<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Latest entries from matthayden.blog-city.com</title><link>http://matthayden.blog-city.com/</link><description></description><copyright>Copyright 2008 matthayden.blog-city.com</copyright><generator></generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:19:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>Latest entries from matthayden.blog-city.com</title><url>http://server1.blog-city.com/images/bc_v5_logo_small.gif</url><link>http://matthayden.blog-city.com/</link></image><ttl>360</ttl><docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs><item><title>Airheads for Australia!</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://matthayden.blog-city.com/airheads_for_australia.htm</guid><link>http://matthayden.blog-city.com/airheads_for_australia.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:02:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://matthayden.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=airheads%5Ffor%5Faustralia</comments><dc:creator>Matt Hayden</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Listening to talkback over the last day or so, I&#39;ve heard quite a few callers giving their thoughts on the movie Australia. A trend has definitely emerged: Those who were critical gave quite thoughtful responses. They weren&#39;t your usual gulli]]></description><category>australia</category><category>film</category><category>cinema</category><category>entertainment</category><category>criticism</category><category>culture</category></item><item><title>Not such a good bid</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://matthayden.blog-city.com/not_such_a_good_bid.htm</guid><link>http://matthayden.blog-city.com/not_such_a_good_bid.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:03:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://matthayden.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=not%5Fsuch%5Fa%5Fgood%5Fbid</comments><dc:creator>Matt Hayden</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Re that nauseating act of opportunism by Labor MP James Bidgood: You can understand Rudd and his fellow pollies being appalled by Bidgood trying to sell the pics of that bloke immolating himself. But you&#39;ve gotta wonder about all the hacks condem]]></description><category>journalism</category><category>politics</category><category>media</category><category>ethics</category><category>canberra</category></item><item><title>Washed up mermaid all at sea</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://matthayden.blog-city.com/washed_up_mermaid_out_to_save_the_whales.htm</guid><link>http://matthayden.blog-city.com/washed_up_mermaid_out_to_save_the_whales.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:19:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://matthayden.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=washed%5Fup%5Fmermaid%5Fout%5Fto%5Fsave%5Fthe%5Fwhales</comments><dc:creator>Matt Hayden</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[So Daryl Hannah has joined malignant misanthrope Paul Watson on his latest nautical jaunt.&nbsp;You always have to be suspicious when Hollywood types do stuff like this. They&#39;re not motivated solely by stupidity like the zealous little poppets wh]]></description><category>whaling</category><category>environmentalism</category><category>celebrity</category><category>cinema</category></item><item><title>Australians review Australia review</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://matthayden.blog-city.com/australians_review_australia_review.htm</guid><link>http://matthayden.blog-city.com/australians_review_australia_review.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 03:46:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://matthayden.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=australians%5Freview%5Faustralia%5Freview</comments><dc:creator>Matt Hayden</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[That unflattering review of the film Australia  by Mark Naglazas has really hit a nerve. If this is an indication of our cultural identity, then we&#39;re less laconic and thick skinned than we thought. Seem to be quite a touchy bunch, actually.&nbsp]]></description><category>culture</category><category>film</category><category>australia</category><category>society</category><category>cinema</category><category>entertainment</category></item><item><title>Artocalypse Now</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://matthayden.blog-city.com/artocalypse_now.htm</guid><link>http://matthayden.blog-city.com/artocalypse_now.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 15:20:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://matthayden.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=artocalypse%5Fnow</comments><dc:creator>Matt Hayden</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[From an inspiring story about a muso who found a creative outlet even after his death  to a tragic one about fully extant artistes having their budding careers violently cut short: The new artistic director of the Sydney Dance Company, Rafael Bonache]]></description><category>arts</category><category>funding</category><category>dance</category><category>politics</category><category>sydney</category></item><item><title>Performer finds new lease of death</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://matthayden.blog-city.com/performer_finds_new_lease_of_death.htm</guid><link>http://matthayden.blog-city.com/performer_finds_new_lease_of_death.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 15:07:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://matthayden.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=performer%5Ffinds%5Fnew%5Flease%5Fof%5Fdeath</comments><dc:creator>Matt Hayden</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The late actress Emily Perry&nbsp;was eighty years old when she nailed the gig as Dame Edna&#39;s bridesmaid Madge Allsop, a role that made her famous. Up until now I thought that was a world record for late booming.But nup. Another arty type has act]]></description><category>theatre</category><category>shakespeare</category><category>fame</category><category>death</category><category>acting</category><category>drama</category><category>music</category></item><item><title>Spiritual benefits of the global economic downturn</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://matthayden.blog-city.com/spiritual_benefits_of_the_global_economic_downturn.htm</guid><link>http://matthayden.blog-city.com/spiritual_benefits_of_the_global_economic_downturn.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:13:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://matthayden.