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<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 08:29:16 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The ten hottest women on Australian television]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/tv/the-ten-hottest-women-on-australian-television/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/tv/the-ten-hottest-women-on-australian-television/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 08:29:16 -0400</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[You know, the important stuff.Too bad that in classic online newspaper style they make you visit multiple URL's to get the full list.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Win a dozen beers in Beer Guide Australia's membership drive]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/beer/win-a-dozen-beers-in-beer-guide-australias-membership-drive-1/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/beer/win-a-dozen-beers-in-beer-guide-australias-membership-drive-1/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 09:48:58 -0400</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[It's not shameless plugging when there's free beer involved.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Big Brother's Rima in porn scandal]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/tv/big-brothers-rima-in-porn-scandal/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/tv/big-brothers-rima-in-porn-scandal/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:03:01 -0400</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Nude photos of the 1 metre tall contestant have been circulating. Some censored photos appear on samesame.com.au<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Faraway Bay - one of the most remote hotels in the world]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/general/faraway-bay-one-of-the-most-remote-hotels-in-the-world/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/general/faraway-bay-one-of-the-most-remote-hotels-in-the-world/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:55:10 -0400</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[If you really want to get away from it, try The Bush Camp at Faraway Bay. It's somewhere between Broome and Darwin, does that classify as the middle of nowhere<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Om Nom Nom Nom]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/web/om-nom-nom-nom/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/web/om-nom-nom-nom/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:44:23 -0400</pubDate>
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<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/web/om-nom-nom-nom/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The website for the meme.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Beer Can Chicken]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/general/beer-can-chicken/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/general/beer-can-chicken/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 08:52:34 -0400</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Beer can chicken is something that I first heard about from Steve Raichlen&amp;rsquo;s BBQ Bible books but I see it now in Aussie publications, most notably Kim Terakes&amp;rsquo; recent book, &amp;lsquo;The Great Aussie Barbie Cookbook&amp;rsquo; but I have not heard of anyone making it and my mentioning it to other people has resulted in blank stares as though I was some crazed, meat eating fundamentalist (maybe&amp;hellip;.just maybe I am!). The principle is that by putting a canister of liquid inside the bird, the steam created keeps the meat moist throughout the cooking process whilst still allowing the skin to crisp on the outside whilst also allowing the liquid from the can to also flavour the meat.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Get your carbon-free funeral in Centennial park Adelaide]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/general/get-your-carbon-free-funeral-in-centennial-park-adelaide/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/general/get-your-carbon-free-funeral-in-centennial-park-adelaide/</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 08:30:54 -0400</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Apparently turning you to dust creates 160 kg of Carbon Dioxide... which can be offset by planting a tree. Centennial park in Adelaide is promising to do just that.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[If you live in Sydney, your life may depend on these eight fish]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/environment/if-you-live-in-sydney-your-life-may-depend-on-these-eight-fish/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/environment/if-you-live-in-sydney-your-life-may-depend-on-these-eight-fish/</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 08:18:50 -0400</pubDate>
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<category>environment</category>
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<description><![CDATA[In a small brick shed in the Southern Highlands eight tiny rainbow fish stand guard, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, over the water flowing to more than 4 million people.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Six romantic settings in Australia]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/general/six-romantic-settings-in-australia/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/general/six-romantic-settings-in-australia/</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 08:12:22 -0400</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Diamonds down under blog posts about six romantic settings to be found in Australia.