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10:55AM Jess McGuire | The Australian has an interesting story about this year’s controversial Hottest 100 Songs Of All Time list. Triple J listeners decided on what they considered to be the greatest tunes in the history of modern music, and it seems that the majority of folks who don’t listen to Triple J and didn’t bother voting found the results to be exceptionally disappointing. But what if the results had been fiddled with? Gasp! Apparently that’s exactly what Triple J’s current affairs show Hack thought had happened, but the story “fell apart” before being broadcast. More »
ABC Denies “Manipulating” Triple J’s Hottest Sausage Fest Of All Time
10:55AM Jess McGuire | The Australian has an interesting story about this year’s controversial Hottest 100 Songs Of All Time list. Triple J listeners decided on what they considered to be the greatest tunes in the history of modern music, and it seems that the majority of folks who don’t listen to Triple J and didn’t bother voting found the results to be exceptionally disappointing. But what if the results had been fiddled with? Gasp! Apparently that’s exactly what Triple J’s current affairs show Hack thought had happened, but the story “fell apart” before being broadcast. More » 
Music
3:39PM Jess McGuire | In response to the Triple J Hottest 100 “cockforest” (well done, Lindsay McDougall!), Triple R Breakfasters presenter Fee B-Squared has very thoughtfully collected (over) a hundred of the best songs featuring people with boobies (no Meat Loaf, though). She’s put them together in a Blip.fm playlist that’d make your head spin, so let’s investigate. More »
The Hottest 100 Songs Of All Time… Now With Added Ovaries!
3:39PM Jess McGuire | In response to the Triple J Hottest 100 “cockforest” (well done, Lindsay McDougall!), Triple R Breakfasters presenter Fee B-Squared has very thoughtfully collected (over) a hundred of the best songs featuring people with boobies (no Meat Loaf, though). She’s put them together in a Blip.fm playlist that’d make your head spin, so let’s investigate. More »
Music
10:34AM Jess McGuire | Did you listen to Triple J’s Hottest 100 Of All Time results and find yourself wondering whether the Hilltop Hoods tune The Nosebleed Section is really the 17th “hottest” song of all time? Perhaps you searched for a track by the likes of PJ Harvey or Dusty Springfield in the list of songs chosen by the youth of the nation, only to find Blink 182’s Dammit being celebrated instead? You’re probably terribly upset right now. More »
A Nation Deals With The Hottest 100 Songs Of All Time Result
10:34AM Jess McGuire | Did you listen to Triple J’s Hottest 100 Of All Time results and find yourself wondering whether the Hilltop Hoods tune The Nosebleed Section is really the 17th “hottest” song of all time? Perhaps you searched for a track by the likes of PJ Harvey or Dusty Springfield in the list of songs chosen by the youth of the nation, only to find Blink 182’s Dammit being celebrated instead? You’re probably terribly upset right now. More »
Radio
2:20PM Jess McGuire | Hello, readers! If you’re really, really unattractive but crave radio fame, then perhaps the latest Twitter message from Triple J’s Hack will be of some interest to you! More »
Attention Australian Youths With Low Self-Esteem!
2:20PM Jess McGuire | Hello, readers! If you’re really, really unattractive but crave radio fame, then perhaps the latest Twitter message from Triple J’s Hack will be of some interest to you! More » Triple M Poach Roy And HG From The National Broadcaster
9:16AM Jess McGuire | Roy and HG have been ABC fixtures for over two decades, but a money flinging Austereo, no doubt attempting to rebuild itself with fresh talent after a disappointing couple of years ratings wise, has finally convinced the comic duo to jump ship.
HG Nelson and Roy Slaven have defected to commercial radio after 22 years at Triple J amid claims from the ABC youth network that the pair has sold out.
Triple M has wooed the larrikins, although the station was on the back foot yesterday after Triple J issued a statement about their departure.
