
<?phpxml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<rss version="2.0" 
xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
>
<channel>
<title>ausculture.com / hippo / upcoming stories</title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com</link>
<description>Pligg Web 2.0 Content Management System</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 09:48:58 -0400</pubDate>
<language>en</language>
<item>
<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>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>beer</category>
<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/beer/win-a-dozen-beers-in-beer-guide-australias-membership-drive-1/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[It's not shameless plugging when there's free beer involved.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
</item>

<item>
<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>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>general</category>
<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/general/faraway-bay-one-of-the-most-remote-hotels-in-the-world/</guid>
<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>
</item>

<item>
<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>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>general</category>
<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/general/beer-can-chicken/</guid>
<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>
</item>

<item>
<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>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>general</category>
<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/general/get-your-carbon-free-funeral-in-centennial-park-adelaide/</guid>
<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>
</item>

<item>
<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>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>environment</category>
<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/environment/if-you-live-in-sydney-your-life-may-depend-on-these-eight-fish/</guid>
<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>
</item>

<item>
<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>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>general</category>
<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/general/sesame-street-visual-thinking/</guid>
<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>
</item>

<item>
<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>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>general</category>
<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/general/john-howardrsquos-legacy/</guid>
<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>
</item>

<item>
<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>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>general</category>
<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/general/a-manufactured-image-with-no-philosophies/</guid>
<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>
</item>

<item>
<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>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>general</category>
<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/general/glorious-mono/</guid>
<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>
</item>

<item>
<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>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>general</category>
<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>
</item>

<item>
<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>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>general</category>
<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>
</item>

<item>
<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>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>general</category>
<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/general/Nine_Launch_Underbelly_Site_-_Fanfare_Not_Present/</guid>
<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>
</item>

<item>
<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>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>general</category>
<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>
</item>

<item>
<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>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>general</category>
<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>
</item>

<item>
<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>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>general</category>
<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>
</item>

<item>
<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>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<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>
</item>

<item>
<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>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>general</category>
<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/general/Best_Street_Party_Ever_-_Parents_Yet_To_Find_Out/</guid>
<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>
</item>

<item>
<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>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>general</category>
<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>
</item>

<item>
<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>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>general</category>
<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/general/TV_Tonight_Awards_2007_The_Winners/</guid>
<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>
</item>

<item>
<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>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>general</category>
<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/general/Daft_Punk__Sidney_Myer_Music_Bowl_VIC_December_14/</guid>
<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>
</item>

<item>
<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>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>general</category>
<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/general/Would_the_last_one_to_leave_please_turn_out_the_lights/</guid>
<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>
</item>

<item>
<title><![CDATA[VBS Meets - Mark 'Chopper' Read]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/general/VBS_Meets_-_Mark_Chopper_Read/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/general/VBS_Meets_-_Mark_Chopper_Read/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Dec 2007 02:05:54 -0500</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>general</category>
<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/general/VBS_Meets_-_Mark_Chopper_Read/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Oz's most famous crimilebrity<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
</item>

<item>
<title><![CDATA[Peter Jackson confirmed to direct The Hobbit]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/general/Peter_Jackson_confirmed_to_direct_The_Hobbit/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/general/Peter_Jackson_confirmed_to_direct_The_Hobbit/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2007 22:23:42 -0500</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>general</category>
<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/general/Peter_Jackson_confirmed_to_direct_The_Hobbit/</guid>
<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>
</item>

<item>
<title><![CDATA[Life models in the media]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/general/Life_models_in_the_media/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/general/Life_models_in_the_media/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2007 06:32:31 -0500</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>general</category>
<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/general/Life_models_in_the_media/</guid>
<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>
</item>

<item>
<title><![CDATA[Hell is other people: Carols in the Park (2006)]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/general/Hell_is_other_people_Carols_in_the_Park_2006/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/general/Hell_is_other_people_Carols_in_the_Park_2006/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2007 05:55:17 -0500</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>general</category>
<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/general/Hell_is_other_people_Carols_in_the_Park_2006/</guid>
<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>
</item>

<item>
<title><![CDATA[Pork rack in Coke marinade]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/general/Pork_rack_in_Coke_marinade/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/general/Pork_rack_in_Coke_marinade/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:28:08 -0500</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>general</category>
<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/general/Pork_rack_in_Coke_marinade/</guid>
<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>
</item>

