HBO on the reg

Christmas was kind to me. Mostly because I got a first season of Eastbound and Down and Bored to Death on DVD.

Wine sounds great, actually.

Both are fantastic. I mean, HBO have the TV comedy series nailed. I don't ever remember any other comedy series/s having that much bite compared to the rest since early seasons of Simpsons. But HBO have more than a couple of good shows to bank on. Add to the mix shows like The Sopranos, The Wire, Entourage and the recently ceased Flight of the Conchords (a personal favourite of mine).

I think all of the critical and mainstream success that Home Box Office is garnering should serve as a wake-up call to the other major American networks to think outside the run-of-the-mill sitcom or crime investigation program. Looks like I'll be tuning in to HBO programming on the reg...

Oh Danny McBride, you crack me up.

This will most likely be my last post of the year. Thanks guys for all your support, and remember to subscribe for all of the latest views and opinions on music, film and pop culture from me... a guy you've never met.

Counting down to nothing.

Why do things, people, songs, events get stuck in your head for no particular reason? I keep dreaming the same dream, humming the same tune, thinking about the same things.

This song just suddenly started to play in my head recently.. and I think I know why.

Just make sure you click the play button. Metaphor? Literally? You decide.

 

I lost my religion once. 

Don't keep holding out your hands

Choices.

Simple.

Thanks for everything. Maybe one day, I'll come visit you.. but maybe not. I'm sure you understand now.. or maybe you don't.

The Tron-ster Mash. It was a grid-yard smash.

Has anyone seen the movie Tron?
Inquires one, Mr. Homer Simpson. Stuck in the '3rd' dimension (spawning from the classic Twilight Zone episode depicting a 4th dimension), Homer feels the best way to describe his presence in this strange world is through the sci-fi, 1982 cult film Tron. Well.. I call it a cult film, but the fact that it made over 18 million at the box office back in it's heyday suggests it was at least moderately successful.

Anyway, the film Tron is about a game. The games name: Tron. It's named after one of the characters; the characters name happens to also be Tron. Anyway, I don't want to get into epic detail about Tron the film, or even Tron the arcade game that followed. Today, I'm doing a movie review (been a while) on the sequel to Tron, the 3D adventure that is... Tron: Legacy.

Tron is a pretty cool word. Just rolls of the lips nicely.. Trrrooonnn.

I hate reviewing the actual plot of movies. I think it just ruins the excitement of seeing a movie and having no clue what the story is going to be like. That's what Wikipedia's for. So I'm going to make it simple, the ups and the downs.

The ups! :D

:: amazing visuals, like seriously good

:: thinking film - not your typical storyline

:: brilliant soundtrack - Daft Punk do the music for the entire film

:: great cast - Jeff Bridges is good reprising his two roles and both Kevin Flynn and Clu from the first Tron film. Watch out for Michael Sheen (Frost vs. Nixon) and Beau Garrett as the incredibly attractive Gem

Beau Garrett aka 'Gem'. She works the Disney 3D rather well, I must say.

The downs! :(

:: The film has an incredibly fast pace, so it might not be a good idea if you don't think you could keep up

:: They tried to make it a family movie. The story is far too complex for kiddies to fully get the grasp of. I had difficulties of my own. Plus if they made it a more strict rating they could have had more swearing, sex scenes, violence and drug use, you know.. all that fun stuff!

:: They fucked up Jeff Bridges face with CGI. Trying to make him look 25 years younger just makes him look like a character from Beowulf (i.e. not good)

It just looks so weird.

The verdict...

:: Good movie, which puts the 3D to a good use. Probably the best visuals in 3D I've seen since Avatar

:: The music runs seamlessly with the film, and kudos to Daft Punk. The beats are immaculate throughout and truly set the scene and make the movie

:: A tad bit detailed for us Tron n00bs, but hey.. I'll get over it

7.7/10

Yeah, they're in the movie too!

Not losing out

Not this time anyway...
Long walks back home in the pouring rain get me thinking. Thinking about.. well everything really. I don't really know all that well where to go from here. 'Tis truly the road less followed.. for me anyway. Mostly because everything feels so nice, pure and simple. Like pink marshmallows.

