BURNING MOUNTAIN STUDIO

IT'S TIME FOR A FEDERAL ELECTION

2010-03-13T10:36:00.002+11:00

BRING IT ON, I SAY. THIS GOVERNMENT IS BEING HAMSTRUNG ON TOO MANY FRONTS AND IS FAILING THE PEOPLE WHO VOTED FOR IT (THE MAJORITY OF VOTERS) BY NOT BEING ABLE TO DELIVER THE REFORMS THE COUNTRY NEEDS. THE OPPOSITION IS THE MOST NEGATIVE I CAN EVER RECALL. THE GREENS, TO ME ARE A BIG DISAPPOINTMENT, SURELY THE ART OF GOOD POLITICS IS THE ABILITY TO FIND SOME COMMON GROUND, BUT THEY WON'T BUDGE ON ANYTHING AND ARE NOW ALIENATING THEIR NEW FOUND SUPPORTERS AND RISK BECOMING IRRELEVANT. AS FOR THE NO POKIES SENATOR AND THAT IDIOT FIELDING, THEY SHOULD GO BACK TO WHERE THEY CAME FROM. SENATOR FIELDING IN PARTICULAR, IS A COMPLETE JOKE, WAY OUT OF HIS DEPTH AND REPRESENTATIVE OF VIRTUALLY NO ONE. THIS WEEKEND, HE PONDERS THE FUTURE OF THE BROADBAND NETWORK. THE COUNTRY CANNOT AFFORD TO RISK IT'S FUTURE GROWTH IN THE HANDS OF A DRONGO SUCH AS THIS.

FAREWELL ROD JEFFREY

2010-02-28T14:40:00.002+11:00

ROD "BEACHHEAD" JEFFREY DIED YESTERDAY AFTER A LONG BATTLE WITH PROSTATE CANCER. A GREAT BLUES/JAZZ SINGER, BEACHIE WAS ONE OF LIFE'S GENUINE CHARACTERS AND WILL BE MISSED BY MANY.

DECEMBER, NOT MUCH TO SAY, REALLY.

2010-01-01T15:14:00.002+11:00

I HAVEN'T POSTED MUCH LATELY, GOT A BIT BORED WITH IT ALL. HAVE SOME FRIENDS HERE FROM ENGLAND AND HAVE BEEN ENJOYING THEIR COMPANY. I REALLY GOT SICK OF THE POLITICS THIS YEAR, NOT VERY FUNNY, JUST A LOT OF SELF INDULGENCE FROM THEM, AND SOD THE VOTING PUBLIC. THE PRINT MEDIA WAS ALSO CRAP. MORE SENSATIONALISM THAN USUAL, A SERIOUS LACK OF INTERESTING JOURNALISM. OH WELL, I HOPE THINGS IMPROVE, AND I HOPE I RECOVER MY INTEREST IN THINGS IN THE NEW YEAR. OTHERWISE, I MIGHT JUST GO AND PLAY TRAINS FULL TIME.

JOHN AND BELINDA THINK THEY ARE THE CLINTONS

2009-11-09T06:10:00.004+11:00

FURTHER TO THE RUMOURED PLANS BY JOHN DELLA-BOSCA TO SEEK THE PREMIERSHIP OF NEW SOUTH WALES, I READ IN THE SMH TODAY A REPORTED DENIAL BY THE PARTY PRESIDENT THAT POLLING HAD TAKEN PLACE IN ROBERTSON.
"The party president, Bernie Riordan, who was at the meeting, said there had been no specific polling on Robertson, but he would not discuss general polling on Ms Neal."
WELL, THAT'S NEWS TO ME, BECAUSE I WAS POLLED ON SEPT 21ST BY ROY MORGAN, JUST LOOK IN LAST MONTH'S POST, I WROTE ABOUT IT.

I AM NOT DILLUSIONAL?

2009-11-06T06:54:00.001+11:00

YEH RIGHT.

IT'S A LONG WAY TO THE SHOP IF YOU WANT A SAUSAGE ROLL

2009-11-04T15:32:00.002+11:00

BRW'S 2009 TOP EARNERS IN ENTERTAINMENT LIST HAS JUST COME OUT. AC DC WITH A $105M FOR THE YEAR TOPS THE LIST, FOLLOWED BY KYLIE ON $47M, WIGGLES, $45M IN THIRD.

NAROOMA MOVES TO BATEMAN'S BAY

2009-10-29T14:27:00.002+11:00

WELL THE GREAT SOUTHERN BLUES AND ROCKABILLY FESTIVAL WHICH HAS BEEN HELD AT NAROOMA SINCE IT'S INCEPTION 13 YEARS AGO IS MOVING UP THE ROAD TO BATEMAN'S BAY NEXT YEAR. THIS HAD BEEN RUMOURED FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, AND NEIL MUMME, THE ORGANISER, EVEN DENIED IT TO ME A FEW WEEKS AGO AT THE FESTIVAL. BUT IT'S HAPPENING AND MICHAEL CHUGG 'S ORGANISATION IS ALSO GETTING INVOLVED. I SUSPECT THIS WILL MEAN AN EVEN BIGGER EVENT, MAYBE MORE BIG NAMES FROM AMERICA, AND BIGGER CROWDS. IT'S NOW CLOSER TO SYDNEY AND CANBERRA WITH MORE ACCOMMODATION OPTIONS AVAILABLE.
I LOOK FORWARD TO IT.

PLAYGROUND WEEKENDER AT WISEMAN'S FERRY IS RUN BY A SHONK.

2009-10-29T07:34:00.002+11:00

SOME THINGS NEVER CHANGE. THE NUMBER OF SHONKS IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY IS AMAZING, AND THIS SORT OF THING HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR EVER. THE FIRST RECORDING I MADE WITH A BAND 39 YEARS AGO WAS A HIT AND ALSO RE-RELEASED AT LEAST 12 TIMES OVER THE YEARS. HOW MUCH WAS I PAID? YEP, YOU GUESSED IT.
THE THING THAT IS DISTURBING ABOUT ABOUT THE STORY BELOW, IS THE BASTARD RUNNING THIS FESTIVAL CLAIMS EVERYONE WILL EVENTUALLY BE PAID. IF THIS IS TRUE, GUESS WHERE THAT MONEY WILL COME FROM? YES THE PRESALE TICKET MONEY FOR NEXT YEAR'S FESTIVAL. SO, OBVIOUSLY NEXT YEARS ARTISTS WILL BE THE NEXT BUNCH OF SUCKERS. IF ANYONE READING THIS KNOWS ANY MUSICIANS ENGAGED TO PLAY THERE, TELL THEM DON'T.

This article is lifted in full from the Sydney Morning Herald.
Tim Elliott
October 29, 2009

IT WAS billed as a long weekend of "riverside revelry for clued-up campers", a music festival on the banks of the Hawkesbury River.

Over four scorching days in February, the third annual Playground Weekender at Del Rio Riverside Resort, Wisemans Ferry, boasted six stages of live music, an outdoor cinema, a cocktail bar and a yoga stall, as well as the Scottish band Primal Scream and "the cream" of local talent.

"From the moment you arrive, you will feel a million miles away from the stresses of home," the event's website promised.

But for many of the support acts, contractors and ancillary staff, Playground Weekender has proven anything but relaxing. Eight months later, some of them have not been paid - even though its British-born organiser, Andy Rigby, has advertised and sold tickets for next year's festival.

"We did 300 hours of cleaning at that event and he still owes us $4200," says Nickie Haylen, owner of Arctic Cleaning. "Whenever I speak to him he says he couldn't find my invoice or his email is down or that his money was being held in trust by someone else.''

Ben Chamie, whose band Peabody played on February 7, says he is still owed $600. "It's not a lot of money - it's more about the fact that he's advertising next year's festival when he hasn't paid people from previous years."

A band manager whose musicians were owed $6000 spent six months "screaming down the phone" at Rigby, and was paid after threatening to email "every contact I had in the industry and telling how he operated". The money had to be picked up, in cash, from a Chinese restaurant in Cabramatta, the manager says.

"Andy is an amateur, and it's up to us to stop him from doing it again, otherwise other acts are going to get hurt."

Rigby, 37, arrived in Australia from England in 1996 and has been involved with several music festivals, including Justin Hemmes's Good Vibrations. His first Playground Weekender, in 2007, was a hit, despite what the Faster Louder music website called a "kinda-cool-kinda-dangerous lack of security".

Rigby operates several companies, one of which, Playground Music, went into liquidation in December 2007 owing $172,000. Another, Playground Entertainment, was briefly deregistered a week before this year's festival.

"The festival has had a couple of harder years when we first started,'' Rigby says. ''But we have been battling through to make sure that every single person has been paid. Everyone associated with last year's festival will be paid before next year's festival."

NAROOMABLUES FEST 2009

2009-10-11T15:40:00.005+11:00

WELL ANOTHER GREAT WEEKEND OF BLUES, ROCKABILLY AND ROCK NOSTALGIA HAS COME AND GONE AGAIN. AS USUAL, THE WAS A GREAT LINEUP OF BLUES ACTS FROM THE STATES, WITH CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE, DIUNNA GREENLEAF BACK AGAIN, WITH CEDRIC BURNSIDE & LIGHTNING MALCOLM, ERIC SARDINAS & BIG MOTOR, CHRIS DUARTE BAND AND CANDYE CANE. BRIAN CADD WAS ALSO BACK AGAIN, THIS TIME WITH RUSSELL MORRIS. IT'S THE FIRST TIME I'VE SEEN RUSSELL PERFORM SINCE I WAS IN A SHOW WITH HIM AT THE OLD SYDNEY STADIUM 40 YEARS AGO. HE AND BRIAN PLAYED HIT AFTER HIT FOR AND HOUR AND A HALF. THE DAY'S ADDMISSION WAS WORTH IT FOR THESE GUYS ALONE! OTHER LOCAL ACTS INCLUDED THE BADLOVES,HIPPOS, BONDI CIGARS, XAVIER RUDD, THE BONE RATTLERS,MAL EASTICK, CHRIS WILSON, PYSCHO ZYDECO,BLUE KING BROWN, AND MANY MORE, AS THEY SAY.
I DIDN'T SEE EVERYONE, BUT MY FAVOURITES FROM THE USA, WERE CEDRIC BURNSIDE & LIGHTNING MALCOLM AND CHRIS DUARTE'S INVENTIVENESS. MY FAVOURITE LOCALS WERE BRIAN CADD AND RUSSELL MORRIS, JUST BRILLIANT ENTERTAINMENT, AND I REALLY ENJOYED BOTH SHOWS BY TASMANIAN PYSCHABILLY PUNKABILLY BAND THE BONE RATTLERS, GREAT FUN INDEED.

