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Eurovision at the Pub tonight!

Stilgherrian — Sat, 24 May 2008 23:03:32 +0000

Only hours to go! Eurovision at the Pub is tonight at our local “Irish” pub, Kelly’s On King, 258 King Street, Newtown. The SBS broadcast starts at 7.30pm, but we’ll be there from 5pm or so to, um, ensure sufficient fuel for a long evening of big hair, tacky costumes and dodgy choreography.

There’s a Facebook event page, but even if you don’t use Facebook please RSVP here or to my Twitter stream or somehow. The more confirmed guests, the more free stuff the pub gives us.

I’ll be Twittering the event, as will many others, with the tag #eurovision. If I have enough bandwidth, I’ll also provide an audio commentary via Ustream.

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I’ve changed my mind about Newstopia

Stilgherrian — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:26:47 +0000

I didn’t like the first episode of Newstopia on SBS last year. I thought Shaun Micaleff was trying too hard to sound like he was being satirical. “I. Am. Telling. A. Joke. Now. And. I. Am. Clever.” But last night I changed my mind. I watched the latest episode online: he’s relaxed into the role, and much lolz. Maybe I’m finally over the fact that I found Mr Micaleff to be a painful arsehole back when he was at the Uni of Adelaide with me. (Weren’t we all, though.) Maybe it’s because I was, as Christian Kerr alleges, the first person to play him Supernaut’s I Like It Both Ways.

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Saturday Night Trivia, Question 1

Stilgherrian — Sat, 12 Aug 2006 13:46:02 +0000

Call yourself an Australian? Cool. Does the name Vincent Lingiari mean anything? No? Well, OK, doesn’t to me either.

But, you know, I just heard Archie Roach and Sara Storer singing his story on RockWiz. And bugger me, it turns out he’s one of the country’s most important human rights activists.

Bloody embarrassing not to know that, eh?

I mean, you’re probably more likely to remember, oh, that nigger woman on a bus, who was she again?

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SBS Less Tabloid on Meth?

Stilgherrian — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 10:07:19 +0000

Back in March I complained about current affairs program Four Corners’ tabloid screeching about methamphetamine, and published follow-up comments. This week SBS has a go. Will it be less tabloid?

Tomorrow night at 8.30pm The Cutting Edge, which usually runs imported current affairs material, tackles the same issue. While the title “The Meth Epidemic” pre-supposes it is an epidemic — what is the medical definition anyway? — the review in this morning’s Sydney Morning Herald gives hope.

The review doesn’t seem to be available online, so here’s some choice quotes:

A disturbing, captivating examination of the “meth rampage” in North America, where the impact of methamphetamine — also known as crystal meth, glass or ice — has been devastating. This is a powerful piece of television…

The program provides little in the way of a solution, though a legislative push for controls on the supply of ephedrine and pseudoephedrine, both essential ingredients in the making of the drug, signal a promising upturn in the crisis. Unspun, and without the kind of melodrama that dampens the impact of most community-service material, this is unmissable.

Probably perfect viewing in the lead-up to Australia vs Italy in The World Cup! Sorry, wrong date. I mean for the comedown afterwards.