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Wednesday 15th – 22nd February
February is a short month, short like Joe Pesci, short like Spud Webb, short like Napoleon Bonaparte. Short, yet nevertheless, dynamic – ready to kick you in the guts, take over the world, or slam dunk in your face given half the chance.
If you take your eyes off February for one second it will be March and summer will be over. That is why it is so important to take this 28-day bull by the horns instead of running like a rodeo clown into autumn. Fit as much in as possible - take no prisoners. Shop, watch movies, read, feast and generally run amuck. February is not for the faint hearted – go forth and plunder.
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ThreeThousand Issue 042 – you snooze you lose.
Cover image by tin&ed
If you would like to submit a cover photo, email
photo@tinanded.com.au |
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Growing up in public can be tough. Just ask Shirley Temple or Macaulay Culkin. The Olsen twins also did it, and others will be forced to do it, as long as the fascination with the public/private dichotomy urges us to try and understand human behaviour.
Public = Un-Public is the collaboration between
Australian choreographer Jo Lloyd and Tokyo multimedia
art collective Off
Nibroll and explores the nature of the two behaviours,
public and private, in the context of growing up in Australia
compared to growing up in Japan.
A little less tabloid than the plight of the Olsen twins
or the Culkins, this acclaimed production is fuelled by
dynamic choreography and stunning projections. Performed
by Lloyd and Off Nibroll’s director, Mikuni Yanaihara,
Public = Un-Public already boasts one sell out
season as part of the Asialink Japan Dance Exchange Program
held in 2005. With a limited season – five shows
only – get in quick, Public = Un-Public
must not be kept a secret. |
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What:
Public = Un-Public
Where:
Chunky Move Studios
11 Sturt Street, Southbank
When:
Feb 15-19
How much:
$19 Full, $15 Concession
Contact:
9685 5111 |
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Ladies love cool jewels, so let ThreeThousand introduce you to the wonderful Jade Gedeon, designer of the featured fit-for-a-queen Kingfisher Pendant ($35, pictured). Fresh from the boroughs of New York, Jade, sometimes known as J.Giddy, has plenty of other tricks up her sleeve, including the brass Milla Pendant ($24) inspired by a very special ankle biter. Also be sure to check out the stunning scarab earrings ($25) delicately hanging on oversized brass wires, the perfect accessory for the fashion-forward tomb raider.
Firstly, you can always trust a jewellery designer named after a ornamental stone, but secondly, free shipping in Australia is also a formula sure to bring out ThreeThousand readers’ award winning smiles. Visit the We Dream in Colour online store and you’ll drool for the rocks that Jade’s got. And at those prices you’ll be convinced that her love really don’t cost a thing. |
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What:
Kingfisher Pendant
Milla Pendant
Where:
We Dream In Colour |
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Someone once said that being an alcoholic is like doing the waltz with a gorilla, only the dancing doesn’t stop until the gorilla says so.
Augustine Burroughs' memoirs of a drunk, Dry, is a story of despair, loss and love, which is also gut wrenchingly funny – and often, just as ludicrous as a gorilla waltz.
Burroughs story begins during his years as a high-flying Manhattan ad-scribe, still under 25, perpetually inebriated and completely self-destructive. He regales his experience of Fear and Loathing benders, rehab for alcoholism, the subsequent AA meetings, and eventually watching his best friend, Pighead, succumb to AIDS.
What sets Dry apart from the plethora of other NYC tales of debauchery and self-loathing, is that despite Burroughs tales being of such a shocking, absurd and heartbreaking nature, we can still identify with the emotional by-products of his experiences.
Burroughs writes with such biting honesty, a far cry from his days as a smooth-talking, double-life-leading alcoholic advertising scoundrel – setting him well apart from his oft-compared compadre and fellow queer humorist, David Sedaris. Dry is sure to leave you thirsty for more. |
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What:
Dry
Who:
Augusten Burroughs
Where:
All good bookstores |
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Listening to Diplo’s second selection of Baile funk tracks, Favela Strikes Back, isn’t dissimilar to being woken up by your mum screaming through a mega phone straight into your hungover head. But once you get over the combination of Miami bass and frantic, shouted Portuguese vocals, it’s also as refreshing as a bowl of fruit loops. Enough sugar to jolt you into the day – but comforting, and marginally fibrous.
This stuff is straight outta Rio’s favelas – the city’s shantytowns or slums – sourced by the man known primarily as MIA’s DJ. With his latest offering, Diplo has produced a solid follow up to his first volume of Baile funk, Favela On Blast, which sold out of print twice and cemented him as the driving force behind our obsession with Rio Baile. Diplo himself has copped some criticism for plundering a genre that’s existed for years and repackaging it to suit a Western audience. But if that’s what it takes for the sounds of Baile funk to spread to dancefloors beyond Rio’s favelas, that can only be a good thing – for us, and for the artists.
