below are links to some amazing things.
2ser
a community radio station in sydney. most of this blog’s interviews were first aired on 2ser.
20th
a project in which people are invited – on the 20th of every month – to write and record a song, so that it’s complete and ready to share by the morning of the 21st. the tracks are then featured on a compilation.
bike club sydney
a community bike workshop based at the nunnery in waterloo, sydney that offers to repair your bike, provide you with parts, and teach you how to fix a bike. when available, they also offer complete bikes.
bike routes sydney
got a bike? live in – or visiting – sydney? learn the city’s bike routes here
black and blue
an artist run gallery + venue in redfern, also the home of the rizzeria
black rose anarchist bookshop
an anarchist library and bookshop on enmore road in sydney
cabaret sauvignon
a performance/music/comedy/dance/film night, that happens sporadically. not to be confused with this.
chooch-a-bahn
a collective that puts on all ages shows in sydney (sporadically)
cyclic defrost
an australian electronic and independent music magazine
dual plover
a sydney label, distro, ‘promoter’ and cd presser
fail blog
my guiltiest pleasure – i can’t help but love this blog.
fbi
another sydney community radio station with a good local focus and some amazing shows.
food not bombs sydney
a worldwide movement that collects discarded food and cooks it for the community, as well as supporting actions that aim to stop the globalisation of the economy; stop restrictions to the movements of people, and; to end the exploitation and the destruction of the earth.
gooey on the inside
a melbourne based a queer+trans friendly, womyn riot biased collective that organise parties, shows and exhibitions. they ‘give a space, a voice, and sparkle code world to artists that live on a fucken fluoro cliff face.’
jura books
an anarchist collective and bookshop on parramatta road, petersham (sydney) that also runs an organic food co-op
little fish
an artist run space on enmore rd, sydney
living rooms
an amazing public art project that took place throughout the first part of 2008 in sydney
looks good on paper
a blog representing australian diy music (update shaun!)
may’s lane
an outdoor project + gallery space in st peters, sydney
museum face
music interviews and reviews, etc.
mutiny zine
a free zine published by sydney anarchist collective mutiny
near tapes
a sydney label: ‘the idea is that the recordings are ‘near’, but not quite. live sets, rehersals, collage, ‘tests’, mistakes, ghost recordings, collaborations, ‘mushy’ jams, Christmas songs, jingles etc.’
no age
a band from the usa’s blog
permanent dirt
a brisbane live music bootleg blog
polaroids of androids
a music site from sydney, australia
post punk kitchen
great vegan recipes / online cooking videos (not as good as vegan daylight dinners)
quarterbred
a sydney artist collective providing grants and a venue to emerging artists and interested folks. contact them
radio lajee
an amazing podcast project in a palestinian (west bank) refugee camp
the rizzeria
a stencil press collectively owned and operated by a bunch of self publishers and print makers in sydney (including me)
rose quartz
a music blog, that claims to focus on ‘excellent new music’, and which sometimes does. actually, more so than most music blogs
say cheese and die
a band that i was in from 2005 til 2008 – free album download here so listen ay
skyhut.blogspot.com
a really incredible blog of live recordings from australian diy shows. this s pretty much the best live music blog. ever
spat+loogie
two amazing sydney artists’ collaborative work
squatfest
an annual film festival in a different squatted space each year on the same night as tropfest, ‘because tropfest sux corporate cock!’ everyone is invited along, and invited to enter films. squatfest is hosted by squatspace…
squatspace
artists and activists engaged with ‘the politics and pleasures of space in the city’. they organise events, coordinate projects, and host websites.
tenzenmen
a sydney label / show putter-on-errer
totally fuzzy
looking for an album or a song? try this aggregater
uncyclopedia
“an encyclopedia full of misinformation and utter lies – you might say it puts the ‘psych!’ in ‘encyclopedia’”
unstant
an incredible project of 2007, canvassing bankstown, sydney collecting people’s dreams
vegan daylight dinners
video posts of diy cooking segments done by spat+loogie while in the endless daylight of the finland summer, plus responses
we come from garageland
a blog for a radio show on 2ser
wu bible
are you a wu tang fan? yes? you will find this funny. actually, if you’re not a wu fan you’ll probably find it even funnier. i mean funnier than a true wu fan would. coz, you know, it’ funny, but wu are awesome, so better off actually liking them.