LIFE ON MARS

2009-09-23T06:41:00.007+10:00

WELL, NOT EXACTLY MARS, BUT WOY WOY AUSTRALIA. THIS MORNING AN INCREDIBLE DUST STORM INVADED THE EAST COAST ENGULFING SYDNEY AND SURROUNDING AREAS.

WE DON'T LIVE IN INTERESTING TIMES

2009-09-21T20:36:00.002+10:00

I HAVEN'T POSTED MUCH LATELY, BECAUSE THERE HAS NOT BEEN MUCH POINT. TONIGHT HOWEVER, I WAS PHONED BY ROY MORGAN RESEARCH, AND QUESTIONED ABOUT STATE POLITICS. THE QUESTIONS WERE BASICALLY, DO I PREFER THE LABOR INCUMBENT MARIE ANDREWS, OR WOULD I PREFER JOHN DELLA-BOSCA. ON THE OPPOSITION SIDE, I WAS ASKED IF I PREFERRED CHRIS HOLSTEIN OR JIM LLOYD. I DON'T KNOW WHO COMMISSIONED THE SURVEY BY THE QUESTIONS ASKED,
BUT THE QUESTIONS THEMSELVES ARE AN INTERESTING GUIDE TO HOW THE PARTIES ARE THINKING.
MARIE ANDREWS, I FIND, IS A PRODUCTIVE LOCAL MEMBER, SO, IS SHE GOING TO BE STEAMROLLED BY DELLA? IS HE TOO MUCH ON THE NOSE? IS THE STATE LABOR PARTY THAT STUPID? WE KNOW WHO HE IS. PERSONALLY, I'M OVER HIM AND THE MISSUS. AS FOR THE LIBERAL TICKET, WELL HOLSTEIN IS NO SURPRISE, BUT JIM LLOYD MAKING A COME BACK IN STATE POLITICS? HE SAID AFTER THE LAST FEDERAL ELECTION , THERE WAS NO PLAN "B". WELL, IF THIS IS IT, IF IT'S TAKEN HIM THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS TO COME UP WITH THE CUNNING PLAN OF RUNNING FOR THE STATE PARLIAMENT, WELL JIM, JUST RETIRE AND LIVE OFF YOUR VERY GENEROUS TAXPAYER SUPPLIED PENSION.

I LOVE CHINGLISH

2009-08-27T06:20:00.005+10:00

MALCOLM TURNBULL ALL TURN ALL BULL

2009-08-04T21:52:00.002+10:00

WELL, AFTER TODAYS REVELATIONS, WHAT ELSE WOULD YOU EXPECT? MALCOLM TURNBULL IS FULL OF SHIT. HE IS NOW HAPPY TO DUMP ALL THE BLAME ON GODWIN GRETCH, THE HAPLESS PUBLIC SERVANT. SURPRISE SURPRISE! WHAT A TYPICAL GRUBBY LIBERAL ACT. TURNBULL, SEN. ABETEZ, JOLLY JOE HOCKEY, AND TONY (PEOPLE SKILLS) ABBOTT, HAVE ALL COME OUT WITH THEIR SUPPORT. mALCOLM IS STUFFED.

IT'S 40 YEARS SINCE MAN LANDED ON THE MOON

2009-07-21T10:55:00.005+10:00

I STILL FIND THIS THE MOST INSPIRING EVENT TO HAVE OCCURRED IN MY LIFETIME.
I WROTE A PIECE OF MUSIC CALLED "SEA OF TRANQUILITY" TO MARK THE EVENT.
YOU CAN FIND IT HERE.
GO TO THE LIST OF LINKS OPPOSITE AND CLICK ON BURNING MOUNTAIN STUDIO WEBSITE.

THE POMS FINALLY WIN AT LORDS

2009-07-21T06:25:00.004+10:00

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WELL ENGLAND HAVE FINALLY DONE IT. THEY HAVE WON A HOME TEST AGAINST AUSTRALIA AT LORDS, THE SPIRITUAL HOME OF CRICKET, AND IT HAS ONLY TAKEN 75 YEARS. YES, 1934 WAS THE LAST TIME ENGLAND BEAT AUSTRALIA AT LORDS! IN ANY OTHER COUNTRY, IN ANY OTHER SPORT, THIS WOULD BE A SUBJECT OF NATIONAL SHAME, BUT THE POMS WILL NO DOUBT BE CROWING TODAY THEY ARE THE GREATEST. AH, ..THEY ARE FUNNY. A FEW YEARS BACK WHEN THEY WON THE ASHES IN ENGLAND, THE ENTIRE TEAM WERE AWARDED MBE'S. (MEMBER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE MEDALS) BY THE QUEEN. THEY WENT ON THE FOLLOWING YEAR TO LOSE THEM AGAIN TO THE AUSSIES. SO WHAT THIS TIME? I THINK AT LEAST A KNIGHTHOOD OR LIFE PEERAGE. ALL THOSE LORDS AT LORDS, SPIFFING.

WILL CALIFORNIA LEGALISE POT?

2009-07-16T09:00:00.002+10:00

I PERSONALLY DON'T CARE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, EXCEPT IT APPARENTLY HAS SOME BENEFIT FOR CHRONIC PAIN RELIEF, BUT AFTER DECADES OF DEBATE ABOUT THE PROS AND CONS, IT JUST COMES DOWN TO WHAT THE GOVERNMENT CAN MAKE OUT OF IT.

California pot tax 'would rake in $1.7b'
July 16, 2009 - 8:54AM

California tax officials say a state proposal to tax and regulate marijuana like alcohol would generate nearly $US1.4 billion ($A1.76 billion) in revenue.

A State Board of Equalisation report released on Wednesday estimates marijuana retail sales would bring $US990 million ($A1.25 billion) from a $US50 ($A63)-per-ounce fee and $US392 million ($A493.45 million) in sales taxes.

The bill introduced by San Francisco Democratic Assemblyman Tom Ammiano in February would allow adults to legally possess, grow and sell marijuana.

Ammiano has promoted the bill as a way to help bridge the state's $US26.3 billion ($A33.11 billion) budget shortfall.

As the bill is written, the state could not begin collecting taxes under the bill until the federal government legalises marijuana.

A spokesman says Ammiano plans to amend the bill to remove that provision.

© 2009 AP

AH! ONE OF MY FAVOURITE IDIOTS

2009-07-14T12:20:00.002+10:00

COREY WORTHINGTON, THE PARTY BOY IDIOT FROM MELBOURNE WAS CAUGHT SPEEDING, CLOCKED AT 124KMH IN AN 80 ZONE NEAR HIS HOME. OH DEAR, HOW SAD.

THE MISSING GLOVE MYSTERY SOLVED

2009-07-09T13:38:00.002+10:00

I ALWAYS WONDERED WHERE MICHAEL JACKSON LEFT HIS OTHER GLOVE. HIS BROTHER HAD IT.

HAS EVERYONE LOST THEIR SENSE OF HUMOUR?

2009-06-26T11:20:00.004+10:00

SADLY, THIS CLOWN RETIRED, HE WASN'T FUNNY ANY MORE.

BRONNY USED TO GET SOME GREAT LAUGHS WITH HER FLOWER THAT SQUIRTS WATER!

WHY IS EVERYONE TAKING "UTEGATE" SO SERIOUSLY? DON'T YOU REALISE THIS IS JUST ANOTHER "CHASER STYLE STUNT" BROUGHT TO YOU BY THOSE HILARIOUS GUYS IN THE LIBERAL PARTY PRACTICAL JOKE DEPARTMENT?

ROCKCATS DELUXE

2009-06-12T15:20:00.006+10:00

ROCKCATS DELUXE IS THE NEW NAME OF "THE BLUESBUSTERS". WAYNE THOMAS TOLD ME THERE WERE SEVERAL OTHER BANDS HERE AND OVERSEAS WITH THE SAME NAME. I THINK HE SAID THERE WAS ALSO A PSYCHIATRIST'S PRACTICE WITH THAT NAME. CHECK OUT THEIR WEBSITE BY CLICKING ON THE TITLE.

SENATOR STEVE FIELDING, SERIAL PUBLICITY SEEKER

2009-06-08T19:29:00.006+10:00

SENATOR FIELDING OF THE FAMILY FIRST PARTY, WHOEVER THEY ARE, WHO WAS ELECTED TO PARLIAMENT WITH SOMETHING LIKE 2% OF THE VOTE, HAS RETURNED FROM AMERICA CLAIMING GLOBAL WARMING IS PROBABLY DUE TO SOLAR FLARE ACTIVITY. BASED ON THIS, HE WILL FURTHER DELAY ACTION THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT IS TRYING TO TAKE.
I CAN'T IMAGINE HOW PEOPLE VOTE FOR IDIOTS LIKE THIS.
FAMILY FIRST SUPPORTERS, HANG YOUR HEADS IN SHAME.

MEN WHO LOOK LIKE OLD LESBIANS

2009-06-08T07:28:00.002+10:00

I FOUND THIS VERY FUNNY BLOG, HAVE A LOOK.
http://menwholooklikeoldlesbians.blogspot.com

GOSFORD BLUES FESTIVAL

2009-06-07T15:01:00.005+10:00

ANOTHER LOCAL BLUES FESTIVAL HAS COME AND GONE; WILL THIS BE THE LAST? NO SPONSORSHIP FROM THE COUNCIL THIS YEAR, THEY'D RATHER WASTE MILLIONS ON FAILED INVESTMENTS IN AMERICAN JUNK MORTGAGES. GREAT LINEUP AGAIN, THIS TIME AT THE RSL. WHO'S IDEA WAS IT TO HAVE NOTHING TO SIT ON? A 12 HOUR MARATHON ON YOUR FEET ? NOT GOOD ENOUGH. THE LINEUP INCLUDED FOREDAY RIDERS, AS GOOD AS I HAVE EVER HEARD THEM, JIM CONWAY MAL EASTICK, THE USUAL VERY HIGH STANDARD, DON HOPKINS AND THE GORGEOUS ALISON PENNEY, TWO OF THE BEST KEYBOARD PLAYERS IN THE COUNTRY,PHIL EDGELEY, CHASE THE SUN,BEACHHEAD, WITH ROD SOUNDING AS GOOD AS EVER, AND THE VERY REV. GARY DALE IN SUBLIME TOUCH ON GUITAR PLUS MANY MORE, AND ALL IT COULD ATTRACT WAS A FEW HUNDRED PUNTERS.

