January 20, 2005
A Few More Things…
Blog Related!
First up - check this site out. Alyson With A Y from CFB Goes Pop has ventured out from the angst ridden world of Live Journal Liz Journal (sorry, Will!) and made herself a solo home over on Blogger. Interesting, yes, but not the best part. Alyson has created an improv blog where punters give her a topic and she responds by writing a rollicking rant about the subject. So far, she’s blogged about woodwork, cheese and ice cream - and rather wonderfully, too. Go check it out. And while you’re at it, read Nic White’s thoughts on The Beaze replacing Latham (there, see - don’t say I’m not a delightful if not occasionally forgetful girl!)
Free Mp3s!
One of my favouritest mp3 blogs in-tha-world - stereogum - has some wicked tunes online. Have a listen to new songs from Darp’s favourite band The Arcade Fire, download two excellent mash ups (The Beatles vs The Cure? Alicia Keys vs Elvis Costello?), read Jennifer Garner’s work out play list and while you’re at it - speculate as to whether Britney’s preggers.
Darp & Co vs Australian Nazis with Erectile Dysfunction League (ANEDL)
After being the feature story on Triple J’s Hack program Tuesday afternoon, Darp and his sexy posse of “decadent herd animals” crashed a small (though presumably not intentionally) gathering of skinheads in the city yesterday. Triple J’s Hack reps were there to capture the moment for yesterday afternoon’s show too. Gold.
Read Darp’s post for the whole story. And be sure to listen to Hack’s streaming of the shows (Tuesday and Wednesday) for A MASSIVE LAUGH! Highlight - Dr Jim Saleam yelling “Trotskyites!” and generally sounding like the demented old racist he is. Hilarious.
ausculture.com Link Stuff!
As per usual, we’re a little behind in updating our links. The whole site’s due for a revamp some time in the next month or two (a job that has been put in Patrick’s careful, skilled and highly masculine hands) and a new way of doing links will be on the cards. Preferably it’ll be a little like Rob Corr’s funky link list. Until then, please bear with us. I’d also like to mention something else about how we decide on our links. While it’s totally cool with us if other people are into link exchanging willy nilly, we prefer to sit back, get to know a site and see if it rocks our pants off. If you participate on ausculture.com, if you write funny\clever posts on your blog, we will eventually see it and learn to love you like the frisky puppy we never had. Count on it.
Delta & Alicia Silverstone
Housemate Steve emailed me today and pointed out something very disturbing. Is Brian “Fattyboombah” McFadden in fact a mannish version of Alicia Silverstone? Or as Housemate Steve succinctly put it - “What the hell is that? Alicia Silverstone with stubble?!” We’ll leave it up to you to decide.
Helpful Blogging Tip #48,902
FACT! - It is better to be infamous than it is to be witty. Also, intellectuals are boring. Tits and doodles work much better when it comes to drawing in the punters.
And I think that’s it for now!
UPDATE What the fuck? Please tell me that Latham’s Lament isn’t SERIOUSLY available as a ringtone?!
Posted by Jess at January 20, 2005 09:59 AM— Filed under Common
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Jess, you foxy kitten, as I’ve forgiven you for insinuating that British people are ugly on AnonymousLefty I will also point you in the direction of another awesome MP3 site. http://www.3hive.com is an awesome portal which has been kindly providing me with totally legal Sufjan Stevens, The Arcade Fire, Postal Service, and Iron and Wine downloads for the last year. AWESOME.
And I completely agree with you about Delta being the answer to the NW Blind Vice. Suck it, Goodrem.
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“Suck it, Goodrem”
Hahaha. Bless.
Thing is, I don’t particularly LOATHE Delta. I mean, sure - she’s overhyped and overplayed, and her management are shameless in using the media to promote her (which is, I suppose, the purpose of management but nevermind) - but I don’t think she personally is all that awful. Just a kid, really, trying to work out who she is with a nation watching, trying to keep her oldies and “people” happy, and trying to keep the “angel” tag on while still being a youth. Too many things to too many people.
Delta will split from her management\parentals (business wise) in the next year, I reckon. Either than or it’ll end up totally Brooke Shields-esque.
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Oh, I agree totally. I should have said “Suck it, Goodrem’s management team”. Delta’s management team have got to be one of the most savvy marketing teams out there although, like you said, they need to stop trying to market her as an angel and start letting her move into the ‘Not a girl, not yet a woman’ phase. Well, minus the trucker hats and slack jawed yokel husband. I also strongly suspect that the whole Paris Hilton/Mark Phillipoussis “scandal” was manufactured by Delta’s handlers to detract from her burgeoning relationship with Brian McFuggin.
I ALSO think that I think about this stuff too much. But it’s more fun than work so it’s totally okay!
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In depth discussions on Delta are very in this year. Feel no guilt.
I think we posted on it a few months back, but a certain TV bloke I know (adorable and lovely btw) gave me a heads up that Delta spent the ARIA’s snogging a stage hand. This is while she was STILL meant to be with the Poo and the news of Paris a week or two later “caught her by surprise”
I also think - and people will kill me for saying it but here it goes - she fills an important niche in the Aussie music world. Not for everyone, no - but she’s songwriter-y pop, she’s well produced (lets be grateful that the singles from Mistaken Identity so far don’t sound like the cheap, tinny, Casio-keyboard backed crap we’ve come to expect with Aussie pop releases) and the young tweens can find her brand of piano-based sensitive pop easily digestible. It may turn them onto other “hipper” things in later years.
Plus - I really, really grew a sort of soft spot for the poor, overmanaged tacker when I saw this photo
http://photos1.blogger.com/img/237/969/400/Pa180117.jpg
from Maybe I’ll Go Blind (via Symposiasts)
It sort of… humanised her. She looks like a cheeky, face pulling 19 year old getting on the piss.
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There’s a new Tele/Blog/Delta scandal!
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here:
http://dailyflute.com/index.php?p=516
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Latham's Lament
Jess, you’re a fucking superstar. I missed Latham’s Lament when it came out and hearing it now for the first time just gave me a right old hearty laugh. Even the manboobs got into it.
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Tony P, aren’t you adorable? What a lovely thing to say, even if it is quite an exaggeration!
The other songs from the election weren’t so hot, although I still have a soft spot for Bob Brown.
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Thanks!
Thanks mate! That’s really kind of you to say such nice things!
If you’d like to suggest a topic, it would be awesome!
Alyson
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I’m trying to think of a good one - gimme the weekend and I’ll come up with something. It can’t be rude though, right? You don’t rely on guttermouth humour to tell a story, unlike moi!
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I’m happy to accept any suggestions mate, although I don’t have a lot of dirty stories! They mostly involve kids bennying about!
Although two have ended with swearing…
Alyson
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LOL. It would appear someone has indeed made it into a ringtone! Is it polyphonic or can cheapys like me get it too?
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Now that you got them side to side…. (shudders).
I don’t know about you but this whole McFadden/Goodrem thing reeks of publicity stunt. I mean look at him! LOOK AT HIM DELTA!!!
Oh it TOTALLY is!
AND it’s the answer to a certain blind item in last week’s NW Magazine. I swear to God.