Sorry for the absence this week, I've been feverishly busy putting together a mammoth assignment for my New Communications class at Uni on music piracy. My brain is incredibly drained but my essay completely kicks arse (fuck it, I've worked my butt off on this one so I reckon tooting my own horn is completely justified,) so now I can concentrate on faffing about on here, planning the upcoming shows and taking a well earned 3 WEEKS OFF BEFORE EXAMS.
First of all, RSS FEED. I finally have that all sorted out so you can now add it to whatever it is you add it to: http://www.imalwaysright.co.uk/rss.xml
Very good.
On another note, I'll put up the Inside Splinters Dance Classics Edition MP3 up on Monday. My uploading schedule seems to be going in this direction so I figured I'll just keep it going that way. After each show on Friday, 10 days later it'll be up on here. Make sense? No, not for me either.
I've been watching Private Practice during my time away from the hollows of study. I'm no Grey's Anatomy fan (never watched it, never will,) but this is GREAT. My imaginary boyfriend Chris Lowell stars in it (pictured) along with Judging Amy and a few other interesting people. But now I'm disappointed, simply because I've watched all five episodes that are available of the show and now have no interest in watching anything else. Ho hum.
Did any of you (fellow Australians) see The Librarian's which started tonight on the ABC? Absolute hoot, I love it. There's nothing more entertaining than uncomfortable and completely offensive comedy. Filling the shoes of Summer Heights High is quite a task, but this is certainly shaping up to be one of the best Aussie shows this year...
The new Divinyls single, Don't Wanna Do This, is a triumph and DOES NOT SUCK. Thank Christ for that. I'll be playing it this Friday on the show so if you're around Geelong/Melbourne, tune into 94.7 for a listen. Speaking of, that promised Divinyls mega-post is on its way.
Sharebee offers download links for ZShare, Rapidshare, Megaupload and some other one, so that should keep everyone happy.Tracklisting:
Sugababes - About U Now M.I.A. - Jimmy (Alternate Video Version) Kylie Minogue - Love Is The Drug Eve Massacre - Never Be Your Friend Justice vs Simian - We Are Your Friends Justice - D.A.N.C.E. (MSTRKRFT Remix) Yelle - Ce JeuMuscles - Ice Cream Gameboy/Gamegirl - Pumps & Rumps Architecture In Helsinki - Heart It Races (Tizzy's Rusty Tin Can Mix) Arctic Monkeys - Teddy Picker Babyshambles - Delivery The Royal We - All The Rage Klaxons - Not Over Yet Delerium - Silence (Sanctuary Edit) Dolly Parton - Peace Train Girls Aloud - Sexy! No No No... M.I.A. - 20 Dollar Roisin Murphy - Let Me Know Seal - Amazing Bag Raiders - Fun Punch K.I.M. - B.T.T.T.T.R.Y. Howling Bells - Low Happening (Presets Remix) Rogue Traders - Don't You Wanna Feel Subliminal Girls - Burn Koko Chungking - Stay Up Forever The Glass - Mad At You Teenage Bad Girl - Cocotte Duran Duran ft. Justin Timberlake & Timbaland - Nite Runner
So there you go.
On a completely unrelated note, I've just finished watching episode 7 of Season 3 Weeds... good golly it's hilarious. Best season yet? Quite possibly. It's definitelyNancy's best season anyway... Season 1 was all about Celia, but the best one-liners have been OWNED by Nancy so far. And Silas... oh god, has he actually gotten HOTTER now that he is a convicted criminal/doing community service/drug dealer?
...to let you all know I'll be back, guns a-blazing, next week. There is actually no reasonable excuse for my absence this week; I have done a total of no study, have written about 9 words all week (and that was just on an envelope for work...) In fact, I have spent my entire week watching Doctor Who, replaying the ace first episode of Summer Heights High, and reading the first installment of my actual printed pop column over and over again simply because I'm still not sure it's real. Yep, been pretty fucking lazy this week, but I've totally needed the me-time.
Somewhat random; I have been having really strange dreams about zombies for the last three months. I have no idea why but at least 4 times a week, I'm dreaming about bloody zombies. And with all this Doctor Who fresh in my memory, last night I dreamt about time traveling zombies. For Christ's sake.
Hopefully tomorrow night there wont be too many zombies in sight as I plan on letting my proverbial hair down on the town, where I will no doubt hassle all the local DJs to play me some Dannii Minogue and Sugababes.
So yes, regular programming next week. Speaking of Amelle & co, here is the new Sugababes video clip. Good golly that lady is fierce. LOVE. HER.
