"Do you send me? No, you're a kind of dream But somewhere in the scheme of things We'll find who's Thursday's Child" David Bowie
This Thursday Child... Diamondback Rattler is a captivating ensemble whose unique style of twisted psychedelic country rock sets a real challenge to draw a comparison to. A dark, droning world of desertly psychedelia. Poetic tales of murderous love, delivered to you by a voice drifting upon soaring wings. Catch them this week at The Filth on July 17th.
Opening at Black and Blue gallery this week...
How lusting for a picnic with Pa does the new Louis Vuitton campaign with the Coppola's leave you?
Opening at the brand new and with a hella lot less stairs China Heights... www.chinaheights.com
Monster Children 19 is on our counter now with local legends looking up from the cover like Handsome Lance, Serps hero Thomas Jeppe and Eyeman Dave Allison. These and many others are part of 50 things you should know about Australia buy in for the heads up.
A remedy for those who love magazines but live on the budget of 2minute noodles. Fashionation collects editorials submitted from fashion and pop magazines from all around the world. Brought to you from the coolhunter.com folk its a blend of high fashion happenings and street styles. With such stunning shoots as the likes of these.. http://www.fashion-ation.net
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Last weeks of our Sale!! Its countdown till end of July so if you've been hankering better make your fast dash.
“I am sailing, I am sailing, Home again cross the sea. I am sailing, stormy waters, To be near you, to be free.” – Rod Stewart
Sailing from us to you.. My Pet Square- Boy Bomber Jkt now $105 Name Ribbon – Breakin Winders now Jkt $150 Kate Hurst – Sailor Boy Dress now $240 Sylvestor – Plaid Trench now $315 Jimmy D – Deres tee Dress now $159 My Pet Square- Boy Bomber Jkt now $105 Antipodium – Di Di Di dress now $260 Cybele – Dust cutaway Dress now $245 Alice McCall - Oberon & Titania Dress now $279 and stacks of tee's for $40 Bux
It would be mild to say that I’m extremely bummed about not having bought tickets for Brian Jonestown Massacre
Exclusive to Australia Dobry Den presents Vancouver based handbag designer Ashley Watson. She handcrafts her one-of-a-kind leather products using exclusively recycled material. Inspired by the original features of jackets purchased from charity thrift stores. She ultimately incorporates these details, such as pockets and seams, into each unique bag. They are supersoft and featherlight and with very few interesting bags around we’re loving this sleuthed find. $300-$400
Reiss Radvanyi printed silk dresses had our hearts from the start, must of made a few other flutter too including front lady Patience from THE GRATES have a look at the new filmclip Burn Bridges.
SERPS Venom 4 has arrived full of photo joy, so no sleeping just serping ok.
There is a documentary about Patti Smith out and I for one really wanna see it.
Monster Children this Thursday An Exhibition of new works by Kevin Lyons Opening night June 26th , 6pm. Continues 27th June till 16th July 2008 Kevin in a nifty lifted quote sums it up with “Cause doing work that parent's just don't understand works." http://www.monsterchildren.com http://www.naturalborn.com/
Also launching on Thursday night is AC/DC EXPOSED by Phillip Morris. A photographic trip back in time compiling over 60 photographs from over 40 years. Lavender Bay 1975... "Bon wore pink satin overalls and an extra pair of socks down his strides that day" Blender Gallery 27th June- 18th July www.blender.com.au
Matt Weston is a man responsible for the creations that adorn pretty city dwellers worldwide. He is having an exhibition at China Heights fresh new location on Crown St, Surry Hills. They'll be bits to make your head nicer.
