Thursday, 31 March 2011

You shouldn't have to do fucking Glee!

Frontman, Godlike Genius winner, top rock drummer, Dave Grohl recently published:
"It's every band's right, you shouldn't have to do fucking Glee," Grohl, 42, told The Hollywood Reporter. "Dude, maybe not everyone loves Glee. Me included. I watched 10 minutes and it wasn't my thing."
I love Dave, yes, but this is one of the MANY f**king reasons why.. he gets it. I can't stand Glee. It is horrible. The guys try to be manly, but look they come across totally well... gay-outlandish. I have nothing against gay people so don't start rocking that boat.

Glee albums, accessories, dvds etc. are being sold left right and centre... so they are appealing to people out there, got it... good... yep. But WHY... because they sing high and echoy and do AWESOME hip movements and wiggle the touche at awesome classic hits?

For me they are making these hits more like classic horrors... YES i happily admit I change the channel at an ad-break now, because i do not want music ruined. Can't these guys get their own material... they are killing music for me (yes that's drastic). I'm all for people doing their thing, making impact on society through songs, but why do these guys do it so BRIGHTLY and LOUDLY and IN YOUR FACE-LY... like F**K OFF... I know they have had some stars on the show, but WHY DO IT... Sorry guys but i did try, but felt my hair dropping out whilst aching through this shallow example of television.

Dave, your still the man dude...

Wednesday, 30 March 2011

Hand modelling - do you have what it takes?

Everone probably remembers George from Seinfeld attempting a bit of hand modelling. However, there is a lot more truth to the possibility of being a hand model than some of us care to imagine.

I introduce Ellen Siort, a woman who has been described by CBS as one of the world's most famous hand models and described as somewhat creepy. I watched an interview with her and thought it was a joke, however this chick is for real, so amigos check out the interview, wait until she shows the audience her favourite hand poses... f**k me.




I wonder who wipes her ass? if you prefer check out this spoof... its worth it Creepy Hand Model: Ellen Sirot with Michaela Watkins

Tuesday, 29 March 2011

Kevin Costner M.I.A

So recently Kevin Costner popped up in the film 'The Company Men'. He played the brother-in-law of Ben Affleck's character. However, it has been made apparent that Kevin's character could of been played by any jo-blow, so why did Kevin get the role? Is he desperate? did the film want to throw some extra cash around?

Kevin's last role was in 2009 for The New Daughter - a horror flick, which quite frankly was shit, did anyone see it? hear about it? no... i didn't think so.

Before that it went as such:

2008 - Swing Vote
2007 - Mr Brooks
2006 - The Guardian
2005 - Rumor Has It

andddd the list goes like such.. until his last little piece of magic, Message in a Bottle.. crap no not that... The Postman.. shit, no no.. i meant to say Tin Cup. F**K.

I think its best to say that Kevin gave us Dances with Wolves in 1990 and thats about as far as awesome goes. He did a couple of things along the way (Bodyguard, Waterworld etc.) but he just doesn't have the grit and balls that some actors/actresses have. He speaks with a woman's voice, and therefore i don't think i can ever take him that seriously. He played Robin Hood (and i kinda liked it at the time) but his voice was so high that really he wasn't a manly man.. he was a sweet lad in tight leggings.

Look Kev... your ok mate, I think your an ok person, but i think you should stop trying.. go forth and stop acting, give someone equally as shit a go.

Look out for Kevin in 2012 - A new Superman movie (Superman: Man of Steel) is in pre production and Kev will play Superman's dad. Perfection.

Monday, 28 March 2011

1m iPhone workers. 90m iPhones. 17 suicides.

I read an article in Wired about Chinese workers in a factory called Foxconn who primarily manufacture iPhones, it shocked me. Imagine working in a building surrounded by nets, volleyball nets at that, because the company is worried ANOTHER suicide will occur. A message is clearly portrayed within the first few steps of this building 'enter and work here, but letting you know we wont let you commit suicide because we have our nets'... f**k me.

These Foxconn (remember it) factory workers had a standard remuneration written in their contracts that if they [workers] died at work their families would be taken care of for life.This was quickly cancelled when one jumper left a note explaining that he jumped in order for his family to be taken care of. No remuneration for anymore deaths. The fact that it came to that triggers so many questions. Were these workers witnessing electronic gadgets that they themselves felt they couldn't afford? that they wanted their families to afford? Has life turned so quickly that society must provide gadgets for their family or life is somewhat not worth it?

I know that some of us tend to look the other way when we see 'made in China' on items we may buy, but if we stopped to think we would know that a big honcho American company is probably behind the needless labor and time consumption people in China work in these factories to get countless artificial elements to nations such as Australia.

This article very much opened my mind to the fact that there is a lot of discrimination out there. It is clearly affecting people who are not so lucky with their lot in life. Are iPhones and electronic gadgets so important that we should turn a blind eye to people dying?

