Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Music
5:28PM Jess McGuire | Did you know there’s a metal band called Bloody Wall Of Gore? Or Leaky Stigmata? That Baal’s Balls like to tune down and rock out? That there’d be someone out there who thinks Lawnmower Deth is an astounding live act?
Someone’s made a fantastic chart documenting metal band names and you need to check it out, please. It comes via the b3ta newsletter.
MORE: Heavy Metal Band Names – Flow Chart More »
Amazing Heavy Metal Band Names Chart
5:28PM Jess McGuire | Did you know there’s a metal band called Bloody Wall Of Gore? Or Leaky Stigmata? That Baal’s Balls like to tune down and rock out? That there’d be someone out there who thinks Lawnmower Deth is an astounding live act?
Someone’s made a fantastic chart documenting metal band names and you need to check it out, please. It comes via the b3ta newsletter.
MORE: Heavy Metal Band Names – Flow Chart More » 
Flotsam & Jetsam
4:11PM Jess McGuire | Oh, wow. I am tremendously disappointed to learn that Tourism Queensland have been fibbing to desperate would-be Queenslanders, because I AM ONE OF THEM.
Tourism Queensland has admitted it “messed up” by not making it clear a video of a woman tattooing the Great Barrier Reef on her arm was an example and not an entry in a $150,000-a-year job contest.
Thousands of desperate job seekers have entered an internet competition to provide a 60-second video to become Hamilton Island’s new caretaker, which has a salary of $150,000.
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Tourism Queensland, We TRUSTED You!
4:11PM Jess McGuire | Oh, wow. I am tremendously disappointed to learn that Tourism Queensland have been fibbing to desperate would-be Queenslanders, because I AM ONE OF THEM.
Tourism Queensland has admitted it “messed up” by not making it clear a video of a woman tattooing the Great Barrier Reef on her arm was an example and not an entry in a $150,000-a-year job contest.
Thousands of desperate job seekers have entered an internet competition to provide a 60-second video to become Hamilton Island’s new caretaker, which has a salary of $150,000.
More »
Flotsam & Jetsam
1:40PM Jess McGuire | It’s, like, eighteen thousand degrees outside. We deserve a treat to distract us from the heat. So guess what? It’s time for YouTube Clip Of The Day II!
My friends Sugar and Hotman showed me this video at the pub on the weekend (god bless you, iPhones) and the more times I watched it, the more I loved it too. I hope you feel the same.
STEALTH CAT.
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YouTube Clip Of The Day II
1:40PM Jess McGuire | It’s, like, eighteen thousand degrees outside. We deserve a treat to distract us from the heat. So guess what? It’s time for YouTube Clip Of The Day II!
My friends Sugar and Hotman showed me this video at the pub on the weekend (god bless you, iPhones) and the more times I watched it, the more I loved it too. I hope you feel the same.
STEALTH CAT.
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Music
12:27PM Jess McGuire | As promised, Defamer Australia’s resident U2 expert Elmo Keep has kindly reviewed the new single ‘Get On Your Boots’ for us. Without any further ado, let’s hear what she thinks!
U2’s Rather Brilliant If Grammatically Questionable Single, Get On Your Boots
Oh! Suffered has the U2 fan! You know what really sucked this past decade (apart from the obvious)? The last two U2 albums. Can we all just admit that now? If I wanted to hear watered down versions of the Joshua Tree (which I do not), then I assume that is what Coldplay is for. In short, if you liked those two albums, you will likely hate Get On Your Boots. Which is great! There’s still plenty of Keane tickets for you. More »
U2’s Rather Brilliant If Grammatically Questionable Single, Get On Your Boots
12:27PM Jess McGuire | As promised, Defamer Australia’s resident U2 expert Elmo Keep has kindly reviewed the new single ‘Get On Your Boots’ for us. Without any further ado, let’s hear what she thinks!
U2’s Rather Brilliant If Grammatically Questionable Single, Get On Your Boots
Oh! Suffered has the U2 fan! You know what really sucked this past decade (apart from the obvious)? The last two U2 albums. Can we all just admit that now? If I wanted to hear watered down versions of the Joshua Tree (which I do not), then I assume that is what Coldplay is for. In short, if you liked those two albums, you will likely hate Get On Your Boots. Which is great! There’s still plenty of Keane tickets for you. More »
People
10:47AM Jess McGuire | Apparently professional gossip magazine cover boy and part-time tennis star Lleyton Hewitt is contemplating ditching the racket if he doesn’t start moving up the rankings.
