May 2012
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New Music Monday
Everyone hates Monday’s, to make my Monday’s better I like to try and find a new artist/band/comedian that I haven’t as yet discovered. Sometimes I have great success and they go straight to the favourites list, which makes the rest of the week entirely more tolerable. Here are some artists that everyone should check out and come highly recommended by me: (I’d sell them...
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"T-rex" skeleton sold for one million dollars →
SEX WITH T-REX THIS IS HELLA FUCKING COOL!
dailyfossil:
Heritage Auctions had their big center piece auction anyway, basically ignoring the courts. Its a conditional sale, so at least the buyer, whoever it is, can’t disappear with the specimen right away.
Press release from the link above:
Tyrannosaurus Brings $1,052,500 At Heritage Auctions New York
Conditional Sale of Tyrannosaurus...
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Manic Monday
This working week has started with a series of shallow disasters (much like my life really).
I woke up in a state of panic, after a nightmare in which I had lost every draft of the novel I’ve been sporadically working on since I left university as well as any other piece of writing/short story/prose I have ever done. My panic escalated upon realising I had also slept through my alarms and...
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Crossing the Comedy Line
Huffington Post have just started a new series called Crossing the Line. It fits perfectly into the freedom of comedy speech group Gemma and I created and I really hope it lives up to its potential.
I started writing a blog about this, and by started I mean I sort of typed a few words that took me to the literacy level of a 10 year old at best. It appears that I have exhausted my brain for the...
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Neon Museum, Las Vegas
I know that Las Vegas needs to constantly be reinventing itself in order to keep operating and bring the tourists in, however it breaks my heart that they need to demolish the very establishments that made Vegas what it is today in order to do that. I don’t care how shitty the Stardust, New Fronteir or Sahara were compared to the modern day hotels, they had character and charm and for me,...
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April 2012
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Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2012
I have just returned from what could only be described as an epic whirlwind trip to Melbourne for this years comedy festival. In between drinking and tearing up the festival club dance floor, I did manage to see some fantastic shows. This is my shortlist of shows/artists that you shouldn’t miss if you are heading to Melbourne for the last week of the festival, or if you happen to notice any...
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I need to start writing again
Since I didn’t have a creative direction I decided to start documenting my recent epic adventures & collate as many as I can find or recall for the purpose of transforming them into some kind of narrative, that may turn into a book. I’ve wanted to write since I was a child, but have never had the drive or persistence it takes to complete anything. Plus I spent three years of my...
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March 2012
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Quitting red bull: Day two
6:50am - considering alternative methods of consumption that don’t go via my teeth.
1. Shooting it straight down my throat with a water pistol
2. Lying in a red bull filled bath & absorbing it through my pores
3. Red Bull IV drip
4. Finding a way to make it a powder & snorting it.
8:48am - I decide combat the shakes by having what is now known in the Office as the...
Day one sans red bull
10:13pm - I don’t know if it’s jet lag or withdrawal but I’ve completely lost the fucking plot.
What kind of idiot decides to give up their biggest addiction when they’ve not only got jet lag but are also under a fuck ton of stress? This idiot that’s who.
Pass the Xanax, it’s gonna be a long night.
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Day one off red bull
It’s barely been 24 hours since I last consumed the glorious liquid. Bleary eyed, I step into the elevator at the train station and who should come in after me? A delivery man bearing a trolley of giant red bull cans. My favorite kind. I close my eyes and grit my teeth, reminding myself that if I continue to drink this wonderful substance I won’t have any teeth to grit.
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A-List Comedy: For your amusement only →
alistcomedy:
If you are on any form of social media you would probably know by now that the annual South by South West Festival is happening in Austin, Texas right now. While SXSW Comedy is a relatively new addition to the conference, this is the biggest year thus far and we just so happen to be there for it…
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February 2012
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A-List Comedy: The comedy of anatomy & censorship →
Allegedly the story goes like this: A woman was going past the billboard with her young son and didn’t like that she had to explain the meaning of the word penis. Firstly if her son is old enough to read the word penis, he should probably know what one is. Secondly he’s going to have to find out one day…ridiculous.
alistcomedy:
Late yesterday afternoon we received word that a...
