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Welcome
to the fourth issue of Lost and Found Volume 4. An
email magazine with an inside view of Melbourne's creative
people and places, bringing you the first word
on events buzzing in the city from June to September.
This year, new and current subscribers have the chance
to win an insider's tour of Melbourne – hosted
by Lost and Found's mysterious writers – transfers,
accommodation and tips included! Peruse the details
and enter here. |
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Jason
Crombie's lucid, exhilarating, sometimes totally bizarre prose
makes you want to pick up a pen and use it without stopping.
Based in New York City, Jason publishes Wooooo – a
magazine full of funny, interesting interviews with people both
well known and obscure. It's distributed around the world to
an ever-expanding fan-base. Jason grew
up in regional Victoria and spent the better part of his
twenties getting to know Melbourne.
He unleashes his local knowledge
upon us for this special, word-obsessed edition. |
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Craft seems easy when you're still
in the pipe-cleaner phase, but, as Martha Stewart's bank balance
knows, it can get a lot more complicated. Craft
Victoria champions the art of craft every day from its Flinders
Lane home, where you can see exhibitions, visit artists in residence
and buy the best scarves in Melbourne. This month they've launched
a new festival, Craft
Cubed, which basically involves multiplying their program
by the power of three. Career
advice, markets, exhibitions, open
studios and workshops – including origami
tutorials hosted by Melbourne's own man of the fold Nathan
Gray.
Until 12 September. Craft Victoria,
31 Flinders Lane, Melbourne.
Tel: 03 9650 7775. |
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Jason:
Right now I dig pretty much anything that comes out of Neon
Parc, Utopian
Slumps and TCB
art inc. Another space I should mention is the new Sarah
Scout. It's above Von
Haus on Crossley Street. If you are interested in warming
your hands by 'the pulse', keep an eye out for a young Melbourne
artist by the name of
Riley Payne. He is,
in my humble and completely unbiased opinion,
the next big thing. |
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When you think
about it, writers festivals are the strangest events ever. Who
would have thought it could be so fun to take a bunch of introverts
who make a living from sitting at home in their pyjamas, and
fry them in the spotlight of intense public scrutiny? Choose
a shy genius to interrogate at this year's Melbourne
Writers Festival (MWF). It won't be hard, especially since
the program now includes a huge range of workshops
and seminars, plus a words
and music program at the
Toff. Wear your outside clothes.
21–30 August. |
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Jason:
The Melbourne
Writers Festival is coming up on August 21st and promises
to be relatively epic, despite the fact I wasn't invited to be
a keynote speaker. That Rosemary Cameron (MWF's director) has
had it in for me ever since I spilt her illusion shaker at Yah
Yah's last year. |
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Instead of savagely
beating the shins of the already bloody and torn denim marketplace
with cleverly executed marketing campaigns, Note
to Self has quietly established itself as one of the more
interesting Melbourne-based jeans labels. Drawing inspiration
from friends and beautiful Japanese denim, local writer and jeans-maker
Max Olijnyk has been tailoring pants by appointment for a small
but dedicated clientele for a few years. For those worried about
ripping their Nudies on the long climb to his studio, Max now
delivers seasonal lines to two local stockists.
Level 3, Carlton Hotel & Studios, 193 Bourke Street, Melbourne.
Email info@notetoself.com.au for
appointments. |
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Jason:
When I decide to stop dressing like someone who has given up
on himself, I'll do all my shopping at Alphaville.
They are brilliant. There are three locations in Melbourne, so
you don't really have an excuse to read this and not follow it
up with a visit. Also, Provider carry
a broad range of footwear for the discerning cool-cat who has
to have something special in order to make his friends feel bad
about last years dunks. |
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When you've
decided to spend your therapy budget on retail, is it better
to wander the streets of Melbourne in a daze, discovering magical
shops as you go? Possibly. But those who take a random approach
risk burning holes right through their Margiela pockets. The
new edition of the Melbourne
Design Guide, hot off the press, offers the perfect middle
ground. With entire chapters on objects to track down and fashion
quarries to forage, it's like a personal tour guide for your
wallet – with hand-drawn maps included. |
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Jason:
Third
Drawer Down has tons of great things that you can't take
with you when you die; for example, hand soaps that look like
little hands! Genius! Metropolis
Books has the latest independent publications from around
the globe, including a little mag called Wooooo that
you should buy and add to the ever-growing mountain of ephemera
you've collected over the years in an attempt to eclipse your
impermanence. Another place to buy all the stuff you need in
order to draw your attention away from the deafening bongo drums
of your mortality is In
the Woods. I recommend you have a look in there too, lot's
of cool stuff AND they sell coffee! |
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Jason:
If you're planning a visit to Melbourne, you have to go eat at
the Grace
Darling because Catriona Freeman is in the kitchen and she
could cook you up a length of rope and it'd be delicious. Also,
nothing beats an outdoor afternoon beer overlooking the Yarra
at Riverland.
So, so good. The best place to get coffee in Melbourne is pretty
much anywhere they sell it. I would recommend a visit to Mark
Dundon's next-level aficionado cafe Seven
Seeds. Lastly, if you've got the time, I seriously urge you
to go to Echuca. It's wonderfully serene and if you mention me
by name everything is half-price. |
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It's
not easy publishing a book, let alone selling it and making a
profit. But don't let that discourage you, quivering scribes.
At MWF this
year, you can
absorb some sage advice
from Eli
Horovitz – editor of US indie publishing juggernaut McSweeney's.
He'll be talking to local editors Penny
Modra (ThreeThousand, Is
Not Magazine) and Chris
Flynn (Torpedo)
on 28 August. We have two double passes to give away! To enter,
tell us the particular type of seafaring equipment sold at the
McSweeney's writing workshop at
826 Valencia.
Email us (use the link, don't reply)
including your answer in the
subject line by 5pm, Monday 17 August. |
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