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ROCK BAR:

Fri Duncan Rae 5pm and Lacuna Style 9pm. Sat Gareth Dawkins

from 8pm. Sun Bec Matthews from 8pm. Mon Damo Armstrong

from 7pm. Tues Toby Robinson 7pm. Wed Dom Costello from 7pm.

Thurs Joe Relic at 7pm.

JUICY RUMP:

Fri David Crowe from 5pm, DJ Jed from 11pm. Sat DJ Jed from 10.30pm.

MONTE’S:

Fri Causing Hammock from 8pm entry is free. Sat Warren H Wil-

liams with Lauren Kate from 7.30pm.

BOJANGLES:

Fri-Sat Michelle ``The Little Lady with the Big Voice’’ from 8pm and

DJ Monty from 10.30pm to late.

ANNIE’S PLACE:

Fri Toby Robinson from 9pm. Sat DJ Kam from 10pm. Sun Mega

Chill Sesh with Toby Robinson from 2pm.

TODD TAVERN:

Mon Alice Springs Desert Music Club with Herman Marcic from 7pm.

UNCLE’S TAVERN:

Fri Toby Robinson live from 4.30pm and karaoke from 9pm

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ALICE LIVE

Now a solo man

Acoustic guitarist David Crowe has been playing around Alice Springs

Cameron Boon

HE’S put synthesiser and electro-pop behind him and taken up theacoustic guitar to entertain AliceSprings.

You might have seen David Croweplaying shows at the Juicy Rump inthe past couple of weeks.

He’s been playing a mixture ofcovers and original songs and says hewants to record and release an EPlocally in the next couple of months.

‘‘I came to Alice Springs about fiveyears ago and intended to stay onlyfor a couple of weeks,’’ David said.

‘‘This is my first foray into soloperformance.

‘‘I’ve always done songwriting andhave played music, but when I’veperformed it’s been with a band.

‘‘I used to be in an electro-popgroup called Mammoth Logic, andwe played a lot of shows aroundAustralia — we even played atParklife.

‘‘We decided to take a break for alittle while and I started doing acous-tic music.’’

David said his music includedcovers from a huge range of music-ians, including Crowded House andAngus and Julia Stone and every-thing in between.

He said his original music wasinspired by slower, more introspec-tive music styles.

He said: ‘‘It’s kind of like Bon Iver.

‘‘That kind of music was alwayssomething that I liked playing forrelaxation, but with Mammoth LogicI never got the time to pursue it.

‘‘I sometimes play some of theMammoth Logic songs. It’s good tostrip some of the songs back to justthe guitar.’’

David said he first started playingmusic when he was five years old.

He said: ‘‘I learnt the piano andthen, when I was 12, I started doingthe guitar. Since then I’ve done theviolin, bass, the drums and more.’’

David Crowe plays from 5pm todayat the Juicy Rump.

Out of this world

Noomi Rapace andMichael Fassbender

in Prometheus

Cameron Boon

THE best thing hap-pened before I saw in-terstellar horror filmPrometheus — I wastold it was terrible.

A film as hyped asthis one needs to betaken down, so viewers’expectations are notludicrously high.

The year is 2089 andscientists are diggingaround for what theyb e l i e v e i s a nintergalactic party in-vitation. Among themare Elizabeth Shaw(Noomi Rapace) andCharl ie Holloway(Logan Marshal l -Green). They discoverthis invitation hasbeen standing for35,000 years.

Shaw and Holloway

hook up with theWayland Corporationand fly to a far-offmoon on the spaceshipPrometheus to find theparty.

The odd-bod crew in-clude a salty sea-dogcaptain, a creepyandroid, a surly scien-tist, a friendly scientist

and a cold corporateexecutive.

They arrive to find ac o u p l e o f d o m e /pyramid structuresnext to a mountainthat has a skull on thetop.

Most of the plotprobably could havebeen avoided if thecrew had decided topack anything otherthan their idiot shirts.

It stretches credulitythat so many scientistscould be so stupid. Ihave to say, though, Ithoroughly enjoyedPrometheus. It is one ofthe best-looking filmsI’ve seen, and the plottwists kept me inter-ested.

Rated M, this film ison at the Alice SpringsCinema.

Exhibition

of desert

wonders

‘With dazzling tricks

of the brush, they

create puzzles that

seduce the eye

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Detail from Warakurna

THE new exhib-ition at the RaftArtspace featuresa series of paint-ings on boardand canvas, cre-ated by threeextraordinary art-ists from Wara-kurna Artists.

T h e W a t iTjilpiku Canvasshow will opentomorrow andfeature a talk byWarakurna ArtCentre ManagerEdwina Circuittand ProfessorDarren Jorgensenof the Universityof Western Aust-r a l i a . P r o fJorgenson said:‘ ‘The work ismagical’’.

‘ ‘ W i t h d a z z l i n gtricks of the brush,they create puzzlesthat seduce the eyewith their simplicityand mystery.’’

This is an exhibition

not to be missed and isa highlight in Raft’sexhibition calendarfor 2012.

The exhibition willopen at 11am tomor-row and the talk willstart at about 11.30am.