ANTHONY "THE MAN" MODESTY IS MY MIDDLE NAME MUNDINE

2009-05-29T10:20:00.004+10:00

HE SAYS HE'S THE GREATEST ATHLETE THAT EVER LIVED, AND ASKS WHAT HE HAS TO DO TO GET THE PUBLIC'S RESPECT. I THINK HE ANSWERED HIS OWN QUESTION.

TINKERBELL'S FAIRYDUST

2009-05-29T09:38:00.002+10:00

MY OLD MATE STEVE MAHER LIVES DOWN THE ROAD FROM ME, AND LIKE ME, STARTED PLAYING IN BANDS BACK IN THE 60'S. HE WAS CONTACTED RECENTLY BY A COMPANY IN ENGLAND WHO WANT TO RE-RELEASE THEIR OLD ALBUM. SO, STEVE HAS PUT TOGETHER A GREAT WEBSITE OUTLINING THE HISTORY OF "TINKERBELL'S FAIRYDUST". TAKE A LOOK HERE. http://tinkerbellsfairydust.com

RUGBY LEAGUE SEX NIGHTS

2009-05-14T21:32:00.002+10:00

I MUST SAY, I WAS AMAZED TO READ TODAY.A STORY FROM A PROMINENT SENIOR PLAYER WHO SAID THAT GROUP SEX WAS A NORMAL FRIDAY NIGHT THING AT THE CLUB. WHAT, ALONG WITH CARPET BOWLS AND 20 BUCKS IN THE POKIES? HAVE I MISSED SOMETHING HERE?
OK, I'M OLD, BUT I PLAYED FOOTBALL ONCE, WE'D GET PISSED ON FRIDAY NIGHT, HARASS THE LOCAL PIZZA SHOP AND BAT ON OR GO HOME.
I CAN RECALL NIGHTS OF DEBAUCHERY BY SOME AT EXPENSIVE BORDELLOS. I CAN REMEMBER ALL MANNER OF CRAZY STUNTS, FEEDING OUR DOGS AT THE LOCAL CHEW AND SPEW, DIVING OFF FERRIES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HARBOUR, THROWING POKER MACHINES INTO THE HARBOUR, EATING FOOD UNDER THE TABLE AT EXCLUSIVE RESTAURANTS, EATING THE BOW TIE OF A BOUNCER, (I DID THAT) I'M ASHAMED TO SAY, EATING THE FLOWERS ON A RESTAURANT TABLE IF THE SERVICE WAS SLOW, (I DID THAT TOO), BUT, GROUP SEX WITH ONE GIRL? WITH ALL YOUR TEAM MATES THERE, MASTURBATING? WHO ARE THESE RUGBY LEAGUE PLAYERS THESE DAYS? THEY SOUND LIKE A SICK BUNCH OF WEIRDOS. I'M SORRY FOR THE GIRL IN NZ WHO HAS COME OUT ABOUT THIS BUSINESS IN NEW ZEALAND WITH MATTHEW JOHNS AND THE CRONULLA TEAM SEVERAL YEARS AGO. I HAVE HEARD SIMILAR STORIES FOR DECADES. IT IS TIME FOR YOUNG FOOTBALLERS TO TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT THEMSELVES. THINK ABOUT THEIR SISTERS, MOTHERS, GIRLFRIENDS, WIVES, THINK, IS THIS HOW I SHOULD ACT?
YOU KNOW, THE OLD DAYS, WHEN FOOTBALLERS GOT PAID A COUPLE OF HUNDRED FOR A WIN AND SIXTY FOR A LOSS WERE GREAT DAYS.
PLAYERS HAD FULL TIME JOBS AND TRAINED 2 NIGHTS A WEEK. I LOVED SEEING THEM GET WORN OUT AFTER 80 MINUTES OF HARD GRAFT. THE LAZY BASTARDS THESE DAYS ARE REPLACED EVERY TIME THEY LOOK A BIT TIRED. MUST BE TOO MUCH FRIDAY NIGHT GROUP SEX!

SWINE FLU HITS AUSTRALIA!!!!!

2009-05-10T07:52:00.002+10:00

THE HEADLINE ALL THE PANIC MERCHANTS HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR!
A WOMAN ARRIVED AT BRISBANE AIRPORT YESTERDAY AND WAS FOUND TO HAVE HAD SWINE FLU, BUT IS NOW PRETTY MUCH OVER IT. SHE WASN'T DEAD OR ANYTHING, JUST OVER IT, AND SO AM I.

LILY OH LILY

2009-05-10T07:32:00.002+10:00

Victoria Beckham sickening: Lily Allen
May 8, 2009
"Monster" ... Victoria Beckham.

"Monster" ... Victoria Beckham.

Lily Allen has branded Victoria Beckham a "monster".

The Not Fair singer - renowned for her harsh opinions on fellow celebrities - has launched a vicious verbal attack on the former Spice Girl and her soccer star husband David, insisting she has no desire to replicate their lavish lifestyle.

She told French soccer magazine SoFoot: "The Beckhams are sickening.

Everyone knows Victoria is a monster. I'd rather shoot myself between the eyes than be a WAG."

A WAG is the term for a partner of a professional soccer player. Victoria is one of England's highest-profile WAGs because of David's long-running involvement with the national team.

Lily also slammed Victoria's fellow WAG Cheryl Cole and the Girls Aloud singer's husband Ashley.

She ranted: "She is just a b***h. She represents everything I hate. She is stupid, superficial and as ugly outside as inside.

"Ashley is the worst. He just disgusts me. He jumps at everything that moves. I am not criticising him just to criticise, but I have met him several times. He is revolting."

Last year, Ashley was accused of cheating on Cheryl but the brunette beauty forgave him and the couple are trying to move forward with their marriage.

This is not the first Lily has clashed with Cheryl.

The Smile hitmaker was furious when Cheryl branded her a "chick with a d**k" so responded on her blog, saying: "I must say taking your clothes off, doing sexy dancing and marrying a rich footballer must be very gratifying, your mother must be so proud, stupid b***h."

REVERSE DRIVING AND LIGHT BULB EATING IN INDIA

2009-05-06T20:07:00.002+10:00

THIS IS A COUNTRY THAT AIMS TO BE A 21ST CENTURY WORLD POWER, BUT IS FULL OF PEOPLE LIKE THIS! I WANT TO LIVE THERE.

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INDIA : Many people count driving cars and eating delicacies as among their hobbies.

In India though, there are those who take these pursuits a step further.

Harpreet Pappu is a well-known personality in Bhatinda, Punjab.

He has mastered the art of "reverse" driving.

Pappu says he acquired this unusual skill to make a statement about India's political system.

"The entire system is topsy-turvy so I have to be the same. If people ask me why I drive backwards all the time, I tell them that they have the wrong perspective," says reverse driver Harpreet Pappu.

The former bus driver has logged some 150,000 kilometres of reverse driving.

And it was mere chance, he says, that led him to nurture this rare talent of his.

"I dropped off some passengers and backed up the car. The lever got stuck in reverse gear and I couldn't release it. I didn't have any money on me so I drove home in reverse for 50 to 60 kilometres. That incident inspired me and gave me the confidence to drive backwards," explains the reverse driver.

Glass eater Kishan Das Suryavanshi wants to make a living out of his unusual diet.

The resident of Chhatisgarh in central India crunches a glass bottle every alternate day.

He has even tasted light bulbs and spectacles, and says he enjoys the awestruck audience that gathers to watch him.

"I used to work as a driver for a school. I've bitten and chewed on glass bottles for 15 years. I started doing this because it was interesting and now it's become a habit," says glass eater Kishan Das Suryavanshi.

Suryavanshi is ambitious; he has set his sights on eating the windscreen of a supersonic aircraft.

Unique, quirky or strange - for these Indians, the pursuit may not be practical but nothing will deter them from spending time, money and sweat on it. - CNA /ls

AUSTRALIA'S FIRST SWINE FLU VICTIM

2009-05-02T11:08:00.005+10:00

THIS POOR MAN IS AUSTRALIA'S FIRST VICTIM, AND IS ALREADY SHOWING SIGNS OF A PIGGY NOSE. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING HE CAUGHT IT FROM HAVING HIS SNOUT IN THE TROUGH FAR TOO LONG.

YOU MAY ALSO NOTICE THE BEGINNINGS OF PIGGY LITTLE EYES AND EARS.
JOHN HEWSON SAW THE SIGNS WEEKS AGO, TRIED TO WARN US, BUT NO ONE LISTENED!

I'VE GOT MY SWINE FLU MASK AND I'M READY.

2009-05-02T10:45:00.003+10:00

AS HYSTERIA BUILDS THIS WEEK ABOUT THE NEXT BIG THING TO KILL US ALL, I HAVE TAKEN THE IMPORTANT STEPS OF IDENTIFYING NEIGHBOURS WHO ARE STOCKPILING FOOD AND DRINK, AS SUGGESTED BE DONE BY THE GOVERNMENT, WHICH IS REALLY JUST AN ATTEMPT TO BOOST RETAIL SALES BY GETTING PEOPLE TO SPEND THEIR STIMULUS PACKAGE, SO I WILL KNOW WHERE TO EAT, AND I BOUGHT A FACE MASK TO PROTECT ME.
AMONG SOME OF THE MORE INSANE THINGS DONE AND SAID, THE INDONESIAN MINISTER FOR HEALTH ANNOUNCED THAT INDONESIANS WOULD BE SAFE BECAUSE IT REALLY ONLY HAD TO DO WITH PEOPLE WITH SPANISH BLOOD!!!???, AND IN EGYPT, THERE WERE MASS SLAUGHTERINGS OF PIGS TO SHOW THE PEOPLE THE GOVERNMENT WAS ACTING.

