October, 2010

We live in a world where 'good causes' have become a matter of opinion. Our generation, the proverbial gluttonous German boy, wanders blindly in the chocolate shop of 'good causes'; overwhelmed and often confused by the selection and sweet aromas that pervade our sensitive olfactories.

What will he feast upon? What is worth his pocket money? These are questions pondered by the seeker of 'good causes'. And what of the chocolatier? Who is this enigmatic charlatan who sets up this ridiculous amount of 'good causes' for us to choose from? Who is this scheming vagabond, who, despite our selections, renders us sleepless and bloated with guilt, despite our thoughtful selection? Ultimately, many of us have considered that the cost of entering the shop is a price too dear to pay for your conscience. Thus the tactics of dodging errant phone calls, petitioning university students and coin shaking, traffic light dwelling folk has developed as a crucial skills set.

In the past, a 'good cause' was a matter of proscription, or conscription, as the case may be. If Billy McMahon (one of our ex prime ministers with an old fashion name), said 'Oi, Tommy, get over to Vietnam we've got a problem with some commies', then you promptly departed, with a good cause close to your heart! Better still, if you found out that it wasn't a good cause, you could simply blame the bloke that told you it was! Great system, caused a few wars, but hey, at least you weren't guilty of ignoring a 'good cause', you were simply misled, poor thing! So it's a different system, it's a system that has created kerbside Gordon Gecko's, who's fast tongue and pouting expressions reap a toll of guilt money straight from the unprepared pocket of passer-bys. Don't be mistaken, the chocolate shop it growing, and the flavours are becoming increasingly varied, layered in complexity and harder to comprehend. So we've compiled some of our own good causes, not your conventional type, but things that we think will be good for your soul. Ahhh!

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SWEET STREETS

Sweet Streets is a Festival of Urban & Street Art.

Artists were asked to submit works from any medium that relate to Urban and Street Art Styles including stencil, graffiti, illustration, collage, mixed media, sculptures, installations, knit graffiti, toys, paste-ups, etc.

The Sweet Streets Award Exhibition will feature the best of the best at 1000 £ Bend from the 8th - 24th October. The Sweet Streets Festival opens Friday the 8th Oct with an awesome party at 1000 £ Bend.

It's your first chance to see the works in the award show... as well as find out the winners of this years prizes. You can also grab a festival program on the night to find out what other events you can get involved with! Festival Events and updates are also posted on their website - www.sweetstreets.net

The night kicks off at 6pm, with live performance by Great Earthquake and guest artists. Speeches and formal announcements will happen around 7pm... See you there!

1000 £ Bend
Friday, Oct 8th
www.sweetstreets.net

LANEWAY FESTIVAL lINE-UP ANNOUNCED!

Since its inception in 2004, the St Jerome's Laneway Festival has become synonymous, as they say, with hot summer days, awesome locations and diverse, forward-thinking line-ups filled to overflowing with vital, surprising bands.

In 2011, Laneway returns to the disparate yet uniformly gorgeous metropolitan settings of Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Perth and Auckland. Whether the backdrop is an historic sandstone courtyard, a riverbed overlooking the city or a tree-lined laneway a stone's throw from the CBD, we guarantee a day of musical discovery and revelry that'll be as scenic as it will be memorable.

The A-Z of the most important, exciting acts of this year and next. Behold:

!!! (Chk Chk Chk) - THE ANTLERS - ARIEL PINK'S HAUNTED GRAFFITI - BEACH HOUSE BEAR IN HEAVEN - BLONDE REDHEAD - CLOUD CONTROL - CUT COPY - DEERHUNTER FOALS - GOTYE - THE HOLIDAYS - HOLY FUCK - JENNY & JOHNNY - LES SAVY FAV LOCAL NATIVES - MENOMENA - PVT - RAT vs POSSUM (excluding Perth) - STORNOWAY TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB - VIOLENT SOHO - WARPAINT - WORLD'S END PRESS -YEASAYER

Full details: www.laneway.com.au

SECRET WARS

After a massive 7-month series with some serious battle action it is time for the long awaited Secret Wars to hit Melbourne.

Secret Wars is the worldwide phenomena that showcases the amazing artwork of the world’s best artists in a way that has rarely been seen. Working in similar ways to Fight Club, Secret Wars battles are set up and promoted through word of mouth and by people that are in the know.

