Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Unashamed Fan of the twothousand Website

Just like the title says, I am an unashamed fan of the twothousand website. Twothousand is the online, much cooler version of Timeout magazine. If you're not too cool to admit that you like to keep an eye out for what's cool, then I recommend this site to you. Twothousand describes itself as "a weekly snapshot of Sydney's subculture" and seems to be staffed by a team of cool hunting geniuses (with the exception of the recommendation of Cantina Mexicana as a good place to eat in the Centrepoint food court).

I receive each new issue by email, which includes a 'Cool/Fool' list along the lines of 'What's Hot/What's Not'. On the online version, each page is headed with a seemingly unending supply of funky, clever photographs. I recommend a visit to twothousand for this reason alone, but there are lots of features to hold the reader's interest like the collection of 'mix tapes'. 

Thanks to twothousand I've discovered such little gems as Art Meets Matter, Jan Von Holleben (although neither are strictly part of Sydney subculture) and the Sparkle Cupcakery.

Twothousand has a sister publication, based on Melbourne subculture, threethousand. I haven't really checked it out yet, but I will before my next trip to Melbourne.

2 comments:

Kettle said...

Hey that looks cool, thanks For The Love. Will it make me cool too, or like Sprite (sponsorship deal pending) do I need to be cool first? Big questions, these.

Kettle said...

Ooh thanks For The Love, have just discovered Factum flatpack cardboard furniture on Art Meets Matter: something functional you can write on, like a plaster cast!