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ThreeThousand http://www.threethousand.com.au/ ThreeThousand is a weekly snapshot of Melbourne's subculture - film, music, design, books, art, goods and links for people who realise that the best things in life are often hard to find. en-us SHOP: Something Weird Video http://www.threethousand.com.au/shop/something-weird-video-2/ http://www.threethousand.com.au/shop/something-weird-video-2/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +1100 <p><img src="http://www.threethousand.com.au/assets/_thumbs/3tshopsomethingweird01entryfull.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Something Weird Video" title="Something Weird Video"></p><p><strong>What:</strong><br /><a href="http://www.somethingweird.com/" target="_blank">Something Weird Video </a><br /><br /><strong>Where:</strong><br /><a href="http://www.somethingweird.com/" target="_blank">Online here</a><br /><strong><br />How much:</strong><br />Feature-length downloads for $5.99; DVD or VHS $10 + shipping costs.<br /><strong><br />Image: </strong><br />Still from <em>She Devils On Wheels</em> (1968)</p><p>While low budget films flourish in <a href="http://www.viceland.com/int/v16n9/htdocs/nollywood-omen-124.php" target="_blank">other countries</a>, us ‘civilised' white folks hardly ever make cheap, fun, <a href="http://www.viceland.com/int/v16n9/htdocs/narcotic-films-for-illegal-fans-132.php" target="_blank">‘bad' movies </a>anymore. Which SUCKS.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.somethingweird.com/" target="_blank">Something Weird Video</a> specialise in boldly bizarre and bad movies; go-go girls, nudist camps, hippie drug casualties, low-budget sci-fi, gore, juvenile delinquents... The kind of bad taste and exploitation that manic, huckster movie producers like <a href="http://www.allmovie.com/artist/david-f-friedman-90590/bio" target="_blank">David F. Friedman</a> and <a href="http://www.allmovie.com/artist/herschell-gordon-lewis-99626/bio" target="_blank">Herschell Gordon Lewis</a> sold to lonely bachelors at the arthouse, or stoned teens at the drive-in - but would never get a green light today.<br /><br />Started in 1990, Something Weird sell DVDs and videos, but are stepping up their game for 2010, making movies available as downloads - for cheap! Check out some of these brain-boggling trailers, if you dare.<br /><br />- <a href="http://www.somethingweird.com/cart.php?target=product&product_id=37969#preview" target="_blank"><em>Bummer</em></a> ("a far out trip through a hard rock tunnel")<br />- <a href="http://www.somethingweird.com/cart.php?target=product&product_id=37971#preview" target="_blank"><em>Blood Feast</em> </a>(or any of H.G. Lewis' blood trilogy)<br />- <a href="http://www.somethingweird.com/cart.php?target=product&product_id=37957#preview" target="_blank"><em>She Devils On Wheels</em></a><br />- <a href="http://www.somethingweird.com/cart.php?target=product&product_id=37907#preview" target="_blank"><em>Reefer Madness</em></a> ("the burning weed with its roots in hell!")<br /><br />Far out. Now if we could just find a drive-in to watch these at, everything would be perfect.</p> OUT: Spill Collective present HOT MESS DOWN UNDER http://www.threethousand.com.au/out/spill-collective-present-hot-mess-down-under/ http://www.threethousand.com.au/out/spill-collective-present-hot-mess-down-under/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +1100 <p><strong>What:</strong><br /><a href="http://www.spillcollective.com" target="_blank">Spill Collective</a> present HOT MESS DOWN UNDER <br /><br /><strong>Where:</strong><br />Geddes Lane (off King Street, you know it)<br /><br /><strong>When:</strong><br />Fri Mar 19, 9pm-5am<br /><br /><strong>How much:</strong><br />$10 before 10pm, $10 if you're dressed up, $15 after 10pm, $15 if you're dressed down. </p><p><strong>Description:</strong><br />Do NOT miss this one-off drag/mc/dj/performance-art cumdump tomorrow night. I just wrote cumdump. Spill Collective are teaming up with Hot Mess. Hot Mess are trannies! The best frickin' trannies from London! So come on gurrrls, dust off those sequins and rubber prosthetics.  - MS</p> OUT: The 6th Bohemian Masquerade Ball http://www.threethousand.com.au/out/the-6th-bohemian-masquerade-ball/ http://www.threethousand.com.au/out/the-6th-bohemian-masquerade-ball/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +1100 <p><strong>What:</strong><br />The 6th Bohemian Masquerade Ball <br /><br /><strong>Where:</strong><br /><a href="http://www.thethornburytheatre.com/" target="_blank">Thornbury Theatre</a>, 859 High St, Thornbury<br /><br /><strong>When:</strong><br />Sat Mar 20, doors 7.30pm<br /><br /><strong>How much:</strong><br />$25 +BF <a href="http://thornburytheatre.webtickets.com.au/" target="_blank">from here</a> or $30 on the door </p><p><strong>Description:</strong><br />Remember that scene in <em>Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment </em>where Mahoney infiltrates the cave hide-out of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsBugR9dpdU" target="_blank">Bobcat Goldthwait</a>'s biker gang? The Bohemian Masquerade Ball is going to be exactly like that! "A debaucherous boiling-pot of extreme circus, neo-vaudeville, circus rovers, a peep-show burlesque booth and freakish surprises." <a href="http://www.myspace.com/thebanginrackettes" target="_blank">Claire Baby Browne and The Banging Rackettes</a> live! Gunfighting, and people's whose mother's names were Jughead. If your housemate won't come with you, trick him into costume by switching his shampoo with Tackleberry's poxyresin solution. - PM </p> OUT: Upper Left Arm fashion exhibition launch http://www.threethousand.com.au/out/upper-left-arm-fashion-exhibition-launch/ http://www.threethousand.com.au/out/upper-left-arm-fashion-exhibition-launch/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +1100 <p><strong>What:</strong><br /><a href="http://www.upperleftarm.com/" target="_blank">Upper Left Arm</a> fashion exhibition launch <br /><strong><br />Where:</strong><br /><a href="http://nineonseven.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">nineonseven gallery</a>, Lvl 7, 252 Swanston St, Melbourne <br /><br /><strong>When:</strong><br />Fri Mar 19, 6pm<br /><br /><strong>How much:</strong><br />Free!  </p><p><strong>Description:</strong><br />Two insane fashion design graduates have an exhibition at nineonseven, opening Friday. Insane because they make witchdoctor clothes? Insane because they have bird whistles and teepees in the parade? No! Insane because they're planning their launch at 6pm on a Friday night at Rooftop Bar. Queue starts at 4pm, anyone not wearing a suit is part of the show. - Us.</p> OUT: Tourism Vic need qualified masseuses for their World Record Attempt! http://www.threethousand.com.au/out/tourism-vic-need-qualified-masseuses-for-their-world-record-attempt/ http://www.threethousand.com.au/out/tourism-vic-need-qualified-masseuses-for-their-world-record-attempt/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +1100 <p><strong>What:</strong><br />Tourism Vic need qualified masseuses for their <a href="http://www.daylesfordrecord.com.au/" target="_blank">World Record Attempt!<br /></a><br /><strong>Where:</strong><br />Lavandula Lavendar Farm, 350 Hepburn-Newstead Rd, Shepherds Flat (via Daylesford)<br /><br /><strong>When:</strong><br />Tues Mar 30, 9am<br /><br /><strong>How much:</strong><br />If you are a qualified masseuse, you get a $100 MYER gift card for volunteering! Rub goes both ways.</p><p><strong>Description:</strong><br />In what some (we) are calling 'a stroke of genius', Tourism Victoria are planning a big circle jerk to promote Daylesford's amazing day spas! They're going to <a href="http://www.daylesfordrecord.com.au/" target="_blank">break the Guinness world record for a simultaneous massage</a> on Tuesday. What they need, though, is masseuses. Are you qualified? Get in touch <a href="http://www.daylesfordrecord.com.au/" target="_blank">and volunteer </a>- you get a $100 MYER voucher! Like they told you at massage school: it's not brain surgery. - Us.