Series 2 of Secret Wars includes that following amazing Melbourne artist's - PHIBS, SCALE, DEB, PIERRE LLOGA, DREW FUNK, BRADDOCK, KEN TAYLOR & BRYAN ITCH. Paint will spill. This is history in the making, are you ready to be a part of it?

Set to kick ass on the second Wednesday, of EVERY month! Round 1 begins with renown Melbourne Street Artists, Scale and Itch - Wednesday the 13th October. Doors open at 6.30pm, with the Battle due to kick off at 8:30pm.

Tickets available through moshitix.com.au with a limited number available on the night. Tickets $12 + booking fee or $15 on the door.

Starts on Wednesday the 13th October
1000 £ Bend, 361 Lt Lonsdale St
Buy tickets at Moshtix

CONCRETE, CABLE TIES AND LONGNECKS

Now here is an opportunity of a lifetime! St Jerome's is bringing out a tell all book and you have an opportunity to be a part of it and tell your story.

Over the six years of St Jerome history there was a lot of fun, even more drinking and everyone did something 'loose' at one point or another and we want to hear ALL about it!

So... this weekend set some time aside, jot them down and send them through.

E-mail your submissions, from a sentence to 1,000 words through to submit@stjeromes.net

MAGGOT FEST

Hey punk, keep SAT OCT 30 free. That's when over 10 of Australia's rowdiest and rockin' punk and garage bands pile into the Tote for the inaugural Maggot Fest. Featuring the debut performance of the Mammaries, Australia's only Mummies tribute band featuring 'dudes from other bands' this is going to be one rocking gig that will no doubt feature bandages or at least cheap toilet rolls.

Pretty much every good band from Sydney will be there including Dead Farmers, Pee Wee, Bed Wettin Bad Boys and Carborator, a garage rock super group of sorts who are down for their much anticipated first appearance in Melbourne.

Also playing are Brisbane's gamma ray nuts Eat Laser Scumbag. Rounding out the day/night are a swag of other killer bands including True Radical Miracle, Useless Children, Late Arvo Sons, Bits of Shit and Bloody Hammer.

11 bands. Cerveza. Tacos. Maggots

The Tote
Sat 30th October at 3pm, $20
Facebook event page

KYU ALBUM LAUNCH

It's with intimate detail that Sydney two-piece kyu piece together their music. Freya Berkhout and Alyx Dennison have a distinct song craft that yields magnificent results, and a distinct style that intersperses vast soundscapes with vibrant melodies. It's pop as much as it is experimental, ornate as it is raw, classical and contemporary in equal parts.

Sat 30th October 8pm, The Workers Club
www.myspace.com/kyusounds

SUN ARAW

Obedient Atom is proud to present the mind melting musical visionary, Los Angeles SUN ARAW. SUN ARAW takes psychedelic music to a new plane, transforming celestial energy in to wild, re- rendered compositions of mysterious ritualistic psalms, wah-riffs and canned bongos. Fresh off the back of double LP ON PATROL - the latest addition to his already heavy artillery on incredible LA label NOT NOT FUN - SUN ARAW bursts in to the southern hemisphere with sometime co-pilot Nick Malkin in a tour that is sure to be some of the finest psyched-out loops ever seen and heard on planet Earth.

Sun 10th October 6.30pm, The Empress
www.myspace.com/sunaraw

MATT BANHAM

Prepare yourself for the Tour of Self- Destruction. Matt Banham travels all over the right side of this country bringing his brand new show to a venue near YOU!

Start holding your breath for this one cause you will want to do nothing but breathe in the aromas of rich melody and rhythm when he arrives at your door.

Sat 30th October 8pm, The Empress www.myspace.com/mattbanham

A CURIOUS BESTIARY

Emerging Artist, Melbourne based Kaitlin Beckett, busts out of the mould to create some seriously interesting beasts Her twisted interpretation of mixing animal and mechanical leaves you wandering what is coming next from this talented artist.

"Since childhood I have had a love for the fantastic and the imaginary - I enjoy depicting the real and the unreal together, biomechanical juxtapositions, the unusual engaged with the everyday. The natural world, odd dreams, cryptozoology, literature and science fiction inspire me; and attachments, disguises, viscera and machinery are recurring themes in my bestiary. My characters invoke a sense of pathos, unease or humour, and I like to encourage others to invent their own narrative around my creatures."

View more of Kailtin's work @ www.justanotheragency.com.au