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People Who Probably Won’t Be Rushing Out To Purchase Kate Miller-Heidke’s New Album (#176 In A Series Which Is Unlikely To Continue)
5:03PM Jess McGuire | The Oldfields
(You might be wondering why – check out track ten on Kate Miller-Heidke’s new record Curiouser…)
SUPERGIRL
Supergirl
Hands in the air for supergirl. She goes her own way
Hands in the air for supergirl. She’s doing alright
Hands in the air for supergirl. She goes her own way
Hands in the air for supergirl. She’s doing alright
You’re doing it your own way
Walking with your own sway
Smiling into a cloudy day
And I want you to know
How you helped me to grow
I just wanted to say
Marieke, marieke, marieke
You’re okay
It goes on. Look away if you’re a cucumber hater.
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Purchase Your Own Breakfast Radio Host For The Night!
12:04PM Jess McGuire | We were amused to learn yesterday that Triple J Breakfast host The Doctor has decided to pop partner in crime Marieke Hardy up on eBay, a la ScarJo. Radio fans (and, if you’re more old school, scary blogstalkers) will be thrilled to discover that the winner of this eBay auction will receive the following…
A night with Marieke Hardy!
The successful bidder will receive a night out on the tiles with slightly shop-soiled radio host, Marieke Hardy from Triple J’s Breakfast Program; Robbie, Marieke and the Doctor. Included in the night* will be:
2 tickets to taping of First Tuesday Book Club
1 dink on the Doctor’s bicycle to the studio (no hills)
1 Miner’s elastic headlight to read by
1 packet vegan party franks from the Triple J fridge
1 rendition of a Tom Waits song by Marieke, Scarlett Johannsen-style
All money goes to registered charity to be agreed upon by successful bidder and Marieke.
Note: the date ends at 8:20pm, Marieke’s bed time.
We just spoke to Marieke on the phone in order to confirm everything was actually “fo shizz” and not just a hilarious gag, and informed her that the current highest bid was now $1,025.
“NO WAY!”, she shrieked, and yelled to her producer “Hey, the auction’s up to $1,025!”
We then heard the voice of her disbelieving producer Amelia hollering back “WHAT? WHO IS DOING THIS?”
We have no idea.
If you’d like a night with Marieke Hardy, get bidding – the auction closes on the 11th March. We can personally vouch that she will corrupt you you’ll have a delightful time. Warning though, you may have to sit through her talking endlessly about her love of Maroon 5. More » Austereo Ditches Tony Martin’s Show In Favour Of The Comedy Gold That Is Strauchanie
8:57AM Jess McGuire | A surprising development in the world of radio today, with news Austereo has decided to give Tony Martin’s Triple M program the boot.
Tony Martin’s nationally networked radio show has been axed, despite being one of the top rating programs on struggling station Triple M.
The comedian’s Get This program has been a successful annoyance for the Austereo network, which shifted its timeslot three times in just over 18 months.
In a pattern repeated across the country, figures jumped from about 5 per cent audience share to about 11 per cent during the two-hour program, when it aired from 11am. They fell back to near 6 per cent when the station returned to music.
Given, as it says above, that the show is a ratings winner, it does seem an odd decision. Ratings are not everything, of course, but the program is also highly respected by those in “the industry”, with more than a few radio stars and producers declaring to Defamer Australia over the past few months that it is one of the best quality radio shows on air in the country. The general opinion amongst Martin’s radio peers this morning regarding Austereo’s axing of Get This seems to be a mix of “What the fuck?” and “IDIOTS!”.
The Herald Sun’s Confidential column reported this morning –
It’s believed that the signing of comedian Peter Helliar and Triple J’s Myf Warhurst as part of a national breakfast restructure has seen costs rocket, which has led to the station letting Martin go. Some sources said Helliar’s yearly salary could be as high as $1 million.
They really are taking quite the punt on the Helliar/Warhurst combination, aren’t they? We suppose time will tell if this is as daft a move as it seems. What do we know? Kyle and Jackie O just won Best On-Air Team at the Australian Commercial Radio Awards, and listening to them makes us want to stab our eyes out with broken pieces of Tamara Jaber’s Ooh Ahh CD single case, so we obviously don’t have our finger on the pulse of what makes good radio.
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