Music
4:35PM Jess McGuire | I was talking on Twitter earlier today about how brilliant I thought the film “Precious” was (go see it, please!) and the rather cheeky @trailofdan replied “Gotta say, Precious was nothing like the trailer. Was a bit disappointed.” and sent me a link to the following video. It might not be a great movie trailer, but in my humble opinion it might just be THE CATCHIEST SONG OF THE YEAR. Or at least the catchiest song of 2009. Let’s not get bogged down with irrelevant things like dates and times. Just watch it and enjoy, please. More »
Nonnie – “Sittin’ On Tha Toilet”
4:35PM Jess McGuire | I was talking on Twitter earlier today about how brilliant I thought the film “Precious” was (go see it, please!) and the rather cheeky @trailofdan replied “Gotta say, Precious was nothing like the trailer. Was a bit disappointed.” and sent me a link to the following video. It might not be a great movie trailer, but in my humble opinion it might just be THE CATCHIEST SONG OF THE YEAR. Or at least the catchiest song of 2009. Let’s not get bogged down with irrelevant things like dates and times. Just watch it and enjoy, please. More » 
Flotsam & Jetsam
2:52PM Jess McGuire | Remember back in the late nineties when Elle McFeast had an intoxicated Chopper Read on her show, and all hell broke loose? And then columnists and broadcasters and television hosts fell over themselves to waggle their finger at both the ABC and the convicted felon, even though they too were happily riding the Chopper publicity train to Ratingsville? More »
Chopper Read Versus Alan Jones
2:52PM Jess McGuire | Remember back in the late nineties when Elle McFeast had an intoxicated Chopper Read on her show, and all hell broke loose? And then columnists and broadcasters and television hosts fell over themselves to waggle their finger at both the ABC and the convicted felon, even though they too were happily riding the Chopper publicity train to Ratingsville? More »
Flotsam & Jetsam
8:56AM Jess McGuire | Oh my lord. The Osmonds dressed as Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia singing Star Wars-themed duets together and performing a “sketch” that also stars the dude from Sanford and Son? Truly astounding… and CATCHY! More »
YouTube Clip Of The Day
8:56AM Jess McGuire | Oh my lord. The Osmonds dressed as Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia singing Star Wars-themed duets together and performing a “sketch” that also stars the dude from Sanford and Son? Truly astounding… and CATCHY! More »
Flotsam & Jetsam
The Only Thing Worse Than Valentine’s Day Is People Who Hate It
7:52AM Brian Moylan | Of all of capitalism’s high holidays, Valentine’s Day is definitely the worst, with its corporate-sponsored emphasis on love, couples, snuggling and other disgusting things. The only thing worse? The people who empower it with emphatic hatred. More »
People
Five Actors Who Almost Made It And The Long Road Back
7:37AM Richard Lawson | Reading about the comeback struggle of American Beauty weirdo Wes Bentley yesterday got us thinking about other youngish, once-promising stars who made a big initial splash and then mostly disappeared. Let’s give some career advice to Bentley and four others. More »
Online
The Tweet That Enraged Steve Jobs?
6:39AM Ryan Tate | There was inevitably some cultural friction when Apple’s supremely secretive CEO took his new iPad around to New York’s professionally indiscreet media. Exhibit A is this tweet from a Wall Street Journal editor, which purportedly made Steve Jobs go ballistic: More »
Big Screen
Best Animated Feature Oscar Honours Achievement In Scaring Kids
5:11AM Brian Moylan | The Oscars are on a campaign to ruin the psyche’s of America’s children. How? By nominating seriously scary movies for the Gee Willickers Awesome Cartoon Trophy. Beware what you’re doing to your kids by taking them to see these. More »
Flotsam & Jetsam
Rappin’ Monk Expands Artistic Repertoire
4:18AM Hamilton Nolan | Big news for fans of Kansho Tagai, aka Mr Happiness, Japan’s most famous 49-year-old rappin’ Buddhist monk: He’s ready to move into a new medium – “mixing Buddhist chants with tap-dancing”. Is the Buddhist hip-hop audience ready? More »
Print
Print Continues To Die
3:23AM Hamilton Nolan | The US magazine circulation figures for the second half of 2009 are in. And grim! The big losers (and a winner), below. More »
Big Screen
