Thursday 11th June
We were going to send this earlier, but we were warming up for ghetto ice skating, then we had to buy beer for the Lenko shop launch, then we saw this new cafe and we wanted to file a report before everyone in Collingwood starts hogging the table soccer machine. Then we found this site called Twitter. BAM! Tell your friends man, people should be using this thing!
ThreeThousand issue 209 - the one that got away
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READ - 032C issue 17. Stop starting at the cover and listen!
GOODS - Hernandez accessories at FAT!
GOODS - Crazy lady sells all her stuff. Foam balls available.
WATCH - Movies you've never heard of at Glitch Bar! Surreal Hong Kong martial arts/sorcery straight from the '80s to you.
Cover image by Brian Nemo. If you would like to submit a covershot, that would be so rad! Email photo@threethousand.com.au.
The High Line is open!
Qua plays the Jacky Winter showreel
Brendan Fowler, ISBN-10: 0-9820559-3-5
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OK OK store
Shadow shoes
Tait's minimalist website
Plants
If David Lynch made Dirty Dancing
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No drinks in DJ booth
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Patterns of Creative Aggression issue 2
What:
Patterns of Creative Aggression issue 2
Where:
Metropolis, Mag Nation and more
How much:
RRP $10.00'
The cover of PCA issue 2 is eye-catching to say the least. Some may be turned off by it and some may be turned on, though both reactions would be way off the mark. The image, part of the series 14 Months by Glasgow based artist Paul Knight, encapsulates the magazine's statement of intent perfectly. That is, a behind the scenes look into the process of creating, in all its forms.
Seeing an image like that out of context, it's difficult to gauge its intended meaning. Of course, subjectivity is a part of what makes art interesting, but to read what Knight has to say about the (highly considered) process of creating these photos not only changes the way the image works, it makes you think about all the other stories you're only getting half of.
The ground covered is considerable, including a conversation between fashion designers Fiona Lau and Helene Balle and a warm tribute to the inner workings and failings of the now defunct Flesh Vs. Venom by bassist Tim Hillier. Each article has a life of its own, celebrating the very creative process it sets out to document.
Format: Magazine
Motivation: Improves creativity by osmosis
Keywords: Magazine, Creative Aggression
Kitsune Maison 7
What:
Kitsune Maison 7
On:
Kitsune
Win:
We have copies to give away! Email win@threethousand.com.au with the subject ‘I was clapping the entire way through Encore!
Kitsune Maison 7 is a 19-track aural orgy - there's pleasure, a few gags, but plenty to get jiggy with. Like the six instalments before it, this compilation has several stand-out pieces, namely ‘Make it reverse' (Men) and the sultry vocals of ‘Favourite Things' (The Golden Filter). ‘This sweet love' (James Yuill) is great too but clearly the odd one out in the orgy - the one regretting throwing the keys to his Nissan Micra in the ceramic bowl.
Utterly disappointing is the Classixx's remix of ‘Listzomania' (Phoenix), which transforms the indie magnum opus into a filtered disco disaster. Gag. However, my biggest gripe is the 22-second silent track titled ‘Encore'... Really? I mean, really?! To the people at Kitsune, take note: no one likes a narcissistic anything... even an exceptionally handsome journalist isn't loved by all his readers.
Overall the album is fun, and while you wouldn't want to listen to it from start to finish everyday, it is the perfect mode for discovering something you never knew you were into, all in the comfort of your own home.
Release: Album
To Cure: An empty dancefloor
Sunshine Cleaning
What:
Sunshine Cleaning
When:
In cinemas from June 11
Watch the trailer:
Here
Win:
Thanks to Madman we have 10 dbls to give away! To enter, email win@threethousand.com.au with the subject ‘Now we're gonna have to clean that up too!'
Sunshine Cleaning made its debut at last year's Sundance Film Festival, and the trailer makes it look very ‘Sundance', know wam sayin? Uplifting indie soundtrack; cutesy bickering and wisecracking between family members; poignant moments of revelation.
Luckily, I hadn't seen the trailer before I saw the movie, or I would've waddled into the cinema under the weight of my own cynicism. As it turns out, Sunshine Cleaning is refreshingly unsentimental about family and everyday dignity. Amy Adams is perfect as protagonist Rose Lorkowski - her sunniness resists irony yet doesn't cloy either. As her no-good sister Norah, Emily Blunt provides snark sweetened with compassion.
