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moaning lisa
Thing to cook for a dinner party: PASTA! There’s this
vegetarian pasta recipe we use over and over because it’s
so simple and delicious. It’s just baby tomatoes, heaps
of capers, mint and garlic-infused oil. The sauce needs
to be dry, so you have to squeeze all the juice out of the
tomatoes and crush them in your hands, which feels
really good. Compliment you’ve received: When we played
Volumes at Oxford Art Factory in Sydney, a young girl came
up to us afterwards and said she was in tears after hearing
us play “Carrie (I Want A Girl)”. She’d recently come out
and was overwhelmed after seeing us play, as loud and
unabashedly gay as we are! This kind of thing happens a
lot – it’s so much more profound than one-sided flattery.
Piece of advice: “You could spend your whole life going
to music school, locking yourself away in a room trying
to perfect your instrument, your pitch and technique – or,
you could live your life and trust that your experience is
going to be good enough to ride through the delivery and
performance of the music you write.” Basically, music
isn’t about perfection. Spot to chill in Canberra: Casa de
Versegi, aka our bandmate Charlie’s house. It’s our go-to
place for drinks, band meetings and movie nights. Just
simple and homey, you know? Daggy joke: Honestly, we
spend so much time together that our jokes don’t even
make sense to us anymore.
ne-net ×
donna wilson
Sharing is caring
reckons Japanese
brand Ne-net, who has
teamed up with Scottish
dame Donna Wilson to
design this loose-fitted,
forest-themed shirt. It
can be worn by men,
women and littl’uns,
too – just as long as
they’re into super-soft
cotton and have around
$228 to spend. Fun
for the whole family!
donnawilson.compositive
thinking
There are plenty
of reasons to be
down on the world:
homelessness; unfair
working conditions;
soggy chips. But no
matter how shit your
day gets, there’s
always another one
right around the
corner, which is reason
enough to swing by
bestmadeco.com and
snap up this cheery
cross-stitch kit.
It serves as a solid
reminder to keep a
smile on your dial, no
matter what. (It’s also
quite lovely to look at,
which helps.)itiv
dry herbs, dry
Magnets are handy for things like showing us which way is
north and writing vulgar messages on fridge doors. They
can also help us dry neat little bunches of freshly picked
herbs, thanks to Austrian makers Less & More. This nifty
contraption consists of a metal bar and two magnetic
wooden cubes (that can also be used to hold pens, shopping
lists and bitty kitchen utensils when dismantled). It’ll set you
back around $49 from lessandmore.etsy.com – and give
your cooking a little extra something-something.polly fern tiles
Polly Fern is clever with
her fingers, and her
ideas. The illustrator-
ceramist-canary keeper’s
painted tiles are a big nod
to local and childhood
stories from the area
she grew up in Norwich,
England. From chickens
to gardeners and piles of
blooms, every ceramic
square is handmade,
finished and fired, and
ready to make your digs
look swish. Nostalgic
and crafty – how sweet.
pollyfernsergeant.
bigcartel.comfrank bits