Lleyton Hewitt’s manager believes that the former world No. 1 would probably retire from tennis if he was unable to improve his ranking from its current, unflattering position of 70. Asked whether Hewitt would keep playing in the event that he was unable to lift his ranking from its present range, Drysdale said: “I don’t think so. That’s me, getting his make-up … If he can’t get out there and give it the best that he can possibly give — and know what he can give — I don’t think he’d hang around.
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Lleyton Hewitt May Retire From Tennis If His Results Don’t Improve
10:47AM Jess McGuire | Apparently professional gossip magazine cover boy and part-time tennis star Lleyton Hewitt is contemplating ditching the racket if he doesn’t start moving up the rankings.
Lleyton Hewitt’s manager believes that the former world No. 1 would probably retire from tennis if he was unable to improve his ranking from its current, unflattering position of 70. Asked whether Hewitt would keep playing in the event that he was unable to lift his ranking from its present range, Drysdale said: “I don’t think so. That’s me, getting his make-up … If he can’t get out there and give it the best that he can possibly give — and know what he can give — I don’t think he’d hang around.
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Music
9:45AM Jess McGuire | Last week we learned that the Britney Spears’ tune If U Seek Amy was having trouble getting airplay in the States as the track’s title sneakily spelled out an expletive and would undoubtedly result in millions of previously innocent school children prancing around and trilling out “F-U-C-K ME!” in playgrounds should they hear even a snippet of the song blaring from a wireless.
Problem solved though! No, the lyrics haven’t changed, but a slight adjustment of the song’s title ought to protect the innocent!
Britney Spears’ attempts to come back as the clean-living pop princess have come seriously unstuck – she has reportedly been forced to change the title of her new single.
“Seriously unstuck” – are you kidding me? As if this little publicity storm hadn’t already been considered and approved when they were naming the song! Everything Britney Spears does these days is carefully monitored by like, a dozen people who allegedly have sense. More »
All The Boys And All The Girls Want To F-U-C-A Britney Spears.
9:45AM Jess McGuire | Last week we learned that the Britney Spears’ tune If U Seek Amy was having trouble getting airplay in the States as the track’s title sneakily spelled out an expletive and would undoubtedly result in millions of previously innocent school children prancing around and trilling out “F-U-C-K ME!” in playgrounds should they hear even a snippet of the song blaring from a wireless.
Problem solved though! No, the lyrics haven’t changed, but a slight adjustment of the song’s title ought to protect the innocent!
Britney Spears’ attempts to come back as the clean-living pop princess have come seriously unstuck – she has reportedly been forced to change the title of her new single.
“Seriously unstuck” – are you kidding me? As if this little publicity storm hadn’t already been considered and approved when they were naming the song! Everything Britney Spears does these days is carefully monitored by like, a dozen people who allegedly have sense. More »
Flotsam & Jetsam
8:55AM Jess McGuire | Reader Hannah sent this in to me, and I felt it needed to go online immediately. She says “A friend just emailed me this. Alfonso Ribeiro (aka Carlton from The Fresh Prince of Bel Air!) Breakin’ and Poppin’!”
Thanks, Hannah! You’re a star! More »
YouTube Clip Of The Day
8:55AM Jess McGuire | Reader Hannah sent this in to me, and I felt it needed to go online immediately. She says “A friend just emailed me this. Alfonso Ribeiro (aka Carlton from The Fresh Prince of Bel Air!) Breakin’ and Poppin’!”
Thanks, Hannah! You’re a star! More » Defamer Predictions: The Best Actress Oscar Nominees
8:50AM Kyle Buchanan | Enough of those supporting actors and actresses—let’s get to some bigshots! The Best Actress category could go five for five with A-list female stars, but is the most famous contender the likeliest to get shafted? More »
Justin Timberlake Declares America A Swagger-Safe Zone
8:30AM Seth | While it’s easy to get swept away in a Sundance snowdrift and forget the outside world, we’re told some sort of changing-of the-guard is occurring at the capital—a reclamation, of sorts, of our nation’s sexiness. More »
