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25-year-old Julian is not what you’d call a typical ladies man. Whilst committed to his studies in Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, a PhD doesn’t leave much time for romantic liaisons. With a twinkle in his eye (or was that just a reflection off his glasses?) Julian entered a world where academics and airheads collide, on the Channel 7 program Beauty and the Geek. Blitz caught up with the eager contestant to weigh up the value of beauty vs. brains.
What prompted you to apply for the show; How intimidating was it to have “pretty did you feel your image needed a makeover? boy” Troy enter the house so early in Friends and colleagues suggested that the competition? I should apply; it looked like it would be I was not intimidated at all, although others interesting and great fun. They were were. I was confident that Jordan would probably more excited than I was [when be Troy’s match in any challenge. He was an I was accepted]; before, I was only extremely friendly guy, showing that “pretty interested in clothing that would serve a boys” can be nice and caring too. practical, rather than cosmetic purpose. Geeks are becoming more prevalent Heart-thumping careers in Reality TV shows are often accused of in pop culture (Kick Ass, The Big Bang misrepresenting their subjects; do you Theory) – which pop culture geek are you think the show represented geeks and most like? beauties fairly? Probably [someone] between Daria before, In terms of how we speak and behave, Morgendorffer and Peter Parker. I was only global brands, discover RB… the show seems to be focusing on our What do you think of recent ‘geek-chic’ more geeky or silly moments respectively, interested fashion trend on campus and at COFA? which is very entertaining. It’s great to I find it amusing and hope that it remains in clothing see the specialist passion of the “geeks” in vogue indefinitely, especially geeky and the kindness of the “beauties” that would Have you got what it takes? T-shirts with clever captions. portrayed on screen. serve a Any advice for fellow geeks who see Check us out at www.RB.com Would you do it again, given the chance? themselves as intellectually, socially, or practical, I would definitely do it again, as I had the physically awkward? to find out more. time of my life and made many amazing rather than Relax and give things a go, particularly friends, especially amongst the geeks who with like-minded individuals. With practice were all exceptionally kind and talented. cosmetic and maybe some tips from trusted Your partner Jordan, also from the friends, you can gain skills and confidence purpose Eastern Suburbs, is a cheerleader. What in anything. common stereotypes about cheerleaders Blitz mag has come across quite a few would you like to confirm or dispel? science hotties on the UNSW campus – surely Cheerleaders can be very positive, fit it’s possible to have beauty and brains? and attractive, but they are also serious Obviously you can have brains and look good, [it athletes who are kind and intelligent, not just] requires putting in some effort. Many of cruel airheads. The sport is far more than Use your Smartphone the beauties and geeks discovered that they cheering with pom-poms. to scan and read this could have both. QR code! Can you give us three reasons why geeks are actually quite cool? Geeks are cool because they tend to be very kind, extremely talented and wickedly funny.
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Summer Shindigs No Matter BACKPACKER What Your Budget SURVIVAL GUIDE Whether you’re sweating it out on a trek Travelling the world on a dirt in Peru or sitting cash-strapped at home, budget isn’t as simple as slinging ALL ABROAD! a bag over your shoulder (sorry); home summer is a blissful escape from the rigours there are a few prerequisites... of uni. For some, all the scrimping and saving 1. DO YOUR RESEARCH finally pays off with a big overseas trip, but for This is cliché, but sometimes winging it Day of the Dead those without the means to go OS there’s still just won’t fly. When looking for a place Mexico (1-2 Nov, 2011) plenty of summer lovin’ to be had at home. to stay consider price, who you’ll be This Mexican holiday is where &away sharing with and what past backpackers Catholicism meets Halloween. It have to say about the place. Also, look at commemorates the deaths of a map at least once; that one-day trip ancestors and while this may sound might be more like five. morbid it’s actually a celebration of 2. Don’t be an asshole the memory of loved ones through Learn a few words of the language. feasting and flowers. Even if you can only say “parlez-vous Make hombres at home: Grab a anglais” in a totally bogan accent, this sombrero and chow down on a taco is still better than seeming like the at the Hola Mexican Film Festival, arrogant English speaker that wants bringing the best of Mexican cinema, the whole world to learn his language. food and culture to Sydney from 4-13 3. Talk to people Nov (holamexicoff.com). Want to travel and make a This may seem obvious, but travelling difference? Global Village are requires even the shyest of us to come travelling to Tanzania next - out of our shells (otherwise you should check it out on p18 probably rethink that 60 day round- the-world trip). Locals and fellow backpackers will teach you things a guidebook never could and having New Orleans Mardi Gras friends in nary-unheard of places is one USA (21 Feb, 2012) of the most satisfying feelings there is. Literally meaning “fat Tuesday”, 4. Shop in supermarkets Mardi Gras was brought to Louisiana Go in, browse and challenge yourself to by French settlers as a Christian buy as much chow as you can on €5 (or tradition and has evolved into a whatever denomination you’re using). massive festival. Costumes and masks You’ll experience a taste of the “true” are worn while floats or ‘krewes’ culture and save stacks not dining out throw coins, beads and coconuts to every day. the revelling crowds. 