Sunday, June 17, 2007 Oz NTM: A sketchy finale round-up
It's been 11 days now since Alice Burdeu (pictured, left, standing next to runner up/future Dolly cover-girl Steph H) was rightfully crowned Australia's Next Top Model. There were tears, there were tantrums. Thankfully, there was no alarming dance routine from host Jodhi Meares ala Tyra on America's Next Top Model (you all know the dance right? Very first episode of the latest 'cycle'... it has convinced me the bitch should throw away modeling and give stand-up a good stab, because I've never laughed so much at a person in my entire life than I did watching that.)
There was a lot of priceless live television madness going on though. Jodhi's incompetence as a television host sparkled brighter than Alice's outfit did. The show was all over the place, mainly thanks to Meares' contribution. Her nerves completely took over. She stumbled words, spent a good five minutes at one point trying to read the auto-cue, went completely silent in the middle of sentences, following the silences with painful laughter, et cetera. And I spent the entire two hours petrified Jodhi's colossal breasts were going to fly right out of her size-too-small strapless dress. Live television. It is definitely safe to assume that my blood pressure was sky-high by this point, I can only imagine how torturous it must have been for her. This does not excuse her behaviour though! Charlotte Dawson for sole host next year! Viva La Dawson! Down with Packer!
Ian Thorpe appeared as a special guest judge. Turns out a special "friend" - who just happens to be a raging homosexual - was his "guest" at the after party. I think it's great that Thorpey continues to cement his heterosexuality claims further into cement with such blokey moments as judging on a modeling competition.
Judge Alex Perry is an absolute treasure to watch. He's fun, he's camp and he's a proper man-bitch. Evening highlight would definitely have to be watching Alex and Jez have a live-to-air bitch fight over the merits of Alice and Steph. Fucking priceless. There's nothing better than a row on live television, especially when it looks like one of them is either going to swear, slap or both. Napoleon Perdisis still bizarre to look at. I have reached the point where I feel incredibly confused whenever I look at him. I just cannot figure out what one thing I find so... intrusive about his face, but I'm going to go out on a limb and say it's probably hard to pin-point just the one.
Alice may have the car and whatnot, but the real winner of the evening was Charlotte Dawson, also a judge on the show and general god-like being. For the past few months I have been OBSESSED with this woman's greatness. There is no denying Ms. Dawson is the new Gretel Killeen. She's super, super hot, and her professionalism co-hosting the finale with the stunned Jodhi made things a lot easier to handle. During moments of Meares despair, Charlotte came gliding through in her fabulous white gown, gathered herself and was not only actually able to make sense of the auto-cue, she also managed to entertain whilst doing so. TV personality in professionalism shock!
I'm sure Charlotte's performance at the finale may have something to do with the news she's getting her own Janice Dickinson style reality show over the next 12 months. Bring. That. Shit. ON.
So, really, a good night for all involved bar Jodhi and Steph H. I would have liked it if nutbag/psychotic/future serial killer/contestant Paloma had've gone ballistic about anything whilst the cameras were rolling. I hated her guts but by fuck she was fun to watch, wasn't she?
I simply cannot wait for Alice's spread in the next issue of Vogue. However, I'm not looking forward to my phone bill next month after all the votes for Alice I sent in.
Not Charlotte Dawson, standing with the graceful Charlotte Dawson.
Thursday, June 07, 2007 Vesna's First Ever Podcast
The delicious Vesna from Big Brother 2005 and I will be discussing the events of THIS years Big Brother in her brand new podcast, "Vesna's Snatchcast". Here are the details straight from her recent MySpace blog:
Hi Guys!
Adem & I have been busy this week recording my very first podcast, which we're calling "Vesna's Snatchcast"! Each and every week we'll be talking about all things Big Brother related, and on a Thursday morning you'll be able to download a new episode from my official myspace page, or from Adem's pop culture website (www.imalwaysright.co.uk).
We both make mention in episode 1 of doing it fortnightly, but after we finished we changed our minds and decided to it weekly instead haha. Sorry about the sound quality, Adem's amplifier blew up on the weekend so we're going to have to do the Snatchasts on his mobile phone until it gets repaired. Technology, man, I just don't get it!
Anyway, here are the download links for Vesna's Snatchcast #01:
Adem's told me to let you guys know if there are any other free upload services you'd like the Snatchcast's to go up on each week, to let him know by commenting on this blog post. I'm not sure what any of that means, but okay!
