<?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 2009 matthayden.blog-city.com</copyright><generator></generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:03:00 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>Michael Jackson gone but not forgotten</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://matthayden.blog-city.com/michael_jackson_gone_but_not_forgotten.htm</guid><link>http://matthayden.blog-city.com/michael_jackson_gone_but_not_forgotten.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:03:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://matthayden.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=michael%5Fjackson%5Fgone%5Fbut%5Fnot%5Fforgotten</comments><dc:creator>Matt Hayden</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[There was always gonna be a spike in sales of Michael Jackson albums when he died, but who would have thought it would be quite so big?The Beeb reports that in the Old Dart:A total of 11 Michael Jackson or Jackson Five albums featured in the top 200.]]></description><category>michael</category><category>jackson</category><category>entertainment</category><category>fame</category><category>music</category><category>celebrity</category><category>popular</category><category>culture</category><category>newtown</category></item><item><title>Bye-bye Whacko Jacko</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://matthayden.blog-city.com/byebye_whacko_jacko.htm</guid><link>http://matthayden.blog-city.com/byebye_whacko_jacko.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:16:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://matthayden.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=byebye%5Fwhacko%5Fjacko</comments><dc:creator>Matt Hayden</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I never thought Michael Jackson would live to a grand old age. But I didn&#39;t think he&#39;d pop his clogs quite so soon. But clearly the cumulative effects of such a crazy, roller-coaster life were just too much.&nbsp; As his former publicist Mich]]></description><category>celebrity</category><category>entertainment</category><category>music</category><category>michael</category><category>jackson</category><category>whacko</category><category>jacko</category><category>tabloids</category><category>media</category><category>death</category><category>drugs</category></item><item><title>Shallow Rachel</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://matthayden.blog-city.com/shallow_rachel.htm</guid><link>http://matthayden.blog-city.com/shallow_rachel.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 08:49:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://matthayden.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=shallow%5Frachel</comments><dc:creator>Matt Hayden</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Rachel Ward, who is now spruiking a flick she&#39;s directed called Beautiful Kate, reckons young thespettes should stop being coy and happily nude up when asked to by directors. It&#39;s necessary for success, she reckons.&nbsp; Don&#39;t wanna soun]]></description><category>acting</category><category>cinema</category><category>movies</category><category>beauty</category><category>nudity</category><category>sex</category><category>culture</category><category>society</category></item><item><title>The dumping of Amanda Duthie</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://matthayden.blog-city.com/the_dumping_of_amanda_duthie.htm</guid><link>http://matthayden.blog-city.com/the_dumping_of_amanda_duthie.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:34:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://matthayden.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=the%5Fdumping%5Fof%5Famanda%5Fduthie</comments><dc:creator>Matt Hayden</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The way the ABC is dealing with this Chaser sketch scandal is absurd. I mean, sacking the Head of TV Comedy because she didn&#39;t flag the sketch and refer it upwards for consideration? It&#39;s the kind of bureaucratic buck passing you might see in]]></description><category>comedy</category><category>satire</category><category>entertainment</category><category>abc</category><category>politics</category><category>bureaucracy</category><category>the</category><category>chaser</category><category>media</category></item><item><title>Kung fu conspiracy?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://matthayden.blog-city.com/kung_fu_conspiracy.htm</guid><link>http://matthayden.blog-city.com/kung_fu_conspiracy.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 04:18:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://matthayden.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=kung%5Ffu%5Fconspiracy</comments><dc:creator>Matt Hayden</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The death of David Carradine just keeps getting weirder. Now his family are saying that it wasn&#39;t auto-erotic asphyxiation that killed him. They reckon he was murdered because of his investigations into a mysterious kung fu sect.&nbsp;Sounds poss]]></description><category>death</category><category>celebrity</category><category>entertainment</category><category>scandals</category><category>sects</category><category>sex</category></item><item><title>The Chastened</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://matthayden.blog-city.com/the_chastened.htm</guid><link>http://matthayden.blog-city.com/the_chastened.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 12:45:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://matthayden.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=the%5Fchastened</comments><dc:creator>Matt Hayden</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Re this cancer kids comedy kerfuffle: One of the Chaser team said &quot;it was meant to be so over the top that people wouldn&#39;t take it seriously&quot;.&nbsp; Well if you&#39;re going to do that, you have to make it crystal clear. You have to con]]></description><category>chaser</category><category>comedy</category><category>satire</category><category>humor</category><category>media</category><category>entertainment</category><category>television</category><category>abc</category><category>cancer</category><category>public</category><category>taste</category><category>culture</category><category>society</category></item><item><title>Out-posting the Post</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://matthayden.blog-city.com/outposting_the_post.htm</guid><link>http://matthayden.blog-city.com/outposting_the_post.