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sesame Street & visual thinking]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/general/sesame-street-visual-thinking/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/general/sesame-street-visual-thinking/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 07:14:49 -0400</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[a Sesame Street clip from 1971, in which a large-nosed man in a business suit tries to teach a younger, more casually dressed man about visualizing geometric shapes. the younger man has no trouble with the shapes, but does get carried away easily... <br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[John Howards Legacy]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/general/john-howardrsquos-legacy/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/general/john-howardrsquos-legacy/</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 08 Mar 2008 07:33:40 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[In the first edition of Quadrant under the stewardship of new editor Keith Windschuttle, John Stone puts forward the case that John Howard is Australia&amp;rsquo;s greatest Prime Minister. His arguments are as follows, beginning with Howard&amp;rsquo;s failings. <br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sarah & Gam do Brisbane Sexpo]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/general/sarah-gam-do-brisbane-sexpo/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/general/sarah-gam-do-brisbane-sexpo/</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 01 Mar 2008 07:49:47 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[I have to be honest. Belladonna was the reason I changed my mind about not going to Sexpo this year. Maybe I was jaded, maybe now that I know what a good lube is and what makes a good vibrator and what kind of porn I like I didn't think there was anything more that Sexpo could offer.But this year, Brisbane Sexpo had Belladonna, and boy am I glad we went!<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sbs Too Sexy For This Classification That's Unpossible!]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/general/sbs-too-sexy-for-this-classification-thats-unpossible/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/general/sbs-too-sexy-for-this-classification-thats-unpossible/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 06:59:31 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[It's safe to say that &amp;quot;watching movies on SBS to be culturally enlightened&amp;quot; is more or less the &amp;quot;I read Playboy for the articles&amp;quot; of the late-20th/early-21st Century. If it's got bonking, sucking, fingering, jizzing, faffing or rutting, so long as it's delivered either a) in another language, b) in an arty manner, or c) all of the above, SBS want to show it to YOU!<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[A manufactured image with no philosophies]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/general/a-manufactured-image-with-no-philosophies/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/general/a-manufactured-image-with-no-philosophies/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 09:57:23 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Hired as actors for a TV series, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork, Micky Dolenz and Davy Jones went on to feature in one of the most successful American pop bands of the 1960s. The four were chosen for their youth, good looks and ability to play themselves. Being able to play musical instruments was not so important. The idea was not to create a band, but to create a TV show about a band. And to make sure things didn&amp;rsquo;t get out of control, the original contract for the show banned the four Monkees from playing instruments on any of their recordings. All they had to do was say their lines, clown around and sing. The trouble started when the music began to outperform the TV show.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Glorious Mono]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/general/glorious-mono/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/general/glorious-mono/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 08:27:05 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Robert Henke, also known as Monolake, is a musician, but only just. He explores that area of music on the very edge of becoming sound or perhaps he explores that area of noise, just on the edge of becoming music. His particular interest is the amorphous - clouds of detail, atoms of sound, grit, dirt and patina or as he puts it, &amp;quot;fragile structures, morphing timbres constructed of millions of microscopic sonic particles, cathedrals of filtered noises&amp;quot;. His works are long meditations in which he explores in exhaustive detail a single aspect of tone.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Poo Finds Love Again With A Slightly Aged But Still Relatively Youthful Kitten]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/general/The_Poo_Finds_Love_Again_With_A_Slightly_Aged_But_Still_Relatively_Youthful_Kitten/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/general/The_Poo_Finds_Love_Again_With_A_Slightly_Aged_But_Still_Relatively_Youthful_Kitten/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 06:49:06 -0500</pubDate>
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<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/general/The_Poo_Finds_Love_Again_With_A_Slightly_Aged_But_Still_Relatively_Youthful_Kitten/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Defamer Australia loves Mark Philippoussis and his turbulent love life. Not too long ago, Mark turned to the power of reality television to find him some true romance, the general premise behind which being that The Poo would be given access to a group of &amp;quot;kittens&amp;quot; (ie. younger ladies) and a group of &amp;quot;cougars&amp;quot; (women of a more mature vintage) and select one lucky lady from amongst the pack to be his new paramour<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The thing about Australian hibiscus flowers]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/general/The_thing_about_Australian_hibiscus_flowers-2/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/general/The_thing_about_Australian_hibiscus_flowers-2/</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 08:53:12 -0500</pubDate>