5. Couch surf Sequins in Sydney: If anything can By far the cheapest accommodation rival New Orleans’ party it’s the Sydney option, couch surfing is just a matter of Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras. Flaunt your registering an account (couchsurfing. sequins and featherboas from 12 Feb – org) and reading up on the FAQs to 4 Mar, 2012. reassure the nervous nelly backpacker (or their parents). It may be the closest STAY AT HOME SURVIVAL GUIDE you can get to the real deal and the So you can’t scrape together the dosh for friends I know that have travelled this a plane trip, that doesn’t mean you have way have had great experiences. to be stuck with your little brother (or Spring Festival Carnival of Venice boyfriend) and his Xbox all summer – (Chinese New Year) Italy (11-21 Feb, 2012) get creative! China (23 Jan, 2012) It’s a known fact that everyone wants 1. Never Have I Ever… This is the one time of the year when to go to Venice, and those that have You have all this free time – use it! Try could do something useful and volunteer. take all year to lose a friend by the wayside, China’s 130 million migrant workers get been want to go back – donning a something unexpected, learn something From conservation to arts festivals but only two seconds to send a text. to hospitals to dog shelters, there’s to return home to see their families. mask and making like an 18th-century new. Discover your amazing talent for 4. Well Read This can make it a nightmare to travel Italian is the best way to experience Bollywood belly dancing, ice hockey, an organisation out there that would After masses of uni readings, settling through (avoid the train!) but the this city of canals and romance. Plus, taekwondo, juggling or synchronised love an extra set of hands. Check out down with a good book might not seem so atmosphere is second-to-none. word is it might not be around much swimming. Or learn a language in volunteering.com.au to get started. longer if sea levels keep rising. preparation for an OS trip. WEA has appealing to some. But there are plenty of China for cheaper: Sydney throws 3. Play Catch Ups reasons why you should: 1) It’s free. Believe Sydney’s summer soiree: lots of reasonably priced short courses: a helluva Chinese New Year party; The holidays are here and you’re not it or not the library’s not just for study. January for Sydney-siders means weasydney.nsw.edu.au 2012 will be the Year of the Dragon bogged down by assessments anymore, 2) Chicks dig it. 3) It will stop your brain art, music and theatre during Sydney so expect a fiery festival throughout 2. Volunteer but all your mates are living it up overseas. turning to mush over the break. Festival; past acts have included Björk the city. What a to-do. Why not reconnect with and Grandmaster Flash so keep your Yes, you could spend 12 weeks catching up someone you haven’t seen in a while – it can eyes peeled for the 2012 program. on every episode of Breaking Bad, OR you
Blitz S2W13 8 9 BETTER THAN STUDYING: WHAT’S ON UNSW STUDIOUS IN THE STUDIO “Making this album has almost been like my university and I’m graduating now [it’s] out,” says the Kiwi, who forewent tertiary study and moved to Australia to record Vows. “It hasn’t been that everyday I’ve been working on a song, it’s been more about developing my sound and taking that time to really work out what I kimbra’>> Mary Azzi s want to say as an artist... it’s a different kind of study.” YOUNG AND RESTLESS During my chat with Kimbra, I feel like I’m speaking to vows one of my peers; most are the same age, about to The Kinky Kiwi Graduates graduate and are driven by the same curiosity and passion to make a difference once they enter the With Her Debut Album workforce. Taking inspiration from an eclectic palette, Whether you’re wrapping up your Kimbra feels a responsibility to push the boundaries in first year or have finished uni her music, without conforming to genres. She admits altogether, we all feel a sense of that her sound was consciously experimental, fusing diverse genres, from old-school jazz to Bollywood and relief when the holidays arrive. R&B, in order to portray an array of emotions. For 21 year old songstress Kimbra, “I just love music that is soulful and has conviction making her first album, Vows, is and aggression to it and I wanted to explore all of my WHAT’S ON UNSW like finishing a degree. As with musical inclinations with [Vows] and try to not put students, Kimbra is glad her ‘study’ any limitations on it,” she says. “All of the artists I’ve 17th-23rd october is finally over and now has time to looked up to, whether it’s Prince or Rufus Wainwright, celebrate her achievement. they’ve all taken risks with their music and gone to places you sometimes wouldn’t expect.” UNIBAR SPECIAL WK 13 Her theatrical costumes are as experimental as Halloween Get your skates on for her music; this desire to form an escapist world the End of Session Party for herself and her