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Adbusters.org is taking on multinational Nike with their own version of sneaker in a protest against the corporation. Keep an eye out for the `Rethink the Cool` billboards near Nike advertisements in your area. Visit http://www.blackspotsneaker.org/ for full details.

Celebrating the Chinese Year of the Monkey Thursday Jan 22nd, the barrelfullofmonkeys.org crew are initiating a new experiment in party culture that YOU are invited to! Riding the wave of recent global 'Flash Mob' gatherings we are putting on a special type of 'Flash Mob PARTY' that will last only 3 songs, in the central CBD of Melbourne, 7:00pm, Thurs Jan 22nd. The location will be revealed by email notice or by checking our website @ http://www.barrelfullofmonkeys.org/100thmonkey.html ON THE DAY. Using special FM technology we will broadcast the music on a local frequency only partygoers will know - so you MUST bring a device with a radio function and headphones - as this is a 'SILENT DANCING' party!!! Numbers are limited, so please sign up by emailing rak@barrelfullofmonkeys.org and read the information enclosed to be a part of the fun and mischief of the Year of the Monkey!!!

The Rainbow Serpent Festival returns again for another summer outdoor extravaganza of music, dancing, arts, camping & other activities. The event will again be held in the scenic country location near Beaufort, around 2 hours drive from Melbourne over Australia Day Long Weekend. The 3 day festival includes the main dance area, alternative music stage , extensive markets & stalls, wholesome foods, healing & workshops program, childrens area, arts installations & performers, chill space, outdoor cinema, camping areas and more. visit http://www.greenant.com for details. Doof Central is giving away RSF tickets, visit www.doofcentral.com for your chance to win.

Brisbane`s venue The Elephant and Wheelbarrow will play host to Germany`s Patric C performance on Saturday 10th January along with locals Kunt, 4 Layers of 9, Equalizer24K, Anal Cookie, OVA, Toxic Lipstick, Unhappy Beeperson and Molliger. Patric Catani records under the artist names Patric C, Candie Hank, The Horrible Plans Of Flex Busterman and with EC8OR on labels such as Digital Hardcore, Chicks on Speed, System Corrupt, Spite and Mille Plateaux. Read more for details

Fringecore is the first truly Transcontinental magazine dealing with the cultural fringe and some of the more weird stuff that goes on out there and helps to make society that much more stimulating. The magazine deals with progressive cultural influences that today have a fringe following, but could help to shape our future. Although it covers a wide spectrum of subjects, it is very focused in terms of tone of voice and integrity of information, with a unique personality that will therefore appeal to a progressive-thinking, free-spirited community of people who seek to gain a deeper and broader based insight into alternative cultural and social trends, such as students, artists, writers, researchers, occultists, film-makers, photographers, literary and spoken word followers, cyberpunks, progressive and avant-garde music lovers, trend followers and forecasters, sociologists and all others with an inquisitive mind. http://www.fringecore.com/

Unesco and the University of Plymouth have sponsored an online digital music tutorials website. Topics of study include Basic Concepts of Digital Music (Author: Gianni Corino) [Digital Representation of Sound, Editing, MIDI and Sequencers, Additive Synthesis Technique, Basic Frequency Modulation Synthesis Technique, Advanced FM Synthesis] and Cellular Automata Music (Author: Eduardo Reck Miranda) [Artificial Intelligence and Music, Introduction to Cellular Automata Music Research, Chaosynth - A Cellular Automata-based Granular Synthesiser

BLU FM 89.1 (Blue Mountains community radio) is holding its third demo competition. The station is now calling for talented musicians who would like to have the chance to be heard on radio and included in a CD compilation. visit www.blufm.org.au for more details

AMO is an online resource for bands, with opportunities to be profiled, promoted and have the band`s music previewed by visitors to the site. Visit http://www.amo.org.au/ for details

an international festival of electronic music and media arts featuring artistic showcases, club events, workshops, discussions, installations, and interventions. held in manchester, UK in april-may 04, the festival will include many art exhibitions dealing with the theme of mobile communications & technology. visit www.mobileconnections.org for more details

UNDERGROWTH ::: {we live not underground, but in the undergrowth} ::: A nu world is growing through the cracks of the old in UNDERGROWTH, a quarterly PDF digizine being launched in early 2004, UNDERGROWTH will feature an ongoing collection of some of Australia`s cutting edge guerilla ontologists using science fiction as a medium of exploring consciousness and playing mind games with what they find. From sustainable eco-tek communities to shamanistic modes of perception on the street and the youth culture of tomorrow - UNDERGROWTH is the sprouting of a new wave of writers and artists and a new type of psyence fiction as cyberpunk becomes psyberdelic... visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/undergrowthdigizine/ for more details

australian anarchist & autonomous activist conference is being held in Perth_WA, invasion day long weekend, jan23-27.2004. lets spend a long weekend non-stop talking the anarchist talk: from staunch anarchist to hard autonomous activists - or those of slight anarchist politico persuasion - or just emotional anarchists or people interested in talking/listening/sharing ideas towards society based on active voluntary participation and respect. visit http://www.anarcon.org for more details

The Crossroads festival of electronic music, art and new media taking place in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Saturday December 6 are partnering with Pulse Internet Radio to broadcast the event live via the internet. Visit http://www.pulseradio.net or www.straightoutofbrisbane.com/crossroads for more details

Straight Out of Brisbane Festival 2003 presents JUNGLETTES - a night of Drum`n`Bass and Jungle music showcasing an all female DJ line up, starring members of Brisbane`s own vibrant Junglist community as well as an interstate guest. Friday December 5, 2003 @ The Underground Bar, downstairs Elephant and Wheelbarrow

STRAIGHT OUT OF BRISBANE presents emerging arts and culture festival - read more for gigs details or visit www.straightoutofbrisbane.com/music

Copyright: Unlucky for Some? Conference will provide up-to-date information and analysis from a range of academic, judicial, government, industry, and professional perspectives. It will be of interest to copyright owners and consumers, academics, practitioners, librarians, and policy-makers. Topics to be discussed include: the attorney-General`s Digital Agenda copyright reforms review; the Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement; Indigenous community moral rights; the legal regulation of digital music; as well as updates on recent Australian and international copyright cases. 13th Feb 2004