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=spiritual%5Fbenefits%5Fof%5Fthe%5Fglobal%5Feconomic%5Fdownturn</comments><dc:creator>Matt Hayden</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Not surprisingly most people investigating and analyzing&nbsp;the world economic downturn and its consequences for society&nbsp;feel a sense of dread about it all. But at least one of these researchers, the fluffy wuffy Hugh McKay, is almost looking]]></description><category>global</category><category>economic</category><category>downturn</category><category>society</category><category>social</category><category>research</category></item><item><title>Knife attack in Newtown</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://matthayden.blog-city.com/knife_attack_in_newtown.htm</guid><link>http://matthayden.blog-city.com/knife_attack_in_newtown.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 03:51:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://matthayden.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=knife%5Fattack%5Fin%5Fnewtown</comments><dc:creator>Matt Hayden</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I&#39;ve written before about the frequent violence that occurs in this city. Another gruesome act occurred last night. This time it was at my local.Honest, the pub where it occurred is about&nbsp;three minutes walk from where I live!Scary.]]></description><category>violence</category><category>crime</category><category>sydney</category><category>newtown</category></item><item><title>Greer&apos;s sneer</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://matthayden.blog-city.com/greers_sneer.htm</guid><link>http://matthayden.blog-city.com/greers_sneer.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:31:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://matthayden.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=greers%5Fsneer</comments><dc:creator>Matt Hayden</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[One thing I learned about feminists from my time in Artsville: They do hate men, but they absolutely loathe other women.&nbsp; That&#39;s why I&#39;m not surprised by the Germainiac&#39;s latest rant, a vicious attack on Michelle Obama.&nbsp;]]></description><category>germaine</category><category>greer</category><category>feminism</category><category>culture</category><category>society</category><category>gender</category><category>celebrity</category><category>michelle</category><category>obama</category></item><item><title>Moulin Rouge in the outback</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://matthayden.blog-city.com/moulin_rouge_in_the_outback.htm</guid><link>http://matthayden.blog-city.com/moulin_rouge_in_the_outback.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:43:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://matthayden.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=moulin%5Frouge%5Fin%5Fthe%5Foutback</comments><dc:creator>Matt Hayden</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Considering how suspiciously positive many reviews of the epic movie Australia have been, it&#39;s refreshing&nbsp;to read an honest, highly critical one. As Mark Naglazas describes the movie, it sounds like Baz Lurhmann is up to his old tricks. Lots]]></description><category>australia</category><category>cinema</category><category>movies</category><category>film</category><category>culture</category><category>society</category></item><item><title>Brothels, rock spiders and politics</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://matthayden.blog-city.com/brothels_rock_spiders_and_politics.htm</guid><link>http://matthayden.blog-city.com/brothels_rock_spiders_and_politics.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 03:18:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://matthayden.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=brothels%5Frock%5Fspiders%5Fand%5Fpolitics</comments><dc:creator>Matt Hayden</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[So it turns out that above Premier Nathan Rees&#39;s electorate office is an, er, erectorate office. He reckons he didn&#39;t know what was going on. It&#39;s reminiscent of another Rees related story: his role as chief of staff for convicted pedophi]]></description><category>nsw</category><category>politics</category><category>ethics</category><category>sex</category><category>industry</category></item><item><title>G20 gaffe still snowballing</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://matthayden.blog-city.com/g20_gaffe_still_snowballing.htm</guid><link>http://matthayden.blog-city.com/g20_gaffe_still_snowballing.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2008 08:57:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://matthayden.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=g20%5Fgaffe%5Fstill%5Fsnowballing</comments><dc:creator>Matt Hayden</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Re those false comments about Bush not knowing what the G20 was: If Rudd himself leaked them - and it looks very much like he did  - then it just confirms my view that our PM has an emotional age of about seven. And it reveals a bloody-mindedness tha]]></description><category>australian</category><category>politics</category><category>prime</category><category>minister</category><category>kevin</category><category>rudd</category><category>president</category><category>george</category><category>bush</category><category>g20</category><category>diplomacy</category><category>scandals</category><category>journalism</category><category>ethics</category></item><item><title>Ray Hadley and Nathan Rees</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://matthayden.blog-city.com/ray_hadley_and_nathan_rees.htm</guid><link>http://matthayden.blog-city.com/ray_hadley_and_nathan_rees.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 02:58:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://matthayden.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=ray%5Fhadley%5Fand%5Fnathan%5Frees</comments><dc:creator>Matt Hayden</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Say what you want about NSW Premier Nathan Rees, he&#39;s certainly got iron self-discipline. Yesterday he did an interview with big name radio broadcaster Ray Hadley on 2GB. The ultra-blokey Hadley let loose in his inimitable way. I suspect that man]]></description><category>nsw</category><category>politics</category><category>media</category><category>radio</category></item><item><title>President Obama&apos;s transformative power</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://matthayden.blog-city.com/president_obamas_transformative_power.htm</guid><link>http://matthayden.blog-city.com/president_obamas_transformative_power.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 10:12:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://matthayden.