Saturday, 26 March 2011

Footy Fever is back - F**K ME

I went to the first game of the season on Thursday, Carlton vs Richmond... everyone was telling me how Carlton will THRASH the Tigs, blah blah.. i wasn't really 100% sure about that, unfortunately i believed it would be a close game, and well f**k it was!

i dont' think i have sworn as much before... at least at a footy game. and YES that is a lot. I sat in the members with mum so was surrounded by many Blues supporters, who actually drank and pissed a lot! Anyway... whilst i was sipping my water I had to watch Jack Riewoldt stand, catch and kick a goal so many times... i mean this guy must hate playing for a shit team. I hate him now, because his hair was pretty bad and because he was so good it annoyed me. Our mid fielders ran so hard, but it is a shame when we dont have a forward or a backline... i mean YES put out Tall guys up forward.. they can mark maybe 1 of 11... but THEN they cant kick... they may be in front of the goal.. but its like they don't know what a goal is... they found the goal posts well, but somehow managed to miss the two large ones and rarely kicked in the middle... dicks. I love my blues, have supported them all my life, but i was MORTIFIED at this lack of team engagement. The little fellas did their jobs, but the backline kept freaking out punching the air like that mattered, stumbling on top of players far too good for them to be matched on. Rat's i have to say man you really buggered it up, putting our backline players up forward and vice versa... i think it was a bit of bad coaching and i felt for the boys.

LOOK we all forgot to play the third quarter... don't know what happened, but thank F**K we won... it was seriously like winning a grand final... i think i aged a couple of years from going... it was hard work supporting a team that was a bit rubbish.

Game one down blues... at least we were on top of the ladder for one night! YIPEEEEEEE... next game.. bloody at the Gabba vs the Gold Coast Suns.. f**K. Welcome back to your footy people, its going to be a good season, i can feel it.

Tuesday, 22 March 2011

Vigorous massages - flexy shit

Massages are so... I was going to say comforting.. but sometimes they really aren't, they can be quite vigorous. Today I had a massage at Vigorous Thai, yes it sounds like somewhere with amazing food, but it has a lot of people waiting to vigorously massage your body. Now, I guess, massage is the wrong word.

I was taken into a small room, where a small hard bed lay waiting for me. I laid in my towel, on this bed, waiting for my massage. Enter... small Asian girl, with about 25% English. She was lovely. My feet were massaged and then gently she went from my feet pushing, hard, up my body... yep the bum area was no exception... it was quite nice really.. until she hit my shoulders where i could feel my face being pushed into the bed... i was quickly thinking of ways to breath without accidentally letting 'one' go. All of a sudden my feet were once again being consumed and one foot was up on the opposite thigh and all of a suddent the whole side of my body was lifted, serpareted, stretched.. oops, not once... lets do it again... and one more time for good measure. I was sweating a bit by now, thinking 'shit i can do this, i'm cool and flexible'.. This was a 45minute session of pulling, pushing, prodding and stretching like nothing before.

I thought we were done when the lady asked me to roll over... 'towel on face'... i was like 'no no i have to work or i'm going to look like i melted'... so i got a full face and head massage anyway. I probably looked like i'd had the biggest night out after! Once again i thought we were done.. NOPE.. my leg can stretch out, across and up and over.. WOW, i felt good, i was doing the flexy-stuff. Then i thought, right we are done now.. NOPE, 'sit up pleasey' so i sit up and my back is hit, nicely, up and down and my shoulders are pulled out of their socket.. once again i'm sweating... and we are actually done. Now this was some f**king massage. I mean i felt a million bucks, i have to admit that she could of spent 45mins on by butt, but that may of being a bit weird.

I have had many massages in my time, but this really hit the spot.. .literally. Go on, try in... get a Thai massage and get pulled and prodded and see how you feel.

Monday, 21 March 2011

Radiohead, are they pulling your limb?

Yes, No.. No.. well yes... actually No... nupe, no... yes no yes yes yes... AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH what the f**k is the outcome of the new Radiohead album - The King of Limbs. Well its kinda the same, but not. The album title is a reference to an ancient tree in Savernake Forest, Wiltshire and did you know there are no guitars. Usually Thom Yorke is mourning, singing of lost life.. I mean there was a point to all that pain and suffering... OK Computer was established. However, i did like the old fashioned hype. Usually some music magazine or radio station has the inside scoop of a band's new album a good 6 weeks before its release. But this was different. This album was released after 4 days of it's announcement. No one could review, report, get the music lovers into a bind, well before the album was even officially released. So i respect that and therefore people could buy the album and get their own f**king impression. For all i care Thom Yorke could of made some megaphone announcement that there was a new album, but i don't think it would of mattered, people freakin' love Radiohead (or love having an opinion on them). I know that some Radiohead fans were waning a few years ago when a couple of their albums went sour, but then they released 'in Rainbows' BOOM, instant winner.. I guess that is where the huge expectation came for this new album.

Personally it's an ambient album providing mysterious layers of echoes whilst creating a dreamlike feel which gives us visuals (oceans, lakes, fish etc.)  throughout (ya.. read that again.. thats right). I wouldn't refer to this as a rock album, i become to disorientated and peaceful listening to it. This album is admittedly about.. well.. nothing... maybe its about inner peace... tranquility, nature? I guess we are used to Radiohead songs being about something, Radiohead using their words to articulate society at the time, just listen to The Bends or OK Computer. All in all, Radiohead are living in their fantasies in this album, everything ceases to exist, they float through the stereo with ease.. I actually consider it refreshing... I don't get depressed and want to cry... it's a real ride of chill.

I believe if you all listen to it several times you to will see what Radiohead are trying to achieve. Maybe they are just content people, maybe they are showing its audience 'Hey peeps, we have moved the f**k on.. so should you!'  I think there is something bigger on the horizon for Radiohead, and maybe we are just seeing the start.