Get to It: The ‘G’ in Goth, the C@#t in Homewares

Lisa’s name may not start with a ‘G’, and Megan may not be a cunt, but these ladies give your average G-words and Saturday shopping cunts a furious shakeup in a night of delirious, loving, surly, hip-hoppish, outlandish and spiteful spoken words. Two girls, two shows. One about the grossness of being girly and other bits; t’other about muffs on the loose wanting to get out of shopping complexes. It’s gonna be so crazy yo’ mama gonna cry. Six shows only! Attend!

Here’s the in-depth info:

Dates:
Thurs 25 Spet, Fri 26 Sept, Sat 27 Sept,
Thurs 2 Oct, Fri 3 Oct, Sat 4 Oct.

8pm-9pm

Buy tickets here.

More info here.

Full Price: $15.00
Concession: $12.00
Group: $11.00 (5 people)
Preview: $10.00

Getting there: 2C F10, Tram # 86, Tram Stop # 15

Co-devisors Lisa-Skye Ioannidis and Megan Petrie
Sound Chris Goodes

Tickets will be avaliable at the door if left, but book early to secure seats.

Turn up early and have dinner at the Glasshouse restaurant, why not.

Story To… is on Facebook. (Who isn’t?)

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We just inched our way over 100 members! Help us get even more.

They Speak: Jordi Kerr

Story To… contributor Jordi Kerr discovered her passion for the written word in Grade 2 and has been putting pen to paper ever since.

ST: How long have you been writing and/or creating artwork for and why?

JK: Since I was a lil’ tacker – once I stopped the daily career changes between policewoman and baby-sitter. It was one fateful day in Grade 2, during a creative writing class, that I decided I was going to be an authoress when I grew up. At the time I didn’t realise that Grade 2 was full of such important life-lessons; only the week before we’d had a class on making jelly. The reason I’ve continued writing is a mixture of stubbornness and enjoyment – I feel more alive when I’m playing with words.

ST: The theme of Story To…, trains, is quite broad. How did you decide on your subject matter?

JK: I actually got my first inspiration from a story in mX (ha ha ha!). It started out as a story of objectophilia towards the grand old lady that is North Melbourne station, but the style made it evolve into something else again.

ST: We are currently planning the next edition of Story To… What would you like to see in there?

JK: More pages! More contributors. More mirabilary works by Miss Gentle. Just more all around!

ST: What’s the best website you’ve visited in the last week?

JK: Gotye: because I’ve fallen in love with Hearts A Mess. The other songs aren’t bad either. 🙂

ST: Assuming the Australian government has a file on everyone in this country, what do you think they have on file about you?

JK: Probably that I’m wanted for HECS debt, with a footnote about being a potential troublemaker of the low-threat variety. (I inherited a conscience that objects to unnecessary violence and unnecessarily violent weapons). And if they didn’t before then I guess they do now.

Story To... contributor, Jordi Kerr

Get to It: Picture This 08

Story To… contributor Richard Ibrahim has had some of his work selected as part of a group photographic show, Picture This 08, at Brunswick Street Gallery.

Opening night is Friday 12 September, from 6pm, and the exhibition runs until 25 September.

We’ll be there so you should go too!

We need what you’ve got

After a very successful first issue, Melbourne’s only alternative commuter zine, Story To…, is once again calling for your work.

The theme for Issue Two is “Pod People”. So many people who travel on public transport bury themselves in their music and we want you to help us show them the train station life they are oblivious to. We want to see this reflected in writing (short fiction, poetry, film and theatre scripts, creative non-fiction and song lyrics) and in artwork (photography and graphic design).

Please stick to a limit of 300 – 500 words. The closing date for submissions is Tuesday 30 September 2008. All submissions need to be emailed to storytoproject@gmail.com. Please format text as Times New Roman / size 12 font / single-space with no other formatting.

If you want to discuss your submission ideas with us, or have any general queries, then drop us an email at storytoproject@gmail.com.

Check out our first issue here and browse the rest of our website to get a feel for what we’re about.

We look forward to reading your submissions!

Kate and Beth x

Courtesy of ~ Aчυυυ (www.flickr.com/photos/ayumina)

They Speak: Kelly-Anne Gentle

Designer and Story To… contributor Kelly-Anne Gentle’s fear of Parliament Station drove her to put together the inspired image for the back cover of Issue One.

ST:  How long have you been writing and/or creating artwork for and why?

KG: I have been drawing and painting since I can remember. Its so cliché to say that but it really is true. My first memory of school is sticking cotton wool on a busted-up lamb I’d drawn.

