Friday, August 14, 2009
Flotsam & Jetsam
Which Action Star Is Teabagging Everyone At The Gym
11:27PM Brian Moylan | Some of those crazy contraptions at the gym can be scary, but not as scary as a macho movie star who likes to stow off his own equipment. Also dirty tween stars, cheating actresses, and doing the butt (sexy, sexy). More »
Radio
4:15PM Jess McGuire | Not doing much tonight? Then why not stay in, sit around the wireless like they did in the olden days (or stream from rrr.org.au like they do in these modern times), and enjoy three hours of chaotic entertainment on 3RRR FM? My radio show Wired For Sound is celebrating its first Radiothon Spectacular, and I’ll be joined by some amazing guests doing amazing cover songs. More »
Wired For Sound’s Radiothon Spectacular!
4:15PM Jess McGuire | Not doing much tonight? Then why not stay in, sit around the wireless like they did in the olden days (or stream from rrr.org.au like they do in these modern times), and enjoy three hours of chaotic entertainment on 3RRR FM? My radio show Wired For Sound is celebrating its first Radiothon Spectacular, and I’ll be joined by some amazing guests doing amazing cover songs. More »
People
Why Was Michael Phelps In A Tranny-Hooker District?
3:56PM the cajun boy | Earlier tonight Olympic stoner Michael Phelps was involved in a car accident in downtown Baltimore. Now we’ve learned that the precise location of the accident took place in heart of Baltimore’s tranny-hooker district. More »
People
Michael Phelps Crashes Car
12:43PM the cajun boy | Olympic stoner Michael Phelps has been involved in an automobile accident in downtown Baltimore.
Small Screen
12:09PM Jess McGuire | One of Australia’s most beloved comedy figures has suddenly become Channel Ten’s new It Girl now that she’s lost over 40kg. That’s right, Magda Szubanski will not only be appearing on a brand new show soon to appear on Ten, but she’s also hotly tipped to host the next season of The Biggest Loser. More »
Magda Szubanski Rumoured To Be The New Host Of The Biggest Loser
12:09PM Jess McGuire | One of Australia’s most beloved comedy figures has suddenly become Channel Ten’s new It Girl now that she’s lost over 40kg. That’s right, Magda Szubanski will not only be appearing on a brand new show soon to appear on Ten, but she’s also hotly tipped to host the next season of The Biggest Loser. More »
Flotsam & Jetsam
11:55AM Jess McGuire | You can’t really go wrong with footage of an ape pissing in their mouth, can you? Remember when Pitchfork reviewed the last Jet album online by simply embedding a video of a monkey pissing in its mouth? Hilarious. More »
YouTube Clip Of The Day
11:55AM Jess McGuire | You can’t really go wrong with footage of an ape pissing in their mouth, can you? Remember when Pitchfork reviewed the last Jet album online by simply embedding a video of a monkey pissing in its mouth? Hilarious. More »
People
Steve Jobs Driving Himself To Work Again, Apparently
10:51AM Ryan Tate | As recently as late June, Steve Jobs was repeatedly spotted being chauffeured away from Apple’s campus in a black car. Judging from this July 23 photo, the CEO has had enough of those vehicular ministrations. More »
Print
If You Want To Know Why Newspapers Are Dying
10:10AM Gabriel Snyder | Explaining why newspapers (but not journalism) are dying, Bill Wyman doesn’t romanticise them: “So, sure, an average newspaper did print some serious journalism. But is that most of what they did, or even anything more than a tiny part?”
Music
10:03AM Jess McGuire | Yesterday I desperately turned to you, my brothers in Toto*, to help me identify a song I remembered so vividly from the nineties but could find no evidence of it having ever existed. Turns out I didn’t make it up – I just forgot the band’s name in favour of remembering the spunky lead singer’s stupid name instead! More »
The Mystery Of Pehl Has Been Solved!
10:03AM Jess McGuire | Yesterday I desperately turned to you, my brothers in Toto*, to help me identify a song I remembered so vividly from the nineties but could find no evidence of it having ever existed. Turns out I didn’t make it up – I just forgot the band’s name in favour of remembering the spunky lead singer’s stupid name instead! More »
People