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In an age where magazine titles have all but lost all meaning (I'm looking at you, but not you), it’s refreshing to know that Carl*s Cars has simply been publishing the finest German Dungeon Porn since 2001. (Take that Google...)
Yes, it might sound simple – some guy named Carl, writing about cars – but as stated on the cover this is really a magazine about people. Published quarterly since 2001 by Karl Eirik Haug and Stéphanie Dumont, Carl*s Cars blends car culture with music, fashion, film and design.
Similar to Dazed and Confused's offshoot Intersection, but with a better sense of humour and curiousity, Carl*s uses the automobile as a metaphor to speak about the idea of freedom and how it intersects with people's creativity. Chauffeurs' underwear, music for trivial situations and pictures of famous drivers’ licences are just some of the features gracing its ample pages. Not to mention photos of naked people. And very, very nice cars.
Carl*s Cars: Giving new meaning to ‘dash hand’ since 2001. In anticipation of your pending addiction, Sahil at Magnation has set up a deal with Karl himself to order you the back issues.
By Jeremy Wortsman
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What:
Carl*s Cars
Where:
Magnation or here
When:
Issue #19 out now
How much:
RRP $19.90 |
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Fabulous Diamonds make avant garde music humbly disguised as pop minimalism. A counterpoint to all card-carrying local ‘art’ groups, this restlessly inventive Melbourne duo is without doubt the genuine article; truly experimental, defiant of glib categorisation, advanced and yet totally stoned-sounding. Split published by new labels Mistletone and Nervous Jerk, this highly anticipated debut 7” is ten glorious minutes of rhythmic disorientation, concrete tones and glowing wormwood dub – all doused in so much delay as to sound like ink absorbing into blotting paper.
Like a set of lab experiments, the tracks are named simply by their duration. Side A has two woozy, singing affairs on it; the nocturnal crawler, ‘1:49’ (known as ‘Whiskey Soda’ by fans), and the ‘Tattoo on breadknives’ one (also a live favourite). It is an edge-of-midnight sound with buggy sax, enchanting voice and stroboscopic organ. Side B has a bright vox acapella, delayed sax over echoey cowbells and jazzy piano smoking rocks of white. Yep - it’ pretty high stuff, and the last track is a sound collage. As important now as Melbourne’s Little Bands were in the ‘70s, or as good as Implog in the ‘80s.
By Mark Gomes
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What:
7”
Who:
Fabulous Diamonds
On:
Mistletone / Nervous Jerk
Myspace:
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You may remember Monika Tywanek and Ingrid Verner either because Ingrid likes heckling bands or because they won the 2006 L’Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival’s Tiffany Designer Award, straight out of university. Their label is called TV and, in case you didn’t know, they now have their own store in Prahran. Apart from having a few friends around for beers, they haven’t given the shop a proper opening yet. This, however, will be rectified on Thursday.
We recommend making the trip southside to visit TV for the launch, not only for a few beverages but also to ogle the beautiful clothes. It’s hard to define TV’s style. They’re inspired by classic shapes, but the fabric combinations are unexpected. Their collections always have a kind of graceful aplomb, mixed with say-it-to-my-Wayfarers attitude. Window design credits at the launch go to Moth Design and Organic Studio. There will be no heckling (no bands either).
By Penny Modra
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What:
TV store opening
When:
Thurs June 14, 6.30-8.30pm
Where:
2A Cecil Place, Prahran
Contact:
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Dead girls are great motivational tools. Cinema has a proud tradition of heroic men happily fetishising female corpses to justify their two hours of angst. Hitchcock’s Rebecca, De Palma’s Black Dahlia, Twin Peaks and its poor Laura Palmer… and so, so, so many more.
New American indie The Dead Girl sounds like more of the same: five interlocking short pieces beginning with a mutilated body, all muted shadows and gothic overtones. (William Faulkner, not Siouxsie Sioux.) Each section is titled something like The Wife, The Mother, The Sister; exactly the kind of roles that women are normally reduced to playing in Hollywood. But here, these women propel the stories, and the film sidesteps serial-killer clichés to focus on the death's emotional repercussions.
Every story lurches more than once into unnecessary melodrama that even their Faulknerian airs can’t save - but as The Dead Girl gives great actors like Marcia Gay Harden, Toni Collette, Piper Laurie, and a surprisingly strong Rose Byrne meaty roles to chew through, the melodramatic chunks are worth swallowing.
By Martyn Pedler
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The Dead Girl
Where:
Cinema Nova, Kino Dendy
When:
Opens June 21
Watch the trailer:
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Is this going to be indefinite? Ok. Yeah.
What movies are you showing? Oh. Our friends.
Don’t let the informal setup of the Barlight Cinema at the Tote sway you anyway except in the door. The movies are usually finds that most rock aficionados would nod at in quiet acceptance. This week, The Kinks Present A Soap Opera is on the bill, presented by friend-of-The-Tote Dallas Freedman. Kick back and watch as an unnamed star changes places with an ordinary man named Norman and, by the end of it all, understands life better. This is a video of a stage show of a concept album to revel in.
Not only will the movie be shown and introduced, informally introduced mind you, but it will also be a birthday celebration for Kinks frontman Ray Davies. In the ‘60s he was quoted as saying, “If I had to do my life over, I would change every single thing I have done.” Barlight Cinema is a good exception to that. No change needed.
The week after is when Glenn Danzig turns 52. Barlight has that covered too.
