Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Big Screen
’127 Hours’: James Franco Lends A Hand And An Arm
11:53PM Richard Lawson | Here’s an early teaser trailer for Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire followup, 127 Hours, a grim true story about a young rock climber named Aron Ralston (Franco) who, in 2003, amputated his own arm to free himself from a rock. More »
People
11:39PM Richard Lawson | [Drew Barrymore with her dog outside the Letterman show; image via Bauer-Griffin]
Try As She Does, She Just Can’t Get Its Paws To Glow Like Her Last Pet
11:39PM Richard Lawson | [Drew Barrymore with her dog outside the Letterman show; image via Bauer-Griffin]
Music
Why Cee-Lo’s ‘F*ck You’ Should Not Be The Song Of The Summer
4:50PM Max Read | Well, you did it, internet: “Fuck You”, rapper/Gnarls Barkley singer Cee-Lo Green’s naughty Motown pastiche has officially “gone viral,” according to the Associated Press, featuring 1.8 million views. Now will everyone please stop posting it to Facebook? More »
Music
3:27PM Jess McGuire | Bad news, festival pigs – this year’s Homebake has been called off due to… well… not being able to put together a decent line-up, apparently. Well, that doesn’t say much for the Australian music scene! More »
Homebake Has Been Cancelled!
3:27PM Jess McGuire | Bad news, festival pigs – this year’s Homebake has been called off due to… well… not being able to put together a decent line-up, apparently. Well, that doesn’t say much for the Australian music scene! More »
Music
3:19PM Jess McGuire | Has anyone ever seen Claire Trentain and @m8er in the same room? Genuine question. More »
Claire Trentain – “What Would You Say?”
3:19PM Jess McGuire | Has anyone ever seen Claire Trentain and @m8er in the same room? Genuine question. More »
Flotsam & Jetsam
Why Your Coworkers Hate You: Because You’re Unselfish
3:02PM Max Read | People who unselfishly take on difficult tasks are disliked by their coworkers, because their do-good behaviour breaks “the rules” and makes others “look bad,” according to a new study. So that’s why no one came to your office birthday party. More »
Music
2:48PM Jess McGuire | BUZZBAND ALERT! Everyone over at Triple J appears to be losing their collective shit over Melbourne ensemble Strange Talk’s track Climbing Walls. The spectacularly spunky Zan Rowe described this song as “perfect pop with a sprinkling of Klaxons-esque multi-vocals and a great driving beat” before adding emphatically “I LIKE THIS.” We have so much in common, Zan! More »
Strange Talk – “Climbing Walls”
2:48PM Jess McGuire | BUZZBAND ALERT! Everyone over at Triple J appears to be losing their collective shit over Melbourne ensemble Strange Talk’s track Climbing Walls. The spectacularly spunky Zan Rowe described this song as “perfect pop with a sprinkling of Klaxons-esque multi-vocals and a great driving beat” before adding emphatically “I LIKE THIS.” We have so much in common, Zan! More »
Music
2:16PM Jess McGuire | A HYPOTHETICAL CONVERSATION WITH OWL EYES BY JESSICA ANNE MCGUIRE. More »
Owl Eyes – “Long Distance Call” (Phoenix Cover) | RRR Radiothon 2010
2:16PM Jess McGuire | A HYPOTHETICAL CONVERSATION WITH OWL EYES BY JESSICA ANNE MCGUIRE. More »
People
Two Hearts Beat As One
Flotsam & Jetsam
1:16PM Jess McGuire | We don’t normally do two of these in one day, but sharing John Safran’s solution for solving our nation’s current political crisis with you is worth breaking with tradition. More »
Twitter Update Of The Day II
1:16PM Jess McGuire | We don’t normally do two of these in one day, but sharing John Safran’s solution for solving our nation’s current political crisis with you is worth breaking with tradition. More »