ThreeThousand is a weekly snapshot of Melbourne's subculture - a Melbourne guide to film, music, design, books, art, goods and links for people who realise that the best things in life are often hard to find. Below you will find the latest additions to our Melbourne guide.
Rainer
Fat, purveyor of all things very black and drapey and skinny, have finally released their long-awaited house brand, Rainer. The label's first collection is called 'Teutoburg Forest', which refers to a battleground where the German tribes unexpectedly defeated a headstrong Roman army in the year 9 AD.
Conor O'Brien, There Stands the Glass
Conor O'Brien's photography is of the ‘snapshot' variety, in that he captures spontaneous moments using a small camera he carries in his pocket at all times. Unlike many of his contemporaries, Conor's photos always feel calm and considered, never poking fun at his subjects but always celebrating their beauty.
The Abstinence Teacher
Teacher says oral sex OK!
In The Abstinence Teacher, Tom Perrotta (Election, Little Children) takes an average North American town and adds an evangelical congregation called the Tabernacle, whose fearless leader believes Lara Croft is an ‘abomination' and deems ‘hot [marital] Christian sex' the only sex acceptable.
Mr Lincoln
Gertrude Street reeks of all kinds of flavours; hot cheese from under burger buns at Little Rebel, dizzying shoe polish from the aged leather at Moustache, and print-making oils from Spacecraft. But there's a new scent wafting in east of Brunswick St.
When asked who Mr Lincoln is, florists Sarah and Louise bickered, "He's my boyfriend.
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