listeners has carried through $ Roller Disco from her childhood, where she was fascinated by COMBO the colourful world of Disney movies. She dons an 5 When: At some point in the hazy sun kissed days of the ‘70s eccentric, yet hauntingly chic appearance in film someone had the genius notion of combining the already Thurs Oct 20, clips like ‘Settle Down’, a song she penned at just 16, ragingly popular discothèque with roller skating – and it 5pm-late displaying a maturity well beyond her years. turned out to be a match made in hot-pant heaven. The Roundhouse are going retro If blue eye shadow ain’t your thang Where: it’s been about developing my for their End of Session party, traditional Halloween garb – Roundhouse sound and taking time to work fusing not only skating and disco, witches, angels, devils, vampires, out what I want to say as an but throwing Halloween into the cowboys, cheerleaders – will also artist... It’s a different mix too. When else will you get do the job. Or why not go with Cost: the chance to do the hustle while something totally from left field, Arc mems free kind of study gliding majestically in pirate like a Lindsay Lohan jailhouse - KIMBRA ON MAKING VOWS costume? jumpsuit, or a full double rainbow? all night; 8pm + HILTON’S HYPE UNSW students While not all of us can claim to Channelling both disco glamour While Aussies may be familiar with Kimbra thanks to sashay in skates so impressively, and the rock prowess of Gene $5; GA $10. Free her cameo on Gotye’s chart-topper ‘Somebody That or even stay upright, Halloween Simmons & Co. will be KISSTERIA, skate hire plus a medley of Roundhouse I Used To Know’, international audiences are now also fancy dress is a no-brainer regulars including Anujual, Tom VERDICT: getting a taste thanks to a plug from gossip royalty (especially if you go as a zombie). The 1970s are a period rife with Loud, DJ Adam Bozzetto and DJ Perez Hilton, who heralded her as “effing rad!!!!”. The Roundhouse encourages Funky the Responsible Service of Alcohol glamorous, show-stopping Gabriel Clouston She laughs modestly at this endorsement and costumes: think Austin Powers in Halloween responds that the hype has been “crazy” but she So get your skates on, hang loose Goldmember, The Simpsons’ Disco and do the boogaloo to some disco kitsch; takes every piece of feedback as exciting – be it from Stu, or of course Xanadu, surely four-on-the-floor beats at the uncos may need a fan or an A-list celebrity. the pinnacle of romantic musical Roundhouse this Thursday – can fantasy films. kneepads. ESCAPE TO LA FREE you dig it? Like many students her age, Kimbra will be travelling SUGAR this summer, although her tour won’t be of the Contiki Anti-Poverty kind. After playing Homebake and Falls in December, HIT to A Call to Action she’ll be hitting LA to promote her album and play more gigs. For those of us that can’t afford an OS UNSW Week trip, we can at least use music to escape. “Music has students that wonderful ability to take people away to another during We all have problems, but we often forget that most of ours world, or to provoke thought and deeper perceptions,” When: Oct 17-22 says Kimbra. “I wanted to do something deeper than times of are decidedly first-world frustrations.W hile you’re busy complaining that your latte isn’t hot enough more than a write songs about partying. I feel a responsibility to Where: Campus- stress. billion people worldwide are desperately poor. use the music to bring more love or thought in the wide, see p12 for world and do something progressive with it.” A lesson Random all of us travelling off into the big wide world can take Acts Of Kindness Before you get too bummed out, For the last 10 years, UNSW details. there is something you can do to has hosted a series of events on to heart. Weeks 12 + 13 help. Anti-Poverty Week is a national campus as part of the national Verdict: Mon-Fri 12-2pm initiative concerned with poverty week. Flick over to our What’s On Deserves Kimbra is playing Homebake on Dec 3 and and hardship, both in Australia and guide for all the details on campus the Falls Festival in VIC and TAS (Dec 28- abroad. Initiated by the Social Justice events – buy a cake, watch a film, more than Jan 1). Vows is out now. Want more festival Project at UNSW in 2001, it now test your trivia skills or read all just a week’s lovin’? Flick to p15 LVL.2, QUAD BUILDING, EAST WING involves more than 400 activities about Global Village on p18 and do 10AM-4PM DURING SESSION each year around the country. your small bit to help fight poverty. attention! Blitz S2W13 10 save the date
Anti-Poverty Week 2011 Kudos Award EMPA Music Recitals Rugby World Cup Roundhouse Arc Store Happy Stationery The White House 17-21 Oct @ UNSW Exhibition Until Nov 9 @ Various venues Until Oct 23 @ Roundhouse Happy Hour Hour – Re-Use Centre Happy Hour Anti-Poverty Week is a national Until Oct 22 @ Kudos Gallery, COFA Music students present a year’s worth The blokes are still at it as the World 5-6pm 10am-4pm @ Quad, 4-5pm @ White House initiative concerned with poverty of hard work at the EMPA Music Cup draws ever closer to the Grand 10% Off Of over 100 entries received this year, @ Roundhouse East Wing, RM 1001A and hardship, both in Australia and Recitals, held at various venues on Final. Catch all the action at the 4-5pm @ Arc Stores Icy cold bottled beers for $4 and 40 students have been selected as Kudos Exhibition: abroad. Initiated in 2001, it now and off campus. Head to empa.arts. Roundhouse and cheer on your team. Double the happiness RRP minus 10% = classy cocktails for $8 will have you finalists for exhibition and judging, so involves more than 400 activities each unsw.edu.au/music-recitals for the Though with $10 jugs during game on Wednesdays, more cash in smiling – that’s why they call it Living Patterns check out the best of COFA’s best at year around Australia. Check out the full schedule. time, who cares who’s playing? 