SUSAN BOYLE HAS 75 MILLION HITS!

2009-04-24T20:51:00.004+10:00

WELL, THAT'S MORE HITS THAN ELVIS AND THE BEATLES PUT TOGETHER! YOU TUBE HITS, THAT IS!
FROM MOCKED TV VICTIM TO MAJOR CELEBRITY IN A WEEK, SUSAN BOYLE MAY JUST HAVE THE LAST LAUGH. I HOPE SO.

UGLY WOMAN CAN SING!

2009-04-18T09:07:00.002+10:00

THE WORLD WAS AMAZED THIS WEEK WHEN ON BRITISH TV SHOW, "BRITAIN'S GOT TALENT", A RATHER HOMELY LOOKING WOMAN SANG AND SOUNDED GOOD. I'M SURE THE JUDGES AND AUDIENCE WERE EXPECTING SOMETHING PRETTY RANK, AND WERE BAYING FOR BLOOD. SUSAN BOYLE HAD THE AUDACITY AND CONFIDENCE TO DELIVER A VERY SURPRISING PERFORMANCE, PROMPTING FAMOUS PEOPLE TO SAY THEY WERE REDUCED TO TEARS. IT WAS QUICKLY POINTED OUT TO THE WORLD THAT SHE WAS STILL A VIRGIN AND HAD NEVER BEEN KISSED. WE NEEDED TO KNOW THAT, DIDN'T WE?

THE BLUESBUSTERS

2009-04-16T13:57:00.006+10:00

HERE ARE THE BLUESBUSTERS, VERY OLD FRIENDS OF MINE. JOHN RUSSELL AND WAYNE THOMAS, LEFT AND SECOND LEFT,ARE OLD BAND MATES FROM FLAKE, THEO PENGILIS, AND THE PHOTOSHOPPED ROB ASKEW ON BASS. CHECK OUT THERE WEBSITE FOR ALL INFO ON GIGS, BIOS, DOWNLOADS ETC.
http://www.nextbestthing.com.au/Bluesbusters/

DAVE'S COME BACK MAN

2009-04-16T04:27:00.002+10:00

AFTER 25 YEARS OF STONED COLD SILENCE, CHEECH AND CHONG ARE BACK TOGETHER AND TOURING. THEY ARE IN SYDNEY AT THE ENMORE THEATRE DURING LATE APRIL.

THE THRILLER AND THE KILLER

2009-04-14T09:25:00.003+10:00

IS MICHAEL JACKSON TRYING TO LOOK LIKE PHIL SPECTOR? DO THEY HAVE THE SAME PLASTIC SURGEON? PHIL SPECTOR HAS BEEN FOUND GUILTY OF MURDER.
WHAT A TRAGIC END TO A GREAT CAREER.

AMANDA FELL FROM HER VESPA

2009-04-07T07:21:00.002+10:00

AUSTRALIA'S AMBASSADOR TO ITALY FELL FROM HER VESPA OVERNIGHT AND IT REGISTERED 6.8 ON THE RICHTER SCALE AND CAUSED WIDESPREAD DESTRUCTION.

FAMOUS PEOPLE ARE AT IT AGAIN

2009-04-06T11:18:00.002+10:00

IN THE FINE TRADITION OF CELEBRITIES GIVING THEIR POOR KIDS STUPID NAMES, JAMIE OLIVER AND HIS WIFE, JOOLS HAVE NAMED THEIR NEW DAUGHTER PETAL BLOSSOM RAINBOW. THEIR OTHER DAUGHTERS ARE POPPY HONEY AND DAISY BOO.
I REMEMBER TINY TIM NAMED A DAUGHTER KLEENEX AND FRANK ZAPPA HAD DWEEZEL AND MOON UNIT. DID THEY START THIS, OR ARE THERE EARLIER EXAMPLES?

MY WIFE IS BECOMING A SMART ARSE.

2009-04-03T22:50:00.002+11:00

THERE IS ALL SORTS OF STUFF GOING ON AT THE MOMENT IN THE PRESS ABOUT BIKIE GANGS.
POLICE RAIDED A GUY YESTERDAY AND HE WAS ARRESTED FOR POSSESSION OF ILLEGAL FIREARMS AND HAVING VIAGRA WITHOUT A PRESCRIPTION! I SAID THAT HE WAS ORGANIZING A STICK UP, SHE SAID BECAUSE HE WAS ALREADY CAUGHT IT WAS A COCK UP. SHE HAS BEEN MARRIED TO ME FAR TOO LONG.
ANYWAY, APART FROM ALL OF THAT, IMAGINE WHAT SHIT THIS GUY WILL GET FROM HIS TOUGH BIKIE MATES!!!!!

I'M ON HOLIDAYS, THANK GOD, IF THERE WAS ONE!

2009-04-03T21:12:00.003+11:00

I WENT TO A TRIBUNAL THING ON WEDNESDAY, A STATE GOVERNMENT THING, THE CTTT, WELL WHAT A DISGRACE. MY DAUGHTER OVERPAID RENT BY ABOUT $700, SO WE THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD WAY TO RESOLVE THE MATTER. THIS IS A NSW GOVERNMENT BODY, THE CONSUMER TRADER TENANCY TRIBUNAL. AS I SAID, MY DAUGHTER HAD OVER PAID HER RENT AND WANTED IT RECTIFIED. THERE HAD BEEN A CHANGE OF AGENT AND APPARENTLY A CHANGE OF LANDLORD. MY DAUGHTER ARRIVED ARMED WITH ALL THE FACTS, I WAS WITH HER FOR MORAL SUPPORT, AND SHE WAS TREATED WITH CONTEMPT, THE WOMAN WHO WAS SUPPOSEDLY HEARING THE CASE WAS RUDE ARROGANT AND DISMISSIVE, ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING. IT WAS NOT JUST US WHO RECEIVED THIS TREATMENT, BUT EVERYONE IN THE HEARING ROOM. I TOOK A DAY OFF WORK TO ATTEND THIS FARCE. IS THIS THE WAY PEOPLE ARE TREATED THESE DAYS? THIS HEARING WAS IN GOSFORD. SHE INTIMIDATED MY DAUGHTER SO MUCH, MY DAUGHTER FELT SO SICK THAT SHE WITHDREW HER CLAIM.
WHAT A DISGRACE!!!!
THIS POST WILL BE FORWARDED TO MY STATE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT, I HOPE SHE RESPONDS!

THE MOTORIZED BAR STOOL

2009-04-01T16:46:00.003+11:00

THIS IS IN TODAY'S SMH, I LOVE IT.
IT REMINDS ME OF A STORY MANY YEARS AGO WHEN COMEDIAN PETER COOK WAS IN FRONT OF THE BEAK ON DRINK DRIVING CHARGES AND ORDERED NOT TO DRIVE FOR A CERTAIN PERIOD. COOK ASKED THE JUDGE IF THAT INCLUDED POWER ASSISTED PUSH BIKES AND MOTORISED LAWNMOWERS.
THE BEAK CONFIRMED THAT IT DID.

Drunk crashes motorised bar stool

April 1, 2009 - 1:17PM

Drink driving ... police in Newark charged a man after he crashed his motorised bar stool. Photo: AP

Authorities in Ohio say a US man has been charged with drink driving after crashing his motorised bar stool.

Police in Newark, 30 miles east of Columbus, say when they responded to a report of a crash with injuries on March 4, they found a man who had wrecked a bar stool powered by a deconstructed lawn mower.

Kile Wygle, 28, went to hospital with minor injuries. Police say he was charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated after he told an officer at the hospital that he had consumed 15 beers.

Wygle told police his motorised bar stool can go up to 38mph.

Wygle has pleaded not guilty and has requested a jury trial.

APOLOGIES TO PAULINE PANTSDOWN

2009-03-24T20:32:00.004+11:00

APPARENTLY THE NUDIE PICS WEREN'T PAULINE AT ALL AND THE MEDIA COMPANIES WHO ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED THESE EVIL PICS HAVE APOLOGISED.
DUE TO BUDGETARY CONSTRAINTS, SHORT STAFFING AND OTHER FACTORS DUE TO THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC DOWNTURN WE WON'T BE ABLE TO OFFER THIS APOLOGY.
SORRY.

THIS APPARENTLY IS PAULINE RELEASING A POLICY STATEMENT.

THE BIGGEST GRIN SINCE MURIEL'S WEDDING

2009-03-22T15:40:00.004+11:00

PREMIER ANNA BLIGH WAS RE-ELECTED IN HER OWN RIGHT LAST NIGHT AS QUEENSLAND PREMIER, TO BECOME THE FIRST ELECTED FEMALE PREMIER.
JOAN KIRNER AND CARMEL LAWRENCE BOTH BECAME PREMIERS AFTER TAKING THE REINS MID TERM BUT LOST SUBSEQUENT ELECTIONS. THE WIN ALSO GIVES LABOR A RECORD 5TH TERM AND SEES THE END OF PAULINE HANSEND, WHO POLLED THIRD IN HER ELECTORATE AND HAS PROMISED TO GIVE UP POLITICS, AND LAST REMAINING ONE NATION MEMBER ALSO LOST THEIR SEAT.

2009-03-22T06:23:00.002+11:00

Joint partnership was an imaginary marriage

Harriet Alexander
March 22, 2009

Illustration: Cathy Wilcox

A MAN so muddled by years of marijuana dependency believed he was married to his former flatmate for nearly a decade - a mistake that threatened to derail his wedding to a new partner.

The man, 38, planned to marry this month but was unable to find the papers to prove to the marriage celebrant he was not still married to his previous partner, which she required because he had listed his marital status as "divorced".

The births, deaths and marriages registry was placed on notice that a marriage might have occurred and the celebrant needed to provide proof of his single status before she could perform the ceremony.

Enter the Family Law Court in Sydney. It heard that the man and his flatmate met through their mothers and lived together for 10 years from 1994. Their relationship was not sexual and was based largely on convenience, mutual support and friendship.

The man could not remember a wedding ceremony taking place but always believed they had been married. He told the court the details must have slipped his mind because he was stoned at the time. Indeed he had no "meaningful recollection" of significant portions of the relationship.