Disinterested? Shy? Inhibited? I'll crack down the walls sooner rather than later.

Looks like I do have a soul.

Combination of creepy and magnificent.

I think it's time to shake things up. Rattle a few cages. Andy Warhol was certainly good at that. Why am I thinking of Mr. Warhol? I'm not sure. He was certainly a cool guy though. I'm need to get making my own little piece of pop-art some time soon before uni kicks in and I completely have no life again. I'll be an artist one day, one day...

I've got the glasses down-pat. Now I just need the artistic ability.

Let's do it again soon... but minus the facade.

Cold, wet and lonely.

Are you dreaming of a wet winter holiday too?
I've been dreaming of a wet winter holiday with you

And if the summer wants to come
Can't we push it back, just a week or two?

I've packed my bags, I've bought my ticket
I've thought it through, you smell terrific
I'm ready babe, so please don't make me wait.

Refill.

Better Homes and Djembes

I love Christmas.

I think I like to give presents to the people that mean the most to me more than I do getting presents.

But this year, I got a djembe.

Yep, a djembe.

Made with real goat skin!

Well that's a bit more 'tribal' than my djembe, but for the un-informed I guess you get the idea. In my opinion, better than bongos. Yeah, I went there.

Djembes have been used by loads of popular musicians. My personal favourite is in the Queens of the Stone Age (best band ever) song 'Better Living Through Chemistry'. Enjoy! 

Shitty quality. Oh well. The djembe still sounds good.

All I want to do

.. is do nothing with you.
Yeah, a reference to the Descendants. But I'm not writing about them today. In fact, once again I'm simply writing about nothing. Instead I'll treat you to some Electric Six, one of the most under-appreciated bands of the 21st century.

There's something very wrong with us, so let's go out tonight.

It gets me every time when you just see him standing there. I can't help but to laugh.

It has to be noted. Dick Valentine (lead singer) looks particularly like a young Cary Elwes in the clip, no?

Just me?

Check Czech Cheques.

Famous Czech's
Eva Herzigova
Pavel Nedved
Martina Navratilova
Czech em' out!

Affairs and prostitution isn't arousing, Mitch. You so sleazy.

Where would you travel to? 

I just don't know what to do with myself..

I just woke up. It's been such a long week. I'm exhausted. But fun has been had so it's all good, right?

I was going to write about Sophia Coppola or Shaggy from 'Scooby-Doo'.. but ceebs.


ceebs (v).
1. derived from cbf, acronym for 'couldn't be fucked'
2. ceebs writing definition 2


I think I've just been a dick lately. Like I'm better than everyone else. Well, I probably am..

I want my stuff back.

Damp n' Crazy.

The last few days have been fun, I bought my lil' bro and I theme park passes so we can gallivant around a tad more this holiday season.. and gallivant we have.

Three of these theme parks in just two days. Fun fun fun.

I'm a bit worn out right now, I must say. I've got work in 2 hours. But I doubt that'll stop me from going again very soon.

Bit disappointed in a couple of things though...


1. Nickelback
Nickelback, you ask? Well of course Nickelback is disappointing, but the fact that they had a song of theirs on repeat at the ol' water park was quite a let down.

No, I didn't make this myself. I do not have the time and if I did, it would be of higher quality.

You probably all have your own reasons for hating N-Back (as the cool kids call them): all the songs sound the same, Chad Kroeger is a douche, etc etc etc.

My most hated thing about Nickelback starts at the name. Nickelback. Where did it come from?

Well, guitarist Mike Kroeger used to work at Starbucks before the band started. Coffees at Starbucks usually cost 'x' amount of dollars and 95c, so when giving change back he would say "Here's your nickel back.". Yes, very lame.


2. James Franco
At this stage you're probably thinking "I love James Franco! What's this guys problem with James Franco!?" Well.. nothing. My disappointment comes from a trip to Sea World yesterday where I swore this guy from his side profile was James Franco, but front on he clearly wasn't. Hence my disappointment.

