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Have a look at this pretty
thing, won’t you? Woven in a
remote village in Myanmar
using recycled plastic tape
and traditional Burmese craft
techniques, the colourful basket
not only provides a spiffy way to
cart around flowers, shopping
and produce, but also makes
use of materials that would
otherwise end up in landfill.
Stop bypalibaskets.comif you’d
like to pick one up – each sale
benefits the makers directly,
which is rather nice.palibaskets
say hello to lucy wilson from
the sugarcanes
How would you describe your music to your nanna?We’re
the ‘love band’. We write songs about love – the good, the
bad and the ugly. Best and worst parts of making music
with your brother? No one knows how to push my buttons
better than Jack. He really has a knack for saying the best
things to shit me. But he also understandsme and knows
what I’m trying to say. I’ve never been able to collaborate
musically with anyone else. What’s your go-to recipe
to impress someone? If I’m feelin’ really fancy I’ll bust
out hand-rolled spinach and ricotta cannelloni. If I want
to look fancy without the effort, I’ll buy the tubes.What
do you spend your downtime doing?I don’t have much
downtime anymore, as a part-time special school teacher
with two working bands. But on the rare occasion I have
time to myself, I like to visit my dad’s farm in Gippsland
and sit in front of the fire, or take the dogs for a bush walk.
Where would you love to play a show one day?I’d love to
play Fuji Rock in Japan! Every photo of that festival looks
amazing, and it’s definitely a country I’d love to tour with
The Sugarcanes. What’s the weirdest thing you’ve done to
make a buck? Being a musician is pretty weird. I’ve played
in shopping malls and had the football turned up over me.
I’ve been asked to play songs as people walk down the
aisle that are actually about having my heart ripped out.
You meet some very strange cats in the music industry.
you dig?
Maybe it’s because it comes in a colour that’s
adorably called pumpkin; maybe it’s because
it ranges in size from 4 through to 30; or
maybe it’s because it looks like the kind
of thing you could wear to the Rydell High
school dance, but this Collectif shirt dress
sure does razz our berries. Find it over at
modcloth.com for around $124.mc pressure
We’ll keep this short
and sweet: Floridian
letterpress pros M.C.
Pressure design a
lot of ridiculously
awesome things for
your desk. Have a
look at their shop
at mcpressure.com
if you don’t believe
us. Now, we’re off
to prove this sassy
notepad (around $9)
right – may your
day be suitably
constructive, as well.aussie, aussie, aussie
From opera singers and aviation pioneers to
Indigenous resistance fighters and science-y
types, Australia’s history is full to the brim with
pretty darn awesome ladies, and Sydney writer
Pamela Freeman thought it was time to show
them off a bit. She put together a book called
Amazing Australian Women, had it illustrated
by Brissie lass Sophie Beer, and kindly offered
us five copies to give away – to nab one for
yourself, head to frankie.com.au/win. Then
again, you could stop by hachette.com.au or
any good book store (not the bad ones, though)
with $26.99 and a readiness to be inspired.frank bits