5-7pm! your pocket. Happy Hour! this annual showcase. Oct 26-Nov 5 @ Kudos Gallery, UNSW events in the listings below. COFA all week unsw - There’s always something good going down UNSW String Ensemble: Chanson de Matin Thurs Oct 27, 7.30pm @ Fig Tree Anit- Poverty Week Events MuSoc Open Mic Night Vishwaas Hindu Society Annual Flea Markets 2011 Utzon Lecture Series: Pole Fitness Society Lessons Falun Dafa Free Meditation Class Theatre 7.30pm-late General Meeting 11am-5pm Glen Murcutt Interview 4-9pm 4-6pm @ Club Bar, Roundhouse 1-2pm @ Blockhouse 7-8pm @ Marsh Room, Roundhouse @ Rm 217, Squarehouse Prove you’ve got the X-factor and be @ Quad G041 Bargains galore plus delicious @ Keith Burrows Theatre MON OCT 17 heard at MuSoc UNSW’s Open Mic gozleme. COST: Free, registration required at Clubs Halloween Party and AGM Pizza & Punchbowl Fridays [email protected] Night. BYO instrument or just come Trivia 4.30pm 5-8pm Free Breakfast along for a night of sweet tunes. 1-2pm Innovators Brown Bag Lunches @ Club Bar, Roundhouse @ The White House 9-10am @ Roundhouse 12-1.30pm Prizes for best dressed, plus food, A perfect combo to ease into the @ Library Forecourt @ Rm 2063, Quad a bartab and the Club of the Year weekend holidays! Australia Ensemble Grass-roots informal meeting for THU OCT 20 Awards. Lunch Hour Concert innovative and entrepreneurial Mindfulness Meditation TUE OCT 18 individuals. Spocksoc AGM and 12-1pm 1.10-2pm Thoughtful Foods Co-Op Horn of Africa Live Aid Appeal Torchwood Screening @ Rm 1045, Quad, West Wing @ Leighton Hall, Scientia Building 9.30am-6pm Top Hat Tuesdays Pottery Studio Induction @ Roundhouse and BBQ 5-11pm All day 12.30pm 5-7pm @ Rm M18, Chemical Engineering COFA Happy Hour @ Roundhouse Volunteer Info Session @ The White House 5.30-6.30pm @ L2 Blockhouse An-Tea Pover-tea Tea Par-tea 1-2pm @ COFA, E Block, Ground Floor Cost: Free for Arc members 11am-1pm Anti-Poverty Trivia Night @ G4, Morven Brown Bake Sale Drinks and nibbles before COFA Talks SRC Welfare Collective Meeting @ Library Lawn End of Session 6-9pm Come along to hear about how you 10-1pm start at 6.30pm. To raise funds for Oxfam’s Halloween Roller Disco @ Marsh Room, Roundhouse can volunteer in your local community @ Library Lawn 1pm Cost: $15 iOU Dance Solos @ L1 Blockhouse, East Wing international initiatives to 5pm-late to help alleviate poverty. Funds raised go towards helping Pool Comp eradicate poverty. @ Roundhouse Oct 28-29 @ Io Myers Studio Indigenous charities. 6pm Volunteer Info Session Collaborative Making Six new dance solos from some of @ Roundhouse Pottery Studio Induction 7.30-9.30pm Poker 1-2pm Collaborative Making Sydney’s finest dance artists. 5pm Thoughtful Foods Co-Op Beware the pool sharks. 12.30pm 7.30-9.30pm @ Io Myers Studio 10.30am-4.30pm @ LG2, Morven Brown @ Roundhouse @ L2 Blockhouse @ Io Myers Studio @ Roundhouse COFA Talks: Curating Cities Yoga Cost: Free for Arc members Call+Response With Margaret Farmer, Richard 3-4pm Our Generation Film Screening Voluptuous Music Festival UNSW Economics Society AGM @ COFA, Old Campus Art Store, Sat Nov 5 @ Roundhouse Documentary Screening 11am Goodwin and Jill Bennett 1-3pm 6-8pm 6.30pm L1 E Block @ Rm 389, Law Building SAT OCT 22 Starring Stafford Brothers, @ Rm 205, ASB @ COFA, EG02 Cost: Free for Arc members, $5 for others @ Chemical Sciences Theatre M10 For more info contact tobias. Amnesty will be hosting a powerful FRI OCT 21 Vandalism, Mark Dynamix Vs and upfront documentary on the Collaborative Making [email protected] Falun Dafa Free Meditation Class 7.30-9.30pm Robbie Lowe and stacks more. Australian Aboriginal struggle for Relaxation and Meditation: Reduce 4-6pm @ Io Myers Studio Tix from unswroundhouse.com UNSW Medicine Dean’s Lecture – VeggieSoc Lunches @ Rm 217 Squarehouse their land, culture and freedom. Your Response to Stress 12-1pm An ensemble project from UNSW ‘Happy and healthy ageing: paradox 11.30am-1.30pm WED OCT 19 Performance Production students, @ Blockhouse Australia Ensemble @ Rm 2008, Quad, East Wing or responsibility?’ COFA End of Session Cost: Free, registration required – that brings elements of architectural 7-8.30pm Green Scarf Day Hot Dog Hoedown Lunch Hour Workshop www.counselling.unsw.edu.au phenomena onto the stage. UNSWriting: Anna Funder 1.10-2pm @ Clancy Auditorium COFA Soccer Club Training All day 4-7pm Tues Nov 8, 6.30-8pm @ UNSW Campus @ Leighton Hall, Scientia Facilitated by the indefatigable Ita 12-1pm @ COFA Common Room @ Io Myers Studio Wear a green scarf to uni today Presenting guitar works by Rodrigo, Islamic Law and Social Development Buttrose the panel will discuss one of @ Moore Park Cost: Free for Arc Members, $5 for others Villa-Lobos, Castelnuovo-Tedesco 4-6pm Anna Funder speaks about her new humanity’s oldest dreams: to discover and donate to the Horn of Africa Emergency Appeal. and Hindson. @ Law Theatre novel All That I Am. the fountain of youth. UNSW Bike Club Workshop Double Happy Hour UNSW Islamic Society will be hosting SUN OCT 23 COST: Free, registration required at 12-2pm 5-7pm med.unsw.edu.au Thoughtful Foods Co-Op Workshop: Improving Your Memory a speakers’ forum with Dr Salim @ Quad Lawn @ Roundhouse Farrar, an expert on Islamic Law, Rugby World Cup Grand Final 10.30am-4.30pm Grin and beer it. 3-4.30pm @ Roundhouse @ Rm 2008, Quad, East Wing Criminal Justice and Human Rights. @ Auckland NZ (or a TV near you) Cost: Free, registration required – www.counselling.unsw.edu.au Blitz picks monday wednesday thursday friday COFA presents MASHED Sun Nov 20 @ Oxford Art Factory Markets, art and music. To get involved email: [email protected]
