Have you been to Cockington Green? I quite like it there.

Downer.

ANU bar

Canberra Tradesmen's Union Club. Bikes, trams and bingo. And beer.

get on a train to sydney
build a time machine and go to impact records

Downer

you mean go for lunch with him?

cockington what?

ANU is ridiculously amazing. a galaxy of witty t-shirts and nary a neon tracksuit to be seen. threadless must be making a fortune off these kids. my favourite so far today was a t-shirt that had a man standing next to a tree. the tree had a speech-bubble saying 'hug me' and the dude replying 'NO'. hi-larity.

oh yeah, the tradies. i was sick after eating there once but the beer should be fine.

Cockington Green is the best

check it!

drama!:

cultural melange!

29th March, 7.30pm.
Canberra Raiders vs St George Illawarra Dragons
Canberra Stadium, Bruce

See! red menace knows.

Phoenix Bar, Monday night. The End.

cockington: SOLD. how do i get to this magical place?

Drink from the bottle that says ''Drink Me''.

cockington is great.. its just out on the barton highway at gold creek in gungahlin..

im gonna go the the brunettes aswell, should be ok..

questacon, war memorial, and national museum and the film and sound archive are all great.

ron sexsmith is playing at a great venue called tilleys in a couple of weeks

were you here for the multicultural festival ? that was pretty good..

frenk: what happens at phoenix on mondays?

joe: film and sound archive i hope to visit soon.

isn't tilley's the ex-dyke club?

and no, i was still moving all my junk around last week unfortch.

yeah, it kinda still has a bit of a lesbian culture, but its cool and gigs ther edont happen very much and its a great place to see them..

but pretty much anyone goes there now, nice place for a beer

YES COCKINGTON GREEN!!!

I think there's usually interesting stuff at Manuka Art Space (or Cafe or whatever it's called). The nice lady at Toast recommended it.*

* I do not recommend Toast.

hmmm, manuka is a bit far away. i think i'll be able to enjoy this town a lot more once i get a bike. i think i might have to go to sydney for the one i want though.

Phoenix Bar, Monday night. The End.

Seconded. Phoenix Bar on Monday nights is the best....just get there early if you actually want to get in.

Go to Corinbank this weekend if there's anything in the lineup that catches your eye (or is that ear?).

Generally speaking...ANU or The Green Room for gigs. Other places get a few....but those two get most of the ones you'd probably want to see.

The national institute places are worth at least one visit...national library, national gallery, national musuem, questacon, national war memorial, parliament house, old parliament house.

There's LOVELY walks/runs/rides around the lake, through Commonweath Park as well.

Avoid Tuggeranong.

Will be in Canberra for a week from 3-9 January. Where's a good for a weekend away from Canberra?

death grips - wed 25th: canberra @ anu refectory

http://www.messandnoise.com/discussions/4362677

a good way to bring in the new year methinks (okay, short by two weeks but still...;)

so for all y'all hc fans, raein are doing a house show this thursday (jan 5th)

Don't do this in Canberra people.

http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/two-die-after-eating-death-cap-mushrooms-20120104-1pk38.html

SUMMERNATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

deathgrips cancelled :(
summernats... now that could be interesting, what a shame i'm in melbs this weekend;)

I'd avoid Summernats like the plague...although it can be an interesting cultural experience.

Is deathgrip canceled everywhere or just Canberra?

Heaps keen for low light social.

Death Grips cancelled everywhere

This story is so sad.

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/chefs-love-of-fresh-food-cost-two-their-lives-20120105-1pmyi.html

nish - low light social tomorrow? should be a cracker;)

hey looks like - you are here festival - could be goer this year:

http://youareherecanberra.com.au/

spread the word canberrans (or however you spell that;)

GO GO LOW LIGHT SOCIAL WOO

will be interesting to see how you are here goes again. it happened last year also. mixed reaction.

low light social was super fun. i danced like an idiot to kangaroo skull. it was cool.

thumbs up from me too!

hey camp a low hum (music fest near wellington, new zealand) have kind of announced the acts playing this year - well at least the location where these acts stem from...
i see it mentions a canberra band - http://alowhum.com/camp-a-low-hum/

i'm heading to this, so hey 'canberra' band perhaps i'll see you play:)

The Toot Toot Toots and Mother and Son, tomorrow night at the Phoenix for free!

hey thinking of checking out:
the necks - sun 19th fab @ street theatre: http://www.thestreet.org.au/

nice way to end what will hopefully be a lazy sunday :)

kitty! necks would be swell. saw them at street a few years ago and they were excellent.

hey this looks interesting...

The Lighthouse Keepers
Canberra is a very transient place and therefore doesn't have much sense of it's own history. But back in the mists of time there have been fleeting musical moments. The members of the Lighthouse Keepers, a mid eighties indie band - all come from this harshly climed roundabout capital. There was a small punk movement in Canberra in the late seventies and early eighties and a very eclectic group of young people were making their own punk inspired sounds. Amongst them were the core of the Lighthouse Keepers. But the music of the Lighthouse Keepers was almost an opposite reaction to all this sweaty male electric stuff. They began as exiles in far away Sydney - playing country music covers and rediscovering melody. They went on to some success as the eighties threw up all sorts of bands in Australia. They are briefly reforming as part of the release of their ''best of'' CD - ''Ode to Nothing''. The shows so far have been very successful leaving audiences with smiles on their faces in Melbourne and Sydney. Come and see some Canberran history.

Friday 3rd February: Canberra, The Polish Club
Tickets $25 on the door.