A call for artists to create vibrant rubbish bins and benches, must surely spell the end of the Arrondissement renaissance? By new submitter Peter B. Unfortunately it looks like Enders won’t benefit. The public toilet outside is unlikely to be covered in broken china mosaic.
Private enterprise in Belmont shows how to really put a meat injection of vibrancy into the lace. The scented candle reference is a direct insult aimed at Highgate/Mt Lawley. By Alan G.
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And Lani sent this One Hand Carwash from Melbs. Sort of sounds like it shold be reach around carwash.
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The vibrancy in Beaufort Street is doing immense damage to the foundations of the older buildings. Close it off to traffic!
“Beaufort Street is one of Perth’s most vibrant, eclectic and diverse cafe and retail strips.”etc.
That’s why they need artistically designed garbage bins – to put this kind of high falutin’ rubbish in.
When I see the hordes of miserable faced, forced laughter making, air-headed Metrocentric Twats© desperately trying to “Get a life” in these kinds of synthetic playgrounds for psychologically and emotionally inhibited Metrotards, I fear for the future of the human race.
And for what it’s doing to the planet in general.
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You really are quite a tedious cunt. Why is the traditional ugly street furniture somehow more ‘real’ than attractive infrastructure? And don’t carry on like this is some modern affliction – the Victorians put a great deal of care into their lampposts, I think you’ll find.
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I really dig those beautiful old lampposts. There’s actually a movie called Loving Lampposts you know?
Anyhoo, Rolly I’m assuming this is a trolling comment more than a statement of serious consideration? I’m mean why would people enagage in forced laughter when they can enjoy the real deal ? Seriously dude, lighten up (see what I did there?)
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Not lampposts but there are some Federation era sewer vents in West Perth that are quite distinctively designed.
They stand taller than lampposts and vent invective and methane in the vicinity of Parleyment.
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True. But we both know the new ones will be terrible. Are you already breaking up old crockery for the mosaics?
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It won’t be mosaics, that’s way too ‘community’ for teh ‘Rrond. I’m thinking whatever eventuates will be sculptural, finished with some sort of deep red or purple lacquer, and eminently fucking twee, while still retaining a veneer of studious object-observation. What I’d like to see are giant fleur-de-lys that emanate wi-fi and dispense Popular Penguins via Paypal, but we’ll probably get whimsical yet mysterious children or stockbrokers with basset hounds or some shit
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Don’t write off the mosaics yet
A bike rack that took Norton & BSA motorbikes as well as fixies would be nice too.
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I heard they’re considering Spencer Tunick.
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David Byrne – ex Talking Heads
http://www.davidbyrne.com/art/bike_racks/index.php
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NYC BikeSnob has a ‘thing’ for David Byrne (who doesn’t own a car) http://bikesnobnyc.blogspot.com/2010/04/bsnyc-fridaculous-fun-quiz.html
Vibrancy up the ooshta
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I have a thing for David Byrne
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Of course
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Oh dear.
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Now I know you’re trolling me.
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I’d like to stick used syringes in interesting patterns all over the telephone box outside the Mt Lawley IGA. Expression of interest here I come. I’d also suggest the creative deployment of excrement in the Scotsman toilets, but it’s already been done – every Wednesday night in fact.
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Or remodel all the bus stops along Beaufort from Bulwer up to Inglewood somewhere along these lines. For full effect, Beaufort St could be spanned with overhead cabling, from which Christmas decorations could be hung at the appropriate time.
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And insert “Little” into the beginning of the name of every second side street along Beaufort. The illusion would never be complete thanks to the fact that it will still cost $4 for a shithouse cup of coffee.
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Whoa! I was just thinking that the Govt would gazette Little Cloud Street anyday now.
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Isn’t that in Barrajako ?
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Have you ever seen that Cloudstreet themed, um, pole on or near Mouat St in Fremantle? Among other things, it’s got the word “Skylarking” stenciled on it in a big red cursive script.
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Bollocks. You lie! No.
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‘skylarking’ is a bloody good XTC album
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I saw a Cloudstreet bus yesterday… :(
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According to the PDF which WordPress for some reason won’t let me link to, the pole is actually a Tim “totem” pole. It’s one of five such poles which comprise the Fremantle Writers Walk, in this case corner of High and Packenham.
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I did not know that. I will be sure to follow this death march next time I’m stilting around freo.
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These posts are beginning to resemble totem poles in their own right.
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As did the Italians, as Rolly would know. I wonder if DFOC checked out these in Honkers from Design Systems Ltd ? I’m fairly sure this one’s in Freo.
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There were lamposts designed by fucking Gaudi himself still on the real Las ramblas in Barcelona. I sniff Robert Juniper sniffing around this one. Or even ben.
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Las Ramblas vibrancy
So mthrfkkn cool
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The ‘Disse should offer French and Spanish
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Both in abundance down there in my day, skink, albeit more of the former.
