MELBOURNE WRITERS FESTIVAL ‘MAGAZINE’ EVENT, THE CUBBY, FED SQUARE 4 SEPTEMBER 2010
Ampersand was very pleased to be invited by the folks at the MWF to curate a gig for their ‘Magazine’ program. ‘Magazine’ involved a bunch of independent journals such as Meanjin, Going Down Swinging and The Lifted Brow selecting guests down to the Cubby (the most luxurious shipping container ever) to have a chat about publishing, writing, the universe etc.
Many thanks to Emma Schwartz for organising the event and also to our wonderful guests:
Dan Stacey, founder Bad Idea
Alyssa McDonald, contributing editor The New Statesman
Shannon Holopainen, Ampersand contributor and co-founder The Gives Collective
Monica Dux, essayist and co-author The Great Feminist Denial
Miles O’Neil, Ampersand contributor, musician, actor and one-third of theatre troupe The Suitcase Royale
Gavin Pretor-Pinney, co-founder The Idler and founder The Cloud Appreciation Society
Emma Schwartz and Monica Dux
Alyssa McDonald and Dan Stacey
Shannon Holopainen
Monica Dux
Miles O’Neil
Miles O’Neil
Gavin Pretor-Pinney
Alyssa McDonald and Dan Stacey
Miles O’Neil, Erica Englert and Dave Englert
Check the MWF ‘Magazine’ website here for more info about the other mags involved.
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YELLING AT STARS DVD LAUNCH, CLUBHOUSE, CARRIAGEWORKS, 27
MAY 2010
Performance Space graciously put on this little event for
us in their new space, ClubHouse. We were delighted to have
creator Willoh S. Weiland up from Melbourne to have a chat.
There was also a screening of the DVD and a bit of a
Q&A with Willoh afterwards. Thanks especially to
Georgie Meagher for all her work.
Photos by Lucy Parakhina
Rebecca Conroy
Willoh S. Weiland
Willoh and Thea
Alice Gage and Willoh S.
Weiland
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JANUS FACES LAUNCH, BILL& GEORGE, REDFERN, 1ST APRIL
2010
Featuring a Chat
Roulette lab by I Can Draw You A Picture, hosted by Sexy
Time (a two-man fortune telling team) and Eduardo Internet.
SPOD was ill, sadly.
More photos of the launch can be found on Two Thousand’s event blog.
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CABINET MAGAZINE SYDNEY
LAUNCH, 4TH JULY 2009
Eddie,
Nadia, Jasper and Alice would like to thank everyone that
came along and/or helped on the night, particularly Jack
Jeweller from Black&Blue, Raquel Welch, Cecily Hardy,
Eden Falk, Charlie Garber and Jane Coakley from SymbioticA
who came all the way from WA for the event. It was a really
splendid night.
Eddie
setting up
Thanks
to Claudia for womanning the magazine table.
Dance it
off
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EDITION ZERO
LAUNCHES
Pigeon
Ground, Sydney, November 6 2008
The Sydney launch
couldn’t have better with such a beautiful venue, amazing
food provided by the Falconer Cafe in Darlinghurst and wine
provided by Cooks Lot. The performances by Eddie Sharp and
Eden Falk brought the whole thing together, and everyone
had a great night. Thanks to Rosie Fisher and Kell Doley.
Eddie Sharp and Eden Falk
George, Agatha and Tim - the lovely people of Pigeon Ground
(the best record and vintage store this side of 1968!)
Eddie reading
Folks standing around drinking (thanks Nick for the
playlist *Careless... yeass!*)
WHAT A BLOODY AWESOME NIGHT! THANKS SO MUCH TO
PIGEON GROUND!
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Wardlow Art Residence,
Melbourne, October 30 2008
The Melbourne launch was a delight, especially with The
Broadside Push as house band. The kranski barbeque also
went down particularly well, although not surprisingly
because kranskis are delicious. Our MC Briohny Doyle did a
fantastic job, as did Justin Haezlewood, Courtney Collins
and The Suitcase Royale. It was a bloody lovely night.
The Broadside Push’s first set
Alice Gage reading Eddie Sharp’s erotic fan fiction
Kitty Hazell running the kranski barbeque in the courtyard
Dannie doing a splendid job on the busy bar
MC Briohny being awesome
Courtney Collins reading her piece about Harry Houdini
The Suitcase Royale and Space Ghost
A stalker-esque series of out-of-focus photos of Justin
Haezlewood at the pub afterwards in lieu of ones of him
reading his peice - Oxford Mens College Entrance Exam
Questions 1957-1967 As Answered By Contemporary Musicians:
Question 5 - Do you believe that the string quartet is
music at its highest? To which Justin answered an emphatic
No.
THANK YOU KITTY, THANK YOU EVERYBODY, AND THANK YOU WARDLOW
FOR HAVING US
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TINA
Festival, Newcastle, NSW, October 6 2008
Edition Zero was very successfully brought into the world
at TINA on the 3rd October by the steady hands of
obstetrician Cab Sav. Thanks so very much to Zoe, Mish,
Rosie and Eddie, to Justin Hazlewood and all the
performers. It was a totally capital party.
Jasper’s slideshow
Pig Island
This man won some undies and put them
on his head
Zoe Coombs Marr
Brown Council
Eddie Sharp
Dancin
WHAT A FANTASTICO NIGHT!
The mag at the zine fair on Sunday
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‘CENTREFOLDS’ ART
AUCTION FUNDRAISER, 2007
Wardlow Art Residence,
Fitzroy, Melbourne
porn / pin up / poster / propaganda 
rutcus
thank you
and
sorry
The night was a complete success:
1) the bar ran out of booze and glasses
2) the auctioneer was so boozed he forgot what he was
selling
3)
the adult youth of today
ended up in g-strings and gaffer tape
4) many lovely people bought works, which was no simple
task as you had to get through the boozed auctioneer and
his quite-naked helpers
oh dear
A New
Australian Thank Tank
Firstly
to the incredibly generous artists for donating their works
- we are honoured. To Brodie and the Wardlow artists. To
Renan and Claypots Restaurant for sponsoring our wine. To
Alexi, or centrefold model, Kat and Steve. To the Adult
Youth of Today, Jean-Paul, Danni and Tim on the bar, Kaila
and Raffi, Corey for his hands. Kate Freeth for the
screenprinter and Anthony Mackey for his iron. Jasmin and
Nick and Callum.
Thank you for coming and making party with us.
Alice & Josee
Wardlow on Saturday after clean