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Wednesday 7th – 14th February
It would be unusual if we hadn’t at times questioned ourselves in relation to the mass-produced, mass-marketed world. It would be unusual if we hadn’t wondered how that awful song got to be #1 on the charts or how that slogan T-shirt had not only been made, but was made by the millions. It would be superhuman not to want to break your remote control (pay TV or otherwise) any night of the week or to exterminate all 14-year-olds for mindlessly spending their disposable income and inadvertently being the target market for big budget films. So if you’re walking down the street, sitting on a bus, driving in your car, or even at home and find yourself in a contemporary crisis akin to Michael Douglas in Falling Down then just grab something small, something that makes sense to you, and hold it tight.
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If for some reason you’re at a loss then hopefully ThreeThousand Issue 091 with Erland Øye’s new-ish band The Whitest Boy Alive, cult-film Freeway, Nerds Gone Wild magazine and Live Through This at the new Uplands space in Prahran will provide something for you to believe in. And, if not, become a Hare Krishna.
ThreeThousand 091 – can you believe it?
Cover photo by tin&ed. If you would like to submit a cover photo, email photo@tinanded.com.au |
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It’s like a fable. Not too long ago - around the time computers went from stigma to necessity, or when The OC’s Seth Cohen won his dream girl with comic book prowess - nerds became cool. Geek culture hit pop culture.
Nerds Gone Wild! Is a reflection of this newly-embraced social fringe in its raw form. With content that reaches right into the core of ‘nerdism’, and articles that derive from once marginalised obsessions.
Written with a sense of comic timing that rivals Red Dwarf, the magazine examines all facets of nerd culture, from vintage computers (Issue #2 ‘The best personal computer was made in 1983 by Tandy. End of story.’) and cult television (issue #2 ‘Angel: if he's immortal, why does he get fatter?’), to nerdist social questions (Issue #1 ‘If nerds are cool now, why aren't I, Mum?’).
Computers, vampires and The OC aside, the energy that soaks each page of Nerds Gone Wild! is infectious (see Issue #2 ‘Zombie Vampire Apocalypse on Planet Kung-Fu’). Because when a nerd gets excited about something, not even the Starship Enterprise can hold them back. And that’s cool no matter who you are.
*Issue 3 unleashed on Feb 14
By Nadia Saccardo |
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What:
Nerds Gone Wild!
Where:
Online and from stockists here
How much:
Free
Contact:
email |
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In similar fashion to that darling television series The Swan, Order & Progress has gone under the knife, dropped some weight (floors) and emerged in great ceremony after three weeks behind the red curtain. But instead of looking like a botoxed freak, this swan looks bigger, brighter and (clichéd as it might sound) beautiful(er).
Swapping a space the size of a backlit bathroom for one resembling a light-soaked lounge might have something to do with it. As does the brand migration. Don’t worry, all the same ‘shizzle from Brazzizzle’ is still there, but double the size.
There’s more from graphic Rio designers Oestudio and more from master Alexandre Herchcovitch. More of Jack Gomme’s nautical French knapsacks, and more local labels like The Very Least, just released by an anonymous Melbourne design clan.
It’s tempting, but we won’t finish this sentence with a ‘Please sir…’ or even a swansong. Just you promise you’ll pop up for a look see.
By Nadia Saccardo |
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What:
Order & Progress ‘The new store’
Where:
Level 3 (not 6), Curtin House, 252 Swanston St, Melbourne
When:
Mon-Thur 11-7, Fri 11-8, Sat 11-6
Contact:
9654 1329
Related links:
Alexandre Herchcovitch New York Spring 07 Collection |
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More than just a reference to Courtney Love’s angst-ridden 1994 album, Kain Picken and Rob McKenzie’s Live Through This explores the contemporary condition of mediating life’s experiences through various devices, as well as ideas surrounding notions of survival.
Posters made up of hundreds of images dominate the show: iPods display pictures of everything from sexually perverse acts to pop culture icons, and cats in various guises stand in for our senses of limitation or opportunity. Stolen bikes trigger a consideration of trust and Birth Control addresses population explosion and deep ecology.
