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The Dirty Three
What:
The Dirty Three
Where:
Rooftop Cinema, Lvl 7, 252 Swanston St, Melbourne
When:
Sun Jan 27, doors 7pm
How much:
$15 / $18 + BF here
Win:
We have three double passes to give away. Just email win@threethousand.com.au with the subject line ‘three bathtubs, stat'
Description:
The Wrangler Rock ‘n’ Roll film festival spans two evenings, highlighting some legendary artists who have shaped musical history. The Dirty Three have hung around for too many years for us to ignore their moody instrumentalism. Ellis, Turner and White are now iconic within Australian music and this Thursday, Rooftop Cinema screens The Dirty Three - a documentary featuring Nick Cave, Cat Power and the band itself.
Event: Film
Stimulus: C
Broke
What:
Broke
Where:
The Carlton Hotel gallery, Lvl 2, 193 Bourke St, Melbourne
When:
Thurs Jan 24, 6-8pm
How much:
free
Description:
If it’s broke, don’t fix it. Drink a toast to it instead at The Carlton tomorrow. This is a group exhibition exploring stuff that’s broken (ie: the climate, people’s hearts, social conscience, public transport timetabling, etc). The artists are Andrew Atchison, Danielle Karalus, Marcus Keating, Pip Shea and Glenn Walls.
Event: Launch
Stimulus: A
Ch Ching Live Recordings at Miss Libertine
It’s cool when you can buy a band’s EP at a gig – usually you can get a badge too or, in the case of Moscow Schoolboy, a pair of logo underpants. What’s even cooler is when you can get a recording of the set you just heard. And it’s free.
There’s been a lot of talk about Miss Libertine’s mammoth sound system of late but now they’ve really put their money where their mouths are and installed a whole recording studio upstairs in the back bar.
032c Magazine
With temperatures soaring 032c's title is apt for the Australian summer and so is its content if you want something more inspiring than a Sodoku puzzle to pass the time.
They have been doing what they do for a while so you can rest assured that the content of Issue 12 is finely tuned. Varied but carefully contructed, well-written articles are complimented by exact imagery.
The Super 8 Diaries Fundraiser
In an age of million dollar film clips and Kanye mouthing off at the MTV awards, it's not uncommon to feel that the art of capturing the meaning of music through film has been lost.
The Super 8 Diaries is a project conceived by Trainwreck 20/20 founders Matt Richards and Jeremy Rouse and put simply, it involves 12 bands, playing one song each, shot using three separate Super 8 cameras.
Aktifmag Issue 8
Aktifmag is closer to home than a MySpace stalker. Dissecting Australian culture with a meat cleaver, one thing is for sure - no one is safe. Ask Minister For The Arts, Grant Smilie, or the Bang Gang, who have allegedly been promoting un-protected gay sex to school kids.
There is also fun for the whole family with an ‘Are You An Aussie Celebrity?' test, letters to Kinder Surprise and much more.
Friend Opportunity
The story of Deerhoof is a long and complex one. Punctuated by band members leaving and angels arriving (Satomi – singer), audiences have nevertheless expanded as word about the wonderful complexity and energy of the Deerhoof sound has spread.
The title of their new album Friend Opportunity is fitting as it could be described as an extended hand, a welcoming for those that may have considered Deerhoof too “noise” for “pop”.
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