The pair fought a lot and in 2003 the flatmate gave him a document to sign, which he believed was their divorce papers.

It was not until he contacted his former flatmate for proof of their divorce that she told him it was a residential tenancy agreement.

The man and his new bride are now free to be married.

THIS WAS FROM THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD TODAY.

B GRADE BARRY BAGS BRIAN

2009-03-19T16:55:00.002+11:00

NSW OPPOSITION LEADER, B GRADE BARRY O'FARRELL HAS LABELED BRITISH MUSIC LEGEND BRIAN ENO AS A B GRADE TALENT. B GRADE BAZ WAS BAGGING PREMIER NATHAN REES' ANNOUNCEMENT THAT ENO WAS TO CURATE A 3 WEEK MUSIC FESTIVAL IN SYDNEY IN JUNE AS A WAY OF HIGHLIGHTING MELBOURNE GETTING TIGER WOODS TO PLAY A GAME OF GOLF THERE SOON. I ENJOY THE ANCIENT GAME AS MUCH AS THE NEXT CONNOISSEUR OF TARTAN PLUS FOURS, BUT BAZ TAKES THE CAKE THIS WEEK. BY THE WAY, YOU KNOW YOU ARE GETTING OLD WHEN THE STATE PREMIER IS CALLED NATHAN!

PETER GARRETT, AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT MINISTER BACK WITH THE OILS

2009-03-15T16:29:00.004+11:00

THIS REALLY IS AN APPROPRIATE ARTICLE TO MARK MY 400TH POST ON THIS BLOG!!
WHAT AN AGE WE LIVE IN. MINISTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, PETER GARRETT FRONTED MIDNIGHT OIL FOR ONE MORE GIG LAST NIGHT IN THE "SOUND RELIEF" CONCERT FOR BUSHFIRE VICTIMS. IT MUST BE HARD FOR SOME PEOPLE TO BELIEVE THAT A ROCK SINGER CAN BE A GOVERNMENT MINISTER. GOOD ON HIM.

PAULINE HANSON REALLY IS PAULINE PANTSDOWN!

2009-03-15T12:39:00.004+11:00

I AM CONSTANTLY AMAZED BY THE NUMBER OF WELL KNOWN PEOPLE WHO HAVE INDULGED IN A BIT OF PORN OR EMBARRASSING PHOTOGRAPHY WHEN THEY WERE YOUNG. PAULINE HANSON, THE WELL KNOWN RIGHT WING RACIST FORMER POLITICIAN WHO IS HAVING ANOTHER TILT AT POLITICS HAS STUNNED ME.
UNFORTUNATELY, OR FORTUNATELY, THESE PICS WON'T CONFIRM HER READHEAD STATUS.

GLAM BASSIST, HELEN HERBERT'S BIRTHDAY BASH

2009-03-08T11:47:00.014+11:00

IAN FRANCIS WAS ALLOWED TO PLAY WITH THE STAR OF THE NIGHT
WAYNE THOMAS PLAYED DRUMS IN A COUPLE OF SETS. WE PLAYED TOGETHER IN FLAKE 40 YEARS AGO.
WAYNE WITH ANOTHER EX-FLAKE MEMBER, AND GUITAR GREAT, JOHN RUSSELL.

BIRTHDAY GIRL HELEN, BASSIST WITH "THE HERBERTS"BELOW, KEITH HERBERT BECOMES STEVE EDMOND'S NEW SINGER, AND THE DRUMMER'S A STAR.BELOW, STEVE EDMONDS WAS ALSO ALLOWED TO JAM WITH HELEN AS LONG AS HE COULD KEEP UP, WHICH HE MANAGED.

BOB AND BONO ARE STUFFING UP AFRICA

2009-03-07T08:01:00.002+11:00

Finally somebody has shown the chutzpah to say "enough already" to those wealthy world-weary worrywarts Bono and Bob Geldof. Sydney-bound Dambisa Moyo, a Zambian-born economist, says the singers have glamorised aid to Africa to such an extent that it is damaging the very people it is supposed to help.

Moyo's book Dead Aid has received huge publicity in the US and Europe, not least because she is been bold enough to speak out against the beatific Bono and the sainted Sir Bob and such feel-good moments as the Live Aid concert of 1985.

Moyo, who is heading to Asia to promote her book, hopes to get to Sydney next month. "Celebrities have raised millions, but it only served to further corrupt governments with the leaders able to steal money without suffering any consequences for years while at the same time the people have been made further aid-dependent. Today Africa is far poorer than it was 40 years ago." ARTICLE FROM THE SMH

IT SAYS THEY ISSUED A JOINT STATEMENT!

2009-03-06T20:55:00.000+11:00

Dutch border towns to shut marijuana cafes

March 6, 2009 - 10:17AM

Two Dutch towns say their eight cannabis "coffee shops" will be closed within the next six months to ward off the 25,000 marijuana-smoking tourists who flood their communities every week.

The towns of Roosendaal and Bergen-op-Zoom, which are near the border with Belgium, said in a joint statement the closures would take effect on September 16.

The move was being taken to "put an end to the nuisance and crime related to trafficking and the consumption of drugs" generated by the 25,000 tourists, a statement said.

The mayors had announced last October their intention to withdraw the licences of the coffee shops over security concerns.

At the time, a Roosendaal town hall spokeswoman said the coffee shops would be closed within two years.

The consumption and possession of small amounts of cannabis has been decriminalised in The Netherlands since 1976, as is its sale in licensed coffee shops. But its mass cultivation and large-scale sale is still forbidden.

CHER AT THE OSCARS

2009-02-23T10:10:00.002+11:00

CHER AT TODAY'S OSCARS, AND A FAVOURITE RECORD COVER BELOW. I WONDER WHAT SHE WEARS TO THE SHOPS?

AUSTRALIAN FIRES

2009-02-14T08:27:00.004+11:00

WE HAVE BEEN PREOCCUPIED LATELY WITH THE HORRIBLE FIRES THAT HAVE SWEPT THROUGH THE COUNTRY'S SOUTH EAST. SOME OVERSEAS READERS HAVE ASKED IF THEY CAN MAKE DONATIONS TO HELP THE VICTIMS. YES! BEST THROUGH THE AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS www.redcross.org.au

LIZA LEE COMING TO AUSTRALIA!

2009-02-05T19:15:00.003+11:00

I HOPE THIS HAPPENS, LIZA HAS TOLD ME SHE WOULD LIKE TO COME TO AUSTRALIA AND RECORD WITH ME AT THE NEW BURNING MOUNTAIN STUDIO THIS TIME NEXT YEAR. WHAT A GREAT CELEBRATION FOR THE OPENING OF THE STUDIO.

THIS IS LIZA'S NEXT ALBUM TO BE RELEASED, "HOUSES OF DETENTION".

IT WAS A SLOW NEWS WEEK.

2009-02-05T15:29:00.006+11:00

UP UNTIL LIZA LEE ANNOUNCED SHE WAS GOING TO COME TO AUSTRALIA AND DO SOME RECORDING WITH ME AT THE NEW BURNING MOUNTAIN STUDIO, THERE WAS NOT MUCH HAPPENING THIS WEEK, SO HERE IS A FILLER ARTICLE ABOUT THE FAMOUS RETRO ROCKERS, "THE HERBERTS" RECENT REHEARSAL IN SYDNEY FOLLOWING THEIR BLOCKBUSTER BALI TOUR. GLAM BASSIST, H.HERBERT ABOVE, GIVES A GIBSON BASS A WORKOVER, AND TOP, SPECIAL K HERBERT, WEARING CAP, HITS THE SKINS.

LIZA LEE LANCHES HER NEW CD, ANIMA THIS WEEK.

2009-01-30T19:50:00.005+11:00

MY BEAUTIFUL FRIEND LIZA LEE IS A NEW YORK BASED SINGER WHO THIS WEEK RELEASED HER NEW JAZZ ALBUM, ANIMA. LIZA SINGS POP AND JAZZ STYLES, WRITES FABULOUS SONGS AND WORKS WITH THE BEST MUSICIANS. YOU CAN FIND HER MUSIC HERE. http://cdbaby.com/cd/lizaleemusic
DO YOURSELF A FAVOUR AND BUY IT, YOU WILL BE HELPING THE SOCIETY FOR WOMEN'S HEALTH RESEARCH INTO THE BARGAIN.

KYLIE WIGGLES FOR ME

2009-01-29T19:51:00.002+11:00

Kylie teams up with The Wiggles

New Wiggle ... Kylie Minogue.
Photo: Getty Images

Kylie Minogue has recorded a duet with children's group The Wiggles for their new album.

Minogue, 40, said she hoped the song would impress her two-year-old nephew Charles, son of her cameraman brother Brendan.

"Now Charles really will think I'm cool," she told The Sun.

"I hope he likes the song. It was fun to do.

"I might even grab a shirt and go on tour with the boys. I'm not sure what colour I will be."

The new track will appear on The Wiggles' new album, The Wiggles Go Bananas.

They have also recorded songs with Leo Sayer and Rolf Harris.

AAP

2009-01-29T19:51:00.000+11:00

GOOD LUCK MR PRESIDENT

2009-01-21T17:37:00.003+11:00

ON THIS DAY BARACK OBAMA BECOMES PRESIDENT AND LIZA LEE LEAVES SELLABAND. IS THERE A CONNECTION, IS THAT REALLY MICHELLE DANCING WITH THE BOSS?

WHO'S BITCH WILL HE BE?

2009-01-17T18:58:00.003+11:00

BOY GEORGE HAS BEEN JAILED FOR HANDCUFFING A MALE ESCORT TO HIS BED AND LASHING HIM WITH A CHAIN. DON'T KNOW ABOUT CULTURE CLUB, BUT IT SURE WILL BE A CULTURE SHOCK, ESPECIALLY FOR FELLOW PRISONERS!

MUSIC TO SLASH YOUR WRISTS BY

2009-01-12T17:24:00.003+11:00

I THINK IT IS VERY APT THAT LEONARD COHEN, WHO HAS BEEN ON A WORLD TOUR SINCE LAST SEPTEMBER, AND COMING SOON TO AUSTRALIA HAS COORDINATED HIS TOUR WITH THE WORLD WIDE FINANCIAL DEPRESSION. IT MAY WELL BE, THAT COHEN'S DOWNBEAT DITTIES HAVE CAUSED THIS GLOOM THAT ENGULFS THE WORLD.

