update on Kris Harman, the name behind SUSHI & CIGARETTES (featured in our 3rd issue)... beautiful photoshoot of his threads by FALLEN ROSE MEDIA

check them out
(click on image to enlarge)



we are being featured at the next Brand Spank'd ART ELECTRO night at the Empire Hotel
come and see our tripped out instalation that will surely disgust any person of mature age

plus there will be heaps of copies of our 4th issue there for free..
so if you haven't got one yet now's your chance before we start charging for reprints

click here to RSVP on facebook

hope to see you all there!

MOTH are back again next thursday with a quality lineup

click here for the facebook event

TINYGOLD is an artist-run initiative based on the Gold Coast, and they are returning this year for their 3rd annual exhibition:

TALES FROM THE COLD GHOST

This years show includes 26 artists who have been selected to showcase over 90 works, with artists such as: Alex Chomicz, Simone Eisler, Carly Kotynski, Mel Stringer, Danielle Clej and Sue-Ching Lascelles.

TINYGOLD is launching on the 1st of August, followed by a string of shows and programs all month long. Check out the program below:


click the thumbnail below to see the enlarged picture of the program or click here




if you have noticed your myspace bulletin boards are naked of our presence... then you would know we don't realllly use myspace anymore (personally anyway)

so in a desperate attempt to reconnect with your youth, we have made a facebook account

I know we already have a facebook page and group
but we've truly fucked over the laws of facebook by making a barely legal account under the name of 'Bats Zine'

so add us as a friend! click here
or if that doesn't work, search for us via our email - batsmagazine@live.com.au

see you in the cyber world
(yes, I did just say that)

thought this show sounded cool
pop in after work or kids, pop in after school

click on the image if you have small eyes and need to see it enlarged

fairweather was a night of heated emotions
though I hear $$$ was raised so hopefully the profits do go to breast cancer research (true to word)

but to make matters worse bette lost her ipod
so if everyone could keep an eye (or an ear) out for it, that would be great, thank you
it's a black nano... none of that shuffle shit

and on a completely unrelated note, i found someone's common sense
who lost it? - 70% of the people who attended last night

nah but seriously, we had fun

photos by jordan



all ages and i'm just gonna assume byo (shhh)

plus it's our good friend michaella harrison's birthday! omgggg!
i think we are all dead after a weekend including of:
avaberee's ep launch, curvy book launch, charlotte's grandmother's 80th (it was raging), FANS/fire, santa! rosa, fire!/tom ugly/velociraptor, K CLUB/dj kaos/canyons, LICK IT/horsemeat/van she tech, abbey medievial tournament (lol), personal endevours and a few underaged parties sprinkled here and there.

knowing our luck - that and the fact we never bother to bring cameras with us
there aren't any photos.. unless some on our disposable camera w/ broken flash turn out (unlikely)

two of us return back to school this week
and suprisingly after so many weeks of holidays we only managed to get together (all 5 of us) once for a meeting (aka binge eating at hungry jacks and getting sidetracked by the thought of a trip to melbourne)

we're not going to lie.. we have done NOTHING for the next issue
but it is happening.. we swear. we even decided on a theme: "the icon issue"

you can help us by sending us letters to the editors at batsmagazine@live.com.au
and by following our blog and responding to our many, many call outs

anyway we hope you all have enjoyed/enjoying your holidays

until our next post,

BATS

xox

p.s. just found some photos of medieval tournament on facebook
does anyone use myspace anymore? anyone?

first person to email batsmagazine@live.com.au with the subject as 'moth towers' and then your first + last name inside will win a double pass to this thursday's MOTH

send your entries in quick or else you will miss out and it will be embarrassing
to avoid this embarrassment: follow our blog and keep updated with future giveaways

love this band...

LOL

a couple of us + a few of our friends outside of BATS have teamed up to make a blog that proves that we are horrible, horrible people

in short: we bring you myspace profiles that we find hilarious.. and that you will too

click on the banner below to go to LOLspace



or alternatively, click here

and make sure you follow that shit!






some cool chicks are having a YARDSALE this saturday

where?
Cafe Bouquinste
121 merthyr rd,
new farm
catch the 199 BUZ from either the city or the valley and it will get you straight there

when?
10 - "afternoonish"

what?
"clothes/bags/hats/belts/books/cds/art/polaroid cams/typewriters/pretty much just everything we own but our bodies"

why?
I am afraid I can not answer that question.


so come along.. and be as cool as these mother fuckers