Dud party? Promote your event Call+Response Documentary Screening MuSoc Open Mic Night COFA End of Session Hot Dog Hoedown End of Session Halloween Roller Disco Anti-Poverty Trivia Night with What’s On! 6-8pm 7.30pm-late 4-7pm 5pm-late 6-9pm Go to arc.unsw.edu.au @ Chemical Sciences Theatre M10 @ Club Bar, Roundhouse @ COFA Common Room @ Roundhouse @ Marsh Room, Roundhouse Deadline This documentary goes deep undercover in places Prove you’ve got the X-factor and be heard at MuSoc Hot dawg! Come and celebrate the end of the session Get your skates (and a costume) on for the last Attention Know-It-Alls, this is your chance to flaunt your trivial skills. 12 days before Mon of where slavery is thriving. UNSW’s Open Mic Night. BYO instrument or just come relevant week at the Arc @ COFA Hot Dog Hoedown. Games and prizes Roundhouse party of the year. Free skate hire all night The African Student’s Association UNSW is holding a Trivia Night to along for a night of sweet tunes. galore plus music by DJ Fred Fred – COFA kids know plus rock out to KISSTERIA, the KISS experience playing raise money for the West African women’s NGO Amepouh. A night of how to party. live, as well as Roundhouse regulars Anujual, DJ Tom mentally stimulating diversion just far enough away from exams that Cost: Free for Arc Members, $5 for others Loud, DJ Adam Bozzetto and DJ Gabriel Clouston. . you can thoroughly justify attending. There will be prizes, a BBQ and Give Blitz the thumbs up Cost: Free for Arc members all night; after 8pm UNSW students drinks will be available from the bar. All are welcome. facebook.com/blitzmag $5; everyone else $10 Cost: $15 AROUND TOWN: WHAT’S ON SYDNEY ‘ Blitz’s Guide to Summer Festivals With so much choice for the summer festival line-up and ever-increasing ticket prices, it can be hard to know which event deserves your cash. We’ve put together a consortium of festivals – from the one day wonders to the full camping road trips – to help you decide which fest is best.
Homebake One Day Wonders Sun Dec 3, The Domain. Sydney Happy Campers Highlights: Grinderman (Nick Cave=love), PNAU (the P is for party), Kimbra (our Big Day Out favourite Kiwi), The Jezabels, plus mixing it Peats Ridge Festival Thurs Jan 26, Australia Day, Dec 29–Jan 1, Glenworth Valley, NSW up with RockQwiz Live and a Comedy Stage. Sydney Showground Highlights: Gotye (midnight NYE set), Tailored towards: Aussie music lovers. Highlights: Kanye West, Kasabian, Xavier Rudd, Salmonella Dub and LTJ Colour and spice and all things nice Avoid if: You’re looking for big-name CHEAP A$$ SYDNEY OFWGKTA, Girl Talk, Battles, Frenzal Rhomb Bukem (both drum & bass masters). international acts. plus skater Tony Hawke. Tailored towards: Revellers, families and Value: Worth the one year hiatus (First TRAVEL Tailored towards: Under agers and patriots. free spirits. Release $102) Avoid if: You take offence at shirtless Avoid if: You’re not in the mood to embrace Adventure Travel and Backpacker Expo bogans sporting Southern Cross tattoos. peace, love and your fellow man. The Spice Parramasala Festival of Oct 29-30, 12-6pm Value: Disappointing (First Release $165+bf Field Day Value: Excellent for a four day fest that South Asian Arts @ Sydney Town Hall Sun Jan 1, New Years Day 2012, Cost: Free for students on Wed Oct 12) includes NYE (Season tickets start from The Domain, Sydney of Life All the info you could ever need about travelling OS $334.60, one day passes also available) and Oz. www.MyAdventureExpo.com Highlights: Justice (live), Moby (DJ set), Metronomy, Crystal Castles, Spank Rock. Parramatta, aka Sydney’s ‘second CBD’, is being taken over for a week in Harvest Tailored towards: Those who have survived EAT Sun Nov 13, Parramatta Park, Sydney or forgone NYE. Pyramid Rock Festival November by the art, music and film of South Asia – the place is even getting an Highlights: Portishead, The National, TV On Dec 29 – Jan 1, Phillip Island, VIC Breakfast on Bondi Avoid if: You can’t stand the summer heat – honorary name change. Based on the Hindi word ‘masala’, which means ‘mix’, Sun Oct 23, starts sunrise the Radio, The Flaming Lips, Bright Highlights: Scissor Sisters, The Living New Year’s Day is usually a scorcher. Parramasala is a festival embodying Sydney’s multiculturalism, coinciding with the @ Bondi Beach Eyes, Mogwai End, Grandmaster Flash, Lyrics Born, Indian Diwali, or Festival of Lights. COST: FREE Value: So-so (First Release $135) Daylight savings has arrived and consequently sunrise Tailored towards: Those who value quality Spiderbait, Bluejuice The week-long extravaganza opens with the Deepavali Fair – like Mardi Gras, but more colourful and isn’t quite so punishingly early – make a beach picnic over quantity at “A Civilised Gathering” Tailored towards: Road-trippers and folky spiritually satisfying – on October 30. The Town Hall Square is being transmuted into an Indian bazaar, of it or buy some