ELVIS LIVES IN PARKES

2009-01-09T16:55:00.006+11:00

I'VE ALWAYS GOT A LAUGH FROM THE ULTRA TACKY ELVIS IMPERSONATORS THAT POP UP FROM TIME TO TIME. WHEN I LIVED IN SINGAPORE YEARS AGO, THEY HAD AN ELVIS LOOKALIKE COMPETITION EACH YEAR, WHICH WAS HYSTERICAL. DOZENS OF PUNY CHINESE GUYS DOING ELVIS IS SURREAL. SINGAPORE'S "OWN" ELVIS, THE USUAL WINNER, WAS A LARGE INDIAN GUY IN THE REGULATION JUMP SUIT; VERY CONVINCING! IN AUSTRALIA, WE HAVE AN ANNUAL ELVIS FESTIVAL AT THIS TIME EACH YEAR, IN THE COUNTRY TOWN OF PARKES.

JUSTICE AT LAST FOR GAY WAR WIDOWER

2009-01-03T09:00:00.005+11:00

AT LAST, AFTER THE AWFUL HOWARD REGIME SOME SOCIAL JUSTICE IS RETURNING TO AUSTRALIA.

Edward Young has finally proved he is entitled to a war pension, writes Jonathan Dart.

Every so often, Edward Young sits on the couch in his apartment and closes his eyes. "And then I just pretend I'm not here any more," he says.

It has been 10 years since his partner, Larry Cains, died. They met in London in 1960 - he, a model, was introduced to Mr Cains, a photographer who had served with the Australian Army in Borneo during World War II.

"He was desperately handsome," Mr Young said. "We spent two weeks together and I told him I wanted to spend my life with him."

Now, after a decade of fighting to have the law recognise his and Mr Cains's love as equal, the Sydneysider will soon become the country's first recognised gay war widower.

Laws passed in November mean that partners in gay relationships with serving and retired soldiers will, for the first time, be allowed to claim pensions - opening the door for the so-called "forgotten people" of our military heritage and allowing for more people to make claims that must be paid out.

(extracted from the Sydney Morning Herald)

WOULD YOU SWAP A PIECE OF PITA BREAD THAT LOOKS LIKE JESUS FOR A SACK OF ONIONS THAT LOOK LIKE MADONNA?

2009-01-02T16:16:00.004+11:00

A New Zealander is auctioning off a piece of toasted pita bread which looks like Jesus Christ.

The TradeMe online auction shows a photo of the pita bread, which broke into pieces after being put in the oven. One piece, the seller says, resembled the face of Jesus.

"I was tempted to eat it but for some reason I didn't," the seller says in their auction listing.

"I guess what you all want to know is whether it's a coincidence or real apparition. I'm not really sure."

The pita bread piece which measures about 4cm x 3.5cm has no reserve price. The auction ends January 8.

At the time of publication, there were ten bids with leading bid now standing at $NZ21.

The seller turned down an offer from one interested party to swap the pita bread for "a sack of onions that looks like Madonna".

A stone with an image resembling the Virgin Mary was put up for auction on TradeMe last year.

stuff.co.nz and smh.com.au

PERSONALLY, I THINK IT LOOKS MORE LIKE BOB MARLEY, BUT I'M PRONE TO BURNING MY TOAST.

MALAYSIA NEVER FAILS ME.

2009-01-01T10:55:00.002+11:00

THIS IS A NEWS ARTICLE FROM AFP.

Nude New Year's 'sex party' a con, warn Malaysian authorities

December 31, 2008 - 11:05AM

Malaysian authorities have condemned rumoured plans for a New Year's Eve sex party at a remote beach, while police warned the "no-underwear" event could be a con job.

Newspaper reports said the party for the under-40s, to be held in southern Johor state bordering Singapore, was being advertised through a website that asked for 250 ringgit (A$104) as an entrance fee.

"A sex party is against our culture and religion and if it went on, it would damage the country's reputation worldwide," Tourism Minister Azalina Othman said according to the New Straits Times newspaper on Tuesday.

"There are other events organised to usher the New Year which are hip, fun and suitable to our culture."

Party organisers had reportedly said that male guests were banned from wearing briefs to the event, while women were only permitted to wear G-string underwear which had to be removed after midnight.

Johor criminal investigation department chief Amer Awal warned that the sex party was likely to be a fraud designed to cheat potential partygoers out of the ticket price.

"The idea of organising such a party is far-fetched but the state Religious Department and local councils have all been informed," he told the New Straits Times, adding that authorities would be on alert.

AFP

WHAT WOMEN WANT

2009-01-01T10:34:00.002+11:00

IN THE PAPER THIS MORNING, I AM GREETED WITH AN AD THAT SAYS 94% OF WOMEN WANT TO MEET A "TRADIE". THIS IS A PERSON WHO IS A TRADESMAN. NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT I SAY. MUSICIANS ARE TRADESMEN TOO., I GUESS. BUT THIS AD GOES ON; IT'S A COMPETITION, MEN CAN ENTER, THE PRIZE? A UTE..
A "UTE" FOR MY OVERSEAS READERS' BENEFIT, IS A UTILITY VEHICLE, A THING MANY AUSTRALIAN MALE FUCKWITS DRIVE. SO, NINETY FOUR PERCENT OF AUSTRALIAN WOMEN WANT TO MEET A FUCKWIT.

WELL, HAPPY NEW YEAR

2009-01-01T10:26:00.002+11:00

ANOTHER YEAR GOES BY, WHAT HAVE I DONE? NOT AS MUCH AS I SHOULD HAVE. I GUESS THAT'S MY NEW YEAR RESOLUTION. DO MORE. SAY LESS..

THUNDERBIRDS ARE GO

2008-12-30T07:21:00.002+11:00

WHILE ON THE SUBJECT OF IMPORTANT PEOPLE, SUCH AS LADY PENELOPE, WHO COULD EVER FORGET THIS GEM FROM 1966? CLIFF RICHARD APPARENTLY HAD A THING FOR LADY PENELOPE WHICH THEN LEAD TO SPECULATION THAT SUE BARKER MIGHT JUST BE THE ONE FOR CLIFF.

WHAT THE IMPORTANT PEOPLE ARE WEARING

2008-12-30T06:59:00.003+11:00

YOU KNOW WHO THEY ARE ANYWAY, BECAUSE THEY ARE SO IMPORTANT, TOP PIC IS COREY WORTHLESS AND BOTTOM PIC IS LADY PENELOPE CREIGHTON-WARD.

WOW, PARIS HILTON IS HERE!

2008-12-29T17:53:00.004+11:00

PARIS HILTON ARRIVED IN SYDNEY TODAY FOR NYE CELEBRATIONS. I'M REALLY EXCITED, SHE'S SO,,,,UM.....IMPORTANT.
ABOVE PIC, PARIS (RIGHT) HUMPING SOMETHING.

CHRISTMAS SYMBOLISM

2008-12-27T23:56:00.004+11:00

IT'S FUNNY, WE ALL LOVE CHRISTMAS, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH RELIGION. MY WIFE AND I WORK AT THE SAME COMPANY, FRIENDS OF OURS AT WORK, ARE MUSLIM FROM AFGHANISTAN. THEY HAVE JUST HAD A BABY. THEY ARE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE ANYONE COULD EVER MEET. THEY PUT UP A TREE AND DECORATIONS IN THEIR HOME. THEY LOVE THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS. I'M AN AGNOSTIC OR ATHEIST OR WHATEVER, I LOVE CHRISTMAS, AND IT'S MEANING TO ME.

I REALIZE IN OUR FAMILY THAT THE TREE AND DECORATIONS ARE SYMBOLIC. THEY ARE TOTEMS REPRESENTING OUR PAST AND CONNECTIONS TO OUR PAST. THIS YEAR I PUT A SMALL TRAIN SET AROUND THE TREE. I REALIZED AFTER I DID IT, THAT IT WAS MY TOTEM, AN HONOUR TO MY PARENTS.

MY FATHER IS 85 TODAY, HE BOUGHT TWO TRAIN SETS IN ABOUT 1954, I, WE, STILL HAVE THESE TOY TRAINS. THEY ARE NOT JUST TOY TRAINS. THEY REPRESENT A FAMILY LINK, A HISTORY, A TOTEM. BY MY PUTTING THESE TOY TRAINS AROUND OUR TREE IT IS MY GIFT OF HONOUR TO MY PARENTS.

CHRISTMAS SHOCKERS

2008-12-25T06:58:00.006+11:00

AH JIMI YOU'RE IN SOME FINE COMPANY HERE.

AREN'T THE WELSH RIDICULOUS

2008-12-23T04:19:00.002+11:00

OR SHOULD I SAY, ARENTTHEWELSHRIDICULOUS?
WHILST ON THE SUBJECT OF TRAINS, I'VE ALWAYS BEEN DISTURBED BY THIS STATION NAME.

MORE GEEKS ARE COMING OUT

2008-12-23T03:43:00.003+11:00

A FEW MUSICIAN FRIENDS HAVE STARTED TO COME OUT. IT'S A LIBERATING EXPERIENCE. ROB MCGIVEN WAS THE FIRST, WHO ADMITTED TO ME THE OTHER DAY HE STILL HAD HIS N GAUGE TRAINS AT HIS SISTER'S AND IS GOING TO RETRIEVE THEM AND BUILD A LAYOUT IN HIS GARAGE, THEN ROB ASKEW, BASSIST WITH "THE NEXT BEST THING" SAYS HE STILL HAS A LARGE N GAUGE LAYOUT IN HIS GARAGE, AND NOW KEITH HERBERT, HAS ADMITTED HE LIKES MODEL TRAINS, JUST LIKE GOMEZ ADAMS, BUT HE HASN'T COME CLEAN COMPLETELY, AS HE USED AN ALIAS TO TELL ME, AND HE WORKS FOR A RAIL COMPANY' AND DENIES HE LIKES IT. YEH SURE KEITH. THE REST OF US ENVY YOU! SO COME ON TRAIN SPOTTERS AND ALL RAIL GEEKS COME OUT INTO THE SUN.

