What’s on in Melbourne Victoria – The Loop Listings Nov – Dec ’11

EVERY THURSDAY – 9pm – MOOD
The name MOOD speaks for itself… we are all about getting you in the right mood with groovy deep house, disco and techno tunes. We welcome people from all corners of the world with a love for good quality electronic music. Come check out Melbourne’s no.1 weeknight Deep House event in a cosy and warm environment with an excellent sound system and huge screens for visuals. Resident DJ NuBody brings his unique sound to Thursday nights in Melbourne always accompanied by a special guest. Watch them spin from 9pm till late every Thursday at Loop. No cover!

FRIDAY 25 November – 10pm – COSMOLOGY
Just as a giant asteroid passes between the earth and moon, another edition of Cosmology passes between the last Friday and Saturday of the month. The only difference being is, in space, no one can hear you mix. This month, similar to Eric Roberts’ comeback in Batman, we welcome the return to decks of a man known as Old Man Fisher. If you were a backroom night lurker at Revolver back in the day when Colonel Tan’s was a mere nightclub oddity, you may have witnessed the Old Man whipping the munters into a sweaty jaw-locked frenzy. He has since been hiding in a cave off the coast of Madagascar with only his records and a Jenga set fashioned out of shortbread fingers to keep him occupied. Has your curiosity been aroused? It should be…As always, Cosmology residents Cosmo K and Lopan will be keeping things in check and Martin Hadley will be filling your eyes with visions. Free!

SATURDAY 26 November – 10pm – UNSTABLE SOUNDS
UNSTABLE SOUNDS 2nd LAST PARTY FOR 2011!!
…and what a party this will be!! Deep, dirty and driving tech, bought to you by some of Melbourne’s most passionate artists. You know the drill: – Free entry – Clean, crisp, fat sound system – 20 x 12ft screens displaying visual brilliance – Non-commercial and non-conformist music – its called underground for a reason! – Full cocktail menu & great drink prices – 2 x smoking areas – Separate lounge & dance floor spaces. So get amongst it and kick start your “ho ho ho” season with filthy basslines galore in a friendly, non-judgmental vibe with people you’ll call family by the end of the night! Our motto: COME AS YOU ARE – PREPARED TO DANCE!! ? the Unstable crew! FEATURING: – DEE DEE (2hr closing set!!) – MATT RADOVICH (Melbourne Techno Collective) – VIRGINIA LE (The Likes of You) – LUKE BOWDITCH – WILL POWER – STEWIE MAHAR

MONDAY 28 November – 6pm – THE VAULT
The Vault is a monthly salon for creatively inclined folk (anyone with an interest in arts, design, music, film, writing, marketing, media, etc) held at Loop. This month’s speaker: Hilary Harper, producer and presenter at 774 ABC Melbourne. Hilary Harper has worked in radio for almost 20 years, starting as a volunteer at PBS FM doing the weekly gig guide. She has produced news and current affairs for community radio, arts stories for ABC Local Radio, book reviews for Radio National and traffic reports for 774 ABC Melbourne, and now presents the Saturday morning show from 6 am to 11 am. She also co-produces the Conversation Hour for Jon Faine. She’s been forced to get her head around online and social media in the new digital age, but prefers the adrenalin rush of communicating directly with people on live radio. More about Hilary Please RSVP to Patricia Maunder

TUESDAY 29 November – 7:30 pm – LOOPDELOOP
LoopdeLoop is an animation challenge. Each month, animators from around the world create looping animations based on a given topic and upload them to www.loopdeloop.org. On the last Tuesday of the month, all of the posted loops are compiled and screened to a live audience at Loop. During the screening, a winner is declared, who enters the hall of fame and has their loop featured throughout the following month. Twitter, Facebook, Vimeo

FRIDAY 2 December – 10pm – MUSIC APPRECIATION SOCIETY
Ever think that your weekend was too short to go out and listen to the same dull music all night? That your ears and feet deserve better? Music Appreciation Society: where selections journey through genres as far as the eye can see. Inspired by Soul, HipHop, Boogie & Disco with everything in between and beyond. Join Esty & Augustus as they bring the true soulful sound of the underground to Loop. 10 pm – late Visuals by Graphme.

SATURDAY 3 December – 10pm – PICKLED BEATS
Pickled Beats is back with a November nu-funk explosion. Gracing us for the night will be Sydney broken beat don D-Funk who’ll be throwing down his world-renowned blend of ghetto funk, nu-disco, old skool hip hop, house, electro and breaks. As a DJ D-Funk was nominated for ‘Best Breakthrough’ at the International Break Beat awards (Breakspoll) & as a producer/label owner his Upstart Music label was nominated for ‘Best New Label’. With support from Ego and Ghetto Filth expect a fun night of big beats and dancefloor bangers. Free entry. 10-late.

Things To Do In Melbourne

MONDAY 5 December – 6pm – PROCESS Architecture Forum
The Royal Australian Institute of Architects invites emerging architects to address new con44cepts and practical issues in contemporary architecture on the first Monday of each month. Recent presenters include Kennedy Nolan, Kalliopi Vakras, John Gollins, Gregory More, Anthony Fryatt, FMD, Threefold, Nest, Splinter Society, one2one and Beatriz Maturana, Judd Lysenko Marshall, Herbert + Mason, ARM, Cox Architects, Hive Engineering
Always free. All welcome. Join Process on Facebook to keep informed on monthly topics.

SATURDAY 10 December – 5pm – FLAT WHITES Launch
We now have 13 episodes online, so decided it’s a good time to ‘launch’ it! In case you don’t know, Flat Whites is a new drama-comedy web series with a new 5-minute episode released every week. Phil, Luc & co. get themselves into interesting situations – “it’s a funny kind of drama”! You can watch all current and future episodes of the series on the YouTube channel Like the page! Come to the launch, meet the actors involved.. Watch a couple of unreleased episodes.. Have a wine/beer/Cranberry Juice.. FREE EVENT! [Drinks @ bar prices]//
And have some fun!

THURSDAY 15 December – 7:30pm – DOUBLE FILM PREMIERE
FixedPoint Productions & Film 45 present a double premiere of two short films: Sweet Tooth (written and directed by Cassie Dart) and Changes, (written and directed by Philip Mitchell, co-director / writer Cassie Dart). Sweet Tooth is a short action thriller that packs a punch, set in an apocalyptic future world and starring Genevieve Brock. Changes follow the trials of the Miller family. Based on true events, it is a reimagining of an Australian family’s struggles in the lead up to the Black Saturday bushfires.

For more info, see www.looponline.com.au