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A WORD FROM THE CREATORS Welcome to SODA Magazine issue 6: summer. We’re

Another year gone and a new one has begun.

a bit late I know; I was accidentally using the Mayan

SODA is now a year old, a little the wiser and much

calendar and thought the world was meant to

more cynical. A sincere thank you to everyone who

end? Oh well, maybe next time. So, you may have

has been involved in each issue, and to anyone that

noticed a baby on the cover. That’s because it’s

has ever picked up a copy.

our first birthday! Shazam. Our aim was to create a

Wasil out.

magazine that was made by locals and enjoyed by locals, with the production quality of a commercial

This is the end

magazine without being commercial. I think that

Beautiful friend

experiment has been a success, and our success

This is the end

is a direct result of the unique artistic awareness

My only friend, the end

and passion possessed by Tasmanians. It’s a drive

Of our elaborate plans, the end

to create that unites us all and is the key to our

Of everything that stands, the end

future. So to anyone who has taken a photo, written

No safety or surprise, the end

a word, modelled, styled hair, illustrated, emailed

I’ll never look into your eyes... again

feedback, entered our competitions, answered

Can you picture what will be

trivia questions, advertised with us or simply just

So limitless and free...

enjoyed reading our magazine; you are all rare and beautiful flowers and I love you. Adieu. DANIEL BUTCHER

AARON WASIL

dan@sodamagazine.com.au

aaron@sodamagazine.com.au

WHAT’S ON OUR SPEAKERS? JOHN TRAVOLTA AND

THE LIMIÑANAS

OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN

CRYSTAL ANIS (2012)

THIS CHRISTMAS (2012)

Any moment of your life spent not listening to this

French sixties psychedelic fuzz pop. I’m calling it

brilliant piece of art is a moment utterly wasted.

my favourite and the best release of 2012. Sultry

The two most inspirational and talented people

and self-reserved at times, with building pop beats

in the world, John Travolta and Olivia Newton-

and a wall of sound that Anton Newcombe and

John, have teamed up to create one of the most

Matt Hollywood would be envious of. Tamborines,

charming and listenable Christmas albums of all

organs (mouth and electric), clanging and reverbing

time. Kill me in the face.

fuzz guitar. Très recommandé.

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SODA TEAM DAN BUTCHER Daniel is a dyslexic scallywag with boyish good looks and a severe drinking problem. Bring to the boil, stir occasionally. AARON WASIL Keeper of lists, organiser of stuff and primarily concerned with pixels and vectors appearing balanced. Forever dickhead. SARAH FOLEY An award-winning recent graduate, Sarah has eagle eyes for all that is not finished; she’s a finisher. She’s kind of a big deal, you know. KISHKA JENSEN & PHOEBE McKAY Talented photographer and stylist who are always willing to help. See their other fine work at bandwagon-style-photography.com ASHLEE IRWIN Whilst Ash is busy assisting the arts, she is also being a finalist in RACT’s portraiture prize and taking notes at our meetings.

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CONTRIBUTORS ERIN LAWLER

INGREDIENTS 6

GIVEAWAYS

BATHROOM BIPOLAR

Erin writes like Hendrix plays guitar; it’s wild and fun but always in tune and on time.

Erin spilts her views

She burns her pens.

ELLA KEARNEY

COOKING WITH... Andrew Wilkie

Ella makes us laugh, which makes it hard to typeset. Always

willing to lend us her words and

MODERN SPIRIT

Zane looks into the black mirror

let us turn them into ink.

ZANE PINNER

LENSBABY LENS

Test-driving glass

He is a man that never likes to mix his metaphors with his

washing, especially if they’re red,

THE OPPOSITE OF OWNING

You gotta fight for your right...

makes his words pink. 27

FRIDAY NIGHT TRIVIA

SMALL TOWN SUN

MIMI McINTYRE Mim is like a box of chocolates.

Mucha muchacha fashion

You never know what you’re gonna Brett. Mmmm, soft-centered Brett.

ART

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HOROSCOPES

SPECIAL THANKS TO:

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Calista Anderson-Leitch, Lachlan Foley,

Sarah Foley & Aaron Wasil

Joey Gracia, Alex Hallat, Laura Jean Hawkins, Travis Hutchins, Annika Koops, Will Sinko,

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GIRLs in the bathroom WORDS ERIN LAWLER PHOTOGRAPH DANIEL BUTCHER

When at the pub, I’ve found there is an interesting

But of course, we all know that these toilet-line

and delicate dynamic between women. Have you

bonding sessions don’t extend past the bathroom.

ever made a surprising connection with another

Once you’re back outside it never happened; the

lady while waiting in line for the loos? I certainly

boys and the band members are back and you’re

have, and I always enjoy these fleeting friendships.

competitors again; it’s a different world out there

Yes, the setting is a bit comical and makes for great

and there is no room for niceties.