As one fine festival closes another begins. It's Biennale 2008 till 7th Sept but dont get lazy and leave it till last minute. This years sites include AGNSW, MCA, Pier2/3 and the most exciting Cockatoo Island! So jump a free ferry and make a winters picnic of it.www.bos2008.com
If Rockabilly gets your wincklepicker's tapping then take a look at this exhibition by photographer Steven Siewert. He's spent years documenting Sydney's rockabillies scene on show at the Museum of Sydney. 7 June-17 August www.hht.net.au You’d be made of stone of this dosent make you well up…
"Life and love go on, let the music play.” Johnny Cash
APRIL77 Makes Clothes You Can Listen To (Or Is it Tunes You Wear?) APRIL 77 is a Paris based label that has turned their adoration of bands such as the Ramones and Joy Division into both an inspired clothing label and a heat seeking record company. Launched in 2002 by Frenchie Bric Partouche, and named so after his b'day, April 77 is predominantly a denim label that produces through fine tailoring and quality fabrics a knock about pair of jeans. Every style is named after an inspiration from rock legend to beatnik poet. Then the collaboration with their record label comes in, every jean comes with their trademark guitar pick affixed to the fifth pocket and each pair has a little 7” tag with a scratchy panel that reveals a code that gets you a free MP3 single from their band of the month. I know that sounds confusing so let me break it down for you with diagram.
APRIL77 have collaborated with the likes of, The Rolling Stones, Motörhead, Iggy Pop, The Bravery, Slash, Franz Ferdinand, The Horrors, Klaxons, Pete Doherty, Ipso Facto, Buzzcocks, The Kills and Black Lips. Their current feature bands include the likes of below. Each band of the month has downloadable singles, a band t-shirt that coincides with the release and heaps of kudos and touring. Three-piece post-punk outfit Neils Children from London, England.
The Willowz out of California, who collaborated with Michel Gondry on this clip.
The Red Hearts a garage punk band from Los Angeles, California.
So with good taste in mind we bring you April 77. Where all the jeans are unisex and the prices are cheap between $150 -$200. Would you expect anything less from the city that gave us couture and cheese.
“Its the cool of the evening the suns goin down, I want to hold you in my Arms I want to push you around, I want to break your bottle and spill out all Your charms, come on baby well set off all the burglar alarms, goin downtown, Down downtown.” Tom Waits
William ‘Grohl’ Harden exhibits new paintings at Black and Blue gallery opening Thurs night. Grohl as he is lovingly known has been painting in his own unique style for over 3years now and has exhibited twice at China Heights as well as in multiple group shows. He has developed such a strong style with evocative colours and obscure imagery. This is sure to be his most sophisticated exhibition yet, and he himself is bound to looking beautiful flamboyant.
“Adelaide is generally known as a quiet, conservative city where not much happens. But behind this peaceful façade there is a darker reputation: one of a macabre place where strange crimes routinely occur. Adelaide, 1966-1999 is an exhibition of photographs by Andrew Cowen. Taken in and around Adelaide, the photographs are of places relating to the abductions and murders which have contributed to Adelaide’s infamy. Beyond the morbid fascination of the subject matter, the images themselves convey an eeriness which is compellingly beautiful and strangely moving.”
Here's a Saturday night whisper for you..Ruby Rabbit..La Mancha Negra..get yourself there to decode the mystery.
ASUZA has arrived at Dobry Den with YOU HAVE YOUR OWN LIFE NOW. You sure do, so use it friends and fiends. Your first act should be to let these clever and beautiful gents dress you.
WON Magazine – Vol. 1. Issue 02. is on the floor at Dobry Den now free for the lucky first in folk. Put together by the skilful folk of www.nownow.com.au tis big and bountiful featuring…
Daniel Wang, Will Sweeney, Aaron Rose, Ken Werner, Mårten Lange, The Changes, Nienke Klunder, Robert Cook, Thobias Fäldt, Amanda Maxwell, Linus Bill, Jeremie Egry, Andrew Long, Thomas Baldischwyler, Ben Barretto, Holger Czukay, Vernon Treweeke, Deanna Templeton, Matt Wolf, Rosemary Scanlon, Sarah Larnach, Martin Bell
This is something im pre-excited for...Buff your winklepickers.
I hope you managed to get to some of the stuff we rated last week, I had a blast. If you missed hearing the wildly colourful sounds of the Diamondback Rattlers last week you should be very sad...but hold the hanky and your breath cause their playing again soon. First at The Hopetoun 20th may and again at Spectrum June 1st.
Catch as much as you can, but not a cold we'll be back in a few weeks till then Bali Hai! x
