07 PM | 23 Aug

FLASHART INTERNATIONAL

FlashArt is a dynamic and transgressive contemporary art magazine founded by Giancarlo Politi and co-edited by Helena Kontova. With each issue the magazine attempts to break new boundaries, featuring articles and interviews on new and emerging artists who will one day be the stars of the contemporary art market. The current issue features an article about Australian media artist Tracey Moffat’s new work Doomed. If you want to keep up-to-date with the contemporary art scene and be a timely interpreter of the market check out the online version.

http://www.flashartonline.com/

07 PM | 23 Aug

ROCKETBOOM

Rocketboom is a three minute daily videoblog based in New York City. They cover and create a wide range of information and commentary from top news stories to quirky internet culture, releasing each new clip at 9am ET USA, Monday through Friday. With a heavy emphasis on international arts, technology and weblog drama, Rocketboom is presented via online video and widely distributed through RSS. While TV programs have traditionally been uni-directional, Rocketboom engages its international audience in a wide range of topical discussions.

http://www.rocketboom.com/

07 PM | 23 Aug

Pop Tarts are Go!

The PopTarts female-fronted showcase nights have found a new home at Balmain’s Unity Hall after a six year residency at Annandale’s Empire Hotel.

PopTarts’ founder, local artist Amanda Easton, is also producing a 13-epsiode TV series for TVS, ‘PopTarts TV’, featuring the live performances filmed at the Unity Hall and other local venues.

PopTarts is a free event, starting at 7:30pm at The Unity Hall, at 292 Darling Street in Balmain, Sydney (opposite Woollies).The event has now also reached Melbourne, with the recent launch of ‘PopTarts South’ at the city’s EuroTrash Bar, in what is set to become a regular weekly event.

Artists interested in being a PopTart can contact the group at www.myspace.com/poptartslive

07 PM | 23 Aug

Pretty Boy Crossover

Pretty Boy Crossover + supports, Thursday Aug 30th @ Glitch Bar, Fitzroy. Melbourne

Pretty Boy Crossover play their acclaimed new album ‘A Different Handwriting’ live at Glitch Bar on Thursay August 30th, 2007

Described by Cyclic Defrost magazine as ” if My Bloody Valentine were an electronic pop band that listened to Fennesz”, ‘A Different Handwriting’ has already been lauded by pundits and punters alike. At Glitch Bar Pretty Boy Cross Over will be joined by supports ii, Casey Rice and Toupee on DJ duties.

Doors open at 8pm, $10.00 entry

http://www.myspace.com/prettyboycrossover www.prettyboycrossover.com www.glitch.com.au/

07 PM | 23 Aug

The Sushi Economy

A Fish Tale on a Macro Scale: How Sushi Has Changed Globalization (and the World) Over the past two decades, sushi — a familiar, accessible and immensely desirable food that can be found in supermarket aisles and fast food outlets as well as high-end restaurants — has become a staple of cultures around the globe. Indeed, far from signaling the snobbery of those who eat it, sushi today belongs to the masses. Yet sushi also says something important about how wealth, taste and markets interact, according to Sasha Issenberg. In his new book, The Sushi Economy: Globalization and the Making of a Modern Delicacy, Issenberg argues that sushi reveals the “complex dynamics of globalization” and shows, against all odds, that “a virtuous global commerce and food culture can exist.”

http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/1791.cfm