conversation starters. It’s also potentially very intimate as you form your bond in the context of

We all know what it’s like to be laughed, pointed,

certain ‘needs’ that only girls understand. But the

or stared at, looked up and down in a blatant, ‘oh

most intriguing part for me, and the reason that

ma gahd, what are yah wearing’ kind of way, or

these encounters are surprising in the first place, is

even threatened with a punch in the face, heaven

the contrast between these nice little moments and

forbid. Women, huh? Given the rise of feminism,

the utter indifference girls show each other once

and quality cultural influences encouraging girl

out of this comfort zone of toiletry.

power like Sex and the City and the Spice Girls (yes, I’m a ‘90s child), you would think there would be a

To share an example of this exclusive sisterhood,

bit more public goodwill amongst strangers.

I spent one evening at the Republic, where the toilets are particularly cramped leaving no room

But then as soon as we are removed from the

to avoid conversation. I had a touching connection

party and crammed together under those honest

with a girl, when after a nasty spill I had to dry my

fluorescent lights, with slightly crusty make-up

beer-drenched dress under a hand dryer. While it

and drunk eyes, away from the opportunity to

had been a bit of a dampener on my night, I forgot

cat-fight over the males, we become united in

my humiliation when another girl came to use the

our femininity. Why such a difference between

very same method on her beer-drenched hair. It

both worlds? I’m not saying it’s always rosy in the

was nice. We exchanged stories, and I won’t forget

bathrooms, but they act almost as a refuge from

it (although I dare say she has).

the meat market, a neutral ground. Maybe away from the semi-darkness and music it’s just a dose

Most of the time, you’ll simply find yourself

of reality.

enjoying a friendly conversation when you don’t expect one, otherwise it might be a bit more

Now, I am a girl. I like girls, and lots of them are my

special, like holding a broken door shut for one

friends. They are certainly better than boys. But

another or being applauded for being quick in the

once you add nice dresses, alcohol, a band and

loo (it’s my special skill). Then there’s the good old

guys to the mix they can be a bit scary. The truth is

synchronising act, when you find yourself back in

though ladies, those fluorescent lights are always

line with the same girl every time, and you can’t

waiting. They’ll show you that we all have a desire

help but be friends. Compliments on outfits are

for sisterhood and the same girly needs. I will

always a winner, and on a very special occasion

employ the wisdom of Andre 3000 to remind you

you’ll be passed some bog roll or other necessary

what your roses really smell like. So, please, let’s

goods under the door.

be nice to each other, or we’ll find ourselves with no-one to hold the toilet door shut for us.

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COOKING WITH... INDEPENDENT MP ANDREW WILKIE PHOTOGRAPHS SARAH FOLEY

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ANDREW WILKIE’S MOROCCAN LAMB & COUSCOUS INGREDIENTS Couscous Lamb (300-400 grams) Zucchini Eggplant Olive oil Natural yoghurt Currants Red capsicum Spice mix Tomato PREPARATION Heavily season the lamb with Moroccan spice

Finely slice the lamb and add it to the vegetables,

mix; available at most supermarkets. Best to avoid

along with the couscous and a generous portion

Woolworths if you can, seeing as it’s Australia’s

of currants.

biggest poker machine operator. Serve with natural yoghurt and a selection of Indian To begin, prepare one cup of couscous.

condiments. Eggplant pickle goes particularly well.

Whilst the couscous is absorbing the water,

Garnish with a diced fresh tomato.

barbecue the lamb, being careful to leave it pink in the middle. Put aside to rest.

Wash it down with Cascade Premium beer or any full-flavoured white wine, preferably Tasmanian.

In a wok or large pan, cook one diced zucchini, one diced quarter eggplant and one diced red

Serves two hungry survivors of a day in the

capsicum. Use a generous splash of good olive

political bear pit or four normal people.

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YOUR SEXY GHOST WORDS ZANE PINNER Illustration JOEY GRACIA

Right now there are two versions of you in

and governments don’t know your physical

the world.

version – the version that dances and eats watermelon – they know you as a set of data, an

One is the physical version – the version

arrangement of numbers, and those numbers

that holds up your clothes and carries your brain and bits around – your body. It‘s pretty

define their relationship with you.

good, well done, it’s a keeper... but actually

Similarly, most of us will now have online

it’s not. Because one day you won’t have it any more – maybe a shark will eat it, or your

relationships (however tenuous) with people that

girlfriend will nudge it in to the path of

people entirely in light of the interactions between

a bus. Either way that physical version of

their profile and your own – you know them as their

yourself, the version you touch when you

status updates and photos, the bands they like,

think nobody’s watching, will one day crap

the e-cards they post to fucking inspire you. You

out on you. You’ll die. It’s a severe limitation,

don’t have a relationship with the physical version

mortality, and one that our bodies would do

– you have a relationship with the information that

better without.

person chooses to share about themselves.