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<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/general/The_thing_about_Australian_hibiscus_flowers-2/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Next week there is going to be a very special day, a day that will make you feel overwhelmed with emotion. No, not Valentines Day. I&amp;rsquo;m talking about Wednesday 13 February. It will be a national day of apology for Australia, because the Australian Government under its newly elected Prime Minister intends to apologise to the Aboriginal people f.i.n.a.l.l.y for the way they have been treated under government policies of the past, namely the Stolen Generation. <br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Stuff You America And Your Exciting Super Bowl Finish, Australia Does Sporting Drama Best]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/general/Stuff_You_America_And_Your_Exciting_Super_Bowl_Finish_Australia_Does_Sporting_Drama_Best/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/general/Stuff_You_America_And_Your_Exciting_Super_Bowl_Finish_Australia_Does_Sporting_Drama_Best/</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 09 Feb 2008 23:11:01 -0500</pubDate>
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<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/general/Stuff_You_America_And_Your_Exciting_Super_Bowl_Finish_Australia_Does_Sporting_Drama_Best/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[You won't see a more gripping ending to this one at the inaugural World Handball Championships.Just as Allan Jeans, Tom Hafey and Peter MacKenna are about to stage an all out barney over Barney's hit on Neville Bruns behind play, Jack Dyer puts all grudges into perspective with a well timed Bertocchi Hams presentation. <br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Nine Launch Underbelly Site - Fanfare Not Present]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/general/Nine_Launch_Underbelly_Site_-_Fanfare_Not_Present/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/general/Nine_Launch_Underbelly_Site_-_Fanfare_Not_Present/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 07:40:26 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[On January 15, Channel Nine launched their website to promote their new drama series Underbelly. Despite much being made by Nine surrounding www.Underbellytv.com, the website is a fairly generic television show website. If Nine really want to prove themselves in 2008, they really need to start with being able to create quality online content.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Big Day Out : the crowd]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/general/Big_Day_Out__the_crowd/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/general/Big_Day_Out__the_crowd/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2008 05:11:37 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[When shooting a music festival it's sometimes more fun capturing the atmosphere and punters of the event rather than the acts on stage.I love shooting people who are unselfconsciously wrapped up in their own emotions, much like the folks above enjoying Arcade Fire.<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[And woo-hoo!  Quoting From 2007]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/general/ldquoAnd_woo-hoordquo_ndash_Quoting_From_2007/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/general/ldquoAnd_woo-hoordquo_ndash_Quoting_From_2007/</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2008 00:35:18 -0500</pubDate>
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<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/general/ldquoAnd_woo-hoordquo_ndash_Quoting_From_2007/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&amp;ldquo;I'm allergic to pork, but not bacon or ham.&amp;rdquo; Well of course, Hayley, that makes perfect sense. Big Brother provided rich pickings in quotes this year, as the producers, unable to broadcast the customary debauchery, for once picked fairly diverse Housemates. Here are a few that no smorgasbord of 2007 quotes would be complete without<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Fashion & Style Predictions: 2008]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/general/Fashion__Style_Predictions_2008/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/general/Fashion__Style_Predictions_2008/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 23:54:59 -0500</pubDate>
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<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/general/Fashion__Style_Predictions_2008/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The Age, a Melbourne newspaper, recently published their fashion predictions for 2008. Their list of &amp;ldquo;must haves&amp;rdquo; are in bold, &amp;amp; my thoughts, suggestions &amp;amp; tips are underneath.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Book Review #3 Australian CB Scene]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/general/Book_Review_3_Australian_CB_Scene/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/general/Book_Review_3_Australian_CB_Scene/</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2008 06:01:48 -0500</pubDate>
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<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/general/Book_Review_3_Australian_CB_Scene/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I found a few fantastic magazines while doing some Summer antiquing (no, I haven't used those two words together before). Apparently there were two hit 'zines in the 1977- Australian CB Scene and CB Action. I am now the proud owner of an edition of both of them.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Y is it so Naming Australia's women, 1950-1955]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/general/Y_is_it_so_Naming_Australias_women_1950-1955/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/general/Y_is_it_so_Naming_Australias_women_1950-1955/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 08:49:53 -0500</pubDate>
