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ThreeThousand is a weekly snapshot of Melbourne's subculture - a Melbourne guide to film, music, design, books, art, goods and links for people who realise that the best things in life are often hard to find. Below you will find the latest additions to our Melbourne guide.

Brown & Bunting

Article published 2nd Jul 09
Product: Books
Anatomy: Heart

I like the idea of second-hand bookshops. All those ragged travellers from the past jammed into a musty, badly lit detention centre, awaiting rescue. New bookshops are warm and smell nice. Thing is, the books don't come cheap, and perpetual browsing just makes you feel guilty and empty.

Brown & Bunting recognise this disparity and meet us halfway.

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God Help The Girl

Article published 2nd Jul 09
Release: Album
To Cure: The hangover

Belle and Sebastian are the band that never stopped putting out amazing records. We all love them, and predict love for Stuart Murdoch's new project, God Help The Girl - a film and music project that was imagined years ago but only recently conceived.

We have been graced with a new album comprised of new songs and even some re-recorded classics, but here's the kicker - the album is a loose narrative and the girls all look as good as the ones on previous B&S covers.

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Melbourne Hwaro Korean Barbecue

Article published 1st Jul 09

There's something in the air near the corner of Little Bourke and King Street, and its not the scent of impending violence. It's the thick clouds of smoke reeking of Umami.

Wikipedia says that Umami is a loanword from Japanese meaning roughly "tasty", although also "brothy", "meaty", or "savory", which is exactly what brought me into Melbourne Hwaro Korean Barbecue.

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Bookworms Never Go to Bed Alone

Article published 1st Jul 09

Q: How many nerdy girls does it take to change a light-bulb?
A: Don't know, don't care.

Just kidding. A few people care. More importantly, when nerdy girls grow up and blossom into cluey, weirdly intimidating alterna-hotties with amazing taste in music, I care. When you think about it, who doesn't love a girl who is equally comfortable talking about Studio Ghibli movies as she is scoring pingers at four in the morning?

Gorker Gallery presents Bookworms Never Go to Bed Alone, a new body of work by NZ artist Kelly Thompson.

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