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RESFEST 2004 Digital Film Festival travels the world showcasing short films, music videos, motion design, live music, guest speakers + more. Australian performances include, 3-7 December, Melbourne and 9-12 December, Sydney. visit http://www.resfest.com for details

The FREEDOM Festival is based on the belief that we can all use our FREEDOM to help fight for the FREEDOM of others and, at FREEDOM 04, Amnesty International is calling for fairer treatment for all refugees and asylum seekers. Freedom from arbitrary detention; Freedom from the uncertainty of Temporary Protection Visas; Freedom from the isolation of the Pacific solution. Our collective presence can be a powerful voice for the voiceless. We have the voice. We have the freedom. Let's use it. Go to www.vibewire.net/freedomfestival or http://www.amnesty.org.au/whats_happening/freedom_festival for more information and your chance to WIN over $1000 worth of CDs from Creative Vibes and other prizes. artists/bands performing include : THE PROCUSSIONS (USA), GOOD BUDDHA, MORGANICS, DEBASA feat Merlin, URTHBOY, THE BRETHREN, DJs REGAL, BLAZE AND BONEZ (feat. HYJAK), LIZ ETHER, CRUCIAL D, SAVAGE GORDON WATSON, TREVOR PARKEE, NATHAN MCLAY, HUW ELLIS, HI CLIVE, GROOVESCOOTER, SHUEY, FRENZIE, ELI BASSLINES CREW + more

Rag Doll Presents: Cherry2000, Christa Hughes, Action Figures. Freak Boutique Fashion Show - special guest DJ Lanny K from Ear Pimp @ Candy's Apartment Thursday 26th August 2004, 9pm till late, $10. Rag Doll presents Cherry2000 joining forces with special guest Christa Hughes and The Surgeons plus the bizarre semi-human gals of Action Figures with a Freak Boutique Fashion Show - a catwalk of beautiful fallout freaks. Special guest is DJ Lanny K of Earpimp. This will be a night of stupidity, madness and sonic extremity at Candy's Apartment. Expect the night to lurch from cabaret sleaze to extreme ear shredding heavy metal and back again within seconds. Only tattooed hermaphrodites, loose women and the insane need attend.

Grants up to $40,000 are available for projects that are non-recurrent, will be completed in twelve months and will provide tangible benefits for women in NSW. The Office for Women website has further information on funding categories. Funding guidelines and application forms are available by accessing the Office for Women website: http://www.women.nsw.gov.au

Part thriller, part disco biscuit, part clandestine interrogation of the Sydney Olympics, Naked With Joy is an underground dance novel and art retrospective of the Sydney Olympics @ TAP Gallery, 14-22 August.

1/4_Inch is proud to present another wild night of entertainment on Thursday 29th July from 8pm. This event will showcase 3 Interstate artists and promises to be more lively than a feral monkey with fleas. Artists performing on the night are Ross Bencina (Melbourne), Scott Sinclair (Brisbane), and Hydatid (Brisbane)

the last time lopez played at impermanent (august 2001) he left the audience stunned and the performance is still considered by many to be the best impermanent to date. this is not to be missed. Over the last twenty years Francisco Lopez has been creating a unique powerful sonic world, 'trying to reach an ideal of absolute concrete music'. Through what he once called 'the exploration of the universe of broad-band noise from the real world', his music arises from the processing of environmental recordings. visit http://impermanent.info for more info on the event or http://franciscolopez.net for info on the guest artist

A night of dirty rocking electro! Thursday 22 July from 9pm, featuring Old Des Peres (Melbourne) launching their album, 'Preserved'. Old Des Peres are brothers Kynan (Old Des) and Kiron Robinson (Mr Ection) plus Kynan