Don't lie, you'd be disappointed too.

:)

A shout out to me? 

Bizarro crap

Just because she likes the same bizzaro crap you do, doesn't make her your soul mate.
- Rachel Hansen


Elaine: He's reliable. He's considerate. He's like your exact opposite.
Jerry: So he's Bizzaro Jerry?

Monty: So are you going to talk to her or are you just gonna hope you're never forced to make an actual decision?

Dean: I'm going with option B.

Monty: That's my boy

Can't Stand Me Now

I wish I could just not care about anything, and throw caution into the wind sometimes. Just the ol' 'not give a shit about anything or anyone' treatment. Start a drug addiction, become an artist, date a supermodel, record music.. and just be a general prick. Man that'd be cool, you know? Just to live that over glorified rock n' roll lifestyle...

After writing that paragraph, it's clear to me who this blog is about today.
One, Mr. Pete Doherty. 

For the blissfully uninformed, Pete Doherty is a man. An English man. An English man who was lead singer/ guitarist for The Libertines, until his drugged-up rock star lifestyle caught up with him.. robbed his band mates house.. and started a cocaine-infused relationship with supermodel Kate Moss. Since leaving the band he started a new band Babyshambles, published a book of poetry, released his own painting collection at the Chappe Gallery in Paris... aaand did modelling for a Roberto Cavalli collection.

But now he's back with The Libertines and golly gosh I'm happy. To me, Pete is the real-life Aldous Snow.. except with better music.

A radio DJ once was asked the most intriguing live music performance he'd ever seen, and answered a Libertines gig just before they split took the cake. Our dear friend Pete was absolutely plastered off god-knows-what, came on to the stage stumbling everywhere with whiskey bottle in hand. 

He said it was like "watching a car crash in slow motion... except the car crash was hitting every single note perfectly."

Fuck forever? Sounds good in theory Mr. Doherty.

Kermit Crimes.

I can't believe I dogged out on partying last night to stay home and do nothing. It's not really me to just not want to spend time with friends. But here I am. Choosing not to go out on a Saturday... gosh. A teenage crime?

It's pretty disappointing the people I consider my friends I see the least of, while others that I'd hardly consider close I see almost every day.

I wish I could be a bit more like Andy Hull, you know? Have friends in all the right places.

I think I need to travel, just by myself. Have an overseas experience. I was planning to go to China for a year to do study, but that looks like it's not on anymore. Sigh. I just need to have something to look forward to...

New York? I wish.

Not easy being green? Try being me, Kermit.

Superheroes?

So here I am, doing everything I can. Holding on to what I am, pretending I'm a superman.

Now in the past day or two I've watched some great movies. I've watched the Godfather, Godfather II and The Great Gatsby. All (as the Sicilian's put it) supewb.

But I'm not going to blog about those great movies. No, I'm going to choose to blog about a film based on superheroes.

Watchmen.

Note that the guy in the top right corner's superpower is to smoke Cuban cigars 24/ 7.

The overall moral of the film is that sometimes the hardest option is the right one, and the right option is the one that makes you (or the people around you) happy.

It also boasts a great soundtrack. Possibly one of the best movie soundtracks I've ever heard. Particularly surprising considering the genre. Simon & Garfunkel, Jimi Hendrix, Nat King Cole and Bob Dylan - all there.

I'm not going to ponder too much.. so.. enjoy some music, have a cup of tea, and smile. :)

Trying too hard

I hate early morning starts. Mostly because they ruin my holiday sleeping pattern - which is to sleep all day. Getting up at 4am certainly changes things up.

Even the most energetic of us get tired.

It relaxes me to write down words.. anywhere really. In a notebook, on someone's windshield.. or on my super-dooper awesome blog. I guess the good thing about blogging on pop culture, music and film; is that I'll never run out of things to blog about. I could be blogging my whole life (literally) and still not have scratched the surface of pop culture, let alone keep up with it.

So today's blog post really has no theme, except the theme of blogging itself really. I literally have about 20 things swimming around my head that I'd love to do a post about.. but that can all wait.

