Rob Benvie

Office drone Maria Barbizan leads what looks like a meaningless life. She’s lonely, and she doesn’t really exist, at her job or within her family. One day, she does everything we’ve all dreamed of – she throws her purse and old life in the trash, and joins an enigmatic contest to win... a car. Locked in a room with four strangers, each more eccentric than the next, she must go through a series of challenges – a “competition to probe the very essence of mind-body articulation”, lead by Homunculus, an intriguing and curious host.

West Berlin, 1989. Manny Jumpcannon prowls his dingy apartment, phoning various degenerates from his past. He's hoping for some uncertain vindication but the ensuing conversations only reveal his own sordid history of deceit.

A young woman mulls how to terminate her unwanted pregnancy and whether to leave her boyfriend.

Joel Plaskett, Rob Benvie and Ian MacGettigan of Thrush Hermit drop by the murderecords head office where a tough but fair Patrick Pentland is running the show. Thrush Hermit are about to release mur004, the Smart Bomb EP. Jay Ferguson and Chris Murphy make cameos in the murderecords songwriting department.