Your body is vulnerable to time, heat, and absinthe

This in itself is nothing new. Epistemologically

amongst many other things. Also, it can only be

speaking, the information that we both absorb

in one place during any given moment. As far as

and communicate makes us what we are. You are

packaging for your mind goes, it’s getting a bit old

a certain collection of thoughts, ideas, dreams

school. No one should have to deal with physics or

and memories, combined in and influenced by

mortality. We all know that Walt Disney is frozen

the physical matter that stores it. Our memories

somewhere, waiting to come back to life, and we all

and experiences tell us about our lives, inform our

want some of that shit.

opinion of ourselves and give us reference points

we have never met in real life. You consider these

against which to make decisions about how our Which brings us to the other version of you – the

lives should be lived.

digital version. Think of all your photos, emails, profiles, bank accounts, opinions, ruminations,

With the digital self it is much the same. A

all of the information about you that has been

collection of images, quotes, opinions, thoughts,

captured – not least whatever you choose to post

tastes in music, art and everything else is most

about yourself on Facebook. There is an enormous

likely attributable to you online. Your life is being

amount of digital information out there uniquely

captured and digitised into disparate packages of

related to you, and the culmination of every piece

information that are tied together by the concept

of that data is your digital version.

of you as an individual, as a sentient being. Facial recognition technology is becoming commonplace

People interact with this version at their leisure,

and soon you’ll only need to be photographed a

as do the automated systems that look after your

few times to be physically identifiable to our Lord

banking and communications. Service providers

and Saviour, Google.

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Within a generation, entire lives will be played

Your great-grandkids won’t do it. They won’t be

out in the realm of pure information – the internet

born for another fifty-four years and they already

– as well as in the physical realm. Life-recording

hate you. Admit it, your only chance to live again

technology is here. It’s feasible that in our

as a digital reproduction is as a space filler in

lifetime we will record so much information about

some short-lived government-funded performance

ourselves that it might one day be possible for us

installation where dozens of hologram profiles are

to be brought back to life or reproduced in some

conjured into one morbid bit of art – ‘Ghosts of

way – much like summoning a ghost.

Geevestone’ or some equally inane crap.

There are a few different ways this could happen.

Our ghost is at risk of another kind of death – being

Most obviously, perhaps, would be some kind of

relegated to some dying Telstra backwater server,

consciousness algorithm that recreates your digital

never to be interacted with again. There is an

version in a virtual environment like Second Life or

inestimable amount of data in the world already

WOW, a kind of sentient code.

and it’s only going to get worse. The internet is only a few decades old and content fatigue is already a

MAYBE ALL YOUR SELFIES WILL BE ANALYSED

thing. Why would somebody download you rather

AND USED TO CREATE A 3D MODEL OF YOUR BODY

than one of the other millions of people? Why

WHICH IS THEN PRINTED ONTO A GENERIC REAM

would your information be resurrected from the

OF FLESH.

infinite vacuum of meaningless data?

Maybe you’ll be chemically encoded into a pill

In the future, people will obsessively tailor their

that somebody can take in order to dream about

ghosts, so if you don’t want to die twice, there is

you. Michael Hutchence is about to start touring

really only one thing you can do: leave behind

again and personal hologram players and recorders

a sexy ghost. Porn will save your soul. If anyone

are only a few years away. In all of these cases,

is going to go trawling through the endless

you will be a set of data, downloadable and

archives of human fodder, it will be the slavering

reproducible. The more information that’s available

masturbatory hordes looking for the next thrill

about you, the more accurate that reproduction

– so you better be thrilling. Instagram that butt.

will be.

Duckface in every photo. Accept the idea that your ghost is going to do some pretty degrading stuff

And there’s the rub; leaving a ghost is a very

and get on with it. Alternatively, just keep posting

new stage of human development, and one that

photos of cats or zipless quotes you stole from

will no doubt be made more efficient and more

two thousand other people because under those

widespread as time goes on. The ghosts of the

circumstances, dying twice is more than justified

future will be much more comprehensive, much

and in all honesty, most of us have forgotten

more life-like.

you already.

Since you’re probably not Tupac, people will probably need some other reason to summon you.

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HEY BABY, NICE LENS Lensbaby make effect lenses for DSLR cameras that do crazy fun stuff. They sent us a bunch to check out. So we did.