Sigh.

I need someone, a person to talk to. Someone to care, to love. Could it be you?
- Gordan Gano

A long December

... and there's reason to believe that maybe, this year will be better than the last.
- Adam Duritz

This year has gone too fast, plain and simple. I've done a lot. Had a lot of 'firsts', which I wouldn't take back. But it still seems like yet another wasteful year for me to some extent, and there is still so much I want to accomplish in the one remaining month I have left. I don't want to get into too much detail though, this is a blog about pop culture, and if I've learnt anything from the movie Julie and Julia; it's not to mix your blog with your life. Man I hate that movie. Cooking + Meryl Streep = not my thing. But Amy Adams' pretty smile makes it worth the watch if anything.

We're almost done with the year, and I just want to be happy. Is this it?

It's too darn hot

Just laying here at some obscene hour of the morning sweating up a storm, not being able to get to sleep.

I've almost completely locked in that I'm switching from business to journalism in my university degree for next year which is exciting. Exciting that I could potentially get paid (well) to do something similar to what I'm doing right now. Writing. Which is ultimately what I want to do as a career.

Ella Fitzgerald was a kool kat. Maybe talking about how cool jazz is might just take the heat off this humid, sweaty daze I'm in. But yeah, jazz is fun. Fats Domino, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie - all cool.

Naww, big smile for the camera Ella!

"If peeing your pants is cool, consider me Miles Davis."

Sleep tight, Bourbonites.

Wiped off the face of the Earth..

A little light rain never hurt anybody...

Where.. have you.. been? If you go... I will surely die.

- Black Francis

Christmas Special #1 : Reindeer's sucking at the power teat

Hey you, Rednosed-shithead. Why don't you make yourself useful and join the circus, ya clown?
- Dasher talking to Rudolph (before Santa let him guide the sleigh)


What you doin' this weekend, buddy? Me and the guys are headin' down to Greenland, dude. Keen?
- Dasher talking to Rudolph (after Santa let him guide the sleigh)

Call me names no more, bitches. I own you.

Christmas time is approaching...

and it's time to get in that ol' Christmas spirit blog-wise. So today, I'm going to take an in-depth look at the cruel, sadistic and often politically incorrect world of the Christmas reindeer.

Once an outcast, Rudolph went from nobody to the leader of the pack in an instant. After doing a bit of research, it's really hard to believe that no one has really covered this story.

As we all know, all the reindeers used to "call him names" (ie. Pinocchio, rednosed-shithead). But why? Because he was a little different? Then one foggy Christmas eve, Santa came to say "Rudolph with your nose so bright, won't you guide my sleigh tonight?". Needless to say, Rudolph accepted the offer, but wouldn't it be fair to say that he was used? The only reason that Santa wanted him to guide the sleigh, is because the fat bastard (put me on the naughty list, I don't care) couldn't see through the fog.

Then, similar to mainstream Hollywood, Rudolph became the toast of the town, a celebrity. Everyone wanted to be his new best friend, simply because the man in the big red suit let him be his #1. These reindeers were phonies; fakes; douche-bags. Being unaccepted by his peers for such a long time though, Rudolph lapped up all the attention. He took on-board having a song written about him, his own Christmas show, even (in more recent times) his own video game. 

Guess not even Christmas is completely pure..

Sadface. :(

These boots are made for Walken

Christopher Walken
Terrific actor. Funny, funny guy. I love the dude. 

I think the reason I like him the most is his versatility. He's been on SNL, he's won an Academy Award (Best Supporting Actor, The Deer Hunter, 1978) and a BAFTA (Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Catch Me If You Can, 2002), he's worked with comedy heavyweights Mike Myers and Adam Sandler, he's appeared in a Fatboy Slim video clip. The list goes on.

"They're shoes asshole. What the fuck do they look like?"

- Christopher Walken on what you're looking at.

He could read anything and it would sound awesome.

Imma let you finish...

