records and Even Books. Come say hi and check out the offerings from a bunch of wonderful people whose inventions and collections deserve to be supported. By Alice Fenton | | | | | | | | | | What:
Platinum Prospects Prosperity Power Lunch, Kenzie Larsen
Where:
MOP Projects, 2/39 Abercrombie St, Chippendale
When:
Opens Thur Jan 21, 6pm
Runs until Feb 7
How much:
Free View map | | Description:
"We will open our hearts and heads to you, software man, because we want to be understood and loved by the great lay public and have our marvels appreciated by that public, for which we daily unsung produce tons of new marvels each more life enhancing than the last." Drawing inspiration from Donald Berthelme and sci-fi film sets, Kenzie Larsen (Locksmith director) has created a set of giant sculptures, small landscapes, props and videos to explore fiction, memory and social experiments. - HM | | | What:
Dead Prez
Where:
The Gaelic Club, 64 Devonshire St, Surry Hills
When:
Thurs Jan 21, 8pm
How much:
$47 + bf here
Win:
Thanks to the Gaelic Club, we have two dbls to give away! To enter, email win@twothousand.com.au with the subject line 'revolutionary but gangsta'
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Crank up your speakers, your woofers and your tweeters, coz Dead Prez are touring Australia for the first time ever. For those who don't know, these particularly articulate, Brooklyn-via-Florida bad boys have been crafting challenging, left wing, border-line revolutionary hip hop since the late 90s, and they are the definition of rad. Forget hot cars and ladies with generous bottoms - these fellas rail against the iniquities of American society, but in a way that still makes you want to party. - AF | | | | What:
Romance Was Born Concept Store - Closing Sale!
When:
Sat Jan 23 - Sun Jan 31 Where:
2A, 2-16 Glenmore Rd, Paddington
How much:
50% off | | Description:
If you entered Romance Was Born's oceanic concept store, turned pink at the price of things, and blamed it on sea sickness, you'll be pleased to know that all embrassment will cease now. All stock will available for less! For 48 hours! A salty 50% less! Go buy that barnacled dream dress! - LL | | | What:
Laura Marling
Where:
The Famous Spiegeltent, Hyde Park North (cnr College and Park St), City
When:
Sat Jan 25, 7pm
How much:
$45 + BF here
Win:
A dbl pass. To enter, email win@twothousand.com.au with the subject line 'Alas, I Cannot Swim' View map | | Description:
Singer songwriter Laura Marling's husky voice is so mobilising that it's known to silence a room into bated breath. Her heart-wrenching, bittersweet folk songs are the stuff of Mercury Music Award nominations and Joni Mitchell comparisons. Her Hyde Park show is sold out, but we'll sneak you in with two free tickets if you email us with the name of her debut album (FYI it's Alas, I Cannot Swim). - VH | | | What:
Dirty Three
Where:
Enmore Theatre, 130 Enmore Rd, Newtown
When:
Tues Jan 26, 8pm
How much:
From $55 here
Win:
A dbl pass. To enter, email win@twothousand.com.au with the subject line 'Authentic Celestial Music' View map | | Description:
We noticed all the blushing and the googly eyes and concluded that the Sydney Festival loves Warren Ellis, and not just for his majestic facial hair. The Dirty Three violinist helped Nick Cave curate 2009's All Tomorrow's Parties program, and this year is back with a Don't Look Back concert, an ATP off-shoot which sees artists, er, looking back and performing an acclaimed album live in full. The Australian trio is set to seduce with a full performance of Ocean Songs, their lush and poetic instrumental album. - JB | | | | | | | | | 
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| | Where have you been? Sure, you've been at the beach, or getting muddy, sweating on dancefloors and quenching your thirst. But, all the while this has been going on at the MCA in your town and you haven't seen it yet? Really, where have you been?
Olafur Eliasson will implore you to Take Your Time. He'll convince you that no art observer is merely an observer. That the work isn't complete without you. And that a series of sensory epiphanies on such an impressive scale, can be at once human and tangible.
To compound your anxiety, we'll also remind you that this is the first time it's been shown outside of the US. Now you have no excuse not to take your time and invest it wisely. For those forward thinkers who've already been and experienced, there's the added opportunity to win a trip for two to Copenhagen. Visit here for details. But if you haven't, we have 10 double passes to give away to this summer necessity at the MCA. To enter answer the following question. | | This week's question:
Olafur Eliasson is pronounced
a) oh-leaf-your-limes-alone
b) ooh-laugh-fur-e-lie-a-son
c) enrique iglesias
d) holy-fly-zone Send your answer, name and mailing address to win@twothousand.com.au. Winners will be notified by email. Subscriber only entry! Not a subscriber? It's free you skinnies. Sign up here. | | | | | | | 
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