OPTIC: 12MM FISHEYE LENS: COMPOSER

OPTIC: EDGE 80 LENS: COMPOSER PRO

Nickolas McKellar

Chris Cook

It took me a while to get used to the manual focus

The Composer Pro comes with the Double Glass

of the Lensbaby Fisheye Optic. After some very

Optic in the cheaper kit, but I have found that

blurry beginnings, I found my image. Lady Jane

the Edge 80 Optic – with its surprisingly sharp

Franklin Gallery or – to my mates and I – ‘the spot’.

focus and f/2.8 aperture – is great to use with the

I found the lens to be amazingly rugged and robust,

Composer Pro. The Edge 80 shows a ‘slice’ of focus

it looks like it could take a beating and survive.

more similar to tilt-shift lenses rather than the

The ‘fisheye effect’ is exactly that. Recommended

typical Lensbaby ‘spot’. This lens was most likely

for anyone wanting to experiment with fisheye on

the most fun I’ve ever had learning how to use a

a budget. If you can handle the manual focus.

lens; with the manual focus, aperture, and freehand tilt. On the other hand it is a little fiddly when you are doing things like street photography, so I’d leave it to the more relaxed types of photography.

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OPTIC: SWEET 35 LENS: MUSE

OPTIC: DOUBLE GLASS LENS: COMPOSER PRO

Kishka Jensen

Phoebe Warren

The Lensbaby Muse is a selective focus SLR lens

I used the Lensbaby Composer Pro, with the

and is compatible with Lensbaby’s Optic Swap

Double Glass Optic with an Olympus E400. It’s

System, which allows users to swap between a

probably good to read the instructions, because

variety of interchangeable optics. To focus the

I didn’t. Which meant I didn’t realise there was a

Muse, you have to compress the lens and bend the

locking lens and spent the day angry that I’d been

flexible tube to find your point of focus. Having to

sent a dud. Once I realised I was an idiot, and that

continuously compress the lens each time I wanted

the lens was functioning fine, I found it easy to

to find my point of focus, grew quite uncomfortable

use – any old person can turn out an arty shot.

and tiresome for my hands... but that’s probably

Optic Swap System is a plus, it allows a lot of

because my hands are quite small. I paired the

different effects for one base lens. I’ll definitely

Muse with the Sweet 35 Optic and after having a

be getting one.

bit of a play around, I was was instantly hooked. At f/2.0, everything is quite creamy, but finding that sweet spot was difficult; however at around f/4.0, I started to see a lot more clarity in my shots and found it easier to capture my images in proper focus. Overall, a super fun little lens, especially for

Lensbaby lenses are available from

those who are not afraid to get creative with their

Hobart’s coolest camera shop, Walch Optics.

work! Cool beans.

Go in and check ‘em out.

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FULL CIRCLE

a SODA Magazine ‘HOW TO’ TURNED into a comic strip

Alex Hallatt, a comic strip artist from Melbourne

run in a ten week slot in the Australian Rural Press.

had turned our ‘How To Kick It Like A Redneck’s

I drew some up and that’s how Arctic Circle, an idea

Child’ spread into a illustrated comic from her

I had had in the early ‘90s, was reborn. I submitted

on-going series Arctic Circle. Surprised, honoured

the strips to the major US syndicates and got

and amused, we decided to catch up with Alex

picked up by King Features almost straight away.

and ask her about her comic and a little about the creative process.

We were most surprised to get your email; do you often find inspiration from magazines or abstract

Tell us a little about Arctic Circle.

things like this?

Arctic Circle has been syndicated for five years

I’ll take ideas from anything I can get! Doing a

and King Features distribute it in newspapers

daily cartoon is a never-ending treadmill of trying

worldwide, mostly in the US and Canada. It appears

to be creative on deadline and I usually plan

in Adelaide’s Sunday Mail and Brisbane’s Sunday

brainstorming walks to think up ideas. However,

Mail – I’d love to get it into more Australian papers.

in this case I was on holiday in Tassie, just chilling

It’s very exciting to be a syndicated cartoonist, but

out with a coffee and reading your magazine when

also kind of tragic, as the newspaper industry is in

that article about the kickflip sparked something

a bit of a tailspin and no-one has figured out how

immediately. I love skateboarding, but I’ve always

to make money out of syndicated comics on the

been too much of a wuss to do it myself, so it was

internet yet.

more fun to get my cartoon character, Oscar the penguin, to take the fall.

How did you get into illustrating comic strips? Like most kids of the ‘70s, I loved comics and drew

What other projects do you work on?

cartoons, but unlike most, I never stopped. In 1999,

Anything that pays and a few things that don’t.

