Tag: CULTURE [Die, Fluffy Wuffy, Die!]

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Perth, Australia's hoon capital

Sunday, 22 November 2009 2:07 P GMT+10

Having returned repeatedly to Perth, Western Australia over the last two decades, I've seen a lot of changes. The place practically doubled in population, became ethnically and culturally way more diverse, and is now far more aggressive and fast-

Blogging nemesis returns!

Sunday, 25 October 2009 9:09 P GMT+10

Just got some very disturbing news: My nemesis Derek Sapphire has returned to the internet and resumed blogging. Derek and I are enemies from way back, and we've clashed many times before both online and off. When I started blogging, he quickly f

Falcon Heene will be haunted by hoax

Sunday, 25 October 2009 8:41 P GMT+10

While this couple who faked this balloon boy incident are obviously total pillocks who deserve to be punished for what they did, you've really gotta feel sorry for them. I mean, imagine being that needy and insecure that you would even consider d

Golliwogs now an endangered species

Monday, 19 October 2009 1:48 P GMT+10

The Hey Hey It's Saturday! blackface furore made paranoid shop owners move their golliwogs to the back shelves. Understandably, some think the reaction is unjustified. Store owner Diarne Revelle is quoted in the story above: "Kids aren't

Right-wing street theatre in Sri Lanka

Tuesday, 6 October 2009 1:15 P GMT+10

In Sri Lanka, street theatre will be used to warn people of the dangers of trying to enter Australia illegally by boat. Now that's gotta be a first! I mean, the medium was invented by dirty, smelly hippies with no talent to inflict their moronic

It's because they suck

Sunday, 23 August 2009 2:17 P GMT+10

Still more agonizing over our pathetic film "industry". Here a hack poses the old question: Why can't Aussie movies pull a crowd when they are so critically lauded?Answer: because they suck. See, Australian film-makers don't make mo

Plants attack!

Tuesday, 4 August 2009 7:41 P GMT+10

Re this silly idea that nature is mad as hell and isn't gonna take it anymore: As we all know it's at the heart of a lot of green propaganda. But it's really soaked into popular culture to a surprising extent as well. A good example

Feminist naval gazing

Sunday, 5 July 2009 1:41 P GMT+10

While the fact that sailors on the HMAS Success were competing to shag as many women as possible is definitely not a good look, I do think that some people are over-reacting a tad. Melinda Tankard-Reist, for instance, says:"I don't believe t

Michael Jackson gone but not forgotten

Tuesday, 30 June 2009 3:03 P GMT+10

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.

Shallow Rachel

Sunday, 14 June 2009 6:49 P GMT+10

Rachel Ward, who is now spruiking a flick she's directed called Beautiful Kate, reckons young thespettes should stop being coy and happily nude up when asked to by directors. It's necessary for success, she reckons. Don't wanna soun

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The Chastened

Monday, 8 June 2009 10:45 P GMT+10

Re this cancer kids comedy kerfuffle: One of the Chaser team said "it was meant to be so over the top that people wouldn't take it seriously". Well if you're going to do that, you have to make it crystal clear. You have to con

Peter Whittle, commentator

Saturday, 30 May 2009 1:26 P GMT+10

Just heard this bloke being interviewed on the Beeb's show Politics UK. He and a muso called James McMillan were talking about the stultifyingly politically correct atmosphere in Britain's Artsville. It was interesting stuff and I'll pos

Gay jokes on The Footy Show

Thursday, 28 May 2009 12:48 P GMT+10

Matthew Johns, the boofhead the squitterati love to hate, is embroiled in a new controversy. This time, he's provoked the ire of the gay community with a "homophobic" skit on The Footy Show. Says gay rights activist Gary Burns:“Yo

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Matthew Johns group sexism scandal

Thursday, 14 May 2009 3:59 P GMT+10

So there's a push on to out the other players in the Matthew Johns group sex scandal. Part of the argument that they should be named and shamed is because they are public figures; role models. Fair enough. But isn't "Clare" as well?

New look an old story

Wednesday, 22 April 2009 2:06 P GMT+10

Susan Boyle reckons she needs a makeover. I suspect it won't be long before she looks like so many other glossy celebs. And when that has happened, she will have lost what made her so unique in the first place. Kinda sad, I reckon. Happens

Jay Leno's Susan Boyle impersonation

Tuesday, 21 April 2009 12:52 P GMT+10

The media coverage of Susan Boyle and her stunning performance on Britian's Got Talent has been overwhelmingly positive, but Jay Leno has broken ranks with an impersonation of her. Seems to be all in good fun; not malicious. But it does pro

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Susan Boyle, the new Paul Potts

Thursday, 16 April 2009 1:37 P GMT+10

Susan Boyle is a plump, dowdy 47 year old who has recently appeared on Britain's Got Talent. Not unlike the aesthetically challenged Paul Potts a coupla years back, she suddenly became extremely graceful once she sang her first note, leaving many

Fantastic Aussie doco

Wednesday, 15 April 2009 12:57 P GMT+10

For any film buff out there, you've just gotta have a look at Not Quite Hollywood. It's a rollicking doco about the much maligned "Ozploitation" flicks of the seventies and eighties. The doco opened in the cinemas not so long

Children are our future

Friday, 9 January 2009 8:57 P GMT+10

This story about an adorable bublet whose art is now being exhibited in a dinkum art gallery in Melbourne reveals two things.One: The whole Oz art scene is a massive fraud, full of talentless tossers and self-important pseuds. But hey, we knew t

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The Bogan from Logan (a poem)

Wednesday, 7 January 2009 2:28 P GMT+10

The Mayor of Logan, Pam Parker, has excluded the town's most famous export, supermodel Catherine McNeil, from a celeb-rich advertising campaign. Why? Because the luscious uberspunk proudly identifies herself as the "Bogan from Logan".&

Jackman and Kidman's very Australian hypocrisy

Thursday, 18 December 2008 3:39 P GMT+10

Nicole Kidman's windy faux pas on German TV and the squitterati's subsequent silence reveal several things about our craven PC culture. Firstly, both she and Hugh Jackman are hypocrites. I mean, you'd think that being so culturall

Blues used ... again

Friday, 12 December 2008 2:26 P GMT+10

Just recently, depression was used as an excuse for rugby player Greg Bird's alleged bad behaviour. Now, a high profile young businesswoman is invoking it as a reason for her cocaine use. Call me cynical but I don't buy it. I think she just b

Airheads for Australia!

Thursday, 4 December 2008 3:22 P GMT+10

Listening to talkback over the last day or so, I'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't your usual gulli

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Australians review Australia review

Monday, 1 December 2008 1:46 P GMT+10

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're less laconic and thick skinned than we thought. Seem to be quite a touchy bunch, actually.

Greer's sneer

Thursday, 20 November 2008 1:31 P GMT+10

One thing I learned about feminists from my time in Artsville: They do hate men, but they absolutely loathe other women. That's why I'm not surprised by the Germainiac's latest rant, a vicious attack on Michelle Obama.