ST: The theme of Story to…, trains, is quite broad. How did you decide on your subject matter?

KG: I thought I’d have a bit of fun with it. I’m a little bit frightened of Parliament station, I don’t go there very often, so I thought it might be good to have some monsters down there – real monsters, not just those people who I move away from so they don’t sit next to me on the train.

ST: We will soon be planning the next edition of Story To… What would you like to see in there?

KG: Just more of the same awesome content! 🙂

ST:  What’s the best website you’ve visited in the last week?

KG: I just recently met the amazing Ivy Vine, so I am discovering Ivyology.

ST:  Assuming the Australian government has a file on everyone in this country, what do you think they have on file about you?

KG: That would be telling!

Kelly-Anne Gentle - a self portrait

Visit Kelly-Anne here.

Volunteer opportunity at Sticky

Sticky is currently seeking people who are interested in becoming a volunteer in their Degraves Subway shop for one day per week. You don’t need to be a maths wiz nor do you need to have any retail experience, you just have to be confident with people, like zines and are a dab hand at keeping paperwork in order.

If you’re interested please email Elle at stickyshop@gmail.com or give her a call on 0421 479 153.

To check out the Sticky website click here.

They Speak: Luke May

We welcome contributor Luke May to the website and delve into a world of cockfighting, underwater tunnels and Centrelink debt.

ST: How long have you been writing and/or creating artwork for and why?

LM: I used to write in the space beneath an L-Shaped bunk, hidden by a pinned bed sheet and crouched over my makeshift desk with all my papers, books, ammunition and teddy bears. I officially published 27 books in one year – twenty-five more than anyone else in Grade 2 – bound, typed and diligently transcribed word for word from my favourite books. Unfortunately my teacher never reproached me – I’m sure there was a copyright infringement – and I thought, how easy is this! My days of writing like a maniac have slowed considerably, but hey, who can stop dreaming of the good old days?

ST: The theme of Story To…, trains, is quite broad. How did you decide on your subject matter?

LM: Trains? Shit. I thought it was about movement. You know, the place where time and space meet, find their own worm tunnel and snake around the confines of the brain. It’s lonely there on the platform and I refuse to wear headphones. Huddled in with all those people and their pods, white cords plugged into an external silence, you think of robots and deaf mutes and wonder if there were films made about this. It seems that rush hour is incredibly devoid of emotion, and I have a suspicion that everybody is holding it in under books and soft songs. Without these you are left to imagine in reverie, staring like a donkey and chancing yourself upon a dream. I walk to work now so I can prolong it.

ST: We will soon be planning the next edition of Story To… What would you like to see in there?

Poems, poems and poems. A discussion with the train driver about the merits of an underwater tunnel to Devonport. A picture of a guy in a panda suit eating pancakes. A map to a disused safehouse beneath the town hall, where the Flinders Street fiddler was once held by Victoria police on account of impersonating an Egyptian. Barry Humphries impersonating a guy in a panda suit. A train driver reading poems. An issue as thick as an Egyptian pancake.

ST: What’s the best website you’ve visited in the last week?

LM: Falcon vs Monkey – I thought it would be hard to beat an old-fashioned cockfight, but if you want to get your claws or teeth out, sink into this. These guys even sell torpedos.

ST: Assuming the Australian government has a file on everyone in this country, what do you think they have on file about you?

LM: They know I was there the night the fiddler was caught. They confiscated my passport and told me I couldn’t leave the country until I pay my Centrelink debt off. I’ve seen the file, it’s got coffee stains on it. The sheriff brought it round when he took this photo of me.

The pic the sheriff took

Get to It: ‘Anyone Can…’ the launch

I’ve been hanging around with a great group via cyberspace called City Library Street Press and we’ve just put together a collaborative zine called Anyone Can Make a Zine. We’re having an awesome launch event at Sticky, 6 September, at 1-2pm and then heading back to the City Library where you can decorate the cover of your very own copy (only $4) and partake in some yummy home baked food. Click here to view the invite.

Oh, and I personally contributed two pages so I’m naturally quite excited about seeing the finished product.

Kate x

Get to It: Above Water launch

With special guests and everything. And you can get your hands on a FREE copy of the anthology.

DATE: Thursday 28th August
VENUE: The Age Melbourne Writers’ Festival Club, ACMI Lounge Function Space, Federation Square
TIME: 6pm – 7pm
FREE ENTRY

Invite to the launch of Above Water 2008