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<category>general</category>
<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/general/Y_is_it_so_Naming_Australias_women_1950-1955/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Back there at the crack of dawn I was writing a review of a book in which two major characters are, to my mind, very anachronistically named, and it's reminded me of a conversation I had with my sisters on Christmas Day about my theory that all Australian women born between 1950 and 1955 have a Y in their names. The two exceptions to this are Helen and Susan, though even then you probably have a Y in your middle name, which is most likely either Kay or Joy.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Best Street Party Ever - Parents Yet To Find Out]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/general/Best_Street_Party_Ever_-_Parents_Yet_To_Find_Out/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/general/Best_Street_Party_Ever_-_Parents_Yet_To_Find_Out/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 01:03:36 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Large party in Melbourne's south-east. 500 teenagers. Police cars damaged. Bottles thrown at officers. Neighbours scared. Police helicopters and dog squad called in. $20,000 cost to the public. Parents yet to find out.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[My father is adorable.]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/general/My_father_is_adorable-/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/general/My_father_is_adorable-/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2008 21:18:39 -0500</pubDate>
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<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/general/My_father_is_adorable-/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Me: The garden's looking nice, dad.Dad: Suffering a bit from lack of water.Me: You can't really notice.Comfortable silence. Both regard garden with varying degrees of interest.Dad: We missed the watering day. It was Tuesday and we were away. (looking worried) Our next one's not 'til Saturday.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[TV Tonight Awards 2007: The Winners!]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/general/TV_Tonight_Awards_2007_The_Winners/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/general/TV_Tonight_Awards_2007_The_Winners/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2008 16:42:18 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Best and Worst of 2007 as decided by you, readers of TV Tonight.Several shows featured prominently across a number of categories, clearly winning a legion of fans across the year. There were also a number of fansites campaigning hard to get their best across the line. But all's fair in love and television!<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Daft Punk @ Sidney Myer Music Bowl, VIC; December 14]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/general/Daft_Punk__Sidney_Myer_Music_Bowl_VIC_December_14/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/general/Daft_Punk__Sidney_Myer_Music_Bowl_VIC_December_14/</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2007 01:50:02 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[How can I How can I write an entire blog entry about the night that will forever be placed on a mantel in my mind as the night that I.. shit, for lack of a better word.. had as close to a religious experience that I will probably ever know How can I formulate the right words to rightfully express the emotions that I felt, and still feel now I cant. That's the simple truth. But, I'll be darned if I dont give it my best shot, people.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Would the last one to leave please turn out the lights]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/general/Would_the_last_one_to_leave_please_turn_out_the_lights/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/general/Would_the_last_one_to_leave_please_turn_out_the_lights/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2007 22:39:53 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Apparently, Will Smith aspires to be the biggest male lead in Hollywood, and I am Legend is essentially a Will Smith star vehicle. It&amp;rsquo;s a very effective star vehicle, too - he curbs his natural cockiness and portrays &amp;lsquo;the last man on earth&amp;rsquo; and his steady mental disintegration with consummate skill. Unusually for Hollywood, it has a notably dark ending, and Smith&amp;rsquo;s several anti-religion rants (coupled with a dose of scientific hubris - he&amp;rsquo;s clearly used to finding solutions, and quickly) makes the film almost nihilistic. Like Beckett&amp;rsquo;s Waiting for Godot, I am Legend makes a point of going nowhere, fast.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[VBS Meets - Mark 'Chopper' Read]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Dec 2007 02:05:54 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Oz's most famous crimilebrity<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Australia Plans to Censor the Internet]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Dec 2007 02:57:27 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[From January 20, 2008 new content laws introduced by the Federal Government will force sites to verify the age of users before accessing content intended for mature audiences (MA15+ and R18+). The laws bring internet classification into line with Film and Book classification laws and completely prohibits X18+ and RC content from the internet.<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Fading into the foreground]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:06:29 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Our idea of celebrity has become perverted to the point that it&amp;rsquo;s no longer even pseudo-celebrity. It&amp;rsquo;s no longer even Paris Hilton the celebrity, it&amp;rsquo;s Perez Hilton the celebrity. It&amp;rsquo;s no longer even Steve Jobs the celebrity, it&amp;rsquo;s Fake Steve Jobs the celebrity. Indeed, we have rocketed so far outside the universe that we don&amp;rsquo;t even know what celebrity is, was, or could be.Celebrity has long ago swallowed itself and we need to redefine what we mean by the term every time we use it. There is no archetype, only illusion.