Author results: Penny Modra
Brennan Green (NYC), Tamas Jones and friends
What:
Brennan Green (NYC), Tamas Jones and friends
Where:
Revolver, 229 Chapel St, Prahran
When:
Fri Oct 10, doors 10pm
How much:
$20 on the door
Description:
DJ and producer Brennan Green is one funny dude (not funny-peculiar, but funny-maybe you shouldn't get that wasted before you go on the radio haha). He is one of the luminaries of underground disco and a legend. He has his own label, Chinatown, which you might have heard of. He started those interesting NY parties Pop Your Funk and Junky Blues that made every guy with a lumberjack beard start wanting to play disco.
Event: DJs
Stimulus: Jager
Flatlands launch
What:
Flatlands launch
Where:
Gorker Gallery, Cnr Gore and Kerr Sts, Fitzroy
When:
Launch TONIGHT! Thurs Oct 9, 6-9pm
How much:
Free!
Description:
Flatlands: Rumination on Love and Romanticism in the Modern Age. When we can't fit the title of a show under the 'What' heading, we know it's going to be thorough. This is a rad interactive video installation by filmmaker Emma Freeman, whom you might know from such projects as Love My Way, Secret Life of Us and the freaky-but-cute 2002 Tropfest Best Film Lamb.
Event: Launch
Stimulus: Free booze & Food
Guy Blackman / Sophie Brous / Jessica Says
What:
Guy Blackman / Sophie Brous / Jessica Says
Where:
The Toff, Lvl 2, 252 Swanston St, Melbourne
When:
TONIGHT! Thurs Oct 9, doors 9pm
How much:
$12
Description:
Ol' baby face Blackman is back at the Toff this week, and his lineup includes Sophie Brous and Jessica Says. Guy is busy rolling his underpants into little balls and stuffing them into his shoes because he's travelling to the northern hemisphere soon. But Sophie promises it will be "Prophetic Gay Pop, Morose Sexdoom Lounge and Feminine Chamber Twitter".
Event: Bands
Stimulus: A
James Cameron Accounting Sale
What:
James Cameron Accounting Sale
Where:
51 Cromwell St, Collingwood (enter from Victoria St)
When:
Sat Oct 4 - Sun Oct 5, 10am-3.30pm
How much:
Cash only!
Description:
James and Scottie Cameron's accountant said they should move some excess stock before doors open at their new store mid October. It is not often that the words of an accountant bring joy to the masses, and especially not the same week his stocks fell 7 billion points or some crap. Anyway, you'll get shirts for $65, pants for $80, knitwear for $40 and Common Projects shoes, for which not even Jesus deserves a discount.
Event: Sales
Stimulus: sound the horns!
Die Roten Punkte
What:
Die Roten Punkte
Where:
New Ballroom, Trades Hall, Cnr Lygon and Victoria Sts, Carlton
When:
NIGHTLY until Sat Oct 11 (no Mondays), doors 8.15pm (7.15pm Sun)
How much:
$17/$24 here
Description:
You won't catch these Germans out for modesty. And you won't catch them out for not starting a punch up with Courtney Love then getting arrested for DUI. Die Toten Punkte topped the European charts, for what it's worth, in 2005 with their pop punk anthem ‘The Best Band in the World'.
Event: Bands
Stimulus: C
Toshi Reagan and BIGLovely
What:
Toshi Reagan and BIGLovely
Where:
Beck's Bar, Meat Market, 5 Blackwood St, North Melbourne
When:
Wed Oct 22 and Thu 23 Oct, doors 9pm
Fri Oct 24 and Sat Oct 25, doors 10pm
How much:
$30 / $40 or group (8+) $36 from here
Description:
If people are saying things like 'pure aural electricity' about your show, then you're on the right track. And Toshi Reagan has been on that track since they put ashphalt down. She does retro funk, R&B, rock, folk and blues. Plus she's funny, which is more than can be said for most of the artists in these genres (except for James Brown, but that wasn't deliberate).
Event: Bands
Stimulus: sound the horns!
Mattt Bags for MIAF
Plenty of artists rescue stuff from the garbage. In fact, they might as well start listing themselves in the Yellow Pages next to Mini Skips. 'We drag your crap away and exhibit it at ACCA! Come see it again! Free champagne and floor talks.'
Anyway, the amazing Matt Thomson (of Mattt Bags) takes this worthy endeavour one step further by incorporating used goods into his products.
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