Author results: Isabel Dunstan
Lia Steele, 'Eden'
Photographer Lia Steele's latest creative undertaking recalls the lavish Garden of Eden. She cherry-picked a handful of friends Australia-wide and requested they, err, disrobe behind some bushes. The models then emerged from the bushes and gazed deep into the barrel of Lia's camera. The result? A picture book of 35 glowing youths resplendent amid ferns and flowers.
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"Because I've nothing else here for you and just because it's easier than the truth. Oh, if there's nothing else that I can do-oo, I'll fly for yooooooooou." Oh, Spandeau Ballet, where would you have been without your synthesizer? Would you have been a few lonely dandies with nothing but a sax and a heart full of sad?
Now more than 40 years old, the synthesizer is the most influential instrument in music today.
Nouvelle Vague
What:
Nouvelle Vague
Where:
The Prince Bandroom, 29 Fitzroy St, St Kilda
When:
TONIGHT! Thurs Dec 18, 8pm
How much:
$50 + BF from here
Win:
We have a dbl pass to give away! To enter email win@threethousand.com.au with the subject line 'Renouveau de la chanson française. Etc. Okay?'
Description:
When Nouvelle Vague played in Melbourne last time you could just see the duo's complimenting sequinned jazz slippers from the back row. Tonight, they're performing at The Prince so you can get as close to those sparkly feet as you like. They've made quite a business for themselves, have these girls, making famous punk songs really, really hot and probably even more famous than they were originally.
Event: Bands
Stimulus: Stoli
Deaf Christmas
What:
Deaf Christmas
Where:
The Tote, 71 Johnston St, Collingwood
When:
Fri Dec 19, 8pm
How much:
$12 entry with free barbeque
Description:
Oh, Christmas. How shit you can be? When a city-full of shoppers make your insides contort and toy-hungry Target babies make you want to hurl there's no news sweeter than a Deaf Christmas. Tomorrow, the very noisy quartet, Deaf Wish, host a Christmas party without ham legs or turkeys stuffed inside other turkeys.
Event: Bands
Stimulus: Sausage Sizzle
LEFT Boutique 50% off sale!
What:
LEFT Boutique 50% off sale!
Where:
161 Gertrude St, Fitzroy
When:
Fri Dec 19 - Wed Dec 31
Description:
If buried leather and candles that smell of French bloodshed didn't win you over, this might: LEFT Boutique is whipping out red markers and discounting good-enough-for-the-runway stock. Find Commes des Garcons Commes des Garcons (let's say that again: Commes des Garcons Commes des Garcons) and Yohji Yamamoto's Y's selling for up to half price.
Event: Sales
Stimulus: Be the next Princess Mary
Hello Sailor Vintage Fair
What:
Hello Sailor Vintage Fair
Where:
The Carlton Hotel, 193 Bourke St, Melbourne
When:
Sun Dec 21, 1-7pm
How much:
Cash only!
Description:
Old things can be really lame; the old fries that pigeons eat, for example. Or old smells emanating from old beards. Then you come across old things that are awesome. Like this old lady! And the old stuff at Hello Sailor Vintage Fair. Bikes! Hats! Shoes! Pleats, frills and gold braid.
Event: Markets
Stimulus: Sausage Sizzle
Toddy, House of Cards
Think back to April when Melbourne's streets were littered with leaves and winter was just one ominous, thunderstormy cloud away. The only thing that was going to save you from the below-zero temperatures was a Toddy onesie. And you were bullet-fast to jump online, whip out the plastic and purchase the adorable, affordable butt-flapped onesie for yourself.
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