Once a high school queen bee, Rose is now a single mum working as a house cleaner. She's having an affair with a married cop (Steve Zahn), who words her up on the lucrative crime-scene cleanup business. Enlisting a reluctant Norah, Rose learns the job by trial and error, with the occasional help of enigmatic, one-armed cleaning supplies seller Winston (Clifton Collins Jr). Gradually, the sisters learn to tidy their own traumatic past. As Rose says, "We took all that stuff away, and we made it better."
Format: Cinema
Mood: Gulp
Lenko Flinders Lane
What:
Lenko Flinders Lane
Where:
Shop 5, Cathedral Arcade, 37 Swanston St, Melbourne
When:
Mon-Thurs 11am-6pm, Fri 11am-7pm, Sun noon-5pm
Contact:
9077 2177
Launch:
TOMORROW! Fri June 12, 6-9pm. Meet us there!
While the shop has been open for four years, the Melbourne Central Lenko boutique has always seemed a little out of place. Its location in a giant shopping centre never quite fit the attitude of the treasures inside and climbing the escalators to buy a new sweatshirt never felt more like a trip to year 9 than during school holidays. As if to appease the bitter, cranky, and adolescent-phobia afflicted, Dana from Lenko has opened a new shop in the city.
Dana and company have completely overhauled the space in Cathedral Arcade where Genki used to reside, with new paint, new designs, and new floors. The walls have three murals already in place, and Dana insists that there are more to come as well as a monthly art installation window out front with Raff Banks taking charge first. Without missing a beat, the new shop is still stocking designs from Australia and elsewhere including Limedrop, Chip Chop, I Heard They Eat Cigarettes, Formally Known As, and Tai Snaith. Maximum shopping potential with minimal acne and braces.
Win:
We have 3 Lenko sweatshirts to give away! Email win@threethousand.com.au with the subject ‘I miss year 9 like a phantom limb'
Product: Everything you dreamed
Anatomy: Whole body
Tessuti Fabrics
What:
Tessuti Fabrics
Where:
141 Flinders La, Melbourne
When:
Mon-Fri 10am-5.30pm, Sat 10am-5pm
Contact:
9654 4566 or fabrics@tessuti.com.au
So you've had your eye on a Karen Walker dress, but you thought you could wait. Then you missed it. Then again at the sale. It happens. But now there's an answer. Tessuti Fabrics has a range of short-run and remnant fabrics from some of the best local and international designers, so now you can make your own.
If that's a concern, the beautifully presented Japanese Pattern Books for sale will keep you on the right path. With some of the best designs seen in pattern books for years, these alone are worth a trip. Thing is, you'll stay for the amazing range of ridiculously high quality materials from Chanel, Armani, Josh Goot and Collette Dinnigan.
They're an experienced bunch too. Having already established themselves all over Sydney, the Tessuti Fabrics crew couldn't have found themselves a more appropriate site (very conveniently located above the new Coda restaurant and below The Narrows Gallery) on Flinders Lane. Look for the giant Button and Needle above the doorway in the old rag-trading district.
Product: Fashion
Anatomy: Hip pocket
Drew Pettifer, 'You Are the Light'
What:
Drew Pettifer, You Are the Light
Where:
Counihan Gallery, 233 Sydney Rd, Brunswick
When:
Launching TONIGHT! Thurs June 11, 6-8pm
Exhibition runs until July 5
Drew Pettifer will soon be famous for photographing his friends. In an Andy Warhol sort of way though, not in a McGinley way. I'm not saying you want to see Drew's friends naked any more than you want to see McGinley's friends naked, or even Warhol's friends naked - especially these days, ewww.
Oh, I don't know what I'm saying. It's just that I like the sort of short-circuit thing that happens in Drew's pictures. They objectify everyone, just like regular photos, but the subjects seem to be objectifying Drew right back. Or hating him. In fact, if it wasn't pictures of men, you'd say this was post feminism in action.
Drew would like to point out that there are 71 works in the whole show, ranging from Polaroid size up to 60 x 40 inch. And there will be plenty of beer tonight. I would like to point out that this is one of those times when getting naked at the after party could really pay off in the long term.