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 04:07:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://matthayden.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=outposting%5Fthe%5Fpost</comments><dc:creator>Matt Hayden</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Coupla days ago, I wrote a post about David Carradine&#39;s bizarre death titled &quot;Hung Fu&quot;.&nbsp; Often, when you think you&#39;re the only one to coin a catchy headline, there&#39;s at least one other blogger or hack who&#39;s had an ident]]></description><category>media</category><category>headlines</category><category>newspapers</category><category>tabloids</category><category>blogging</category><category>titles</category></item><item><title>Hung Fu</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://matthayden.blog-city.com/hung_fu.htm</guid><link>http://matthayden.blog-city.com/hung_fu.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 03:30:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://matthayden.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=hung%5Ffu</comments><dc:creator>Matt Hayden</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[So Bill killed himself, in a hotel room in Bangkok.&nbsp; Some may say that David Carradine&#39;s sudden death was a sad, seedy way to go. I disagree. While it was hardly edifying it did have a kind of rough grandeur. I mean, he carked it from a kink]]></description><category>death</category><category>celebrity</category><category>fame</category><category>sex</category><category>actors</category></item><item><title>Susan Boyle&apos;s mental problem</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://matthayden.blog-city.com/susan_boyles_mental_problems_1.htm</guid><link>http://matthayden.blog-city.com/susan_boyles_mental_problems_1.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 02:52:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://matthayden.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=susan%5Fboyles%5Fmental%5Fproblems%5F1</comments><dc:creator>Matt Hayden</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[After SuBo&#39;s recent crack-up, many people have have expressed concern that she has an imaginary friend. Personally, I don&#39;t see this particular aspect of her psychological state a liability if she still wishes for a life in the public eye. Wh]]></description><category>susan</category><category>boyle</category><category>subo</category><category>celebrity</category><category>fame</category><category>television</category><category>entertainment</category><category>britain</category><category>psychology</category><category>mental</category><category>health</category></item><item><title>Provoking the primate</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://matthayden.blog-city.com/provoking_the_primate.htm</guid><link>http://matthayden.blog-city.com/provoking_the_primate.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 02:39:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://matthayden.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=provoking%5Fthe%5Fprimate</comments><dc:creator>Matt Hayden</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Despite the large numbers watching, many viewers said the latest episode of The Chaser was a real stinker. The feeling seems to be that their glory days are behind them; that they&#39;ve well and truly &quot;flown the Vatican&quot;. I reckon they&#39]]></description><category>chaser</category><category>comedy</category><category>humor</category><category>satire</category><category>television</category><category>entertainment</category><category>abc</category></item><item><title>Barnaby&apos;s unique way with words</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://matthayden.blog-city.com/barnabys_unique_way_with_words_1.htm</guid><link>http://matthayden.blog-city.com/barnabys_unique_way_with_words_1.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 01:38:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://matthayden.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=barnabys%5Funique%5Fway%5Fwith%5Fwords%5F1</comments><dc:creator>Matt Hayden</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The more I learn about Barnaby Joyce, the more I like him. 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He and a muso called James McMillan were talking about the stultifyingly politically correct atmosphere in Britain&#39;s Artsville. It was interesting stuff and I&#39;ll pos]]></description><category>britain</category><category>bbc</category><category>political</category><category>correctness</category><category>arts</category><category>culture</category><category>society</category><category>media</category><category>liberal</category><category>conservative</category></item><item><title>When abortion is murder</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://matthayden.blog-city.com/when_abortion_is_murder.htm</guid><link>http://matthayden.blog-city.com/when_abortion_is_murder.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 01:26:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://matthayden.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=when%5Fabortion%5Fis%5Fmurder</comments><dc:creator>Matt Hayden</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[When a teenager pays a bloke to beat her up so that her unwanted 7-month old fetus dies, she is charged with criminal solicitation to commit murder. 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Says gay rights activist Gary Burns:&ldquo;Yo]]></description><category>humor</category><category>comedy</category><category>entertainment</category><category>gay</category><category>rights</category><category>homophobia</category><category>political</category><category>correctness</category><category>discrimination</category><category>media</category><category>australia</category><category>culture</category><category>society</category></item><item><title>Premature exasperation?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://matthayden.blog-city.com/premature_exasperation.htm</guid><link>http://matthayden.blog-city.com/premature_exasperation.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 07:23:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://matthayden.