</p> OUT: Kuwaii open studio! http://www.threethousand.com.au/out/kuwaii-open-studio/ http://www.threethousand.com.au/out/kuwaii-open-studio/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +1100 <p><strong>What:</strong><br /><a href="http://www.kuwaii.com.au/" target="_blank">Kuwaii</a> LMFF open studio!<br /><br /><strong>Where:</strong><br />37-39 Glenlyon Rd, Brunswick<br /><br /><strong>When:</strong><br />Sun Mar 21, noon-3pm (The Icypoles playing from 2pm)<br /><br /><strong>How much:</strong><br />Free! <a href="http://www.lmff.com.au/lmff-2010-program/cultural-program/meet" target="_blank">A list of other LMFF open studios here</a>. </p><p><strong>Description:</strong><br />Kristy Barber is opening her studio this Sunday for LMFF, letting us behind the scenes of the asymmetrical Kuwaii juggernaut! Her friend Isobel Knowles will be bringing her band, the Icypoles, and after that we'll go down to the servo and get one. - Us.</p> OUT: John Jameson Productions Short Film Night http://www.threethousand.com.au/out/john-jameson-productions-short-film-night/ http://www.threethousand.com.au/out/john-jameson-productions-short-film-night/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +1100 <p><strong>What:</strong><br /><a href="http://www.rooftopcinema.com.au/screening/87" target="_blank">John Jameson Productions Short Film Night</a><br /><br /><strong>Where:</strong><br /><a href="http://www.rooftopcinema.com.au/" target="_blank">Rooftop Cinema</a>, 252 Swanston St, Melbourne<br /><br /><strong>When:</strong><br />Tues Mar 23, 8-11pm<br /><br /><strong>How much:</strong><br />Private event, free Jamesons!<br /><br /><strong>Win:</strong><br />We have 2 dbls to give away! To enter, email <a href="mailto:win@threethousand.com.au">win@threethousand.com.au</a> with the subject 'I think this one stars Polly Hot Patootie'' </p><p><strong>Description:</strong><br />Most people you ask hate short films. Why do you think that is? You'll say, "Hey! I got tickets to the short film night!" And they'll say, "Shoooooort film? Oh man." Anyway, what this means is there's never any filler at short film events. It's just the people who don't need to be soothed by the magical Hollywood lullaby just to sit still for 90 minutes. People who appreciate a bit of storytelling, a bit of disturbing whimsy, a piece of hot patooti acting student. And, in this case, people who like Jamesons whiskey for free. - PM</p> OUT: 'Six Pack' exhibition opening http://www.threethousand.com.au/out/six-pack-exhibition-opening/ http://www.threethousand.com.au/out/six-pack-exhibition-opening/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +1100 <p><strong>What:</strong><br /><em>Six Pack</em> exhibition opening<br /><br /><strong>Where:</strong><br />11a Highlander Lane, Melbourne<br /><br /><strong>When:</strong><br />Thurs Mar 18, 6pm<br /><br /><strong>How much:</strong><br />Free! </p><p><strong>Description:</strong><br />Rick Milovanovic of <a href="http://www.alter.com.au/" target="_blank">Alter</a> studio and other creative projects including entering competitions on the internet is part of a group show opening tonight! The other artists are Callum Preston, 'Bolts', Carl Dobson, Thomas Jackson and Didik Tamtoro. We don't know them but if they know Rick then they can come around any time. - Us</p> GOODS: Agatha Gothe-Snape's t-shirts http://www.threethousand.com.au/goods/agatha-gothe-snapes-t-shirts/ http://www.threethousand.com.au/goods/agatha-gothe-snapes-t-shirts/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +1100 <p><img src="http://www.threethousand.com.au/assets/_thumbs/3tgoods248entryfull.gif" width="240" height="180" alt="Agatha Gothe-Snape's t-shirts" title="Agatha Gothe-Snape's t-shirts"></p><p><strong>What:</strong><br />Agatha Gothe-Snape's t-shirts<br /><br /><strong>Where:</strong><br /><a href="http://www.accaonline.org.au/Current" target="_blank"><em>NEW010</em></a>, ACCA, 111 Sturt St, Southbank<br /><strong><br />When:</strong><br />Exhibition open from today! Until May 23.