The Motor Room thinks New Year’s Eve should be easy.
The Big Chill is a new, boutique festival spanning the entire Boundary Street Markets complex in cruise-y West End. It's all about making New Year’s Eve easy… And crazy fun!
Mantra is one of the acts that’s part of the line-up; the Melbourne emcee shares his love of sci-fi novels.
’1984’ - George Orwell
The classic. The book that everyone will admit to having read, even if they haven't. So much of Orwell's future has manifested in our present. Superpowers carry out unending wars against invisible opponents, keeping their population fearful and ignorant while also under constant surveillance. Big Brother is most definitely watching us, and we'd all be really angry about it if we weren't busy watching ‘Big Brother'.‘Brave New World’ - Aldous Huxley
‘Brave New World’ is ‘1984’ on steroids. It takes the idea of state control to the next level. Humans are engineered and manufactured, then programmed and brainwashed to live their lives according to a government-run class system. Basically an extremely geeky way of illustrating the dangers of status-quos and fascism.’Neuromancer’ - William Gibson
William Gibson invented the term ‘cyberspace’, and the concept of The Matrix. Waaaaaaay back in the day. Total sic-fi legend status right there.’Bladerunner’ (or ‘Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?’) - Phillip K Dick
We're getting closer to having robots that mimic human behaviour, and the world is (and pretty much always was), run by the same powerful, malevolent forces that dominate the ‘Bladerunner’ universe. Also gets props for having the dopest, original title of pretty much any book ever.’Counter Clock World’ - Phillip K Dick
My favourite of Phillip K Dick's books. Another awesome projection of the political landscape he lived in. It's set in a world where time runs backwards. You're born in your grave and your life ends in the womb. Pretty gross when you think about all the implications. This hasn't happened in real life yet, to my knowledge.
MantraThe Big Chill takes place at the Boundary Street Markets in Brisbane on New Year’s Eve from 2pm. Other bands on the bill include: Weekend Money, DJ Butcher, DJ Flagrant, Resin Dogs, Dubmarine, The Woohoo Review, Bankrupt Billionaires, Bullhorn, Kingfisha, Captain Dreamboat, Schoolfight, the Born Fresh Showcase and many more.