breakfast from the stalls, while Avoid if: You’re looking for electro beats – hipsters with a hip-hop edge. with South Asian cuisine to excite your tastebuds as well as free music, dance and traditional clothing watching out for special guest (and Blitz cover boy) none to be found here. St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival Avoid if: You’re going to bring a shattitude Sun Feb 5, Sydney College of demonstrations. Performances include the Kathak dance group, Madhumita Roy & Company, the Balinese Hayden Quinn from MasterChef. Value: Only just worth it ($150+bf) (shit attitude). gamelan (traditional Indonesian music) troupe, Sekaa Gong Tirta Sinar, and the Bangladeshi ensemble the Arts, Rozelle Value: Very decent if you don’t include Baul Shilpi, who practise the mystic Baul tradition. Highlights: Feist, M83, The Drums, The LAUGH petrol costs ($305 for 3 day pass) Panics, Cults, John Talabot, Jonti, There are far too many events to list in full here, so we’ve picked the cream of the crop. Head to Lindsay Webb Foreshore The Horrors parramasala.com for more info and full event listings. Sat Nov 26, Parliamentary Triangle, Mon Oct 17 – Wed Oct 19 Tailored towards: Those with beards and @ Mon – The Fringe Bar, Tues – Cargo Bar, Wed – The Canberra Ray-Bans – so indie it hurts. Rainbow Serpent Roxbury Highlights: Armin van Buuren (brilliant Jan 27-30, Western Victoria Opening Night: Deepavali Fair ‘The Other Journey’ Exhibition When: COST: Varies, around $15 Avoid if: You can’t fight the desire to punch Oct 30, 12-9pm Every day, time varies (check trance), Afrojack, Salt N Pepa (90s nostalgia, Highlights: Ott (master of dub), The Riddler Stand-up comedian Lindsay Webb is brightening our hipsters. @ Parramatta Stadium website) 30 Oct – 6 Nov first half of the week with his run of gigs. let’s talk about sex!), Ladyhawke, Gypsy and (Serbian psy-trance), Protonica (German Value: Mediocre ($140) Delicious food, exotic handicrafts, @ Parramatta River the Cat, Kid Kenobi. prog), Sheff (heavy bass from Israel), ill music and a fireworks finale. COST: $20 Where: Tailored towards: Canberrans (obviously), Gates (the phat conductor), Dub FX (home- A bold outdoor work about three Sri GROW YOUR HIGH BROW or those keen for a road trip. grown mixing talent) That Girl in Yellow Boots Lankans’ flight from their country Parramatta Sydney Architecture Festival Avoid if: You don’t get along with public Soundwave Tailored towards: Electronic music and migration to Australia. Sun Feb 26, Olympic Park, Sydney Screening and Opening Cost: Begins Thurs Oct 20 servants. diehards and those who want a truly Night Party @ All over the place Highlights: Limp Bizkit, System of a Down, Varies, COST: Varies; check sydneyarchitecturefestival.org Value: Decent, but get in quick (3rd Release international vibe. Oct 31, 7-11pm Satyajit Ray Maratahon Marilyn Manson, Slipknot, Hole, The Used, Nov 5, 11am many events Step outside to discover Sydney’s marvellous built $119.95) Avoid if: You want to hear any kind of @ Lennox Theatre, Riverside environment – several events are held at UNSW, Dashboard Confessional, Unwritten Law Theatres @ Lennox Theatre, Riverside acoustic instrument – it’s all dance, Theatres free; check including the Utzon Lecture on Oct 19 and the student Tailored towards: Metalheads and COST: $20 dance, dance baby. COST: $20 for all three, $10 for Streetworks Project on Oct 20. everyone that was too young to go to this The festival opens in style with a parramasala. Value: Exceptional ($250, includes one sort of festival 10 years ago. screening of the latest Bollywood com for more camping) blockbuster, That Girl in Yellow Boots Never heard of Satyajit Ray? Shame! GIG Avoid if: You value your eardrums. plus the ticket price includes the Not only is he arguably India’s most details Value: Hard to say… (Unannounced, on peppery opening night party. famous director, he’s also one of the Bayonets for Legs and Only the Sea Slugs sale Thurs Oct 20) most admired auteurs in cinema Verdict: Wed Oct 19, 7pm history. The festival is screening a @ Rock Lily, Star City Casino, Pyrmont Free Documentary Screening: COST: FREE back-to-back retrospective of three Hang onto your Two of Sydney’s weirdest-named bands grace Star City Afghan Girls Can Kick of his films. Nov 2, 1-2pm sari! for free while you hit it big (or not) at the casino. @ Lennox Theatre, Riverside Festival Lounge Free Concert: Theatres The Bombay Royale >> ANDREW BLACKIE PARTY Cost: Free Nov 6, 8-10pm Winning Best International Oxford Art Festival Outdoor Art Fair @ Town Hall Square Sat Oct 22, 11am-4pm Documentary at the Garden State COST: Free Film Festival, this documentary @ Taylor Square, Oxford St The Bombay Royale are a Melbourne Cost: Free follows Afghanistan’s first ever group influenced by of the music of national women’s football team Over 200 artworks will be on display to the public with Indian cinema – even if you’re not live entertainment, street theatre, guest speakers and and their experiences living under familiar with the esoteric niche, mystery celebs. the Taliban. everyone loves a bit of sitar. Check out more free Festival Lounge events at the website. 14 15 www. 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Blitz S2W13 16 17 Given this month is the 25th anniversary of her weekly movie review TV show, it’s fair to say Margaret Pomeranz is an Australian authority ritic’s on film.Blitz caught up with the cinephile to talk censorship, Hollywood and her UNSW connection.