Medium: Photography
Drink: Long neck in a paper bag
Wonderland Ice Skating Rink
What:
Wonderland Ice Skating Rink
Where:
Harbour Town, Docklands, underneath the broken wheel
When:
Mon-Sun 10am, 12noon, 2pm, 4pm and 6pm. Night skating Thurs-Sat 8-9.30pm.
How much:
$15 for 1.5 hours
Ice skating rinks have strong romantic undertones. We're not sure exactly why that is, but there's something about them that screams 'first kiss'. Or, failing that, ‘awkward text message the following day'. "Wow, that didn't go as planned." "Guess I read that all kinds of wrong." "I was drunk."
The point is, ice skating is great date material. It's kinda cutesy, kinda sweet, and a good excuse to hold hands if someone falls over. That's the theory anyway. Unfortunately, Melbourne's chronic lack of ice skating facilities has meant this goldmine of potential dating success has gone untapped for years. Until now.
Wonderland's ice skating rink may be a little ghetto, but it is centrally located, close to pubs and features a soundtrack of cheesy pop music. It will also show your date you have a heightened sense of irony - which is important when dating white people. Whether ice skating can improve your chances of 'sexy fun times' remains to be seen, but we feel it's our duty to find out. If you're sick of paying for hookers, we suggest you do the same.
Ambience: Indoor
Difficulty: Depends how hard you push it
Keywords: Romance, Ice Skating, Docklands
Felice's
What:
Felice's
Where:
141 Greeves St, Fitzroy
When:
Tues-Sun 10am-6pm for now. Evening license and breakfasts coming soon.
Felix is someone you'd recognise from around about. But now he has his own cafe, so you'll be able to say 'Hey, it's Felix, from that place on Greeves Street!'
His new cafe/bar, Felice's, is awesome in a Handsome Steve's House of Refreshment kind of way. It has a pared-back Italian coffee house thing going on (smoky mirrors, cute red sugar bowls, wood panelling, handmade pastries). It's not whimsical at all, in fact it's a whimsy-less oasis, but it makes you feel like you're in an Italian version of Amelie, if they had a scene with Collingwood hipsters.
There's table football, they have rolls for lunch and they've kept the giant model aeroplane that used to hang from the roof when it was 20th Century Pieces. Go to Felice's if you want to get an espresso, an espresso with grappa, an espresso with Sambuca, a nice midday glass of red, a nice midday bottle of Coopers Red, and absolutely no bullshit.
Venue: Bar
Meal: All day, some days
More OUTS - June 11
What:
More OUTS!
Where:
On the site right now
Description:
This Deerhunter show is going to sell out. Then don't come crying to us with a dress on.
FBi fundraiser at Roxanne next week! (FBi is a radio station from Sydney and it's the best so shut up)
Spill Collective are still rocking their Dark Matter exhibition at Fed Square. Go see it or they won't let you into their next party. Take it or leave it man.
Event: Supper
Event: Supper
Keywords: More OUTs
TV Sale
What:
TV Sale
Where:
Level 1, Mitchel House (green door), 358 Lonsdale St, Melbourne
When:
STARTS TODAY! Thurs June 11 - Sat June 13, 10am-6pm
How much:
Up to 75% off!
Description:
Meeeep! Liquidate your assets! The TV Studio Sale starts today. It's on right now! As you know, these clothes will make you look 70% hotter with or without skinny mirror. Oh god, oh god, get on the phone to your broker. Don't worry, he's not even doing anything, he's just fashioning a voodoo doll of Bernie Madoff. - PM
Event: Sales
Stimulus: Cheap Treasure
Keywords: TV, studio sale
Zoo York State of Mind DVD Launch
What:
Zoo York State of Mind DVD Launch
Where:
Astor Theatre, 1 Chapel St, St Kilda
When:
Thurs June 11, 7pm
How much:
Gold coin donation. But turn up early!
