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Come and celebrate the release of Mitch L. Ryan’s 33 1/3 book on Dick Diver’s seminal album Calendar Days! Taking the album as a launching point into a discussion of Australian DIY music, politics, media, social history, and literature, the author will be joined by Giacomo Bianchino for a discussion. Following this, Bed Wettin’ Bad Boys and Ex-Colleague—two bands containing members discussed in the book—will perform. Calendar Days may be thirteen years old now, but the independent DIY ethos that surrounded the group are just as relevant as ever!From the back of the book:
Critically acclaimed upon its 2013 release, Dick Diver's sophomore album Calendar Days poeticized the banality of daily life in melodic pop music that drew upon conversational language and local references, all sung with thick Australian accents and jangling guitars. It was a sound that would become emblematic of the micro-genre dolewave, a joking reference to a group of bands that emerged from the same scene on Australia's east coast.
This book uses Calendar Days to tease out the histories of the band, the scene, and the genre of dolewave. Situating it within a broader history of Australian independent music and politics from the late 2000s to the early 2010s, it not only offers the first historical account of a recent major movement in contemporary Australian music, but it also considers the unique conditions that Australian musicians operated within during the period, from social welfare issues, to blogging networks, to ever present debates around cultural identity.
Under 18s are welcome at the Petersham Bowling Club but must be accompanied by an adult at all times. No under 18s are to enter the bar area.
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Petersham Bowling Club, 77 Brighton St, Petersham NSW 2049, Australia, Marrickville
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