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Wednesday 14th – 21st December
With New Years on our doorsteps it is time to start coming up with some resolutions. We need life changing goals that will make the coming year all fresh faced - like Lenin in the mausoleum, Robert Downey Jnr before the drugs, or Cher after the botox. We need things so good that they are to the New Year what a Berocca is to a hangover. Here at ThreeThousand we have decided not to wait to make such decisions. Here it goes…
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We want to read more, play more, be better dressed, listen to more music, shop smarter, laugh more, ask more questions, speak our minds, wear our hearts on our sleeves, eat better, and probably keep drinking just the same.
ThreeThousand Issue 035 – trying to be a better person
Cover photo by lala. If you would like to submit a cover photo, email photo@tinanded.com.au |
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Love, or rather, the word love, was sullied by high school. It was a time when people started feeling hot and bothered. A time when we first confessed love – or, perhaps, the first time we were crass enough to start spelling it “L-U-V”, calculate ‘luv percentages’ and tag school desks with our crush’s initials inside bulbous hearts.
Sweden’s Love Is All are as full of indie pop beans as high school kids are full of hormones, and Nine Times That Same Song is a delightfully precocious debut. Make Out Fall Out Make Up is like the Polyphonic Spree at the disco, having a dance floor quarrel with the kids from Annie and Turn the TV Off is like The Smiths This Charming Man dipped in a love drug.
But one of the real treats on this album is Talk Talk Talk Talk, schizo sax solos and maniacal shouting reminiscent of Karen O’s Rich effort – the only thing missing is the car chase.
Love Is All remind us that love is as sucky as it is sweet, and the only thing to do when you’re heartbroken or lusty as hell, is scream and shout. |
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What:
Nine Times That Same Song
Who:
Love is All
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What’s Your Rupture? (2005) |
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Bill Murray is the personification of a fine red wine. You know he’s always good, everyone else knows he’s good, but somehow he keeps on getting better and better. The most deadpan of his deadpan actor ilk, Murray has described his recently developed ‘minimalist’ acting style as seen in The Life Aquatic, Lost in Translation and Broken Flowers, as a result of a decline in skill and ability.
In his latest role as the Don Juan-esque Don Johnson, Murray is the ever-still protagonist, epitomised in the lingering shots of him slumped on the couch in Fred Perry tracksuit with glass of bubbles and brilliantly blank expression. As we would expect from the genius of director Jim Jarmusch, every object seems hand picked perfectly, in tune with the super-subtle humour and lack of urgency in the film’s pace and Murray’s minimalism. The lack of virility and vigour in Murray is superbly juxtaposed by the stellar cast of supporting women such as Sharon Stone, Chloe Sevigny and Tilda Swinton, each with their own quirks and weaknesses.
Appropriately, the ending to Broken Flowers is open and inconclusive. Somehow this seems to make sense and the dissatisfaction we are left with provides the only possible satisfactory conclusion. |
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What:
Broken Flowers
Where:
Select cinemas
When:
Opens Boxing Day
Watch The Trailer:
here |
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A safe distance from the spruiking dog fights of Lygon Street’s main drag I Carusi’s unassuming exterior, hidden amongst the warehouses and car yards of East Brunswick, conceals what is arguably Melbourne’s finest pizza.
Within its small but fiery kitchen, the freshest of ingredients are strewn across thin-crust bases in simple yet exquisite combinations such as ‘Gamberi Piccante’ (prawn, semi-sundried tomato and fiore di latte) or ‘Pizza for a Friend’ (roast pumpkin, pine nuts, rocket and goats cheese). Even the ‘Margherita’ is out of this world, and all pizzas fit neatly within the $11-20 price range. And, should you eat your greens, the rocket and parmesan salad drizzled with olive oil and balsamic vinegar will make you forget all about wilted iceberg leaves and pale tomato in tacky monkey pod wooden bowls that lesser pizzerias have on offer.
I Carusi - Happy eating without the spruiking. |
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What:
I Carusi
Where:
46a Holmes St, Brunswick East
When:
5:30-11pm Tues – Sun
Contact & Info:
9386 5522
BYO (Corkage: $1 per person)
Cash only |
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What:
Art + Heart Project
When:
Friday 16th December 6pm - 10:30pm
Where:
Curious Eidolon |
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Description:
One night only! Curious Eidolon is hosting a Group Character Design Exhibition with heart. Artists from around the globe have donated a bunch of diverse, distinctive and very affordable cult art gifts. 100% proceeds go to Life 2 Orphans, who provide money for the most basic survival needs of orphaned kids in the Ukraine. Door charge is the same as midnight mass (zilch) – and there’s free grog, free gifts for the first 100 in the door, and free hot tunes by DJ Wasabi. Don’t be a yule-tard – get into it! |
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What:
Modular/Tsubi Xmas Party
When:
Friday 16th December
Where:
Prince of Wales
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Description:
Get sacrilegious this Friday! Go worship the Father, Son and the Holy Jeans at the Modular/Tsubi Xmas shindig. For only $20 you can see The Presets, The Amazing Phillips Sisters, Cut Copy DJs, the Bang Gang featuring Ajax, Dangerous Dan, DJ Damage and DJ Streetparty, plus some very special guests (may or may not be the three wise men). More fun than a virgin birth! Tickets at Polyester, Greville Records, Prince and Central Station.
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What:
Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks
When:
Friday 16th and Saturday 17th December
Where:
Corner Hotel and NSC |
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Description:
Stephen Malkmus is pretty good looking. Sure, he probably won’t sing Shady Lane, but check him out with his new band The Jicks, supported by Gaslight Radio and Jake Ladder. $36 + bf (NSC selling fast).
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What:
Xmas Bootleg
When:
Saturday 17th December
Where:
Ding Dong
How much:
about $10 |
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Description:
Spod, Children Collide, Golden Mean. Bang a gong! Everyone seems to make out at Spod gigs, and those Children are simply irresistible. Very special guests are everyone’s favourite sexpots, the Town Bikes.
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What:
ThreeThousand Xmas Party!
When:
Sunday 18th December From 7pm
Where:
Honkytonks
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Description:
Description: No annoying Xmas carols here just the talents of Midnight Juggernauts, Temper Temper, The Amazing Phillips Sisters, DJs Ruby T, Blingrid and The Party Machines. There may not be Christmas ham, but there will be a free BBQ. Free!
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