I'm a fan. Haters are gonna hate, sure. But that doesn't mean that shouldn't observe this as beauty. A piece of art. The attempt of transforming pop culture into high culture. Hate it or love it, it's different... and we should try to embrace difference.

You traded my soul for pogs?!

Remember Alf? He's back.. in pog form

- Milhouse Van Houten

I guess starting school in 98' I must have just missed out on the pogs craze, one of the most popular fads of the 90's. I did used to collect Tazos though, which were extremely similar, so I guess I didn't completely miss out. I mean we had Pokemon cards and Beyblades, but the generation before had pogs. Yeah, little circular cards that you collected. Another one of those lame fads. But back in the 1990s school-yard they were like gold. Anything from Sailor Moon characters to favourite NBA players were 'pog-ified'. It makes me wonder what the kids are playing with these days though.

I think collectibles like pogs and playing cards are a bit outdated nowadays. It seems like their place in pop-culture has been traded for internet memes and Twilight merchandise. Which is sad. No longer do kids care about what toys they get in their Happy Meal's, they're more concerned with what size their meal is. All this talking of toys makes me feel like cracking open a Kinder Surprise.


Ah, to be young again.

Drumroll please.......

Every once in a while there is one of those faces you keep seeing pop up in movies. Or the guys that you keep see on the back of the CD's you buy as a producer. Sometimes these guys are both. I like to call them 'pop-cultural gems', and today, I'm paying tribute to one.


Jason Schwartzman

What a hunk. Right guys?

This guy is cool. Like really really cool. If you're wondering where you've seen him from it's most likely as Ira Wright's (Seth Rogen) cocky C-grade celebrity roommate Mark, from the movie Funny People. If not then it may be from i ♥ huckabees, or even Scott Pilgrim vs. The World. 

If by some unworldly chance you haven't seen any of those movies, GTFO. Nahh, but if you've seen the show The OC (I was a keen follower back in the day), you'll of probably heard the ol' Phantom Planet version of 'California' (ie. the theme song for the OC). He is their drummer. Cool, eh? Well have you heard of a chap by the name of Ben Lee? Remember that super-dooper cool ARIA grabbin' album 'Awake is the New Sleep'? Yeah? Well he was an uncredited producer/ artist on that album. Pretty really cool, eh?

These days, besides acting in his own HBO series Bored to Death (which is an absolute cracker. Like seriously watch it. He's this private eye, that advertises himself on Craigslist, it's also got Ted Danson and that guy who played Alan from the Hangover.. epic lolz. Ok back to the sentence.. now where was I? Oh yeah), he's also got his own solo rock outfit Coconut Records. Where he writes the songs, plays all the instruments, and it sounds really really good. Coconut Records is great. I highly recommend it.

Ok. That's enough now. Enjoy some good music... and may the Schwartz be with you (yeah, I referenced Spaceballs, you mad?).

Celebrate good times

Last exam of the ol' you-knee-verse-city tomorrow, and I'm quite excited to be honest. Good news? I think so.



On a side note, I really really feel like playing Where's Wally? right now.

Hey Julian, I think Dad's got brain damage

I'll never finish this Top 100 movies of all-time. It's silly. I can't do it. Too little time. I will watch movies when I feel like it.

It kind of annoys me, so today I watched something that made me happy.



For some reason, Sam's always been a personal favourite of mine, I 'unno... since I was about 13?
Just remember guys, every time you pull the ring on your fanta can a pirate gets knee-cancer.

Something wrong?

Bernstein: Old age. It's the only disease, Mr. Thompson, that you won't look forward to being cured of.

...or is it?

Megabowl.

Hold it, hold it, hold it. It can't be a foul without touchin' another player and it can't be traveling without first establishing a pivot foot.

Next week, guys. Next week. 

Special note: Citizen Kane review tomorrow.. finally.

KOL ain't cool no more

I used to love listening to Kings of Leon back in the day. They're first few albums we're great. Not saying their new stuff isn't okay, but nothing beats a bit of raw rock action. After hearing their newest single Radioactive (for seemingly the zillionth time), it really reminded me of that untamed edge that they seemed to have, and now lost altogether.

