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Islamic Extremists Target Beyonce
8:30PM Ephraim Gadsby | The Muslim Brotherhood In Egypt is a political organisation that once included Sayyid Qutb, the man who inspired Al-Qaeda. It was founded to promote Islamic law, oppress women, etc. And now it wants to keep Beyonce out of Egypt! More »
‘Beaconsfield: A Musical in A-Flat Minor’ Not Getting Rave Reviews From Actual Beaconsfield Miner Todd Russell
4:54PM Jess McGuire | Dear oh dear… who would’ve thought that the affable Foo Fighters-loving Todd Russell would be up in arms over a harmless little Fringe Festival production called Beaconsfield: A Musical in A-Flat Minor, eh? Well, erm, actually anyone who stopped and considered that a friend of Russell’s, Larry Knight, died in the disaster and perhaps the ‘A-Flat Minor’ touch was slightly insensitive… Either way, Todd Russell is not pleased with the man behind the production Dan Ilic, claiming to be “disgusted” by news the mining disaster had been turned into a musical comedy. Also not happy? Larry Knight’s family.
The widow and family of Beaconsfield mine accident victim Larry Knight are distressed and appalled by a new musical comedy, Beaconsfield: A Musical In A-Flat Minor.
The play, to be performed at the Melbourne Fringe Festival from tomorrow night, is being marketed as the “feel good piss-take of the year”, but is generating outrage.
More » Good To See The Courier Mail Are On The Pulse
9:33AM Clem Bastow | Last week we alerted you to Everett True’s Guardian-enabled whining about how much Australia’s music press sucks and blah blah Silverchair blah, and you reacted accordingly (”I’m surprised he’s still kicking” – Born D). Well, the trickle down effect has finally made it to the offices of the Courier Mail some five days later, where all sorts of outrage and indignation is being thrown about:
Queensland’s music press has hit back, with one editor of a local music newspaper dismissing the British music guru as “irrelevent”.
“It’s a really poor piece of journalism from a music writer who once had relevance and influence, but now he’s living in Australia, he doesn’t really have the knowledge or experience of the local industry to back up his opinions,” said the industry source.
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Chris Rock’s F*&%ing Night At The Roxbury
11:52AM Clem Bastow | Good to see Australian audiences keeping up our rep as comedy fans on the edge of the edgy: Chris Rock has caused an outbreak of the sooky la las after getting blue at a surprise gig in Sydney. What were they expecting, Adam Hills & The Cuddly Fun Nanna Hour (with Rove on warm-up duties)?
According to Confidential spies, the 25-minute routine featured the “f” word more times than a Ramsay cooking episode – playing fun with everything from Barack Obama to Australia’s origins as a convict country.
Ahead of his first tour of Australia, Rock, known for his no-limits, confrontational style, was accompanied by an entourage of seven and the star was dressed smartly in a black trench coat.
Roxbury Hotel staffer Chris Strickland said he thought the venue was being “punked” when Aussie promoter Artie Lang called on the night to arrange the secret slot.
The Saturday Night Live star did not explain his motives for the impromptu, preview gig, but it proved a cheap thrill for the lucky 100 in the pub on the night.
Ha ha, that use of “punked” in inverted commas says it all, really. Top work, Chris Strickland – to the top of the Jazz Randyboy class go you! In any case, now seems as good a time as ever to share one of my favourite Chris Rock Show highlights with you all, How Not To Get Your Ass Kicked By The Police – over the jump. More » 