<item>
<title><![CDATA[BB auditionees are dyslexic.]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/general/BB_auditionees_are_dyslexic-/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/general/BB_auditionees_are_dyslexic-/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2007 21:43:27 -0500</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>general</category>
<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/general/BB_auditionees_are_dyslexic-/</guid>
<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>
</item>

<item>
<title><![CDATA[Undecided between screw cap and cork]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/general/Undecided_between_screw_cap_and_cork/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/general/Undecided_between_screw_cap_and_cork/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2007 03:55:15 -0500</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>general</category>
<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/general/Undecided_between_screw_cap_and_cork/</guid>
<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>
</item>

<item>
<title><![CDATA[Lowest form]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/general/Lowest_form/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/general/Lowest_form/</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 09 Dec 2007 08:02:16 -0500</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>general</category>
<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/general/Lowest_form/</guid>
<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>
</item>

<item>
<title><![CDATA[Post Show]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/general/Post_Show/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/general/Post_Show/</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2007 23:43:39 -0500</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>general</category>
<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/general/Post_Show/</guid>
<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>
</item>

<item>
<title><![CDATA[DS Love]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/general/DS_Love/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/general/DS_Love/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2007 06:51:24 -0500</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>general</category>
<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/general/DS_Love/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Luke and I spent Monday hanging out in Sydney and meeting with Logan of Kotaku Australia. Luke and I ambled around town, hitting up a couple of very cool bookstores and an arcade before going our separate ways. At one point we walked into a tea shop and I spotted this couple cuddling in the corner over a matching set of DSes. I think it's the first public display of gaming affection I've ever seen.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
</item>

<item>
<title><![CDATA[Daria and other rebels]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/general/Daria_and_other_rebels/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/general/Daria_and_other_rebels/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2007 05:35:49 -0500</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>general</category>
<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/general/Daria_and_other_rebels/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Daria is enduring high school until she can get away to further studies outside her conformist suburban community. She&amp;rsquo;s not into fashion enough to be either goth or emo, but she&amp;rsquo;s far more in sympathy with those kids than with the princess crowd of cheerleaders and ruthless fashionistas. She has a wide range of pithy putdowns for those sort of pretensions, although the show makes sure that Daria doesn&amp;rsquo;t have all the answers herself, and is occasionally embarrassed by her own assumptions. Well balanced show in my opinion.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
</item>

<item>
<title><![CDATA[Perfection, Fooled You]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/general/Perfection_Fooled_You/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/general/Perfection_Fooled_You/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2007 05:36:33 -0500</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>general</category>
<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/general/Perfection_Fooled_You/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A recent article by the The Age's food writer John Lethlean caught my eye. It seems he had been watching Heston Blumenthal's Search For Perfection with the same interest that I wrote about on this blog, but John took things a step further by actually attempting one of Heston's techniques for roasting a chicken, something that involved, amongst one of many procedures, roasting the bird at 60c for 4.5 hours.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
</item>

<item>
<title><![CDATA["I used up three silicon-lined vaginas..."]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/general/I_used_up_three_silicon-lined_vaginas---/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/general/I_used_up_three_silicon-lined_vaginas---/</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2007 20:55:06 -0500</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>general</category>
<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/general/I_used_up_three_silicon-lined_vaginas---/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Norman Mailer has been posthumously awarded the 2007 Bad Sex In Fiction Award for this touching depiction of the incestuous conception of Adolf Hitler, as found in Mailer's final novel, The Incestuous Conception of Adolf Hitler<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
</item>

<item>
<title><![CDATA[Tintin in the Land of the Amazing New Centre Right Government]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/general/Tintin_in_the_Land_of_the_Amazing_New_Centre_Right_Government/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/general/Tintin_in_the_Land_of_the_Amazing_New_Centre_Right_Government/</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2007 10:23:26 -0500</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>general</category>
<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/general/Tintin_in_the_Land_of_the_Amazing_New_Centre_Right_Government/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I&amp;rsquo;m doing a research project on masculinity and public space, which is so fascinating I&amp;rsquo;ve almost forgotten to enjoy our new centre right government, and the various points in which it differs from our old centre right government.That said, the election has brought up another ongoing research interest of mine. Many of you will be familiar with my WWTTD Theory. The theory is that if one can successfully answer the question &amp;lsquo;What Would Tintin Do&amp;rdquo; one will invariably find one&amp;rsquo;s self on the road to Good Times. This is harder than it seems.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
</item>

