ARGH!

Technical difficulties have prevented me from popping this promised audio up in a sweet mini-player sort of way - along with large dollops of conversation which we will hold onto for when Angie Hart misbehaves in a ridiculously public way and we feel that random chit chat about vegetables and drunkenness will deliver us the all important "hits" - but bugger it, let's allow you to download in a terribly primitive manner an mp3 of Angie Hart instructing you PERSONALLY how to win tickets to her East Coast shows with Dave McCormack.

Right click and save as

Marvel as Angie pretends to love the YouTube Clip Of The Day feature, and practice your fingering skills (so to speak) when she is railroaded into agreeing to let eager punters holding a recorder join her onstage at shows to play along to Labour Of Love!

After some highly impressive clip submitting, Marcus has won two tickets to tonight's Melbourne show, while Marnie is the lucky winner of tickets to the Sydney gig on Thursday night at The Vanguard, but the rest of the shows are still up for grabs. Do what you must.

Bloody hell. Yesterday I promised you exclusive audio goodness, but I can't get the stupid audio clip thingos to work, and my head hurts, so there's gonna be a slight delay, I'm afraid. However, because I wanted to give you something to read, I have lovingly transcribed the conversation I had with Angie Hart yesterday on the cutting edge topic "Neighbours versus Home & Away". It is daft, and you can read it all after the jump.

And if you'd like to win tickets to any of the East Coast Dave McCormack (ex Custard)/ Angie Hart (ex Frente) shows, just send a funny video link - anything you like - to tips at defamer.com.au, and mention which show you'd like to win a double pass for. That's it!

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So I vaguely hinted last week (and by "hinted", I obviously mean "hit you over the head with a large block of wood with the words 'ANGIE HART AND DAVE MCCORMACK ARE GOING ON TOUR AND WE HAVE TICKETS TO GIVE AWAY SOON' carved into it") that we had something special to offer the beloved readers of Defamer Australia this week which was somehow connected to the lead singers of Frente and Custard, and by jingoes, we'll be following through on our promise of free passes to the shows.

However, I prefer to bundle these giveaways up with something resembling an interesting online experience, and this booty of gig goodness is no exception.

Thus, I am happy to inform you that I managed to locate my infamous special journalist hunting gear once more, and soon I will be popping online an EXTREMELY EXCLUSIVE (ie: slightly idiotic) interview with Angie Hart - in AUDIO FORM. Yes! Recorded this morning, you can listen to your editor playfully insult Australia's favourite songbird! Hear the amazing asides and dumb jokes that should have been edited out for the sake of both our reputations, but weren't! Because I'm lazy and quite dreadful when it comes to using editing software!

I do need to clean it up a little though, so it won't be up until tomorrow (around midday). Accompanying it will be instructions on how you can win a double pass to a show near you over the next fortnight. And next week - no promises, but I can only try - I'll attempt to get Dave and Angie to do a little something special just for the viewing pleasure of Defamer Australia readers.

"PORNO?" - You

Oh, behave.

"OMG AND WHERE WILL THE SHOWS BE HELD, ANYWAY? MAYBE I WANT TO BUY A TICKET JUST IN CASE I DON'T WIN ONE!" - You

You're a switched on cat, and I respect that.

After the jump, a helpful guide to the tour (and some phone numbers if you'd like to order yerself a couple of tickets).

"BUT WAIT - CAN YOU TELL US ANYTHING ABOUT YOUR BRILLIANT AND PENETRATING (LOL) INTERVIEW WITH ANGIE HART IN ADVANCE?" - You

Okay. IF you have a recorder, and IF you can play the solo in Labour of Love, then Angie has agreed to welcome you on stage at the shows to play along with her and her handsome guitarist Sam Agostino. Top that!

"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" - You

Dude, I know.

Now jump and check out the tour schedule, for fucks sake.

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Ahhh, 1981 in Australia... a blissful, innocent time. A period where a man could compliment a woman's legs without fear of reprimand, and when ladies flashed their knickers with impressive regularity.

To celebrate, let's watch the following advertisement from "back in the day".

Awesome.