Long-time collaborators and veterans of the Slave collective, Kain and Rob met at art school in 2001. Having shown around Australia and in New Zealand they now mount their first show as Uplands artists in the gallery’s new space on Chapel Street (it used to be where TCB is in the city). Rumour suggests that after this Rob will be concentrating on his other career (apprentice chef) for a while so working out how to open the front door at Uplands will be well worth your trouble.
By Kirsten Law
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What:
Live Through This
Where:
Uplands Gallery, 251 Chapel Street, Prahran
When:
Runs until February 24. Tues-Sat 11am-5.30pm
How much:
Free
Contact:
9510 2374
Image by:
Image caption: Kain Picken and Rob McKenzie, Live Through This, Uplands Gallery, February 2007, image courtesy of the artist and Uplands Gallery |
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Before Hollywood romances and biopics made her respectable, Reece Witherspoon was Vanessa: a violent, white-trash Little Red Riding Hood who prays that God doesn’t hate her “any more than usual”. It’s been over a decade, but finally Matthew Bright’s funny and disturbing Freeway arrives on DVD.
Despite familiar names like Oliver Stone as a producer and Kiefer Sutherland as ‘Bob Wolvington’, Freeway has the feel of C-grade classic trash cinema. Filmed in flat colours, roughly edited, even featuring a ‘Women In Prison’ sequence… it has all the charms of an old-fashioned exploitation flick. Tarantino would have loved to have made Freeway, but would be too busy winking at the camera about all the films he’s seen to ever pull it off.
Maybe one day we’ll get a release of Freeway that hasn’t had two minutes excised by the OFLC, but for now, this will have to do. Maybe one day we’ll even see Freeway 2: Confessions of a Trick Baby on DVD, a retelling of Hansel and Gretel – which features the genius casting of everyone’s favourite arthouse pornographer, Vincent Gallo, as the Wicked Witch.
By Martyn Pedler
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What:
Freeway (1996)
Where:
On DVD from Force Entertainment
Watch the trailer:
here |
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What:
Relentless Optimism
When:
Wed Feb 7 – Sat Mar 3, 4-8pm
*Opening drinks Thurs Feb 15, 6-8pm
Where:
The Carton Hotel & Studios, L2 197 Bourke St, Melbourne
How much:
Free
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Description:
This new exhibition is low on details. All we know is that it’s a one off, and that the artists taking part (and the flyer) caught our eye. Julia Gorman, Damiano Bertoli and Ronnie van Hout are just three of twelve artists involved. It opens this afternoon.
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What:
C.W. Stoneking
When:
Fri Feb 9, 8pm
Where:
The Spanish Club, 59-61 Johnston St, Fitzroy
How much:
$10 + b/f from or $15 on the door |
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Description:
A blues artist on a Banjo from Footscray. C.W. Stoneking’s holler is deeper than the Maribyrnong and his new album King Hokum is more powerful than a long drag of a cigar.
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What:
Muscles
When:
Fri Feb 9, 6pm
Where:
St Kilda Festival Beach Party, St Kilda
How much:
Free |
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Description:
One man with two keyboards and a string of Christmas lights is a force to be reckoned with. Especially when he’s on the beach in board shorts singing to a Chandy filled festival. Also on stage in short shorts: Dances With Voices, The Basics and Plug In City. |
What:
Starfuckers
When:
Fri Feb 9, 9pm
Where:
Geddes Lane, cnr Flinders Lane and King St, Melbourne
How much:
$12 on the door |
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Description:
Electro cock pop Starfuckers invade Melbourne for a monthly rave. This month they’ve has enlisted Disorder, BOOMS and MAFIA to make you dance ‘resulting in Nicole Richie style weightloss’. No one said it would be pretty.
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What:
Is Not Magazine presents Pants Love
When:
Sat Feb 10, 9pm
Where:
Public Office, 100 Adderley St, West Melbourne
How much:
$10 on the door or pre-book here |
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Description:
Is that love in your pants or are you just happy to see me? Yes that just might be the worst pick up line ever, but you can get away with it this Saturday when Is Not Magazine present the biggest pre-Valentines pants party of the season. The Dardanelles and a score of DJs like Mafia, V Unit Records, Bromance, Machild and ‘Podwars Champions’ Plump ‘n’ Rosie will play for your pants in honour of Is Not Issue #9. All pants and non-pants wearers welcome.
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