Love you all lots, thanks for your support and I really hope you love this little thing I've made for you all. xoxoxo
x V.
Sensational. So there you have it. Do download, there are some legendary Vesna quotes, such as the bit half way through when she calls Big Brother "a racist." Apologies for the sound quality once again, it didn't help that Ves was stuck in a tram during the recording.
Those divine legs, that gorgeous hair, stunning eyes and deliciously chic face belong to Alice Berdeu, one of the two finalists in this years Australia's Next Top Model contest, who is a dazzling mixture of Nicole Kidman, Jerry Hall, Alexis Strum and Dita Von Teese. There are SIX. DAYS. till the Grand Finale of Top Model screens on Fox8, and I am about as excited as Lindsay Lohan behind the wheel of a car.
Alice is considerably taller than her final group of competition. She's 6ft 1. Her co-finalist, Steph H, is about 1 inch tall. During a scene in this weeks episode, make-up artist and the generally quite frightening Napoleon Perdis, asked Steph H and Jordan (who was rightfully eliminated shortly after) who they wanted gone that week. They bitched - in front of - Alice for quite a while, saying she hadn't worked as hard as they had. Out of nowhere, the demure, reserved and usually quiet Alice began firing up, blazing around comments the viewers - let alone the other contestants - probably never imagined could come out of her mouth. The gold-star comment of the evening was themed around her height difference. "Even when they're wearing heels, I'm still 10 inches taller than them."
Oh yeah. She went there.
Aside from all that, this girl truly is the only person in this years comp who has the classic French/London Vogue look about them. The other girls have been gorgeous, yes, but Alice has got that extra something. Between now and June 5th, the Australian public - along with the Oz Top Model judges - have the chance to vote for either Alice or, like, Steph H who, like, always, like, says the word "like", like, all the time. My advice to you is to send a text message to 1999 FOX8 (1999 3698) which reads "Alice".
Some more photographic evidence which should help sway your vote in Alice's favour:
The greatest woman to grace Breakfast Television in Australian History has been shown the door, a cruel gameplan originally planned many months ago by Channel 9 CEO Eddie McGuire.
Jessica Rowe had left Channel Nine's Today breakfast program last year on Maternity leave, a mere few months after the "we'll bone her" revelation made its way as front page news across the country. Jess was due back on the show May 21st, but Channel 9 thought they would let her know a few weeks prior that they weren't interested in having her back.
So - like me - Jessica is looking for a new job after being shown the arse. The arse from a job she too was assured of having a little while longer. If you have any options for either of us, feel free to drop me an email. I feel like the two of us share an even stronger bond now that we were both fired in the same week...
So last week I handed in my first two assessment tasks for Uni and am petrified at what the results might be. So instead of launching head-first into the next two assessment's, I've just been a bum and have been watching loads of TV and listening to a shitload of music. How did you spend your weekend? I spent my Friday & Saturday evenings organising my iTunes. Oh yes.
But the afternoons were filled with the brilliance of Australian Television. Now, when we do drama well, it's done REALLY well. More often than not a lot of shit gets produced in this country for the small screen, but every so often a shining light like Foxtel's Love My Way beams through, offering a glimmer of hope for the unemployed Aussie actor. I sat with my mother this weekend and completed the DVD of Season 1, and we were left heartbroken. For those of you who've seen the show, you'll know what I'm talking about. A truly upsetting but totally amazing example of just how random the art of living really can be. To quote straight from the LMW website: "Love My Way is an exploration of the love that binds us and the relationships that define us. It deals with the randomness of life & death and the realisation that life is so precious we have to grab it with both hands, take risks, be brave, and most importantly... love."
Living Legend/Future Saint Claudia Karvan plays the stunning Frankie, Asher Keddie plays the funny, bitchy and super sexy Julia, Brendan Cowell plays the strangely attractive Tom, who's brother Charlie (played by Dan Wyllie) is married to Julia but fathers a daughter with ex-flame Frankie.
For those of you haven't, may I strongly suggest you go out and either buy the series or rent it? If you're in Oz you can rent both seasons 1 & 2 from Video Ezy stores, and Season 3 has just begun on Foxtel. Overseas readers - if you want to see how outstanding, how real, how electrifying and how passionate SOME Australian Television can be, then please don't look any further than this show. Get it. This show really makes you think about the important things in life... your loved one's, your friend's, being happy with you are... there is so much to offer on a personal level for anyone open enough to take it all in. It is seriously the best thing to happen to my retinas since Six Feet Under.