Today's YouTube Clip Of The Day was submitted by Tim C in response to our Sime Nugent gig competition yesterday. As a reward, Tim will find himself on the door (plus one) at Friday night's festivities at The East Brunswick Club.

East Coast living Defamer Australia readers should stay tuned, as we have tickets to give away for what should be an awesome July tour featuring two beloved Australian artists. Let's just say if you're a fan of Custard and/or Frente, and have a healthy admiration for the lead singer of each band's solo works too, then you'll be WELL PLEASED with what we have to offer you next week.

Hola, Melbourne-based Sime Nugent fans (or passionate lovers of his music willing to travel great distances for a good live show).

As you may or may not know, we're big fans of "The Nuge" around these parts, and I was rather excited to learn that the man himself is playing a very special show, Bruce McAvaney style, this Friday night at Melbourne's own East Brunswick Club. With support from Matt Walker and Suzannah Espie, a couple of special onstage guests, and a rollickingly talented band who will probably make your brain explode a bit when you watch them do their "thang", the gig was always going to be ace - but it's also being recorded, which means there's every chance your girlish cries of "TAKE YOUR SHIRT OFF, NUGENT!" and "PLAY KHE SANH!" will appear on a CD in the near future!

If you'd like to join me and other people with taste on Friday night, you can buy tickets from the East Brunswick Club's website or on the door at the night. Do it! DO IT!

OR - if you email tips AT defamer.com.au and offer up a remotely interesting YouTube link, you might just win yourself two tickets. Bring a date! Feel them up while one of the country's finest singer-songwriters bangs out the musical bliss! Buy me a beer! Whatever!

Because we are, kids. We totally are.

All you need to do is head to this post and leave us a comment as to why you deserve to win one by midnight on Friday, and you'll be in the running!

On a personal note, are we allowed to enter? We'd really love a Hiptop Slide, we could blog from anywhere and stay completely up to date on stuff! Can we have one, Dad Powers That Be? Can we?

Powers That Be: No.

Oh.

Well then, the rest of you had better make the most of this opportunity - do it for us!

Fancy yourself with a brand spanking new Hiptop Slide? Defamer Australia has TWO to give away! To score yourself one of the hottest new toys around, simply post a comment here.

Defamer Hiptop Competition

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Express yourself anytime, all the time! With the ultra-compact, ultra-now Hiptop Slide, you can:
· See who's online at a glance and chat with your friends when you're on the move
· Listen to your favourite tunes with the built in MP3 player
· Take photos with the integrated 1.3 megapixel camera with built-in LED flash for night shots and a convex mirror for self portraits
· Elevate your gaming experience with a large screen, directional pad and external control buttons

Defamer Australia has TWO Hiptop Slide handsets from Telstra to give away! To score yourself one of the hottest new toys around, simply post a comment below and tell us, in 25 words or less: How a Hiptop would change your life and why you really want to win one.

Find out more about the Hiptop, exclusive from Telstra.

Hurry! Valid comments must be posted by midnight, Friday 8 February 2008.

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Remember when we gave you the heads up on how to win a $250 voucher just by answering some questions about Defamer Australia and your feelings? Do you?

Well, it's not too late to enter. Competition closes tomorrow, so there's still a small window of opportunity left to dive in, click happily amongst the multiple choice questions, and potentially win a voucher for... BUNNINGS! Or Coles/Myer, David Jones, or Harvey Norman, depending on what you're into. But we're into BUNNINGS!

CLICK HERE to complete the survey. It doesn't take too long (we've done it, and gave ourselves top marks because we are in denial about many aspects of our life) so you'll be back wasting time on Facebook before you know it. Unless you're Kate Ritchie.

Sorry, Kate :(

BUNNINGS, PEOPLE! BUNNINGS!

That's right, we're giving away a delicious $250 voucher to Coles/Myer, David Jones, Harvey Norman or Bunnings - BUNNINGS!!!!!! - to lucky readers who lay down on our "couch" (head to our online survey) and begin telling us about their "mother" (what they think of us, and other shizzle).

You have to be in it to win it, you'll never never know if you never never go, who dares wins, etc!

CLICK HERE TO DO THE SURVEY (DOESN'T TAKE LONG, SWEARS)