CAD FACTS
NewsBreak.The Cad Factory was recently evicted from the Cadogan St address.
We were evicted because the owners were undervdeveloped. We were evicted because the real estate agents were whore bags who wore skirts so shirt that you could see the vagina hair tickling it's way underneath enticing you closer to purchase a property.
But that's allright because a newer, better, happier and friendlier place has been found.
There are many Cad Facts. In fact, let me tell you just a few...
There is a common misconception that The Cad Factory is indeed named after the street it was on, that being Cadogan Street. When in fact, the word cad is another name for a loveable rogue. Hence, a factory full of ill-breed people behaving in irresponsible and dishonourable ways! Outrageous! But we love it.
When The Police turned up at a recent party, they didn't try to shut it down, oh no In fact they commented on what a good venue it was for a party, and asked how much it was to live there. In fact, they said, 'You could have a party here, and no one would even call the cops.'
At each party a booklet is made. It includes all the important things you need to know about the night; the name of the bands, the artists, silly Cad tidbits. In fact it is a sweet little keep sake of your time at The Cad.
You know what makes The Cad Factory beautiful? Do you know what sets apart The Cad Factory from other places? It's this ideology. The fact that a small group of people can come together in a place to nurture their own ideas. BEYOND ANY WANK.
The fact that within the mirky creative spectrums of Sydney life, where most art school students these days are Design students, who are caught in this terribly image conscious existence and the music scene is a shallow trench where good people die like dogs and the evil creatures prosper. How lovely is it to know that a place like The Cad can exist simply for no other fact than to exist.
Around The Cad Factory it's notorous for dirty gutter cat rutting. These delinquent children dash from bush to shadow, trying to avoid the menacing gaze of gruff factory workers. Vic befriended two of these lost souls and gained the trust of these two kittens over a number of months. It eventually lead to Foo Foo and Fee Fee having a live in residency at The Cad Factory. In there time there Foo Foo concentrated on midnight piano sessions, while Fee Fee explored the effects of sensory deprivation by becoming trapped in a box for four days. In fact this experience taught us that being trapped under a box whilst a Cad party unfolds results in leaving the box covered in shit.
It's unfortunate... we know... but if you would like a four day in-the-box experience, please send us an email.
In fact send us an email if you have any Cad Facts which should be included.
No facts have been harmed in the making of this list of facts. Contrary to the belief of The Board of Facts (The BOF) and their current web page on facts, we at The Cad Factory, embrace their embracing of factual facts.
People have written a few different things about The Cad...
The Sydney Morning Herald published an article about underground venues and features The Cad Factory. Read it online at SMH ARTICLE
THE CAD FACTORY - AN INTRODUCTION
Vic and I first met in the darkness of an alleyway at Zen studios over the transaction of a bass drum, when my band, The Beautiful Few first played in Sydney in July 2003. Fittingly, it was also the weekend Vic was moving into the factory at 14 Cadogan St. That weekend, Vic came to The Few gigs and when they were over I had to drive the bass drum back to Cadogan St at 3am on a Sunday having no idea where I was. The whole deal that night looked pretty creepy and I was happy to deliver it and be on my way! Little did I know that after Box Freezer Romance came to Melbourne that September, Vic and I would become close friends and I'd move into the factory the following January, taking the front room for two great years.A lot happened early on. Vic and Richard and Rupert started knocking down walls and the studio slowly but surely became a soundproofed gem. Amongst the outside delirium of low flying planes, bread factories, beeping forklifts, and on a dodgy diet of Frank's hot chips and baklavas, we made a Beautiful Few album through all the construction. If music reflects your environment, this was a decent example. Somewhere as well in all of this, we thought some live gigs would be a good idea: BYO alcohol, a door charge to help the bands, no noise restrictions and an encouragement for the music we liked that was either well known or delving deeper into the underground.
Ron Rude, Louis Tillett, The Charles Manson Experiment, Toy Death, Mick Turner, Garry David, The Cannanes, Conway Savage, Whopping Big Naughty and many others were just some of the people that came up the stairs into a place which people couldn't quite see in the daylight as being a venue. The gigs brought heaps of different people, depending on the show and The Sydney Morning Herald ran a feature in the Metro about underground spaces with the Cad Factory leading the surge.
Now that I've gone back to Melbourne and Vic has moved to Enmore, traveling to The Cad Factory daily, it has taken on a new look for 2006: studio, art gallery space, sound installation and gig venue; hopefully also a place to talk as well. I'm looking forward to re-visiting later in the year (mattresses are never too far away) and hope that what gets created at The Cad Factory gets better and better every year.
Kieran Carroll
May 2006
It was a long time ago now I guess...
This guy called Vic had to get rid of his 2" 24 track recorder and a big analogue console. Vic told me he had a 'plan.' I thought to myself, 'What could be more important than lots of analogue tracks and channels?'
Well, with a bit of luck and a little help from friends, things fell into place. Without even realising it at first, I had become part of this CAD factory thing - I met a few cool people and got to know a few others a bit better. Being part of the many live music nights and recording sessions moved me. The performers and audience shared the same space. They were cool because they were real and the whiskey tasted so much better in good company.
In hindsight, I gathered, this was after all, part of the plan.
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Konrad who does live sound at The Cad parties, May 2006