[untitled] over it

ARIAs tonight. So.. here's my favourite Australian song this year. Quality, much quality.

So close to giving up

Kunu: When life gives you lemons, just say 'Fuck the lemons' and bail.

It's been a hard day's night

... and I should be sleeping like a log.

Will: Do you like apples?
Clark: Yeah.
Will: Well, I got her number. How do you like THEM apples?

Yeah, long week. No weekend off. Should be sleeping. Instead I blog about apples.


THE END.

McBubble Boy.

Slim: What are you, some kind of astronaut?
Jimmy: No, I'm some kind of bubble boy.


Didn't end up finishing Citizen Kane last night. Solid movie so far. Greatly different to any movie I've ever seen. I won't go into too much detail here, but I will say this, Orson Welles was a genius. To be honest, I actually went out for a few drinks instead, which was cool. Decent hangs. They played a few good ol' songs at the club too, which is good because.. well, I can post them on my blog. Yay?

AFI and Comic Book Guy

Worst blog post, ever!
After watching A Clockwork Orange, it has left a pleasant taste in my mouth. Now, I'm hungry for some more great films. None of this 3D animated bullshit or predictable plots and twists. Just good movies.

With saying this, I'm going to try and knock off the AFI's (American Film Institute's) 100 years... 100 movies. Blogging my way through each one. So tonight, I'll start with #1 Citizen Kane and hopefully sometime before my lengthy uni holidays finish in March, get to #100 Yankee Doodle Dandy.

... and what a fight it was. Suck dick to whoever is sitting behind Batman by the way. Why our good friend Bruce Wayne would wear the ol' batsuit to a boxing match is beyond me..

Where is my mind?

Ally: You want ME to drive?
Daniel: Hey, it's the 80's!

Besides hitting the books pretty hard over the last couple of days, I've somehow squeezed in time to watch a couple of great movies.

Firstly, I watched The Karate Kid. 
I know what you're thinking, "That movie is terrible!", but I like it regardless of it's lame catchphrases and extremely predictable plot (ala Rocky). I dig the 80's soundtrack, and the fact that in the movie, the entire San Fernando Valley is obsessed with karate (which seems more funny every time I watch it). I 'm guessing that this would of sparked millions of youngsters everywhere to take up karate, and parents to con their kids into washing cars and painting fences to help their 'karate skills'.

Special note: The song Daniel by alternative artist Bat for Lashes was inspired by the movie.

Secondly... I watched Stanly Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange.

Brilliant movie. Really really good. For those who haven't seen the movie or read the book I won't spoil it here for you, because the best part of this movie is it's shock value, along with it's sense of finding the meaning of goodness in this world.

Admittedly, I downloaded this via a torrent to watch it. Quicktime was running a bit slow, so I decided to check if the movie was legit by skipping ahead 20 mins or so, and I honestly thought I had downloaded a porno instead. Turns out themes like rape are a major part of the film, so I'd hardly recommend it to the faint-hearted. If you're feeling a bit sinister though, grab a glass of 'milk plus' and enjoy!

10/10.

Special note: I am getting so good at making my mix CDs, the ebb and flow is orgasmic. I honestly just sat still in my room listening to the incredible nature of my current mix over and over for about 3 hours. Waste of time? HARDLY!

Man, I'm so strung out.

réponse à moi.

Making mix CDs make everything better.

I'm tired. So tired.

So tired of having sex?


I'm pretty drained from a long week. My sleeping pattern is all over the place, as in I'm not sleeping much at all, and when I do.. it's at some crazy time like 5pm. I need to just take a bit of a break from all the big issues, and concentrate on the little things. Like whether I should get out of bed or not.



Special note: Totes magotes bought The Clash's greatest hits album today. Over 50 great songs, for just $9.95. Who needs limewire? $9.95 is basically stealing anyway!

Dog days aren't over

Homer Simpson: They're DOGS, and they're playing poker!

"Is it weird in here, or is it just me?" 
- Stephen Wright


C.M. Coolidge, I respect you.