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Peter Jackson confirmed to direct The Hobbit]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2007 22:23:42 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Movie fans around the world let out a simultaneous sigh of contentment today... New Line Cinemas announced that Peter Jackson, director of the hugely-successful and critically acclaimed The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, would be producing The Hobbit.Before The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien wrote The Hobbit, a quasi-prequel set in Middle Earth, focusing on Bilbo Baggins finding the One Ring. <br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Life models in the media]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2007 06:32:31 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[There's an interesting piece on the Fairfax news websites today about 'life modelling'. I thought it was a little weak of the journalist who wrote the piece to simply sit in on the art class rather than do a stint as a model- I mentioned once while relating another story that I once took up a one-off job as a life model in Brisbane, and it's a tough job.I think the author is a little behind the times when she says it's a job that 'generates plenty of innuendo' and expresses surprise that it's not 'sexy'. First of all, what kind of innuendo can you derive from sitting around naked in front of a bunch of strangers with easels and art supplies Most people would think that's pretty daunting, I reckon. What was surprising for me was not how 'unsexy' it all was, but how damn difficult it is to hold a pose for half an hour, even when it's a really easy one.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Hell is other people: Carols in the Park (2006)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2007 05:55:17 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The first inkling I have that Carols in the Park will not be fun comes before I even manage to park my bike. F jumps off his cushion on the back and runs excitedly towards the playground and back.&amp;lsquo;Wow!&amp;rsquo; he says. &amp;lsquo;This looks great!&amp;rsquo;<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Pork rack in Coke marinade]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:28:08 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[You know how Nigella is all about that full leg of Christmas ham, marinated in Coke in a bucket overnight and then cooked in Coke and then glazed with it Yeah, well that intrigues me. I don't know whether I will ever manage to do as she does, but I created a little homage to her Coke ham by doing a pork rack in a light Coke marinade.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[BB auditionees are dyslexic.]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2007 21:43:27 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[I've spent a fair bit of time looking at a sample of the Big Brother video auditions this evening, and for the most part I hate them all. But that's only because very few of them manage to build an interesting repartee with their audience through their home cameras, and they're all pretty much the most appalling spellers I've ever seen (common mistakes The word &amp;quot;independent&amp;quot; - too many horrific bastardisations to contemplate), but I'm quietly confident that the new angle that BB is aiming for next year will pay dividends. A real shot in the arm, you might say. Please don't make a fool of me, stoners and teenage girls voting for audition tapes on the internet.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Undecided between screw cap and cork]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2007 03:55:15 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The battle between screw cap and cork is pretty much over in Australia, with the screw cap emerging a decisive winner, even some French wine companies have turned to this closure, though at the top end of the market there is still some resistance. However, not everyone shares our belief in screw cap technology. It came as a surprise when I opened this bottle of Austrian gruner veltliner, to discover that what appeared to be a screw cap, was in fact a protective cover for a glass stopper lurking underneath.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Lowest form]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 09 Dec 2007 08:02:16 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[At an inner-city cocktail gathering (women only, so why call it a cocktail party), fairy-lights threw dim light on the high, high, high, stiletto-glamour. I sipped my apple martini (ewww), and surveyed the beautiful crowd.Audrey, the friend of a friend, tried to engage me in a vapid game of, &amp;ldquo;This is my friend Rachael, try and guess what her profession is. Go on, go on&amp;hellip;you&amp;rsquo;ll never guess!&amp;rdquo;<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Post Show]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2007 23:43:39 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Let's say that you're a good local band, who plays once a month, at a medium sized venue, something like the Rob Roy used to be. You get a good crowd, which in Melbourne is between 100 and 200 people, unless you're famous. Let's also say that the venue doesn't take any money from the door price, though many do. Tickets are $10 and there are three bands. The headline band would get about $4 from that, with the remaining $6 split between supports. So, assuming it's a good gig and 200 people turn up, that's $800.Not a lot, sure, but if it's a four piece band that means taking home $200 each, so that's not so bad is it (I hope you're not stupid enough to be in a 6 piece) Well...<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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