Its been a long time since a live show has affected me on as deep a level as the show I went along to on Saturday night. But Chromeo live at The Basement (presented by Modular Monthly) has done just that. Chromeo is what you would loosely call a Synth Pop duo, from Montreal. Cheesy […]
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Just a quick note to say good night and good luck to Mitch (who is moving to Germany), and farewell Salacious Crumb. Thanks for the rocking gig on Saturday. My ears are still ringing, I think I need to see a doctor.
Congratulations to my good friends Monster Gale along with Hung Donkey and of course […]
Last night, thanks to my good mate Leeann, I was lucky enough to get a free ticket to a preview screening of The Aristocrats (IMDB link). It’s been out in the US for some time now but only just coming out here. The Aristocrats is a documentary about an in-joke amongst comedians that has been […]
In recent sad news, Academy Award Nominee Noriyuki “Pat” Morita (Wikipedia, IMDB) has died, at the age of 73.
He played Arnold in Happy Days and of course, Mr Miyagi in The Karate Kid series.
Pat, you will be missed. Here’s a fitting tribute:
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Thanks to everyone who entered the Degrassi book giveaway a couple of weeks back. All the entries were great.
The winner of the best entry was Brad (bonus points for being first). The winner of the random selection was Amy (your entry was good too). Congrats. I’ll get in touch with you guys to get […]
Degrassi: Generations The Official 411
I, like many others my age who grew up in front of the box, would come home to enjoy Degrassi Junior High (and later Degrassi High), after school. If you grew up watching this on the ABC (Australia), you would remember the introductory warning from The Afternoon Show host (James […]
WoW. Where to begin… This game has got me hooked. Most games have a month or two max lastability with me, but I got this back in May and I’m still playing it - and I can still see a couple of solid months play remaining, at least. While I have my head raised from […]
I recently had the pleasure of renting out Bubba Ho-Tep starring Bruce Campbell of Evil Dead fame. This film is all B-grade beauty with a strangely original plot.
Bruce Campbell plays Elvis Presley, who we find living a depressed life in a nursing home with a tumour on the end of his penis. To cut a […]
So I’ve just returned from a much needed short rest break in the Blue Mountains with my lovely significant other. We passed the time reading, drinking wine in front of log fires, wearing warm $2 slippers and having spa baths. I even rode a horse. All this busy relaxation did not preclude us from getting […]
Well I mentioned in the previous post how through a bit of luck (or at least a good understanding of odds) I was a winner of a Degrassi DVD giveaway. I think entering competitions where I perceive relatively few other people will enter has become a bit of a thing for me, however I digress… […]
Newsflash: Hunter S. Thompson, author of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and Hells Angels has fatally shot himself in his Colorado home.
We can only hope for a “Fear and Loathing in the Afterlife”. RIP Hunter.
Full report at Sydney Morning Herald.
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy comes to the big screen
I hate getting caught up in the buzz of “long awaited” films, but I have to say, the upcoming adaptation of Douglas Adams‘ The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy has caught my interest.
The cast choice seems pretty awesome, including Martin Freeman (who most of […]
Kid Koala and the Short Attention Span Theatre Show
Thursday night saw Kid Koala bring his Short Attention Span Theatre Show to Sydney’s Metro Theatre. This show saw 3 DJs with very eclectic record collections on 8 turntables along with great illustrated and animated visuals, friendly spoken word intervals and one bizarrely entertaining Lucil Lederhosen. And […]
Just got back from seeing the coolest martial arts film since Enter the Dragon, Kung Fu Hustle (aka Gong Fu). You’d be hard pressed to see a cooler, funnier, weirder, more entertaining film this year, and the martial arts are simply spectacular. Not to be missed on the big screen.
Stephen Chow wrote, directed […]
Movie of the Week: The Karate Kid Part III
8 November, 2004 in Arts + entertainment and Movies. 5 Comments“First it was teacher to student. Then was father to son. Now it’s man to man.” So bad it’s good!
Wow, I just started playing The Sims 2 and I’m hopelessly addicted. It’s like Big Brother, but actually entertaining, because I get to be Big Brother!
Currently Don the resident sleaze-bag is trying to “Woohoo” with as many lady Sims as possible. Trying to get two of the local ladies to both get in […]
Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara
So it’s been a busy few days, followed by some not-so-busy days. I spent the long weekend at Newcastle, having a beer with mates and on the prowl for the elusive “This is Not a Penis” festival. I was unlucky, instead I constantly ran into the various happenings that made up the This Is Not […]
When I was around 6 or 7, the local neighbourhood kids and I used to run around pretending we were our favourite super heroes. We wore towels around our necks but many of us weren’t trying to be Superman or Batman. We were the bumbling Ralph Hinkley, better known at the time as The […]
Classic Star Trek featuring Clint Howard
13 August, 2004 in Weird and Arts + entertainment. 4 CommentsOn one of my late night web trawls I’ve found some classic Shatner action (4.3MB Quicktime) with a brilliantly memorable appearance by a very young Clint Howard, lesser known but massively more talented brother of director Ron Howard (Parenthood, Apollo 13, A Beautiful Mind).
Clint Howard is known for such classic roles as the […]
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