Description:
Skate videos used to be pretty gully back in the day. Your friend would have a bootleg of a bootleg and you'd watch it between Tony Hawk sessions and bucket bongs. Zoo York's State of Mind isn't like that. It's basically the Batman of skate films. A proper, fuck off big, filmed across several continents, epic. That's why it gets an official Australian premier in a cinema. - MN
Event: Film
Event: Supper
Keywords: Skateboarding, zoo york, astor
Simply Bread #3 - Street Fighter IV Battle
What:
Simply Bread #3 - Street Fighter IV Battle
Where:
Miss Libertine, 34 Franklin St, Melbourne
When:
Fri June 12, doors 10pm
How much:
$10 pre-sale from the venue, $15 on the door
Description:
Street Fighter IV battle! $1000 prize pack! Got your attention? Good. You'll be pleased to know the latest Simply Bread party also features a 'freshest sneaker battle' (another $1000 prize pack) and some DJs doing DJ stuff. Practice your Hadoukens and visit iamfatterthanyou.com for Street Fighter registration details. - MN
Event: DJs
Stimulus: Cheap Treasure
Keywords: Street Fighter, Sneakers
Brain Children EP launch
What:
Brain Children EP launch
Where:
Horse Bazaar, 397 Little Lonsdale St, Melbourne
When:
Sat June 13, doors 9pm
How much:
Free!
Description:
The better halves of Eddy Current Suppression Ring (Mikey Young) and Catcall (Max Crumbs) have come together to create a new semi-opaque project call Brain Children. The album art looks like a John Waters shot American Apparel ad and sounds like the best thing to hit Melbourne dancefloors and feet in forever. Out on CD and 12" on Stained Circles this month. Who knew crust punks making disco could look and sound so good? (Only DJs at the launch though.) - SC
Event: DJs
Event: Supper
Keywords: Brain Children, Eddy Current Suppression Ring, Catcall
Classixx at WOW
What:
Classixx at WOW
Where:
Inflation nightclub, 60 King St, Melbourne
When:
Sat June 13, 9pm
How much:
$12
Description:
Although Robbie Coleman bagged them for their remix of Phoenix, Classixx aren't going to let it bring them down. No way. These guys are the flavour of the month around the blogosphere and on fire. They've remixed for the likes of The Ting Tings, Beni, and Cameo, plus they might have gotten their name from a Bosch line of appliances. They used to be called Young Americans, but America took them to court or something. Anyway, no matter any of that, Streetparty says they're a cross between Phoenix and Cut Copy, and it's only $12 to prove to yourself that Robbie is wrong. - PC
Event: Bands & DJs
Stimulus: E
Oh Mercy 'In The Nude For Love' EP launch
What:
Oh Mercy 'In The Nude For Love' EP launch
Where:
The Toff, Lvl 2, 252 Swanston St, Melbourne
When:
Sat June 13, 7:30-11pm
How much:
$10 +BF from here or Polyster Records, $12 on the door
Description:
The press release for this EP launch features more name dropping than a party of coked up Sydney publicists. All you really need to know is that Oh Mercy make melodic guitar pop that sounds sort of like The Go-Betweens and they have a thing for puns. Also, they don't suck. - MN
Event: Bands
Event: Supper
Keywords: guitar pop, Album Launch
Pony Up
What:
Pony Up
Where:
Corner Hotel, 57 Swan St, Richmond
When:
Sat June 13, doors 8pm
How much:
$33 +BF from here
Description:
Pony Up are great. The Montreal girl-group look like they should be on Degrassi Junior High (the '80s edition) and they write songs with messed up titles - 'The Truth About Cats and Dogs (Is That They Die)'. They've just released a new album of indie pop, 'Stay Gold', and they want to party with you. - MN
Event: Bands
Event: Supper
Fyxomatosis Bike Swap
What:
Fyxomatosis Bike Swap
Where:
25 Easey St, Collingwood
When:
Sun June 14, 9am for sellers, 10am for public
How much:
Free for buyers, $5 for sellers
Description:
There is one thing that all bike nerds have in common, the need to horde. All those fixed gear, BMX, and retro riders constantly stockpile any bike parts they can get their grease-covered hands on for the next big project. Sadly that project is never built because you end up with two forks, a wheel and one pedal. But the people at Fyxomatosis have the same problem and sought professional help. Along with their therapists, they have organized a bike part swap in Collingwood, but only you can set yourself free. - PC
Event: Fair
Stimulus: Cheap Treasure
Keywords: BMX, Fair, Bikes, Swap Party
Melbourne Design Market
What:
Melbourne Design Market
Where:
Fed Square undercover carpark
When:
Sun June 14, 10am-5pm
How much:
Free entry!