>> Mary Azzi SENSITIVE CENSORSHIP She attributes her time here, at the ritique Famous not just for her longevity least partially, to where she is now: SPEND THE SUMMER GETTING NEIGHBOURLY C “That was the start of thinking, on our screens (first with The Movie M AR G AR E T P O m e RANZ Show on SBS and more recently maybe I could write drama for a When we think of ‘community’ At the Movies on ABC 1), and her living”, she reflects. “As it turned out, we’re more than likely look to our spirited disagreements with co- I wasn’t very good at [that], but it own backyard first: our next-door host David Stratton, Pomeranz is got me into recognising the power neighbours, local sports teams, also an ardent campaigner against structure of film and television.” or surf clubs. But what about our censorship. In 2003, she was stopped Margaret watches eight films a international neighbours? In an by police from screening the banned week – everything from the Hollywood movie Ken Park. increasingly globalised world blockbusters, to the small indie The week I talked to her, it had been films that hardly get a release. I lending a helping hand can reach announced that the controversial ask her whether after all this time farther than ever before. A Serbian Film would be refused she ever gets sick of staring at the silver screen. “I don’t think you could Nurture your altruistic and adventurous a classification. I asked her if she do this job, for this length of time, sides these summer holidays with still believed it wasn’t right for the unless you have that fire in your belly,” Global Village, an initiative of Arc which government to pass judgment on she responds. “There is that hope sends students to developing countries what we should see. “I haven’t seen every time the lights dim and the each semester to help with community the film”, she admitted, “and I believe curtains part that you’re going to see building projects. Blitz spoke to Student it is tremendously confronting, Helping hands reach around the world something great.” Development Officer Sarah Weiner about but… If other countries have the her experiences on the last year’s Fiji trip. right to see a film then we shouldn’t YOUNG TALENT TIME be overprotected.” The current direction of Australian What was the goal of Global Village’s trip that community. A sense of gratification OLD SCHOOL cinema is one that she finds “exciting to Fiji? comes when members of the community Recruitment is still open for Global Every week, Margaret and David pass – there’s a lot of talent out there,” We travelled to a small island located in express their appreciation for your time Village’s Tanzania trip – volunteer at an judgment of a different kind on the she says. “Hollywood keeps on picking Fiji called Rabi. The main project we were and effort; this is when you realise that orphanage then safari in the Serengeti. new films hitting cinemas that week. off our best and brightest, and involved with was cleaning, and archiving you really are making a difference. It’s a 3 week trip flying out late January; Their goal when the program started we keep on producing more talent, the island’s historic documents. the group will be volunteering for which I think is pretty amazing for a [Another] great aspect was the ‘home in 1986 was to provide a “television approximately 2 weeks and travelling country with a population like ours.” Was it all work and no play? stay’, [meaning] we lived in the homes of guide to going to the movies”. Fast for the remainder of the trip. Not at all, there was an excellent balance members of the community. This was a forward a quarter of a century later, While NIDA grads are finding fame between the two. The mornings and early great opportunity to immerse ourselves and they still present essentially the overseas, armchair critics are now afternoons were spent on our archiving within the culture, living and eating the Want more info? Email same program in much the same able to critique without leaving the duties and then the rest of the day was same way as our adopted families. e [email protected] format. They are one of the longest- house through online platforms. So up to us. We would go swimming, play with or head to www.arc.unsw.edu. running shows on Australian television, what’s her advice for getting started the local children, go for walks or explore Travel can often push you out of your au/globalvillage MARGARET’S TOP 5 a feat Margaret calls “incredible; those as a reviewer? “If you have the ability the island. We spent one weekend on the comfort zone; were there any surprises? FILMS FOR 2011 years have gone ‘whoosh’”. to write, you can put it out there remote side of the island for a ‘survivor’ It’s surprising how much you learn about The Tree of Life A little-known fact about Pomeranz and if you’re any good, you will get style experience where we went fishing, yourself when positioned in a different is that she is a UNSW alumni. noticed.” Does it all come down to The Guard snorkelling and jumped off waterfalls. environment - especially after spending Returning to Australia after time luck, then? “Love,” she corrects me. two weeks of sleeping on the floor, having “You’ve gotta love cinema.” Apart from the chance to explore a new Meek’s Cut-Off overseas, she was a student at the cold showers from a water hose and being Playwright’s Studio at NIDA, what is part of the world, what was the most Senna >> ANDREW BLACKIE eaten alive by mosquitoes. But it is these now the Fig Tree Theatre. rewarding thing about the trip? experiences that made the trip so unique In A Better World The greatest reward comes from seeing and exciting. I definitely came home with a And the worst? At the Movies is on Wednesdays, 10pm on ABC 1 and online at the change that you are making to new outlook on my life. Mozart’s Sister abc.net.au/iview
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Sculpture by the Sea Bondi to Tamarama Coastal Walk Nov 3-20 If you’ve never done the Bondi to Tamarama coastal walk you’re seriously missing out on one of the most stunning locations in Australia. Sculpture by the Sea is an annual exhibition that transforms this already spectacular walk into a 2km long temporary sculpture park. Over 100 sculptures will be installed for the 2011 exhibition, from the interactive to the kinaesthetic to the downright bizarre. This is a Sydney institution that’s a summer must-do.