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=president%5Fobamas%5Ftransformative%5Fpower</comments><dc:creator>Matt Hayden</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Now that The One has become, er, Number One, fluffy wuffies who hate America will now have to do an emotional one eighty. The country they derided as the world&#39;s most small-minded and racist has now become its most visionary and inclusive! Some a]]></description><category>president</category><category>barack</category><category>obama</category><category>media</category><category>ethics</category><category>reporting</category><category>america</category><category>usa</category><category>iraq</category><category>journalism</category></item><item><title>Hackles rising</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://matthayden.blog-city.com/hackles_rising.htm</guid><link>http://matthayden.blog-city.com/hackles_rising.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 11:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://matthayden.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=hackles%5Frising</comments><dc:creator>Matt Hayden</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Bruce Springsteen is the latest famous airhead to give his support to Obama.&quot;So&nbsp;I don&#39;t know about you,&quot; said the ageing rocker, &quot;but I want my country back, I want my dream back, I want my America back.&quot;My, my, my. Me, m]]></description><category>rock</category><category>music</category><category>politics</category><category>fame</category><category>celebrity</category><category>springsteen</category><category>obama</category><category>usa</category></item><item><title>Oils ain&apos;t Oils</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://matthayden.blog-city.com/oils_aint_oils.htm</guid><link>http://matthayden.blog-city.com/oils_aint_oils.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 12:01:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://matthayden.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=oils%5Faint%5Foils</comments><dc:creator>Matt Hayden</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[So Labor is the luvvies&#39; friend? Wrong! Peter Garrett, Federal Arts Minister, has decided to cut 2.6 million bucks in funding for the Australian National Academy of Music, of an elite training school for classical musos in Melbourne. Staff are pa]]></description><category>arts</category><category>culture</category><category>music</category><category>education</category><category>politics</category><category>dance</category><category>celebrity</category><category>environmentalism</category><category>labor</category></item><item><title>Comedy becomes farce</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://matthayden.blog-city.com/comedy_becomes_farce.htm</guid><link>http://matthayden.blog-city.com/comedy_becomes_farce.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 02:30:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://matthayden.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=comedy%5Fbecomes%5Ffarce</comments><dc:creator>Matt Hayden</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Whether you think the fallout from the prank call made by Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand was over the top or not, one thing&#39;s for sure: it reveals the sad decline of British comedy culture. Now, what passes for comedy is leaving puerile, obscene]]></description><category>comedy</category><category>entertainment</category><category>satire</category><category>humor</category><category>bbc</category><category>britain</category><category>television</category><category>celebrity</category><category>media</category></item><item><title>Heath Ledger Theatre controversy</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://matthayden.blog-city.com/heath_ledger_theatre_controversy.htm</guid><link>http://matthayden.blog-city.com/heath_ledger_theatre_controversy.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 04:19:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://matthayden.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=heath%5Fledger%5Ftheatre%5Fcontroversy</comments><dc:creator>Matt Hayden</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Still over in the mild west: The Perth arts community is all asquitter over the naming of a new theatre complex. Knowing how petty and parochial that joint is the discord this issue creates will probably last for decades. You&#39;d think that as purp]]></description><category>perth</category><category>western</category><category>australia</category><category>theatre</category><category>politics</category><category>govenment</category><category>celebrity</category><category>entertainment</category><category>culture</category></item><item><title>Juvenile injustice</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://matthayden.blog-city.com/juvenile_injustice.htm</guid><link>http://matthayden.blog-city.com/juvenile_injustice.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 03:02:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://matthayden.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=juvenile%5Finjustice</comments><dc:creator>Matt Hayden</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Some troubled teen has got West Aussie social workers worried. Deciding that the the cost of inaction will be greater (and where have I heard that argument used before?) the Department of Child Protection has set him up on an isolated farm with round]]></description><category>social</category><category>work</category><category>psychology</category><category>therapy</category><category>western</category><category>australia</category><category>culture</category><category>society</category></item><item><title>Excremental as anything</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://matthayden.blog-city.com/excremental_as_anything.htm</guid><link>http://matthayden.blog-city.com/excremental_as_anything.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 02:06:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://matthayden.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=excremental%5Fas%5Fanything</comments><dc:creator>Matt Hayden</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Don&#39;t know about you, but I do find this gelati-gate scandal weirdly fascinating. I mean, the plot&#39;s getting thicker than the notorious scoop in question!Like, just yesterday&nbsp;the Coogee Bay Hotel&#39;s legal team said they had proof that]]></description><category>public</category><category>health</category><category>scandals</category><category>sydney</category><category>media</category></item><item><title>Blunt treatment</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://matthayden.blog-city.com/blunt_treatment.htm</guid><link>http://matthayden.blog-city.com/blunt_treatment.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 01:16:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://matthayden.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=blunt%5Ftreatment</comments><dc:creator>Matt Hayden</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Some poor Aussie babe has learned the hard way that crooner James Blunt isn&#39;t quite as deep and sensitive as his songs make him out to be.&nbsp; If the bloke&#39;s a big time coke snorter, as she says, then that says a lot about his character. 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