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The case of an out of line audience member →
Every Friday morning my comedy google alerts land in my inbox. As I scrolled through them today one headline in particular stood out “Heard the one about the grumpy comedian?”
Intrigued I opened the link, after reading the first paragraph my intrigue turned to outrage. The article is claiming that the comedian in question had “a sense of humour failure” over a fan leaving...
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The Tragedy of Comedy Podcasts →
While this is a great article, I personally don’t believe that podcasts are killing live stand-up, if anything a good podcast has the ability to enhance a comedians career.
A good podcast can do great things for comedy, take for example Marc Maron’s WTF cast. I’m yet to meet someone who has listened to it, who doesn’t like it and I’m not just talking abotu within the...
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Songs for the miserable
Songs for the miserable This is the playlist I put on when I want to wallow in misery (or if I’m hungover and can’t tolerate anything else). Its always chopping and changing but this is how it stands currently.
Whorehouse Blues - Motorhead
Ruby, don’t take your love to town - Kenny Rogers
England - The National
Love me tender - Elvis Presley
Can’t help falling in...
Train ride thoughts
Here are a few things I’m really loving right now:
1. Black Keys El Camino - I know, its been on every playlist I’ve made since it was released - it’s the kind of album that is the musical equivalent of great sex
2. Elvis Presley - ever since Elvis fest I’ve rediscovered my lifelong love for The King. Especially his ballads, I’m really into the ballads right now....
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January 2012
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Noel Gallaghers High Flying Birds
For the rest of my photo’s visit my flickr account
Like all other fans I was suitably devastated upon hearing the news that Oasis had split late one night in 2009. I consoled myself with the thought that it will allow Noel to finally have a career as a solo artist. So when Liam was the first to emerge with his post-oasis creation “Beady Eye” one might say I was a little...
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Haters gonna hate
Just like raper’s gonna rape and bakers gonna bake, there’s always going to be at least one person in life who simply does not like you through no fault of your own.
As an only child who was socialized as a kid, but didn’t go to pre-school I didn’t encounter someone who didn’t like me until year one. It was quite possibly the first traumatic event of my life. I had...
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Jan 2012 Playlist
I’ve pretty much had the same playlist since November, with the exception of my stellar Elvis Roadtrip Playlist (which I will put up at some point). This morning I decided it was time for some new music and with SXSW coming up in just over a month I trawled the announced bands pages (in addition to myspace music & facebook friends recommendations) in an attempt to find new and shiny...
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Parkes Elvis Festival 2012
After attending for the very first time this year I have decided that I never want to live a life that does not have the Parkes Elvis Festival in it.
Part One: Petersham to Parkes
The adventure started the moment we hit the road, like hyper-active children after red cordial our excitement could not be contained and within five minutes of driving we had begun a game of car karaoke which lasted...
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Late night ponderings
Having one of those nights where I can’t stop my thought train long enough to get to sleep. It’s been everywhere from my next lot of tattoo work, to guilt over not visiting new Orleans for two years to all the stuff I have to do at work as well as staying on top of my various side projects and making sure I book flights before they get too expensive for my next US trip in March.
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Junkie calling the girl slut
This afternoon a friend and I caught the train into Newtown to see The Dresden Dolls (blog on this coming later). The train was reasonably full and quite loud due a number of groups of teenagers but no one was being excessively noisy, it was quite normal. My friend and I were having a conversation at what I assumed to be an acceptable level (my assumption was based on the fact that no one was...
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amanda palmer: the Wedding Blog →
Most people who know me, know my love for Amanda Palmer. She is the ultimate artist and performer to me and I’m more inspired by her than anyone. She really is my hero and the few times I’ve met her or had the opportunity too, I’ve not been able to speak (with the exception of David Bowie, that just doesn’t happen to me) to her, I just admire her so much I can’t think...
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