I became the cartoonist for Brighton’s (UK) daily

One of my favourite clients is the CSIRO. I do a full

paper, but I had to give that up when I moved to

page comic about a girl and her robot (Midge Bristol

New Zealand four years later. I was working as

Investigates) for the kid’s magazine, Scientriffic.

a freelance cartoonist when my friend, the late

My website, arcticcirclecartoons.com features

James Kemsley (who was the cartoonist for Ginger

daily strips and blog comments. Also, look out for

Meggs and the head of the Australian Cartoonist

the new ebook for the iPad and Nook, Arctic Circle

Association), asked me if I had any strips that could

Cartoons: An Introduction coming very soon. SUMMER 2013

RENTING

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS WITH MIMI MCINTYRE PHOTOGRAPH AARON WASIL

‘Living with other people you start off in that nice accommodating phase. You try really hard. You buy stuff together, you talk, you share, you bond over instant coffee in the kitchen late at night. And then it starts to get a little cramped, becomes too much. Your dope’s getting smoked. Your car is always getting borrowed. You don’t want to put the effort in anymore. It’s almost like an ill considered marriage.’ – John Birmingham, ‘He Died With a Felafel in His Hand’. Renting is a normal part of life. If this doesn’t apply to you, then congrats on having your parents totally under the thumb. For the rest of us renting is a tricky business of processes, rules and etiquette. How lucky are we? The Beginning You’re moving out and you’re running away. Good for you. At the start it’s all flowers and happiness. Maybe you’re moving into a flat on your own, or maybe you’re moving in with five other people. For the sake of general entertainment, I’m going to focus on shared living, but I’d like to think that most of this could apply to renters everywhere. Let’s say you find the house you can’t live without, with the person you can’t live without, you get yourself moved in and collaborate as to who’s going to buy what for the kitchen. So far, so good. At this point you’re also given your lease to sign. A golden little piece of paper that lets you know what’s yours. It’s been said before and it’s sure as hell going to be said again (right now in fact) – read

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your lease thoroughly before you sign it. Are you

probably have issues with the property owner or

happy with all of it? Is there something you want to

real estate agent at some point. But then you’re

clarify? How does the property owner or real estate

clever, and you’ve read this article, so you know

agent feel about pets, small children and Afghan

little gems of information, such as the fact that the

circus performers? Have they accurately stated the

property owner is not allowed to come over and

condition of the property in the condition report?

use the washing machine when theirs is broken.

Does it list every hole, scuff and broken thing in

You’re also lucky enough to know that they’re not

the house? If not make sure you add it in because

allowed to come over and take advantage of the

otherwise you will be considered responsible for

fruit trees in the backyard whenever they feel like

these when it comes time to move on.

it. They’ll just have to go to the supermarket for their apricots. Everything is just peachy.

If there’s anything you have a concern about that isn’t dealt with at this stage, it’s probably going to

The Affair

come back and bite you on the arse at some point.

Oops. Who would have thought 3AM indoor golf

And you are going to be responsible for it. So get

was a bad idea? Well most people, you idiot, but

your act together now, if only for a moment. Put it

now you have a broken window to pay for. No,

in writing, note it!

that’s not the owner’s responsibility. It’s your job to keep the house in the condition stated in the lease

This is the time when you’ll also pay your bond.

agreement, and I’m pretty sure all the windows

Isn’t a bond a wonderful thing? A nice tidy sum

were intact when you moved in. But, do you smell

of sort-of-insurance money that you scrimp and

gas? Time to call the real estate agent.

save and beg for. And yet you have to hand over that cash for the entire period of your lease during

Not all issues with the house are your responsibility,

which time you can’t touch it, look at it or spend it

so be wise and know exactly who is responsible for

on midnight Kmart expeditions. Bonds suck. Except

what. If your heater stops working in the middle of

for James, he can seduce me and go full 007

winter for no reason, or the oven breaks, or the roof

without a word any time.

falls in (true story) they need to be fixed by the owner or agent, pronto.

That said the owner is letting you have free rein of their property so perhaps it is only fair that they

This is where a lot of first time or inexperienced

ask you to stump up some dosh just in case.

renters get rolled. Don’t get pushed around. Be

And if it helps, the owner doesn’t get to live it up

street smart. Know your rights. If you have to heat

on your bond money for the term of your lease.

your bath water on the stove ‘cause the hot water

Instead your bond is paid to the Rental Deposit

system is broken, and the landlord isn’t returning

Authority, and they hang on to it for safe keeping.

your calls, it might be time to call Consumer Affairs and Fair Trading. Remember, real estate agents

The Honeymoon

invented the term ‘renovator’s dream’ and they

And then it’s done. You’re in. You’re home. Happy

will happily watch as you pay for stuff you don’t

days all round. Lucky you. Just quietly, you’ll

need to.

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The Break Up

At this point you can either accept the

Now it’s over. You’ve given your notice. You’re

determination or lodge an appeal through the

moving out. Your new life is not going to include

Magistrates court – which can be a daunting

these wankers who never replace the toilet paper.

process for those of us not familiar with the

You smile through gritted teeth as you break the

mysteries of the legal process.

news. You see the spark of delight in their eyes as they realise they’ll no longer have to listen to Frank

A fresh start

Ocean first thing in the morning (some people have

Just move back home and spend your money on

no musical taste).

FIFA 13 and booze. Way easier.