<br /><br /><strong>How much:</strong><br />Gallery entry free, t-shirts $15 each! </p><p> Welcome to the launch of my new art reviewing system. It's image based. If you text me, and say, "Penny, how's the show?!" I'll send you a picture back for a small fee of $32. Quite often, <a href="http://broadcatching.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/300px-fozzie_season_1.jpg" target="_blank">the picture will be this</a>. And <a href="http://seattle.metblogs.com/files/2009/05/themuppetsbeeker-300x224.jpg" target="_blank">sometimes this</a> or <a href="http://jerseygirlgenius.typepad.com/.a/6a00e5536b8b418833011278fa2f3328a4-320wi" target="_blank">even this</a>. But, on rare occasions, <a href="http://www.opendreams.net/jade/temp/moar.jpg" target="_blank">IT WILL BE THIS</a>. <br /><br />And that's how I was when I met Agatha Gothe-Snape on Tuesday.* She's part of ACCA's <em>NEW010</em> show, opening today, and her project is called <em>The Outcome is Certain</em>. Basically, she was doodling on the internet and discovered the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%BCscher_color_test" target="_blank">Luscher colour test</a>, which uses your colour preferences to tell you things about yourself that only a magician could know. She decided to make coloured t-shirts that the ACCA staff would be forced to wear every day, revealing their feelings to themselves and, WORSE, to all and sundry.<br /><br />If you've ever thought about your clothing decisions as a microcosm of your general levels of honesty with yourself and others, or been crushed by the existential pressure of a boundless plane of outfit possibilities, or needed a $15 t-shirt, this will be right up your wardrobe. *If you read the second paragraph, please call accounts on 9662 1657 to arrange direct funds transfer. </p> WATCH: Brothers http://www.threethousand.com.au/watch/brothers-3/ http://www.threethousand.com.au/watch/brothers-3/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +1100 <p><img src="http://www.threethousand.com.au/assets/_thumbs/229watch2entryfull.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Brothers" title="Brothers"></p><p><strong>What: </strong><br /><em>Brothers</em><br /><br /><strong>Where:</strong><br />In cinemas from March 18<br /><br /><strong>Watch the trailer:</strong><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLlpabVRnyc" target="_blank">Here </a><br /><br /><strong>Win:</strong><br />Thanks to Roadshow, we have 5 dbls to give away! To enter, email <a href="mailto:win@threethousand.com.au" target="_blank">win@threethousand.com.au</a> with the subject ‘I thought you were dead' </p><p>"Sounds Biblical," was my initial summary of this domestic melodrama. Kinda - its characters are more like figures in a parable than individual human beings. But Jim Sheridan's powerful, intimate remake of the 2004 Danish original offers little salvation. Bleak, uncertain, <em>Brothers</em> is a fable that's lost its moral.<br /><br />The 'good' brother, gentle Captain Sam Cahill (a still-boyish Tobey Maguire), is captured in combat by Afghan mujahideen. A horrifying atrocity transforms him into a gaunt, paranoid, eye-boggling, scenery-chewing stranger to his wife Grace (Natalie Portman) and daughters Isabelle (a heartbreaking performance from Bailee Madison) and Elsie (Mare Winningham). Meanwhile, a subtler - or just more subtly acted - transformation comes over surly ex-con Tommy Cahill (Jake Gyllenhaal), whose alcoholic 'Nam-vet dad (Sam Shepard) never fails to remind him that he's the 'bad' brother. Only upon Sam's presumed death does Tommy dare to realise he can be a decent family man.<br /><br />While Maguire provides some haunting moments, Gyllenhaal provides the film's emotional centre, skilfully sketching Tommy's awkward, conflicted attraction to Grace. Portman does little but look pretty. Ultimately, <em>Brothers</em> fails to explain why Sam and Tommy are each other's salvation - cries of "He's my brother!" just don't cut it. </p>