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ROCK BAR:

Fri Joe Relic from 9pm. Sat Katie Harder from 9pm. Sun Dom

Costello from 8pm. Mon Timbo Mariner from 7pm. Tues Dom

Costello from 8pm. Wed Gareth Dawkins from 8pm. Thurs

Joe Relic from 8pm.

JUICY RUMP:

Fri Dom Costello from 5pm, DJ Jed and MC Locko from

10.30pm. Sat DJ Jed and MC Locko from 10.30pm.

MONTE’S:

Fri Basil Raelene from 7pm. Thurs Pop Cinema from 7.30pm.

BOJANGLES:

Fri-Sat Michelle “The Little Lady with the Big Voice” from

6pm, DJ Monte from 10pm.

ANNIE’S PLACE:

Fri DJ U-Wish from 9.30pm. Sat DJ Kam from 9pm. Sun

Mega Chill Sesh Acoustic Set from 2pm. Tues Trivia from

7pm. Wed State Of Origin with giveaways. Thurs DJ Annie’s

from 9pm.

TODD TAVERN:

Mon Katelnd and the Hairy Arrangements from 7pm.

UNCLE’S TAVERN:

Fri Karaoke from 9pm.

EDITORS NOTE:

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www.therockbar.com.auAll new acts welcome at

The Rock Bar Ph: 8953 8280

ALICE LIVE

Dust off your bootsGET on your boots,dust off your Akubraand get down toMonte’s tomorrow fora western-style party.

Alice’s own western-inspired outfit, the Sil-ver Bullet Rollers, arejoining up with NotReal Cowboys to kickup some dust and havea good time.

The Silver BulletRollers are a three-piece crew with a loveof inspiring people toget up and dance.

They’ve played sev-eral gigs around Alice,including the WideOpen Space festival atRoss River last week-end. The Not RealCowboys are a collec-

tion of Alice musoswho have their tonguesfirmly planted in theircheeks while they dotheir affectionate par-ody of the country/western genre.

n See the hilariousnight from 8pm atMonte’s Seated Venueand Restaurant. Entryis free.

Camp gothic Depp

Johnny Depp in the Tim Burton film Dark Shadows

Cameron Boon

I’VE said it before andI’ll say it again, there’s afine line between ‘‘so-bad-it’s-good’’ and justplain ‘‘bad’’ and sadlyTim Burton’s new pro-ject Dark Shadows fallson the latter side.

The Burton/Depp/Bonham Carter three-some is at it once againand this time they’vehad a go at re-making aweird 1960s supernatu-ral soap opera about afamily of weirdos.

The Addams Familythey certainly are not —it’s the Collins family(fingers snap).

Burton’s film starts inthe 1770s and the focusis on gloomy aristocratB a r n a b a s C o l l i n s(Johnny Depp playing ahollow-eyed, pasty guywith a taste for theflamboyant — what atwist), whose familymoved to America tobuild a fishing empire.

Despite being ‘‘inlove’’ with anotheraristocrat, he managesto get it on with the onlyserving girl in his house

who also happens to bean immortal, blood-thirsty, clingy witch(Eva Green).

Shockingly, this doesnot go particularly wellfor Barney and he endsup buried alive for 200years. Well, sort of alive.He’s also a vampire.

He gets dug up in 1971and finds his family hasdegenerated into a

bunch of squabbling,petty nobodies.

Barney decides to re-build the family empireand hijinks ensue.

To say the plot ofDark Shadows is a messis being charitable.

All of the characters,save Barney and hiswitchy ex-lover, arewoefully underdevel-oped, which is a shame

because they all seem tohave an interestingconcept behind them.

People drop off themap for about three-quarters of the film be-fore coming back for aclimactic finale likethey’ve been an integralpart of the show.

I mentioned earlierthat the Collins familyweren’t the Addams

family and it’s in moreways than one.

The latter is anensemble piece whilethe former seems likeit’s The Johnny DeppShow: Campy GothicEdition.

If I have praise for thefilm (I do), it’s brief.

Setting it in the 1970swas a stroke of genius —the groovy soundtrack,the garish colours andthe attitude of theyouth clash hilariouslywith the prim andproper attire and per-sonality of Barney.

Depp is good, asalways, and the rest ofthe cast do the best withwhat little they’regiven.

Maybe it’s presump-tuous, but I wish thefilm embraced theweirdness of the familyand made it more of acollaborative effort.

The film has a fewchuckles, mainly in theform of seeing Deppspouting 200-year-oldEnglish at a television,but not enough to getme through the wholeaffair.

n Dark Shadows israted M and is on at theAlice Springs Cinema.

Easy forHarder

Cameron Boon

THE mum with apassion for music,Katie Harder, hasbeen making hername in Alice Springsin the past month.

Originally fromMelbourne, the folkguitarist has done gigsat Monte’s, the DesertMusic Club and isscheduled to do gigs atthe Rock Bar thisweekend.

She said: ‘‘My hus-band and I arrived inAlice Springs in Janu-ary this year.

‘‘I started doing gigshere about threeweeks ago and it’sbeen really great sofar.

‘‘I feel like we’ve ar-rived in town at a cru-cial point in the musicand arts scene —there’s a lot of thingshappening and I’m ex-cited to be part of it.

‘‘It’s been really easyto network and every-body has been incred-ibly welcoming.’’

A folk-musician atheart, Harder was in-spired to write musicat a young age by her

father.She said: ‘‘My dad

was in a band and Iwent to a couple of hisgigs — I even saw himrecord an album acouple of times.

‘‘I thought ‘cool, Iwant to do that’ andstarted playing on thepiano. I was probablyeight years old.

‘‘After a little while Istarted playing guitarbecause it was muchmore portable and Ithink I wrote my firstserious song when Iwas 14.

‘‘Before that I’dmake up little songsand tunes or pretend Iwas rocking out on theback of my dad’s ute.

Harder has releasedtwo albums and anE P , s o s h e ’ s n ostranger to writing or-iginal music.

She said: ‘‘When Iwrite songs I like tolook at things thatpeople experienceevery day but mightnot take any noticeof.’’

Katie Harder isplaying around AliceSprings — check theGig Guide for more.

Burlesque partyTHE Alice SpringsPride Committee willgive the bigger cities arun for their moneywith the ‘‘Burlesque’’Dance Party at theGap View Hotel to-morrow night.

With the themeBurlesque, it will be atime when everyonecan kick up their heelsand enjoy the energyof burlesque.

There will be acouple of differentperformances from amix-match of the up-and-coming local tal-

ent so you will be sureto have a great time.

Alice Pride is a non-profit organisationcommitted to creatingevents for the lesbian,g a y , b i s e x u a l ,transgender, queer,q u e s t i o n i n g a n dintersex members ofthe community.

The APC is alsolooking at organisinga Dance Party to co-incide with the DesertFestival in Septemberand would like anyoneinterested in helpingout with future events

to get in contact.Expressions of in-

terest from within thecommunity to join theAlice Pride committeeare also currently be-ing accepted.

For more informat-i o n c o n t a c t a t

alice.pride@hotmail.

com.aun Come to Burlesqueat Gapview Hotel to-morrow night from9pm to 1.30am.There’s a cover chargeof $10 but all proceedsgo back to funding thenext dance party.