At Home With Julia Ghosts of the Past Conan the Pilot Guides: Starring Amanda Bishop Eskimo Joe Barbarian Planet of the Apes and Phil Lloyd Starring Jason Momoa, Ron Perlman and Rose McGowan Oi You! Art by Banksy 7/10 5/10 4/10 8/10 Cockatoo Island Nov 4 – Dec 11 Ever wanted to see a Banksy but never knew where to look? This four-part series, recently screened on The platinum award winning Aussies show I think the overwhelmingly dismal reviews of In this Pilot Guides special, our adventurous hosts take us on 23 works by the world-famous street artist are making ABC 1, caused quite a hubbub in the press. their age in more ways than one in their Conan the Barbarian have thus far been too a journey across Africa, Asia and South America to learn more their way to Sydney’s Cockatoo Island in November as part Everyone seemed to weigh in with their ironically titled fifth album Ghosts of the preoccupied with the film’s lack of character about our closest relatives in the animal kingdom. Ian Wright of Outpost Project, a free street art festival. A total of two-cents: “It’s demeaning to the office of Past. While a shift in lyrical content to development, clichéd dialogue, and flat plot. travels to Lopburi, Thailand, a city with a serious macaque 70 pieces from leading artists will be on display, including Prime Minister!” or “A cheap satire taking address concepts of nostalgia, regret, Indeed it offers all those things and more. infestation because the locals worship the monkeys as a sacred Faile, Swoon, Micallef and Brazilian duo, Os Gemeos. While it cheap shots.” Mind you, most commentary and the bittersweet vagaries of youth Above and beyond the opportunity to watch animal. Megan McCormick visits an orang-utan sanctuary in may not be on a street per se, this exhibition will be a rare on the show was given before the series may be a thematic breakthrough for the people die violently in 3D, Conan presents us Borneo; Nikki Grosse treks in Uganda to find the elusive mountain chance to catch a glimpse of the best and most elusive was even halfway through. 30-something musicians, the same could not with that rarest opportunity: a relief from gorilla; and in Cameroon, Zay Harding witnesses a veterinary street artists in our own city. Having watched At Home With Julia in be said about the album’s musical content. the burden of thought. operation on one of the world’s last surviving drills. Cost: Free (ex. ferry trip) its entirety I can’t quite see what all the The music isn’t terrible. Standard pop rock After literally being cut out of his Pilot Guides (formerly titled Lonely Planet), has a down-to-earth fuss was about. Most of the cast have guitar and piano progressions are woven pregnant mother, mid-battle, in the presentation, lovable hosts and a catchy-as-hell theme song. their background in the Sydney Theatre with compelling rhythm and surprisingly opening minutes of the film, Conan There are many wonderful moments of serendipity throughout, Company’s Wharf Revue, which has been emotive vocals. In other words, nothing embarks on a quest to avenge the sadistic such as Wright hiring a protection racket of kids to fend off the lampooning politicians for nearly a decade. new. This album is characterised by an tyrant who slaughtered his village, saving Lopburi macaques, McCormick being urinated on by a mischievous Amanda Bishop, who plays our ginger undistinguished palatability that makes it maidens from brigands and their chastity orang-utan and the surreal sight of several baby primates being heroine, is a master of her craft – it takes easy to believe they’ve simply compiled a with equal poise. His quest is aided by the transported in a wheelbarrow. a special talent to sing entirely off-key. In series of their least dislikeable tracks into fact that, in the Conan universe, humans Of course, no travelogue on apes would be complete without fact Bishop did so well in humanising the a unified (read “repetitive”) album that explode upon impact with hard objects. an appearance from the world-renowned chimpanzee Picasso: Masterpieces from the Musée National, Paris PM that, if anything, it made me like Gillard lacks the melodic originality of previous The original 1982 film provided the perfect expert Jane Goodall, who is interviewed in the Gombe gorilla Art Gallery of NSW a little more. releases. I can only hope their legacy of launching pad for Arnold Schwarzenegger’s segment. Fascinating, insightful, with a meaningful message on success has not inhibited them from Nov 12 – Mar 25, 2012 Most pollies and public figures make an acting career. I for one was relieved to see conservation, Planet of the Apes is another great entry to the This summer Sydney really is getting the biggest names in taking the creative risks necessary to appearance and, for the most part, the a return to the good old fashioned family world’s best travel programmes. art, though the AGNSW have gone for a more traditional impersonations are finely tuned (Jonathan create something truly ear-catching. values that have been sorely lacking in the >> Andre Teh approach. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see the Biggins’ impression of Q&A’s Tony Jones is If this was a debut alb um from an amateur Hollywood alumni since then; a time when “classic” Picassos, made possible by the temporary closure hilarious). My two-cents? I think precious, band I’d be writing a different review. But arguments were resolved with two-handed Conan embarks on a quest of the Musée National Picasso for renovations. Over 150 conservative commentators need to take after all the accolades and acclaim, and swords and women wore nothing from paintings, sculptures, prints and drawings will be exhibited, the stick out of their ass and learn to a history of musical breakthroughs, I find the waist up. I think we all have something to avenge the sadistic including masterpieces from his Blue, Rose, Expressionist, lighten up – it’s satire, not dissent. myself overwhelmingly underwhelmed to learn from Conan. In the words of the tyrant who slaughtered his Cubist, Neoclassical and Surrealist periods. Even the most by this offering from a band at risk of existential hero himself: “I live, I love, I slay > Evelyn Cook village, saving maidens from uncultured philistine will get a kick out of this. > fulfilling the prophecy implied in the and I am content.” Words to live by. brigands and their chastity Cost: Concession $18 album’s title. 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