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=premature%5Fexasperation</comments><dc:creator>Matt Hayden</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The Advanced Medical Institute has been in hot water in the past because of its billboards. It&#39;s fallen foul of the authorities again, with its latest advertisiment being deemed too offensive and demeaning for broadcast.&nbsp; The offending ad ha]]></description><category>advertising</category><category>television</category><category>media</category><category>sexual</category><category>health</category><category>humor</category><category>comedy</category></item><item><title>Andrew Mallard accepts payment</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://matthayden.blog-city.com/andrew_mallard_accepts_payment.htm</guid><link>http://matthayden.blog-city.com/andrew_mallard_accepts_payment.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 02:39:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://matthayden.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=andrew%5Fmallard%5Faccepts%5Fpayment</comments><dc:creator>Matt Hayden</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Andrew Mallard still isn&#39;t happy, even though he has accepted the West Australian Government&#39;s offer of over three million bucks. (He originally requested over seven million.)&nbsp; But what&#39;s the diff between $7.25 million and $3.25 mill]]></description><category>perth</category><category>western</category><category>australia</category><category>justice</category><category>law</category><category>order</category><category>compensation</category><category>ethics</category><category>morality</category></item><item><title>Cottesloe icon gone</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://matthayden.blog-city.com/cottesloe_icon_gone.htm</guid><link>http://matthayden.blog-city.com/cottesloe_icon_gone.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2009 09:47:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://matthayden.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=cottesloe%5Ficon%5Fgone</comments><dc:creator>Matt Hayden</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Anyone who has been to pictaresque Cottesloe beach will remember the pylon situated near the groin. I often surfed at that beach when I was a young grommet decades ago, and caught waves only metres from it numerous time. Last time I went there, a cou]]></description><category>cottesloe</category><category>beach</category><category>perth</category><category>western</category><category>australia</category><category>surfing</category><category>weather</category><category>memories</category></item><item><title>Creative Sydney lauds Earth Hour and The Chaser</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://matthayden.blog-city.com/creative_sydney_lauds_earth_hour_and_the_chaser.htm</guid><link>http://matthayden.blog-city.com/creative_sydney_lauds_earth_hour_and_the_chaser.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 07:47:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://matthayden.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=creative%5Fsydney%5Flauds%5Fearth%5Fhour%5Fand%5Fthe%5Fchaser</comments><dc:creator>Matt Hayden</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The Chaser has gotta be one of the worst shows on the teev. It&#39;s witless, nasty and not very funny. &quot;Stunt humour&quot; is done very well by someone like Sacha Baron Cohen because he is genuinely duping his victims, is an accomplished actor]]></description><category>comedy</category><category>humor</category><category>satire</category><category>entertainment</category><category>creativity</category><category>innovation</category><category>sydney</category><category>the</category><category>chaser</category><category>earth</category><category>hour</category></item><item><title>Everyone&apos;s offended!</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://matthayden.blog-city.com/everyones_offended.htm</guid><link>http://matthayden.blog-city.com/everyones_offended.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 02:37:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://matthayden.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=everyones%5Foffended</comments><dc:creator>Matt Hayden</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The Matthew Johns scandal reveals how morally confused Australia is now.&nbsp; And here&#39;s another example: Not long ago, Christians were deeply offended by posters of the Virgin Mary sporting a cranial penis. Not to be outdone, Aussie prossies ha]]></description><category>australia</category><category>political</category><category>correctness</category><category>discrimination</category><category>sex</category><category>industry</category><category>religion</category><category>christianity</category></item><item><title>Sapphic cinema convention</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://matthayden.blog-city.com/sapphic_cinema_convention.htm</guid><link>http://matthayden.blog-city.com/sapphic_cinema_convention.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 09:44:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://matthayden.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=sapphic%5Fcinema%5Fconvention</comments><dc:creator>Matt Hayden</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Interesting how dykes in movies are almost always lipstick lesbians.&nbsp; Have a look at this one, who happens to be a vampire to boot. She doesn&#39;t look remotely like ones I see on Enmore Road almost every day.&nbsp;]]></description><category>lesbians</category><category>cinema</category><category>film</category><category>sexuality</category><category>vampires</category></item><item><title>Real team players</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://matthayden.blog-city.com/real_team_players.htm</guid><link>http://matthayden.blog-city.com/real_team_players.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 02:19:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://matthayden.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=real%5Fteam%5Fplayers</comments><dc:creator>Matt Hayden</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Many people are scratching their heads about this whole rugby group sex phenomenon. 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