Author results: Tait Ischia
'Art & Copy', presented by lifeatthebottom.com
The advertising industry is fucked. No one makes good ads anymore. Remember the days of Pro Hart carpet art, horny ant-eaters, and fruit pickers stompin' rhythmic jams with apples? Those were the days! Now all we get is ‘bro' humour and artistically tenuous storylines with a Broken Social Scene rip-off as the soundtrack.
Shoplifting from American Apparel, Tao Lin
Penny! I just got back from Tao Lin's book launch in Brooklyn for Shoplifting from American Apparel. My god it was nuts. Every kid in the audience was super ‘authentic' and they were all reading novels. I interviewed Tao while he signed my book. I was kinda high at the time so please don't judge me as a credible journalist.
Truffaux's Photobooth Car Exhibition
Last week I took a trip to the hills. I was meandering down a forest path when I met a tall man wearing a beautiful straw trilby. It looked amazing! I'd been looking for a hat just like this! I asked him where he bought it and he replied, "It is a Truffaux. It is my hat. I make them." Intrigued, I followed him back to his 120-year-old cottage in the forest.
KesselsKramer Exports
My god I hate ads. Everywhere I turn these days, there they are - peering at me with leery eyes and something to sell. Watching TV? Ads. Reading a mag? Ads. Standing in a queue? Ads! Fuck! I can't handle you!
So then,I ask you, fair and considerate readers, why is there an exhibition of posters by an ad agency? How good can this exhibition be? Maybe if they made a poster advertising a cheap hotel and the headline read, ‘Now more dogshit in the main entrance', I might go.
Deerhunter interview
Have you ever had to interview someone before? It makes me nervous. When I spoke to Bradford Cox from Deerhunter I was freaking the fuck out. My arse was sweating and I needed to pee real bad all the time. Don't ask me why, I can't help it. I just get really nervous. Anyway, so I'm sitting there with my little notepad of questions and Bradford calls me.
Coburg Drive-In
There's a town not far from here. Its name is Coburg. Coburg is full of magical things. Such as this. And this. They've got a premium train station. That's pretty cool also.
But by far the most magical is the Coburg Drive-In. I know you thought they didn't exist anymore, but they do! You pay $13 each and nothing for the person in the boot.
Tangerine Film Nights
What:
Tangerine Film Nights
Where:
The Local Taphouse, 184 Carlisle St, East St Kilda
When:
Tues Aug 5, 6.30pm (and the first Tuesday of every month)
How much:
Free!
Description:
Mmm... Tangerines are delicious. We don't really have them here in Oz, so naming a film night after the little orange wannabes is probably the next best thing. On the lonely first Tuesday of every month, five short films are shown in little lonely East St Kilda at a neat little bar with plenty of beer.
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