This is the time for starting over. But sometimes

Soda’s Five Top Tits (tips, we meant to say tips)

this is also the time when the you know what well

1 Read your lease cover to cover, and more than

and truly hits the fan. Who’s paying for the carpets

once, before you sign it.

to be cleaned anyway? And who’s going to pay to fix the shiny new hole in the wall courtesy of last

2 Go a little bit OCD in reviewing the condition

week’s hallway Olympics?

report making sure it doesn’t list things that aren’t included in the property but that it does note every

Things usually go one of two ways. Option one

stain, mark, hole etc inside and outside the property.

ends with everyone leaving the house, bond money in their pockets, and casually complaining

3 Keep on top of repairs and damages to the house.

to anyone who will listen about what toads their

Also, know what you have to look after, and what is

ex-housemates are to live with. Option two is a

the owner/agent’s responsibility.

little more complicated and comes with guaranteed bitching, tears and Gossip Girl-style vendettas.

4 Keep all communication to and from the

Option two involves a dispute over the bond. This

property owner or agent, in case you need it later.

is why you had to pay attention at the beginning.

You can bet your bottom dollar they’re keeping copies of everything

This is when you are going to be held accountable for all that dumb shit you and your housemates

5 Look for information from the right people. Your

did. Bond disputes are a bit of a nasty business

fellow renters might only have the vaguest idea of

with everyone heaping blame on the other parties.

what’s going on, so it’s best to not rely solely on

Bond disputes are dealt with by the Residential

them. On the other hand, Consumer Affairs are the

Tenancy Commissioner and it’s a formal dispute

experts in this stuff so a quick call to them will

process. During the process each party presents

set you right.

their evidence – such as photos, letters, emails and receipts for any cleaning or repairs that had to be done. The Commissioner looks at all this

Read all about it on the Consumer Affairs website.

information, makes a decision and then sends their

There was a whole lot of stuff we didn’t know about.

determination to all the parties.

www.consumer.tas.gov.au 1300 65 44 99

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Fit Fo’ SUMMER

A MEN’S GUIDE on how to get summer-hot WITH ELLA KEARNEY ILLUSTRATION WILL SINKO

Get out of that rash vest and spice those bare man nipples against the salty water waves – it’s summer and you’re a born again babe. When summer approaches you think to yourself ‘I’m gonna make it this time, I’m gonna show those ladies what they’ve been missing’. Yet time and time again you reach for that billowy white t-shirt before hittin’ the doons. ‘It’s okay,’ you think to yourself, ‘with my boyish good looks I’ll get away with it’. Not this summer – you little Sasquatch – this summer you can use my five-step guide to getting, as Hugh Grant once described himself, ‘frankly irresistible’. *gurgling noises* Reduce the paunch

Wombat

Each summer my thin-limbed friend, Lewis, taps

Hey there cheeky wombat back. You got a little

his little keg and says ‘I gotta get my little summer

more fur than you bargained fur? Advice: forget

bod-bod into action’. He’s referring to that rounded

shaving, silky mitts, epilators and creams. Get two

potbelly that simply doesn’t want to shift. You can

gal pals to come round for an all-morning waxing

have the wrist circumference of a 20-cent piece

session. The early bird catches the worm, and the

and still have a paunch. A paunch is basically made

early wombat catches the bird.

up of three things: muffins, choccy puddings and beer. In James Duigan’s book Clean & Lean Diet he

Oiled

includes a food chart: Bad, Better, Best. It’s very

Try to stay oiled up this summer. A thick layering

accessible and makes for an easy transition for

of coconut oil will help your skin reach that deep

the average punter. For example Bad: chocolate

nutmeg to which you’ve been aspiring. Not only

bar Better: fruit and nuts Best: raw cucumber with

will you smell fantastic, it’s been shown to greatly

avocado. Cause when you’re jonesing for some

reduce inner thigh chaffing. This is a chaff-free

chocolate, raw cucumber always satisfies.

zone… ladies! Advice: don’t be shy to wear a little

Advice: draw a face on your potbelly and make

oil to the clubz, girls dig a slick m’ glick.

him part o’ the gang.

SUMMER 2013

Fat feet

Turtlin’

Have you got a) transparent feet b) toes in the

Look down at what you’re wearing. If you’ve got

shape of cubes c) tinea? Yeah, me too. Summer

some sort of thin-strapped, low-slung singlet on

is a really ‘feety’ time. Winter’s easy, just keep

that allows your nipples to occasionally peak

those trotters hidden in shoes and shimmy round

out the side, I strongly recommend changing.

the house in a pair of socks. In summer, even the

Essentially, you look like a fat turtle. I don’t care

most dedicated foot hider can’t keep them hidden

how many protein shakes you’ve been charging

forever. Trudging through the sand in your lace-ups

on the way home from your cardio-weights-quad-

draws too much attention. While I’m suggesting

tricep-Nickelback session. All I see is a jocky

you get your feet out in the open, I am by no means

douche who spends most of his shower time

supporting the wearing of ‘reef sandals’. These

staring at his own reflection in the showerhead,

two-strap ‘outdoor shoes’ have the ability to single-

doing his best porn-star face. Advice: ask yourself,

handedly drain a man of every ounce of sex appeal

‘am I wearing less than my girlfriend’?

he once had. Advice: if your feet are looking a little dank and off-colour, dip them in a blend of tea tree oil and water daily. Tea tree cures everything, including sweaty balls (aka Kalamatas).

