The first episode of “Australian Idol” was on TV tonight. In some ways it’s going to be like all the other Idols around the world, and didn’t let me down by having plenty of hopefuls doing the “woo-oooh” emotional warble. But on the other hand, it did have a unique Australian flavour. At one point [...]
There’s an infomercial on and one of the pieces of shit being advertised is a juicer. The hyperactive chef demonstrates how you can put an apple in, juice it, then pour the juice back into the hollowed out apple and drink from it. That got me thinking: In what situation would it actually be possible [...]
a) Reality TV is a crutch for people who can’t handle reality. Cameron is the winner of UK Big Brother. Hooray! Unlike the Australian BB where one housemate was voted out each week until there were only two housemates left, the UK BB ended with five housemates. Oh, but Cameron is so nice. He deserved [...]
One year Dylzno scammed a press pass to the comedy festival, so we went to a whole lot of shows. I always made him sit in the front show, and he usually ended up being picked on by the comedians. But then during Brendhan Lovegrove’s show the bald gap-toothed comedian somehow ended up sitting in [...]
I was heading down Queen Street to catch a bus home when I stumbled across the official opening ceremony of the Britomart centre. There was a rented tent with a bunch of men in suits milling about under it. One of those bango/double bass/trumpet bands (what’s that genre called?) were standing about 30 metres away [...]
I dug out my old card from when I went to the gym two years ago. On some equipment I was lifting 100 lbs more than I’m doing now. I had no idea I was that strong back then. I saw “View From The Top”, the Gwyneth comedy about an air hostess. It was silly [...]
My pectoral muscles hurt. It’s strange sensation because I don’t normally think of there being any muscles on my chest. Yesterday I went to my old gym for the first time in two years. Since I left they moved into a new building. The old one had treadmills, bikes etc, circuit weight machines and various [...]
The grand finale of Big Brother was a little anti-climactical. I mean, Regina was a massive favourite right from the beginning. She was always the most popular housemate on the weekly online polls. The only thing resembling a shock eviction was yesterday when Daniel was evicted ahead of Chrissie. But Regina won, totally breaking the [...]
What happened to the remix? I remember back in the day when a remix just meant a regular song with different music or beats. But now remixes are almost different songs all together. Like, why do a cover of an old Phil Collins song when you can rewrite one of your own songs a couple [...]
The Face magazine continues to freak me out. I’d just picked up the August edition (air freighted, from Magazzino, v. good) and was reading the editorial. Editor Neil Stevenson had made a list of “my favourite people this month”. In the middle of it I was shocked to read: Les Mills The former New Zealand [...]