Stray
STRAY is about random adventure and escape. STRAY is about pretending that Perth is Ferris Bueller's Day Off and that fun and money aren't mutually exclusive. STRAY is cheap hijinx, cheap dates and the outings you could be planning while you're actually watching Video Hits on a weekend at 11am.
Letter Writing Club
I once received an anonymous letter containing a cut out photo of John Goodman pulling faces. I can only assume it was one friend in particular who a) knew my fondness for the actor and his work (Roseanne, Coen Brothers movies, etc) and b) liked to mail items to friends when they were bored at work.
Perth Writers' Festival
Is it ironic that when it came time to pen SixThousand's highlights of the Perth Writers' Festival, I got writers block? I opened the programme and was flooded by a tsunami of talented writers, flying in from all corners of the globe. Some, just catching the train down from Freo (hi Craig Silvey.
13 Most Beautiful... Songs for Andy Warhol's Screen Tests
It was a golden rule of Andy Warhol's The Factory in ‘60s New York that on one's initial arrival at the space - be you rock star, celebutante or famed street hustler - you would have to pose for Mr Warhol's Super 8 camera. It was Andy's way of giving everyone their own 15 minutes of fame. Now, over 40 years later, a select few of these famed screen tests have been gathered together under the title 13 Most Beautiful.
Home brewing
So ya wanna drink beer right, you also have no money, and you're reaaaaaally lazy. WHAT TO DO!? Well have I got a tip for YOU!
Get yourself a sciencey buff who is into researching and studying up on anything (ANYTHING) and team them up with a friend who is so pent up with mood swings that they are looking for something (ANYTHING) to do with their hands.
Media140
In Jules Verne's Around the World in 80 Days Londoner Phileas Fogg and his French valet Passepartout attempt to circumnavigate the world by rail and steamer in 80 days to satisfy a £20k wager.
Media140 have a similar quest, but as far as we know there is no external wager involved. These dudes create conferences that explore the future of the real-time web i.
SixThousand Laneway Markets
No matter how many mint acts are on the bill, there's always going to be "dead festival time". Not familiar with this concept? Well - you've just been blown away by Black Lips when you consult your crumpled timetable and note the next decent act is a lifetime (20mins) away. The intermediate period is called "dead festival time" and SixThousand is murdering it.
UWA Science Library
Have you recently been to a bank that's just a bit too cool? One of those uber-modern joints with International Orange beanbags and coffee machines, and a teller who wants to high-five you at the end of the transaction? I walk out of these banks in a heady daze of mochaccino and compound interest.
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