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HOW TO: BLOW UP A WARDROBE DANIEL BUTCHER TALKS OF HIS DANCE WITH DEATH

PROLOGUE

ONE

TWO

Wardrobes are about the

Get very, very drunk. I strongly

Drag your stupid wardrobe

uncoolest piece of furniture

recommend spending an entire

into the middle of the street so

you possibly own. Do you have

day drinking various types of

as to create the most amount

a wardrobe lying around the

alcohol and not eating any food

of confusion and danger.

house getting in the way of all

whatsoever for maximum effect.

Unsuccessfully attempt to

your awesome shenanigans?

set the wardrobe on fire with

Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a comprehensive guide

scrunched up newspaper.

on how to finally get rid of these

(This step is very important).

burdensome pieces of crap.

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THREE

FOUR

FIVE

Accelerant; petrol and kerosene

Jam a nail into the nozzle of the

Miraculously survive entirely

are for boy scouts, you want

butane, and spray the gas all

unscathed even though you

something unpredictable.

over the interior of the wardrobe.

were completely engulfed by

Butane works very well.

If you have followed these steps

fire. Leave the wardrobe in

closely, a small ember from the

the middle of the street.

forgotten newspaper should

By morning it will be gone.

ignite the gas causing a massive explosion right in your face.

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RIDING A HARLEY DAVIDSON

A familiar obnoxious buzz

reluctantly turns up the hill.

fills my ears and a satisfied

Phww. These bikes are a bitch

grin grows on my face as I

to steer. Once out of the city

contemplate the rich 110-year

though the cornering makes

history idling perfectly beneath

sense – Harleys are made to

me. I can’t shake the electronic

cruise the US highway system.

feel of the bike though. It’s

Every detail, from the finely

2012, of course motorcycles

tailored seat, to the giant foot

are controlled by all manner of

rests and relaxed riding position

microprocessors and carefully

all support this.

calculated performance management software. Harleys

But that’s just details man, and

You can only ride a Harley

are no exception, and on their

it’s not why I’m here. I squeeze

Davidson motorcycle one of

website describe a design

the throttle, my weight is thrown

four ways. 1: be a ‘bikie’, 2: be

philosophy that aims to hide the

into the back of the seat. The

the Terminator, 3: be having a

electronics behind a retro look

revs keep coming and I’m from

midlife crisis, or 4: rock up to a

exterior. To me it’s a little like

80k/h to 130k/h in no seconds,

Harley dealership and somehow

those fake wood gramophones

140, 150, I am Peter Fonda, I am

convince the staff that you are

that play CDs.

Schwarzenegger, I am a Hells

genuinely interested in buying

Angel. The wind is in my face, the

a bike and that you could

As I pull away from the

somehow afford it, then take a

dealership, the cynicism washes

matters.

test ride. Today I chose option

away. I’m immediately impressed

A Million wayfarers DAN BUTCHER

four, and although it was easy,

with the forgiving nature of the

I’ll pretend it was a major coup

bike’s handling; the accelerator

on my part for an added sense

is smooth, the clutch releases

of drama.

softly and the six-speed

sun is bright, and nothing else

transmission easily handles The 2013 Softail Slim weighs

being stuck behind a dickhead

318kg and is powered by the

in a white ute at low speeds.

Twin Cam 103 – Harley’s rigid-

Get out of the way buddy can’t

mounted, counter-balanced, air-

you see I’m cruising on my hog?

cooled, 1690cc V-Twin engine. It’s an intimidating machine and

My first corner, panic. I’m turning

coupled with the pressure of my

but the bike continues straight

flimsy charade I’m feeling out of

ahead. I lean more and the bike

my league. Then I remind myself,

hints at turning, but still heads

relax man they sell these to old

for the other side of the road. I

with the French Alps

people. Taking a breath, I press

commit, leaning my full weight

Remote and destined for a fate

the starter button.

into the corner and the Softail

less than obscurity is the suburb

SUMMER 2013

Mt Wellington networks

Berriedale. It still struggles,

Art History classes, is

human self awareness is

despite worldwide media

significantly indebted to the

incomplete and unconscious to

attention, to be identified – often

brooding excursions of 18th

itself. There is no clear status

being called ‘Hobart’ anywhere

and 19th century thought.