Special note: Don't get attacked by dogs, in particular, bulldogs that smoke cigars and cheat at poker.

You might say I'm a dreamer.

But I'm not the only one

So here I sit, in my room, strumming my un-tuned electric guitar, quoting John Lennon on my crappy blog - but I'm happy.

Maybe it's just from listening to Wilco and Pavement, maybe because I'm dreaming away again.. but it feels right.

Nothing is as good as the original.

Pavement: They're no walkover

Man, Pavement is so good.

Ah, the early 90's. A time in music where the bleak, dull groans of grunge populated the majority of the airwaves (and a genre that  is quality in it's own right), you wouldn't think a small off-beat indie lo-fi band from Stockton, California would be given much of a go. Well, I did; and I've never looked back.

Pavement's Greatest Hits album was released last year, definite bang for your buck.



Special note: Liking the use of a gorilla suit in the video clip. Video clip gorilla suits are few and far between these days.

I'm back...

Well here we are again.

It's been a while. Several months in fact.

I guess you could say, it's my comeback of some sorts. So today, I'm paying tribute to the undisputed King of Comebacks, the one, the only, Michael Jordan.

Special note: Space Jam (1996) is my 3rd favourite basketball feature film of all-time after White Men Can't Jump (1992) and Glory Road (2006).

Rock a Beard.

A little while ago, someone told me I'd look good with a beard. Being 17, with limited facial-hair regrowth, this seems a little while off for me. I've always idolised people with the ability to grow an awesome beard, so today - I'm paying tribute to my top 5 favourite beards in the music world.

#5 Angus Stone (Angus and Julia Stone)


Not the most well-known beard on the list, but a great beard none-the-less. Angus has prayed to the beard gods after only having stubble on his first album, and now the Australian folk star has a beard for the ages.

Beard Rating: 8/10

#4 George Harrison (The Beatles)

Everyone has their favourite Beatle. But George was always the forgotten Beatle. Whilst everyone was caught up in the magic of John, Paul and Ringo - they ignored the amazing beard growing ability of George. Now sure, his hair in general got a bit out of hand post-Beatles, but you have to admire his intent for beard growth (or lack of intent to find a barber).

Beard Rating: 8/10

#3 Andy Hull (Machester Orchestra)

I'm going to admit it. There are much better beards in the world than that of Mr. Andy Hull, frontman of Manchester Orchestra. But at the young age of 22, Andy's commitment to beard-growing is downright phenomenal. Special note: Is he taking a shit?

Beard Rating: 8/10

#2 William Fitzsimmons

This guy's beard is crazy. It's thickness is amazing. Imagine running that shit through your fingers. You'll probably find remains of dinner from last week... and possibly a family of molerats. I don't think I'm keen to grow a beard of that proportion. Good on him though.

Beard Rating: 10/10

#1 Jesus

All controversies aside, Jesus has influenced generations after generations of musicians in their music... and beard growing. He has the perfect beard. I'm no Christian, but the beard needs respect.

Beard Rating: Jesus/10

On a scale of 1 to Jesus, how good is your beard growing skill?

P.S. I hate ZZ Top.

Rainbows and Unicorns

Someone told me the other day that my blog is too dark. I didn't quite realise at the time, but images of the horrifically brilliant Un chien andalou aren't for everyone. But I don't care.

Your blog has to represent you. I feel I'm not very whimsical, so I wouldn't usually post about rainbows and unicorns... but what the hell.


My little brother and I are here at home by ourselves for the next couple of days. This means no going out and very little 'cooked' meals. Thank god for microwaves.

Back on the theme of unicorns though, I highly suggest you listen to the band The Unicorns. If you haven't checked them out all ready, do so.

I Want You To Know

I've done it twice before and I'll do it again. I have no remorse.



A new blog, it's been a while.
A fresh, blank canvas to throw my life on.

The image is some avant-garde film action for yo' asses. Un chien andalou, probably my favourite French surrealist short-film the other side of the 1950s. I highly recommend it.

Special note: References to the film Un chien andalou can be found in a Simpsons episode, as well as the Pixies song Debaser.