Description:
Whenever I'm trying to make fun of my American friends I force them to say that line from Chopper: "I'll meet youse in the cahpahk." And now, Yankees, you'll realise my efforts were not purely derisory!! This Sunday the Melbourne Design Market returns. There are more than 50 stalls, including all your old favourites (Alpha 60, Third Drawer Down, Michael Pham selling badges on his cousin's stand). But there are plenty of new stalls too, including OK OK - the shop you usually travel to Brunswick to drool at. - PM
Event: Markets
Stimulus: crazy
Keywords: Design, Market, Fed Square
Rainy Day Sale
What:
Rainy Day Sale
Where:
Misty, 3-5 Hosier Lane, Melbourne
When:
Sun June 14, 10am-5pm
How much:
Prices drastically reduced! $10 bloody marys all day!
Description:
The bad news: Hosier Lane will be slippery cobblestone city this Sunday. The worse news: It will be full of brides getting photographed next to Neck Face tags painted on the Movida bins, so cutting edge and urban it will bow your mind. The good news: your death-defying journey will be rewarded when you get to to the rainy day sale at Misty. Alexi Freeman AW09 rare stock and samples, previous seasons at crazy-man prices. Plus plenty of stuff from the Milly Sleeping boutique including Romance Was Born, Hua, Kuwaii, Limedrop, Lonely Hearts, Mucke, Strange & Strange. - Us
Event: Sales
Stimulus: Cheap Treasure
Southpaw Record Fare
What:
Southpaw Record Fare
Where:
Southpaw, 189 Gertrude St, Fitzroy
When:
Sun June 14, 2pm
How much:
Free!
Description:
Are you still searching for that elusive, limited-edition copy of Pavement's 'Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain' with the coloured vinyl? Maybe a crate of old Happy Hardcore under the bed is your secret shame. Either way, Southpaw's Record Fare (fair?) can help. It features stalls from Melbourne's best known record shops alongside DJs looking to offload lost treasures. Guru Josh anyone? Anyone? Anyone? Bah! - MN
Event: Fair
Stimulus: Cheap Treasure
Keywords: Record Fair, Vinyl, treasure
Join a Marching Band
What:
Join a Marching Band
Where:
To perform at Disappear Hear (new event from the people who brought us Sweet Jelly Roll)
When:
Rehearsals start next week! Performance June 26.
How much:
FREE
Description:
Sometimes you get an email and it's the best submission you've ever received. "Had a life long dream to join a marching band? Of course you have. Can't play an instrument for shit? Uncoordinated? Lazy? No matter. With two rehearsals and one performance, by the end of this month you can cross 'join a marching band' off the list. To register your interest please email flashknob@disappearhere.com.au . BYO Tambourine, recorder, triangle." - PM (wishes she wrote this)
Event: Bands
Stimulus: Fame
Admit it, you painted a melting clock in year 8 art and pretended it was your idea. Well, it's taken a while but you're going to get sprung this weekend bucko. Everyone's going to find out it was really Salvador Dali's idea! The giant Dali retrospective, Liquid Desire, opens at NGV International on Saturday and there will be more than 200 of his works on show. Apart from designing the Chupa Chups logo, Dali was a giant of the Surrealist movement and a twenty-four hour party guy. He would say things like 'I am the drug' - and he wasn't even on drugs!
We think the best time to go will be on Wednesdays at Art After Dark. You can get a ticket right up until 7.30, then stay until 9pm. Choose your night wisely though, because there's a musical element to the After Dark program and one of them is salsa classes. But don't worry, there's also a New York party, interesting talks, and a Parisian Bohemia twisty moustache night! Thanks to NGV, we have 5 double passes to Liquid Desire to give away. To enter, just answer the following question.
This week's question:
Okay, I did not
a) invent the melting clock idea
b) come here for salsa
c) expect a 500 word image credit
d) pass year 8 art
Send your answer, name and mailing address to win@threethousand.com.au. Winners will be notified by email. subscriber only entry! Not a subscriber? Oh noooes! Sign up here.
Image:
Salvador DALÍ. Spanish 1904-89, worked in United States 1940-48. The disintegration of The persistence of memory 1952-54. Oil on canvas, 25.4 x 33.0 cm. The Salvador Dalí Museum, St Petersburg, Florida Worldwide Rights: © Salvador Dalí, Fundació. Gala-Salvador Dalí, VISCOPY, 2009. In the USA: © Salvador Dalí Museum Inc., St. Petersburg, FL, 2009
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