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<a href="http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=7"Paris meh
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Comment number makes me think I should have reserved Beaufort street bench and bike rack mosaics until monday’s prime slot.
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So that’s an admission that the weekend posts usually suck?
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Joking of course :)
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Less people read on the weekend.
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Fewer?
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Less intelligence.
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Fewer in telly gents?
Or is it just my imagination that female presenters get a lot of the weekend slots.
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Imagineering.
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Sober up and read what was written, not between the lines.
You’re coming across as one of those super arty-farty individuals who genuinely believe that creativity is the domain solely of those who think in your specific vein.
“There are more things in heaven and earth…..”etc.
Perhaps the stable equilibrium of having identical chips on both shoulders prevented you from recognising a weighty dose of irony.
Looser!
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That tirade was for Bento.
The context got lost in the krazy kerning.
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I think Bento sounds ‘loose’ enough
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loose as a nun’s cunt.
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Someone’s just lost their place on the wrought iron committee.
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Several suicides at that shooting range. 2002 and before.
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Have emailed you an article in the West from 2002.
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“Like the extinguishing of a scented candle, a pod of whales beaching, and a mighty jarrah in an old growth forest crashing through the ancient undergrowth, you too can share the ultimate bonding experience with 3 of your friends.”
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I really hate those fucking hippy shops. The fact that there are so many around Perth is a worst in its self.
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I vote they change the name to Rusty Trombone Car Wash.
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Machiavellian, Councillor Buckels. We look forward to the results of your bastardry on these pages.
And loathe as I am to forgo my candles, whales and trees, if those four are the real targets, then I’m in.
Thanks Lani for that marvellous Melbs pic. Wax on, whacks off.
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My pleasure :) Thank you!
This should be on the map – http://mappery.com/Fetish-map. Why do I have the feeling I may regret posting this link :p
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Bike racks… someone tell me what is wrong with a nice normal U-Rail (minus ToV colouring of course). They work, are authentic in design with sleek lines yet are totally utilitarian. There is nothing worse than an “artistic” bike rack that is generally useless as a bike rack.
I got told off the other week for locking my bike to a metal sculptured bicycle in Hyde park… apparently not a bike rack.
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See just below.
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Can’t you just sack the person who told you off? Get ’em Duke.
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It was my wife to tell the truth.
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Lol how cool is autotext:)
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Whoops there’s autotext for ya!
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Perhaps signage ?
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Functional artwork:
Oxymoronic guff or
Good target practice?
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Kiddy swing by day,
Vomitorium by night:
That’s vibrancy, folks!
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Looks like a penus doing a wee and i bet this kids mum was ashamed of that card and Happy Mothers day to all!.
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You really are funny.
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will anybody in Perth, or Fremantle for that matter, be arranging a Slutwalk?
I’m not thinking of anyone in particular, but surely one of the feminazi hoydens, YWL’s, or just plain sluts, that frequent this site would be up for it, so to speak?
http://www.slutwalktoronto.com/
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Def one for the Court Hotel to endorse
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Don’t we already have Reclaim The Night?
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That’s disclaim the night. Or are you thinking of re-tile the night?
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Could go with DFOC’s vomitorium idea and call it Repaint The Night.
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Yes we do, but not with those shoes – which are just gooooorgeous
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don’t tell me this town can’t drum up a whole parade of sluts
when it comes to slutty behaviour, Perth doesn’t have anything to cringe about
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Scarborough apparently could have a whole battalion.
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YWL?
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Young White Lesbians … nemeses of one of Australia’s, if not the world’s, premier visual artists.
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I am so, so glad I asked.
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i do believe the new street furniture is in, and is vaguely deco themed, with splashes of the blue currently employed in the astor facade.
i didn’t realise i was a miserable faced metrocentric twat bellowing forced laughter – thanks for the heads up rolly.
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If the crap fits………..
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Doesn’t get much more exciting, not to mention psychologically and emotionally disinhibted, than this.
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Sorry, forgot this.
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Who is “Little Pattie”?
Was the sobriquet “Little” attached as a cruel joke or is it a relic of times gone before second serves of dessert?
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Federal President of the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance, and Chrissy Amphlett‘s cousin. Everyone looks little next to Gough, and she’s also a Board Member of the Whitlam Institute. There’s an excellent interview with her here, here, here, and here.
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Thank you, Snuff-san, King of Links to interesting things…
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Maximum respect for Patti.
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Indeed, in deed.
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Thanks again, Snuff – it’s taken all day, but have finally seen all the video sections of Talking Heads.
Verr impressed by the lady, now.
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Always a pleasure, RR.
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if the projection fits…
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That’s the City of Stirling side. Not a fan.
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no, me neither. it’s clunky and unattractive.
too many council boundaries for me too comprehend.
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I fully expect to wake up one day to find the razor wire rolled out along Walcott Street.
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That might help fill Enders.
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… seen at a party in Banjup Saturday night
WTF is a banjup? water filled banjo?
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