Diplo is playing this weekend. See OUT for details. |
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What:
Favela Strikes Back
Who:
Diplo
On:
Opulent |
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Nobody Knows first snuck onto the scene at the 2004 MIFF, then returned again for a brief cinema season in 2005, but its DVD release this month has brought it back into the spotlight.
Based on the tragic 1988 events that saw four children abandoned by their flaky mother and left to fend for themselves in a downtown Tokyo apartment, Nobody Knows is riveting, shocking and delicate. Director Hirokazu Kore-eda’s child subjects perform with a complete lack of self-consciousness, meandering through the changing seasons over twelve months of desolation and hopelessness.
Despite the overwhelming sense of calamity and dread that
hangs over Nobody Knows, there are moments of
lightness and humour, as the children embark on their
secret odyssey, experiencing the simple delights of childhood
that, as Kore-eda demonstrates, are universal.
The performances of the children are exceptional, in particular, Yuuyu Yagira who won best actor at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival for his portrayal of the eldest child, Akira. Nobody Knows is a film that everybody should know about. |
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What:
Nobody Knows
Where:
on DVD |
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The ideal location to woo a lover, or butter up your boss, Sarti is more charming than a sharp dressed man (or woman). And there are plenty of those around the place with all the staff kitted out in designer denim, devilishly handsome white shirts and spotless taupe Chuck Taylors. But what else would you expect from a restaurant that takes its name from its previous occupier, a sarti, or tailor, for those without an Italian tongue.
The modern Italian menu is on the glamorous side of pricey, with a 100-strong wine list, about fifteen available from the glass, making it more of a ‘sequined frock’ than a ‘cotton socks’ dining choice. Accessorised by top-notch service by said dishy waiters and the amazing terrace, Sarti, like a couture designer, is exquisite right down to the last detail. |
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What:
Sarti
Where:
6 Russell Place, Melbourne
When:
Mon-Fri 10am to 1am, Sat 5pm to 1am
Contact:
9639 7822
Info:
Bookings are recommended, especially for a spot on the terrace |
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What:
Diplo
When:
Friday 17th February
Where:
The Espy (Gershwin Room) |
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Description:
Baile funk king and M.I.A. side-kick Diplo will be Diplowing the roof off the Espy this Friday supported by the crazy Rich Madan with a Bhangra party set), Ransom, Chris Gill and Ems. Tickets from Polyester, Northside, Central Station, Obese and the Espy bottleshop. |
What:
Loony Tunes
When:
Thursday 16th February, 9pm
Where:
Horse Bazaar |
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Description:
Stop motion, claymation, manga, cartoons and every other sort of animation to frame your inner Roger Rabbit. This month Horse Bazaar is screening the latest machinima and game videos matched with a lush and rhythmic neo-exotica soundtrack and an uninterrupted screening of Hanuman by V G Samant at 11PM. Free entry.
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What:
Love Of Diagrams
When:
Friday 17th February
Where:
Ding Dong |
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Description:
Local trio Love Of Diagrams play alongside Children Collide, Telecom and Geek God Talkshow Boy. $10.
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What:
Ni-Hao (Japan), Witch Hats, Twitch Of The Death Nerve, BadCopBadCop
When:
Saturday 18th February
Where:
Pony
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Description:
Watching bands at Pony is a better for you than stumbling out of Pony at 7am. And, if you choose to do both – good luck.
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Dead Frenchmen, Tic Toc Tokyo, Luxxor Revenge
When:
Thursday 16th February
Where:
The Tote |
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Description:
Uni kids aren’t tough enough for The Tote, so it really is the best way to escape them on a Thursday night.
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ThreeThousand is a weekly snapshot of Melbourne's subculture, fired by email into the loving arms of people who realise that the best things in life are often hard to find. It is compiled by an amorphous gaggle of writers, stylists, designers, photographers, sub-cultural attaches and a large troupe of monkeys who enjoy working for peanuts.
Without editorial independence ThreeThousand has nothing. All editorial you read is featured because it's worth it – not because it's paid for.
Advertising Partnerships:
ThreeThousand is funded in full by one advertising partner per issue. We warmly invite advertisers who see the benefit in speaking to Melbourne through a trusted and targeted medium to contact Francesco at frunch@rightanglepublishing.com
Editorial Submissions:
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Feedback:
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(03) 9662 1657 |
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Publisher
Barrie Barton
03 9662 1657
barrie@rightanglepublishing.com.au
Editor
Chris Barton
chris@threethousand.com.au
Deputy Editor
Kath Loftus
kath@threethousand.com.au
Design Monkeys
tin&ed
www.tinanded.com.au
Contributing Monkeys
Charlotte McInnes
Nigel Carboon
Reuben Ruiter
Tom Hyde
Will Larnach-Jones
Max Olijnyk
Ana Cecilia
Toby Temper Temper
Jade Barclay
Joanna Weekes
Blingrid
Pollyanna
Jeanne Tan
Annie Fox
Dan Honey
Richard Hack
Lewis Mulvey
Richard Janko
Tom Jackson
Nick Sweeney
Lauren Katsikitis
Reuben Acciano
Lucy Morieson
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