<item>
<title><![CDATA[A frozen nose, a burnt tongue and a sweet, sugary memory]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/general/A_frozen_nose_a_burnt_tongue_and_a_sweet_sugary_memory/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/general/A_frozen_nose_a_burnt_tongue_and_a_sweet_sugary_memory/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 05:52:08 -0500</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>general</category>
<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/general/A_frozen_nose_a_burnt_tongue_and_a_sweet_sugary_memory/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&amp;ldquo;You know,&amp;rdquo; my mother mused aloud as she watched me frowning over a big metal bowl of dough, &amp;ldquo;most &amp;lsquo;ahjumas&amp;lsquo;1 don&amp;rsquo;t even bother making this from scratch because the packet mix is so good&amp;hellip;&amp;rdquo;I grit my teeth. &amp;ldquo;Shut up, mom!&amp;rdquo;<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
</item>

<item>
<title><![CDATA[Dont Get Any Big Ideas]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/general/Donrsquot_Get_Any_Big_Ideas/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/general/Donrsquot_Get_Any_Big_Ideas/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2007 20:08:26 -0500</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>general</category>
<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/general/Donrsquot_Get_Any_Big_Ideas/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Now that the dust has settled on In Rainbows I realize that one of the things that I really love about the record is the fact that Nude FINALLY made it onto a Radiohead album. The song has been kicking around since the OK Computer days and has been, along with Big Boots and Lift, the most beloved &amp;ldquo;lost&amp;rdquo; Radiohead song.The song has been known by a variety of names amongst the Radiohead community; for a long time it was Big Ideas or Big Ideas (Don&amp;rsquo;t Get Any), sometimes Nude and even occasionally that ridiculous title Thom mentioned in Meeting People is Easy. In fact, the song was featured in its entirety at the end of that film as Radiohead wrapped up the crippling OK Computer tour in New York City.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
</item>

<item>
<title><![CDATA[kevin rudd in hong kong]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/general/kevin_rudd_in_hong_kong/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/general/kevin_rudd_in_hong_kong/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2007 06:11:18 -0500</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>general</category>
<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/general/kevin_rudd_in_hong_kong/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I was in Hong Kong last week and took these images of the Rudd campaign in Kowloon<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
</item>

<item>
<title><![CDATA[Ray Martin Presents Who Killed Harold Holt]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/general/Ray_Martin_Presentrsquos_Who_Killed_Harold_Holthellip/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/general/Ray_Martin_Presentrsquos_Who_Killed_Harold_Holthellip/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2007 03:43:27 -0500</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>general</category>
<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/general/Ray_Martin_Presentrsquos_Who_Killed_Harold_Holthellip/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Tuesday November 20, 2007 Ray Martin presented a one off special investigating the disappearance of the 17th Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt, titled Who Killed Harold Holt, the program aired at 9:35pm.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
</item>

<item>
<title><![CDATA[Drugs make you look and live like shit.]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/general/Drugs_make_you_look_and_live_like_shit-/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/general/Drugs_make_you_look_and_live_like_shit-/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2007 07:09:25 -0500</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>general</category>
<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/general/Drugs_make_you_look_and_live_like_shit-/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Last week, on the way back from the Justin Timberlake show (top three all time shows ever), I had some stuff in the car I was going to put in the Vinnies bin, so decided to swing by on the way back.It was a little after midnight on Tuesday, technically Wednesday morning, when I pulled in to the side of the Vinnie&amp;rsquo;s store in Bondi where the donation bins are.As I parked, I noticed a guy in a hoodie going through the piles of clothes left by the bins. It&amp;rsquo;s nothing really out of the ordinary for Bondi, though I sized him up, noticed that he was wearing two t-shirts under his hoodie, and figured that he wasn&amp;rsquo;t too scary so I got out of the car and started to unload my bags of stuff into the bins. <br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
</item>

</channel>
</rss>