By Nick Jumara
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Barlight Cinema
Where:
The Tote, 71 Johnston St, Collingwood
When:
Every Monday, 7.30pm
How much:
free
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If you do not know Mr Vernon Chalker or Mr Michael Delany then to be sure you have missed out on some grand nights on the town. But that is ok, because you have most likely ordered beverages at a venue owned by one of these gents. You might have met your first love at Gin Palace, discovered Pimms at Brussels, played a DJ set in the bathroom at Honky Tonks. OK, now everyone has been introduced, here’s a heads up: Vernon and Michael are opening a new bar. Together. They are combining forces and if all goes well then Born To Live will be ours to queue outside (and romance inside) soon.
There are some people, though, who do not like this idea. People who feel that fun is bad and that the fun will seep into their residential tower. What can we do? This is the moment for city residents to unite. Forget those constant fights for parking spots, forget that incident in the David Jones food court last month where you all wanted the last 300g of egg salad. Click here to write a letter explaining why Born to Live must, well, be born. And live.
By Penny Modra
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Possibly a new place for you to drink
Where:
Somewhere you’ll find out about
When:
Not just yet
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What:
Guy Blackman
When:
Fri June 15
Where:
The Toff In Town, Level 2 Curtin House, 252 Swanston St, Melbourne
How much:
$10 on the door
Win:
We have two double passes to this show to give away. Just email win@threethousand.com.au with the subject line 'Guy Blackman deserves a holiday' |
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You can take the record label out of the man, but you can’t take the man away from his piano. Hmm. The founder of Chapter Music, former member of bands Sleepy Township and Minimum Chips and current "Adult Contemporary Faggot" (his words) is playing a one-off gig at Toff before heading overseas to tour. The former member of bands Sleepy Township and Minimum Chips and current "Adult Contemporary Faggot" (his words) is playing a one-off gig at Toff before heading overseas to tour. In the league of all great farewells, he’ll be joined by Crayon Fields, Ground Components and Minimum Chips.
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What:
The Bawdies
When:
Sat June 16, doors 8.30
Where:
East Brunswick Club, 280 Lygon St, East Brunswick
How much:
$12 + BF online or $15 on the door
Contact:
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Now that you've developed a severe hankering for rock ‘n' suit ‘n’ rollers Little Red, trod down to the East Brunswick Club this Saturday for more skinny ties and cute boys in pressed trousers than you can fairly handle. Direct from Japan, beat group The Bawdies bring you a night of swing, hop and side parts. The Basics and the aforementioned Little Red support them on their Australian tour. You'll need a dancing partner for this one, it's the ultimate date gig. |
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What:
Des Peres, Near Your House and Young Husband
When:
Sat June 16, 9pm
Where:
The Tote, 71 Johnston St, Fitzroy
How much:
$10 |
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Who are Des Peres? Their show has been described as an incredibly bizarre fusion of highly charged, rock ‘n’ dance beats mixed with stolen samples and the frenzy of a Public Enemy meets James Brown Gospel revival. It is very difficult, actually, to discern any meaning from this, other than the dazzlement of the reviewer. Their front man is leaving, cry with them. This gig is a very good chance to see the magnificent Near Your House, whose MySpace might say ‘electro/pop/rock’ but whose Bowie-worthy stage show will literally blow your tiny mind. All of this will be balanced perfectly by the straight-yet-still-dance-friendly gutsy rock of Young Husband.
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What:
Freshly Waxed magazine launch
When:
Sun June 17, doors 7pm
Where:
The Toff in Town, Level 2 Curtin House, 252 Swanston Street, Melbourne
How much:
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Torn between mediums? So are we. Freshly Waxed magazine is celebrating its launch at The Toff in Town. Not only can you support budding writers, artists and all things creatively Melbourne but you can be dazzled by the tightly layered sounds of Hot Little Hands.
Supporting are Learn The Splits and Paris Wells. For a reasonable door charge this is a night so packed with creative zest, you'll probably end up at Pony during the hours your mother wouldn't approve of. Getting waxed for the thing is optional.
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What:
Spanish Club closing party
Where:
The Spanish Club,
59-61 Johnston St, Fitzroy
When:
Sun June 17, 2pm
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Fifteen bands for $15. A dollar a band is pretty good in these heady boom and bust days. And besides, the Spanish Club won’t have any bands at all after this. Not a stray drum-fill amp in sight. So the laws of economics and good sense demand that you attend. LABJACD, Bob Log III, The Nation Blue, The Meanies, Little Red, ROOT, Adam Simmons’ Embers, Et Al Emily Ulman, The Spoils, Orbweavers, The Gingers, a Sissies & Sluts theatre show and a bunch of flamenco dancers can’t be wrong.
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There are many things to love about Lenko. They make all their clothes in Australia, they have an awesome store where you can buy things in all timezones (it’s online) as well as a Melbourne boutique with its own unlucky dip jar, and they are kind of mad. In a groovy, sprauncy, hatty way, a bit like Gene Wilder in the ‘70s chocolate factory movie, but prettier. And better dressed. Anyway, their new range is just in and we have a worldwide exclusive giveaway – two jumpers that won’t be for sale until next week, at which point both will set you back $89. They are both girls’ jumpers, but who cares about such delineations these days. Just answer the following question…
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This week’s question:
If birds really did talk in words as the jumper posits, what would they say?
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That rumour about us pooing on your heads for luck? We lied
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I might be able to fly, but you. You can wear lipstick
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Ever since Jonathon Livingston left, our standards have dropped quite a bit
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Cheap. You’re all cheap!
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