I'M A GEEK!

2008-12-21T08:29:00.009+11:00

NOT ANY SORT OF GEEK, A TRAIN GEEK. I LOVE TRAINS. THERE, I'VE SAID IT, I'VE COME OUT. IT ALL STARTED IN MY CHILDHOOD, WHEN THERE WERE STEAM TRAINS. I LOVED RIDING THEM, I LOVED THE SMELL OF THE SMOKE AND STEAM, I LOVED THEIR POWER.
I HAD MODEL TRAINS TOO, AND PLAYED WITH THEM UNTIL I DISCOVERED GIRLS.
RECENTLY, MY FATHER, WHO THROWS NOTHING AWAY, PULLED OUT MY ORIGINAL "O" SCALE LOCOS, STILL IN PRISTINE CONDITION 50 SOMETHING YEARS LATER. THE BUG BIT AGAIN, I SCOURED EBAY FOR TRACK AND TRANSFORMERS AND ROLLING STOCK AND NOW I'M PLANNING TO INCORPORATE A LARGE TRAIN LAYOUT IN THE RECORDING STUDIO. HOW GEEKY CAN YOU GET?
BELOW ARE MY SAKAI EB CLASS LOCOS FROM CIRCA 1953. THESE BEAUTIFUL TINPLATE ENGINES WERE MADE IN POST WAR JAPAN AND WERE MODELLED ON REAL LOCOS INTRODUCED IN THE 1930'S. I HAVE JUST FOUND THE ORIGINAL CARS TO GO WITH THEM ON EBAY U.S. FOR ONLY $22.50!

ROD STEWART IS A MAJOR MODEL TRAIN GEEK, WITH ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING LAYOUTS IN THE WORLD.
FORMER FLYING CIRCUS GUITARIST, JAMES WYNNE, HAS BEEN A PAINTER OF TRAIN SCENES FOR MANY YEARS, ABOVE ARE TWO OF HIS BEAUTIFUL WORKS.

VALE JOHN LENNON

2008-12-11T20:17:00.002+11:00

I'M A DAY LATE,BUT JOHN LENNON DIED 28 YEARS AGO, I WILL NEVER FORGET THE EVENT, I WAS IN AMERICA AT THE TIME.

ROBBIE WILLIAMS IS TRYING TO PHONE HOME

2008-12-10T18:33:00.001+11:00

Robbie Williams is hunting for underwater aliens on a jet ski.

The reclusive pop star is hoping to spot USOs, or Unidentified Submerged Objects, which have been spotted in the waters of Malibu, off the coast of California.

Robbie is quoted as saying: "I heard of these sightings at Malibu of things going into the water. I thought it would be quite exciting to be on a very small object very high over the ocean floor, knowing there might be something down there.

"We're renting some jet skis and going from Marina Del Ray to the island of Catalina."

Robbie - who claims to have had three alien encounters during his life - also revealed his interest in the supernatural comes from his mother.

He added: "I was raised in a house where my mum was very much into Tarot cards. She did readings and consulted psychics. I've been around all kinds of myths and legends, I've been actively encouraged to indulge in this kind of stuff and I've been interested in it for a very long time."

Robbie, 34, has also converted his girlfriend, American actress Ayda Field, into believing in extraterrestrial life.

Ayda, 29, said: "It has changed my perspective on the world. Once you're exposed to it, it's impossible to go back to thinking about things in the same way."

Robbie has reportedly camped at a number of UFO hotspots over the course of this year, in his bid to uncover extraterrestrial life.

He has talked of one alien encounter when a "square thing" passed 300 feet above his head while he relaxed on a sun lounger at the Beverley Hills hotel in California. Another was in a California studio while he was playing a song he wrote about alien contact called Arizona.

In September, Michael C. Luckman - the director of the New York Centre for Extraterrestrial Research - said he believed Robbie was a "point man" for aliens and could be abducted at any time.

POLICE LOOK FOR MUSIC LOVERS

2008-12-05T16:47:00.002+11:00

KARAOKE WORLD, IN ELIZABETH ST SYDNEY WAS RAIDED BE MEN ARMED WITH MOLOTOV COCKTAIL BOMBS LAST NIGHT. MY WIFE SAYS IT'S PROBABLY ASIAN GANGS, BUT I THINK POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR MUSIC LOVERS.

SUPPORT MY FRIEND LIZA LEE

2008-11-24T16:56:00.004+11:00

LIZA LEE IS A FRIEND OF MINE AND A GREAT YOUNG SINGER, FROM NEW YORK. LIZA SINGS ALL STYLES, BUT I LOVE HER JAZZ AND SHE WRITES AMAZING SONGS AND LYRICS. ABOVE IS THE COVER OF HER LATEST ALBUM," ANIMA", WHICH SHE IS JUST FINISHING AND IT SOUNDS GREAT.
HERE IS A LINK TO HER WEB SITE http://www.lizaleemusic.com/
SHE HAS ANOTHER ALBUM COMING OUT IN THE NEW YEAR, "HOUSES OF DETENTION"

WE PERFORMED WELL AT PATONGA ONCE AGAIN

2008-11-22T22:20:00.002+11:00

THIS IS THE BAND OF DESPERADOS, PAUL, FRANK, ME AND ROB, WITH SIMON BEHIND THE CAMERA. WHAT A GREAT DAY, WITH PHIL MANNING JAMMING WITH BEACHHEAD.

NOW THEY'RE ALL GONE

2008-11-13T16:44:00.003+11:00

MITCH MITCHELL WAS FOUND DEAD TODAY IN HIS HOTEL ROOM, IN AMERICA, WHILE HE HAD BEEN TOURING WITH A HENDRIX TRIBUTE SHOW. HE WAS 61. BASSIST NOEL REDDING DIED IN 2003 (LEFT) AND HENDRIX IN 1970. MITCH WAS A VERSATILE TALENTED DRUMMER, WHAT A BAND BAND THEY WERE. THIS PIC IS FROM 1967.

DOROTHY BARRY, THIS IS YOUR LIFE!

2008-11-12T10:50:00.023+11:00

ON MONDAY NIGHT WE ATTENDED A WONDERFUL TRIBUTE TO OUR COLLEAGUE AND FRIEND DOROTHY BARRY. DOT IS AN AUSTRALIAN SHOW BIZ LEGEND AND WAS HONOURED BY HER FAMILY, FRIENDS AND SHOW BIZ ASSOCIATES IN A "THIS IS YOUR LIFE " TRIBUTE ARRANGED BY HER LONG TIME FRIEND TONI STEVENS, AND M.C.'ED BY LUCKY STARR.
"THE BOSS" BILL GOBBE TELLS A FEW STORIES. (BELOW)
(BELOW) FRANK IFIELD HAS A CHAT WITH COL JOY. A YOUNG LADY ON MY TABLE ASKED WHO FRANK IFIELD WAS. WELL, FRANK WAS AN AUSTRALIAN IN ENGLAND IN THE EARLY 60'S, AND WAS A HUGE STAR, AT LEAST AS BIG AS CLIFF RICHARD. THE BEATLES WERE HIS OPENING ACT!

DOT WITH DAME VERA LYNN (BELOW) DOT TELLS ME SHE ALSO SANG WITH HOLLYWOOD STAR HOWARD KEEL.

COL JOY (BELOW) SAYING SOME NICE WORDS. COL WAS AUSTRALIA'S FIRST BIG COUNTRY/ROCKABILLY/ ROLL'N'ROLL STAR.

BELOW, TONI INTRODUCES FRANK IFIELD FOR HIS STORY TELLING.

(BELOW) DOROTHY AND LORNA AS THE BARRY SISTERS, (THEY'RE NOT REALLY SISTERS), WITH THE ALLEN BROTHERS (NOT REAL BROTHERS EITHER) PETER ALLEN WAS AN INTERNATIONAL MEGA STAR IN THE 70'S, BUT, SADLY DIED.

DOT WAS A MODEL FOR JANZEN SWIMWEAR, NO WONDER!
AMONG THOSE TO ATTEND THAT I COULD RECOGNISE, APART FROM COL JOY, FRANK IFIELD, TONI STEVENS AND LUCKY STARR, WERE ALAN DALE, WARREN WILLIAMS, SANDY SCOTT, FRANKIE DAVIDSON, AND WAYNE HORSBURGH.

BLUES ACROSS THE BAY

2008-11-08T21:05:00.004+11:00

NEXT SATURDAY IS "BLUES ACROSS THE BAY" AT PATONGA, OUR LOCAL ANNUAL BLUES DAY OUT. THIS YEAR, IT FEATURES MY OLD MATE ROD, WITH HIS BAND "BEACHHEAD" BLUES LEGEND PHIL MANNING, ALISON PENNY AND THE MONEY MAKERS, AND FROM MELBOURNE, THE WIZARD AND OZ.
THIS IS THE BEST ONE DAY BLUES FEST IN THE UNIVERSE, IF THERE ARE ANY TIX LEFT, GRAB ONE.

HERE'S A PIC OF ROD WITH MY OLD PARTNER IN MUSIC, THE LATE JOE LANE.

THANK YOU AMERICA!!

2008-11-06T19:16:00.001+11:00

AND WELCOME BACK TO THE REST OF THE WORLD. IT'S A GREAT THING TO HAPPEN!
NOW THAT O'BAMA IS PRESIDENT, ST PATRICKS DAY SHOULD BE A REAL BLAST!

I HOPE THE REST OF AMERICA VOTES THE SAME WAY, FOR THE SAKE OF THE REST OF THE WORLD.

2008-11-05T07:45:00.001+11:00

OH, MY SORE HEAD! SSSHHH! OUCH.

2008-10-26T12:24:00.011+11:00

YESTERDAY WE WENT TO MEL & JAY'S WEDDING, THE WEDDING WAS IN OUR LOCAL JAPANESE GARDENS, AND THE RECEPTION IN OUR LOCAL SURF CLUB AT OCEAN BEACH. IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY, AND SEVERAL FELLOW SELLABAND PEOPLE WERE THERE.
JAY, OF COURSE, IS A SINGER WITH SANDBOX, AND MEL HELPS WITH ADMIN.

