Texture / July 2008
Texture is an events guide, place guide, interactive guide to this fair city. Its role is to hook you up with the best spots to spend your nights and where to recover during the day, all the latest news and information you want from round town and a place to meet only the best people from all over the place. Texture is brought to you by Positively Wellington Tourism with support from heaps of kindly folk round town.
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Rock Show!
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- Boys Wanna be Her, girls wanna be her, I Don't Give a....because Peaches is going to Shake Yer Dix...Get It?Yes that's right, the queen of electro-smut PEACHES is heading OUR way for the very first time. It is a great time to be alive.Peaches owns electro-clash and her smutty tracks are often echoed through Wellington any given weekend at any rad party the city may harbour.This very special Berlin residing dreamboat is loved the world over. Her mix of punk, pumping beats, deep dirty synths and special guests, not to mention her super hot style will be getting all sorts of hormones pumping, bodies twisting and minds exploding on Thursday the 25th September at the San Fran.Tickets at Real Groovy.-Stacey
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Mark Kozelek - San Francisco Bathhouse, Thursday 31 July
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- Some eight years ago, a friend handed me a CD he had just bought. He said, "you should have this. I don't like it, it's probably more your sort of thing."It was a double album called Retrospective by 90s San Francisco group Red House Painters, a band I'd not heard of.
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New Exhibit at Manky Chops Gallery: Sole
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- Manky Chops gallery is at it again, with locally based artist, Sole, showing off his new exhibition at the home of Wellingtons underground arts scene. Sole is a stencil artist/graphic designer who has produced works for a multitude of well-known performers, retailers, organizations and events.
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Cuba Street, Wellington
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It's a celebration!
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- The Mighty Mighty, Wellington's staple of fun, crazy nights of drinking Castle Points is about to give Wellington a gig overload which may not be good for your immediate health, but doctors have given the all clear over lasting effects.
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Cheap Treasures at the New Zealand Affordable Art Show 2008
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- Some people find art a little intimidating and very mystifying. Well for those people and others a little unsure about the murky world of art - fear not! For the Affordable Art Show 2008 is here to make all things art-related, accessible and pretension free. Not to mention cheaper than the proverbial chips, as it hits the Queens Wharf TSB Arena on Friday, the 1st of August.
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The Aesthetics Bring Skronking Noise to Wellington
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- I'd heard stories about The Aesthetics' Matthew Middleton long before I heard his music. A mutual friend told me about the time Middleton had a fancy computer and one day decided to pour red wine all over it. Just to see what would happen. It's safe to say the computer was screwed after that. I've since (but not necessarily because of) become a fan of Dunedin's The Aesthetics and I reckon you should go and see them on Friday at Happy when they bring their bratty and savage din to Wellington in a rare northern excursion. Formed in 1995 by enigmatic frontman Middleton, The Aesthetics play fearless, primitive punk rock with vintage synths and free-form noise guitar. The fiercely DIY and unstoppable outfit supported Sonic Youth in 1998. Sonic Youth's hip priest Thurston Moore liked The Aesthetics so much he released their LP My Right to Riches on his Ecstatic Peace label. There, is that enough indie cred for you?And if seeing The Aesthetics wasn't enough of a treat for you, they're playing with the Traveling Wilbury's of Wellington noise - The Stumps. Sort of a superband featuring Antony Milton (of label Pseudo Arcana), James Kirk (Dead C, Sandoz Lab Technicians, King Loser) and Stephen Clover (Seht), The Stumps is a band to be experienced live. I've seen The Stumps play scores of times, and each show is completely different yet always fantastic. Their sprawling, psyched-out improvised rock has drone and Krautrock leanings and is always sublime. Also on the bill is Panda Battle Battle Panda and Newtown. I haven't heard either of them before, though.Friday 25 JulyHappy118 Tory Street9pmwww.myspace.com/theaestheticswww.myspace.com/stumpsthe- Kiran
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Have a think about it.
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- It's time to put that thinking cap on, as Wellington's premier think-fest is around the corner. This year sees a return to the 7x7 ideas forum, called "The Big Think: New Zealand 2008" where seven leading thinkers are given seven minutes to convince and inspire their audiences- there for only $7 - their ideas.
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Here come the 2008 NZ Bar Awards!
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- The premier bars throughout Aotearoa are about to do battle for top honours at the 2008 New Zealand Bar Awards. The final will be held on Wednesday 6th of August at Auckland’s Hilton Hotel. Last year Matterhorn took out the award for best bar, and they are again favourites to take out number one spot in a bid for national domination of NZ's burgeoning bar scene. In fact, Wellington establishments have a strong representation across many of the categories, not to mention a ton of Wellingtonians putting up their hand for bartender of the year as well.
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It's time to book your tickets..
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- Every year when the Wellington Film Festival rolls around, I do the same stupid thing. I read the programme, circle what I want to see, and then forget about it until it's too late, the films I want to see are sold out or I've run out of money to see them. Well, this year I will be trying my hardest to get organised enough to see my picks of the bunch!
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Return of the Fleece!!
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- It all started with a joke that went too far in Salient last year, but with winter being unduly cruel this year, animals needing saving, and Wellingtonians needing to party in the warmest possible way, they couldn't help but bring it all back... VUWSA and the New Money Country Club present Polar Fleece Day II: Return of the Fleece.
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Duke Carvell's - A new, cosy and tucked away bar
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- It's easy to get a bit tired of going to the same old bars in the 'grid' of central Wellington. You know, sometimes you just want to have a quiet drink where you won't bump into everyone you know. Times like that, you need somewhere that's tucked away and a bit intimate. For this, Duke Carvell's, the new bar on Swan Lane where Imbibe used to be, is the ideal joint to visit.
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A Performance of Elemental Proportions
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- Being rather old-school, I have quite the longstanding love for all things involving fire and brimstone. If you like a little raging inferno in your entertainment diet, then look no further than the return of drumming sensations, Strike, as they bring the thunder with their apocalyptic new show ‘Elemental,’ starting on the 3rd of July at Downstage theatre.
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Without a Soul to Move - Book Launch, Saturday 5 July at Unity Books
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- Colorado born novelist William Dewey has roamed around New York, Montana and Colorado. But in 2007, he relocated to Wellington where he completed his intricately structured but elegantly written second novel Without a Soul to Move. Set in Denver over a swift ten days, the novel illustrates a slice of the lives of three men: Howie, who is haunted by an unrequited love; Wayne who is detached, and Adam who has his own ambitious plans.Dealing with themes of love, suffering, loss and absence during a bitter winter, Dewey's narrative is dazzling, clever and funny with a subtle and dry wit. The fifth release from fiercely independent Wellington publishing collective Lawrence and Gibson, Without a Soul to Move will be officially launched with wine and nibbles at Unity Books.Unity Books57 Willis Street5pmFree- Kiran
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