of a homo sapien (sapien

outside of Hobart. But Berriedale,

One of them is the German

meaning wise) but more a case

with the Museum of Old and

master thinker, G.H.F. Hegel who

of the human in nature as still

New Art (MONA) is hostess to

developed, in a nutshell, a vision

concealed from itself, and in a

the fruition of some well nutted

of an infinitude of relationships

process of novel self-discovery.

epoch making ideas that have

and exchanges in the world as a

culturally shaped the West if not

dynamic process leading towards

The artistic phenomena

the world forever.

a unity; a totalising and complete

labelled Surrealism took this

climax of spirit reconciled with

awareness of incompleteness

Though generally

itself. Martin wishes to escape,

and concealment by the horns

unacknowledged or felt to

like most Frenchmen, this

and consequently perceives

be irrelevant those epoch

totalising vision; in fact he wants

all manner of life and objects

making ideas are born out of

and claims to shed any idea or

as Martin phrases it as,

centuries, if not millenniums,

system of thought in the free

‘semaphoric’; as pointing to

of philosophical or theological

pursuit of individual agency and

beyond the obvious of the

thought. Jean-Hubert Martin, the

artistic association. In truth

visible to interconnecting

visionaire Frenchman David

however, freedom from the

invisibilities.

Walsh is besotted with, is

weight of an intellectual climate

partially aware of this history

as is bred in Paris and France, is

With Theatre of the World Martin

when he says in MONA’s Theatre

easier claimed than proved!

manifests this metaphysical

of the World catalogue, we are

dialogue with a quest to

‘indebted to Surrealism’. Here he

Overshadowed by Hegel until

formulate a cosmogonic vision

especially means Andre Breton’s

recently is another German who

with which all the contingent

studio arrangements that

resisted and shows a way out of

facts and artefacts of life can

artistically defied any objective

Hegel’s system from the outset,

potentially participate in. The

ordering; into scientific

F.W.J. von Schelling. Schelling

entrance to Theatre of the

taxonomies with seemingly

developed a nature philosophy

World harking to and mocking

spurious and tenuous

and within it, a focus on the

the system of the Renaissance

connections between all kinds

limits as well as possibilities

esoteric Camillo, announces

of objects amounting to a visual

for human freedom (the real

this democratising, participatory

poetry that one works out

definition of Romanticism) that

vision from the outset.

for themselves.

later informs all the ‘here and

5/5 wayfarers SHANE EASTWOOD

now’ concerns of existentialism Pointing to Surrealism is only

and surrealism.

part of the history of indebtedness. Surrealism,

Of enduring value with Schelling

though it is rarely registered in

is the notion that like nature,

SUMMER 2013

HOROSCOPES WORDS MIMI Mcintyre ILLUSTRATION DAVID FOOKS

TAURUS

CAPRICORN

ARIES

Summer is the time for fashion

Mars is in your money sector;

Aries are a fighting bunch,

mishaps and sunburn in the

who invited Mars? You will be

sticking up for themselves

shape of those ridiculous

earning lots of money from drug

mostly when there is really just

sunglasses you were wearing

dealing this summer but make

no need. Best to just keep your

yesterday. So just get naked

sure you save it for winter, a

self-righteousness to yourself.

already. Problem solved.

court case looms.

Tosser.

LEO

PISCES

SCORPIO

This month Leo will be receiving

Fish fish fishy fish fish. Go to the

Mars signals war and it is rising

the regular anti-cycling

beach! You’ll be the only one

in the eleventh house. Good time

horoscope. All that lycra can’t be

dumb enough to think its worth

to jostle for a better position in

good in the warm weather. Chafe

it during the Tasmanian summer

some mosh pit.

much? Just stop.

of snow and hail.

GEMINI

VIRGO

SAGITTARIUS

The twins are in dah house!

The stars are right for outdoor

Sunlight, star bright. Dream

The third house that is. Where

pursuits. Usually this astrologer

small, happy life. Oh, for fucks

nothing fun or exciting ever

would now make some vague

sake, live in the real world

happens. Sucks to be you.

comment about sex in public

already. And yes, we did mean

places. Sunburn.

to spell it like that.

LIBRA

CANCER

AQUARIUS

Keeping a level head is a life

We like pina coladas and getting

You are out of control, the moon

long mission for Librans.

caught in the rain. Good thing

is making you crazy. This summer

Why doesn’t the world realise

too because summer in Tassie is

you will eat too many Xanax

you don’t care and you’re only

all about the rain ruining days

at a party and try to pash your

keeping your mouth shut coz

the weather man told us would

friend’s younger sister. Prodigy

‘fuck off’ is considered rude?

be 35 degrees. Fucker.

ending: you’re a girl.

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OVERHEARD On... THE MONA FERRY Yes, money is addictive. How are you darling? Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m dangerously well! Yes, Brian is fascinating. Quite a good bridge, as far as bridges go. He has an outstanding aura. Is there a preferred twitter handle? WE should come back here when everyone is over it. No, I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really make any art these days.

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