MEL AND HER DAD.

JAY AND MEL

JAY AND MEL WITH JENNIFER AND KEVIN FROM CANADA

BRIAN TAYLOR,(VEGAS DRAGONS) WITH SHANE SEYMOUR, AND BRIAN'S PARTNER, RENEE. ( I JUST LEARNED THAT RENEE'S UNCLE IS LINDSAY ASKEW, WITH WHOM I PLAYED IN FLAKE 39 YEARS AGO! THANKS LINZ!)

TIFFANY GOW, SELLABAND'S LATEST RECORDING ARTIST, WITH STEVE MAHER (SANDBOX)

PURE BLONDE TIFF

AND, AS EXPECTED, THINGS GOT UGLY. STEVE'S WIFE, CHRIS, WITH OLLIE FROM SAMDBOX.

RINGO WANTS PEACE AND LOVE

2008-10-15T15:50:00.004+11:00

RINGO, IN AN UNUSUAL RANT, HAS WARNED FANS THAT AFTER 20TH OCTOBER HE WON'T BE SIGNING ANYTHING ANYMORE, PEACE AND LOVE, BECAUSE HE'S GOT TOO MUCH TO DO, PEACE AND LOVE. WELL, HE'S NEARLY 70 AND HAS PROBABLY BEEN SIGNING FAN'S STUFF FOR 45 YEARS. HE'S BEING ACCUSED OF BEING A GRUMPY OLD MAN, BUT, HE'S PROBABLY JUST SICK OF IT. HECK, I'VE BEEN ONLY FIELDING UNSOLICITED INDIAN TELEMARKETERS PHONE CALLS FOR A FEW YEARS AND I'VE RESORTED TO TELLING THEM TO FUCK OFF ALREADY, PEACE AND LOVE.

AC/DC NEW ALBUM ALREADY ON THE NET

2008-10-13T16:36:00.002+11:00

BLACK ICE, THE FIRST AC/DC ALBUM IN 8 YEARS IS NOT DUE TO BE RELEASED UNTIL NEXT WEEK, BUT IS ALREADY AVAILABLE ON TORRENT SITES, WITH OVER 400000 DOWNLOADS ALREADY REGISTERED.

NEW WEBSITE

2008-10-11T13:29:00.002+11:00

I HAVE JUST LAUNCHED THE BURNING MOUNTAIN STUDIO WEBSITE TO BETTER REFLECT MY CURRENT MUSIC PROJECTS. ALL MY CURRENT SOUNDS CAN BE HEARD THERE. www.burningmountainstudio.com I HOPE YOU LIKE IT.

NAROOMA BLUES FESTIVAL 2008

2008-10-06T19:38:00.001+11:00

SPICKS AND SPECKS SANTA CLAUS, BRIAN CADD IS WITHOUT DOUBT, ONE OF THE GREATEST SONGWRITERS OF MODERN MUSIC IN THE WORLD, WITH MUSICIANSHIP AND STAGE PRESENCE TO MATCH, WHAT AN AUSSIE LEGEND!
GREAT SINGERS, GUITARISTS AND FIDDLE BACKED UP BRIAN CADD.
BRIAN CADD AND HIS BAND WERE THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE WEEKEND IN MY OPINION.
JIMMY THACKERY MADE HIS GUITAR SING LIKE A BIRD.
TONI CHILDS WAS GREAT, REMINISCENT AT TIMES OF JANIS JOPLIN, AND ALSO SANG LIKE AN ANGEL
SMOKIN'JOE KUBEK AND BNOIS KING

DiVan, BEAUTIFUL MUSIC FROM RUSSIA

2008-09-24T09:34:00.006+10:00

I HAVE FUN SEEKING OUT NEW ACTS ON SELLABAND, AND THIS BAND IS MY LATEST DISCOVERY. COMBINING POP AND ELECTRONICA, WITH THE BEAUTIFUL VOICES OF "VOCELE" AND NATASHA AND MUSICIANSHIP OF DIMITRY, DiVan OPEN A SMALL WINDOW INTO CONTEMPORARY RUSSIAN MUSIC. BASED IN THE CITY OF SAMARA, IN SOUTHERN RUSSIA, THE GROUP WAS STARTED BY DIMITRY AND OTHERS IN 1997. IN 2003, THE GROUP TOOK A DRAMATIC CHANGE, WITH DIMITRY BEING JOINED BY VOCELE AND NATASHA, THE CURRENT LINEUP. DIMITRY PLAYS THE INSTRUMENTS AND COMPOSES AND DOES THE PROGRAMMING AND THE GIRLS WRITE THE LYRICS AND PROVIDE VOCALS. CHECK THEM OUT AT SELLABAND, AND LISTEN TO THEIR MUSIC AND I'M SURE YOU'LL ENJOY THEM AS MUCH AS I DO. http://www.sellaband.com/divan/

GEORGE MICHAEL ARRESTED ON DRUG POSSESSION IN TOILETS

2008-09-21T10:13:00.003+10:00

WHAT'S WITH GEORGE AND PUBLIC TOILETS? FOLLOWING AND ARREST IN AN AMERICAN TOILET FOR MAKING A LEWD PROPOSAL TO AN UNDERCOVER COP SOME YEARS BACK, GEORGE WAS PINCHED IN A LONDON LOO ON DRUGS CHARGES. HAS HE BEEN SNORTING COKE SO LONG HE'S LOST HIS SENSE OF SMELL?

MORE MOPI

2008-09-16T11:05:00.014+10:00

I RECENTLY HIGHLIGHTED MOPI, A GREAT POP/ROCK BAND FROM POLAND, AND MONIKA, (ABOVE) SENT ME SOME NEW PICS AND THEIR VIDEO CLIP "GOOD LIGHT"
THEY CAN BE FOUND ON SELLABAND AT http://www.sellaband.com/mopi/ CHECK THEM OUT, LISTEN TO THEIR OTHER GREAT POP SONGS AND SUPPORT THEM.

HOWARD SHOOTS HIMSELF IN THE FOOT

2008-09-07T10:37:00.002+10:00

PRIOR TO THE LAST ELECTION FORMER PRIME MINISTER JOHN HOWARD TOOK AIM AT PETER COSTELLO, BUT INSTEAD MANAGED TO SHOOT HIMSELF IN THE FOOT.

TIGER SHOOTIN PUTIN

2008-09-07T10:23:00.001+10:00

AND NOT TO BE OUTDONE IN THE GUN STAKES, VLAD THE IMPALER, NAILS A TIGER.

MOOSE MADNESS

2008-09-06T12:51:00.003+10:00

AS WITH MOST THINGS I WRITE ABOUT, IT IS SOMETHING NEW TO ME, SO IN WRITING ABOUT SARAH PALIN AND HER MOOSE DRESSING EXPERTISE, I LOOKED FURTHER INTO
IT, I CAME ACROSS THIS PAGE: http://www.gouthrosmoosemadness.com/Moose%20Madness%20Comments%20From%20Hunters.
IT IS FULL OF CUTE STORIES ABOUT BIG BRAVE HUNTERS WHO RISK THERE LIVES AND ENHANCE THEIR MANHOOD BY SLAUGHTERING PEACEFUL WILD ANIMALS, CUTTING THEIR HEADS OFF AND HANGING THEM ON A WALL. YES, I SAY, THAT'S THE SORT OF GAL I WANT LEADING THE FREE WORLD! AND SHE'S AGAINST ABORTION FOR GOOD MEASURE, EVEN AS A RESULT OF CRIMES OF INCEST AND RAPE.

I'M IN LOVE! AINT THIS THE GAL YOU WANT TO LEAD THE FREE WORLD?

2008-09-05T21:06:00.002+10:00

SARAH PALIN MAY BE THE LEADER OF THE FREE WORLD IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS. IF THE REPUBLICANS WIN, AND JOHN McCAIN BECOMES PRESIDENT AT AGE 71, HE JUST MIGHT DIE IN OFFICE AND LEAVE US WITH SEVERE NORTHERN EXPOSURE.
THIS WOMAN CAN FIELD DRESS A MOOSE, FOR GOD'S SAKE. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WELL CLICK ON THIS LINK AND READ ALL ABOUT IT, FROM THROAT TO ANUS.
http://www.twin-lakes-air.com/field-dressing-moose.htm

THE MISSIONARY POSITION

2008-09-05T13:24:00.002+10:00

SIR CLIFF RICHARD, NOW 67, MET FORMER ROMAN CATHOLIC PRIEST AND MISSIONARY JOHN McELYNN IN AMERICA IN 2001, THEY BECAME FIRM FRIENDS AND CLIFF, IN HIS BOOK, "MY LIFE MY WAY" REVEALS JOHN IS HIS LIVE IN COMPANION.
I'M PLEASED HE DIDN'T MARRY SUE BARKER, IT PROBABLY WOULD HAVE ENDED IN TEARS.

FABIAN OR FABIENNE? THE JURY IS OUT.

2008-09-05T12:08:00.004+10:00

OUR GERMAN FRIEND FABIAN HAS BEEN HAVING SOME FUN WITH SOME SOFTWARE THAT WILL MAKE YOU LOOK LIKE AN OLD AMERICAN SCHOOL YEARBOOK PIC.
HIS LATEST INCARNATION LOOKS LIKE BILLIE-JEAN KING, DON'T YOU THINK?

MILLION DOLLAR GUITAR FOR SALE, ONLY USED ONCE.

2008-09-04T16:15:00.002+10:00

THE 1965 FENDER STRATOCASTER USED BY JIMI HENDRIX IN A LONDON SHOW IN 1967 WHERE HE SET FIRE TO IT, IS UP FOR AUCTION IN LONDON TOMORROW AND IS EXPECTED TO FETCH OVER 500,000 POUNDS.

THE ODD COUPLE INDEED!

2008-09-03T14:25:00.002+10:00

JUST WHEN YOU THINK THINGS ARE NORMAL AND QUIET, YOU CAN RELY ON WACKO JACKO FOR A STORY. AND THE STORY IS, JACKO IS DATING PAMELA ANDERSON. THEY HAVE BEEN SEEN ON DATES AT HOTELS AROUND MALIBU. JUST KNOWING THIS IS MORE THAN ENOUGH, DON'T YOU THINK?