tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-208009502024-03-07T12:46:45.451+08:00The Perth FilesThe world's most isolated city as viewed through the eyes of someone who has chosen to live elsewhere for most of his adult life... thrills, spills, shark sightings and roster petrol stations galore! The views expressed here are all mine & nothing to do with my employer.Freocooksterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02193077320954807218noreply@blogger.comBlogger252125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20800950.post-41603746076991535932018-02-09T11:35:00.000+08:002018-02-09T11:35:05.547+08:00Get me the Sergeant, please!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<br />Freocooksterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02193077320954807218noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20800950.post-45146014625977885892018-02-09T11:29:00.001+08:002018-02-09T11:29:07.781+08:00New Year on Blessington<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfiNLNyeuhVodBgC8ecVAsKKdx_qs4o3Z1xbfpZBrq0Lf9iSevH6y4HurrPfmundYTdfM7Uz4wLxrsz_r2GDqEsW8AzUTzhI-ajy5VtfriFGO6XjvuFySEW48MLt-rrsEkAGgAQg/s1600/26113772_10156162140508478_1124334180976153803_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="960" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfiNLNyeuhVodBgC8ecVAsKKdx_qs4o3Z1xbfpZBrq0Lf9iSevH6y4HurrPfmundYTdfM7Uz4wLxrsz_r2GDqEsW8AzUTzhI-ajy5VtfriFGO6XjvuFySEW48MLt-rrsEkAGgAQg/s320/26113772_10156162140508478_1124334180976153803_n.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">The suburban bomber squad fuelled on grog and greasy kebabs careens along Barkly St, like a flock of unruly plaster ducks on a suburban lounge room wall. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Terry pisses unsteadily against the giant palm tree on Blessington. Frank lurches on to some unknown, unworthy goal. AJ stops in his tracks as the shiny new unhinged hipster plaything starts rapping in the most unlikely - yet highly fluent - fashion. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">From my perch on high I watch rapper man let loose his words, a snatch of “pussy” and “dick” drifting up in the cool, piss tainted breeze. AJ stands flapping his arms by his side in sheer delight. A baby magpie about to get the worm, while his bomber crew stumbles into the night oblivious to the new world order.</span>Freocooksterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02193077320954807218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20800950.post-49969510627602589042018-02-09T11:14:00.001+08:002018-02-09T11:14:29.730+08:00Testing, 1,2, 3...Freocooksterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02193077320954807218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20800950.post-62014486032322320282013-03-06T16:49:00.001+08:002013-03-06T16:49:30.784+08:00Don't Mess With Mama!We all loved being tucked into our beds at night and now many of us are doing likewise for our own children. And checking in the cupboard to make sure the Boogie Man isn't there. And under the bed. And... enough already, shut-up and go to sleep!<br />
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Ahem, which leads us on to the first film ticket giveaway for 2013, the super scary 'Mama', from the seriously freaky Mexican director Guillermo del Toro.<br />
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In cinemas from 14 March, The Perth Files has <b>10 double in-season tickets</b> to give away... to win, simply like this post on facebook, or RT on twitter and tell me the name of Guillermo del Toro's film starting with 'P'.<br />
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Winners will be drawn at random and notified on facebook or twitter. Sleep well kiddies!<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20800950.post-73736691580047591552012-11-14T09:51:00.000+08:002012-11-14T14:37:16.039+08:00Welcome to Rottnest IslandI'm just back from my annual two week sojourn to Rottnest Island, my favourite place in the world. For good, or bad, the Perth social media community was kept abreast of my adventures every step of the way... Hey, I like to share.<br />
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Speaking of which, this year I shared the experience vicariously with author Robert Drewe, through his new book Montebello. He talks at length of his love of the island and I now know I'm an 'Islophile'... it makes perfect sense! I'd like to discuss our mutual afflication one day, preferably with a glass in hand looking across the bay at the Perth skyline, so close, yet so deliciously far away. <br />
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If you've never visited this limestone outcrop just 20km off the coast of Western Australia, I suggest you add it near the top of your bucket list. Slip off your shoes, get used to the sand between your toes and let the stress of mainland life simply float away on the warm currents in one of the, tranquil, turquoise bays that lie around every corner.<br />
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Oh, there's lots more to do than simply bob around in the Indian Ocean after a brisk bike ride, but hey, that's what I do best. After that I might retire to my lattice framed bungalow with a good book (thanks Rob!) and a glass of wine... breathing in the salt-laden breeze, laced with the perfume of Rottnest Island Pines and sun cream - could it be bottled? - listening to the crunch of bike tyres on gravel.<br />
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As I've blogged before, I've been visiting the Island since before I was born. Bungalow 5 is no longer there and neither are my much-loved Nan and Grandad who passed-on this passion. Nan, the purveyor of the famous cream buns, shoo-er of rogue quokkas and queen of the card nights. Grandad, the catcher of herring, reclined on his cot on standard issue R.I.B army blankets, preparing tackle for the next day, or reading his pulp fiction cowboy and indian novels. But the tradition continues.<br />
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I've walked and ridden almost every corner of the island. I learned to ride my bike at the northern end of Thomson Bay and now two of my three children have done likewise, on the exact same stretch of road. It's number three's turn next year.<br />
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In years to come, my children and grandchildren will carry the same fond memories and love of this special Island. They'll teach their kids to ride in the same place and snorkel across the same reefs. And as the ferry pulls away from the jetty on the return trip to Fremantle, they'll hug them close and stroke them reassuringly on the back as the tears fall for having to leave it all behind.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20800950.post-70655793352205996062012-10-25T12:18:00.000+08:002012-10-25T12:18:24.046+08:00Time to get Pitch slapped!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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Freocookster's Follies is giving away 20 free double passes to the
advance screening of Jason Moore's hilariously tuneful new film Pitch Perfect, starring Anna Kendrick (Up in The Air), Rebel Wilson (Bridesmaids), Brittany Snow (Hairspray), Christoper Mintz-Plasse (Superbad, Kick-Ass), John Michael Higgins (Bad Teacher) and Elizabeth Banks (Hunger Games).<br />
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To win, all you need
to do is visit the Freocookster's Follies Facebook page and
tell me why the hell you deserve to join me on the night. Please note, SINGING IN THE SHOWER videos will be an automatic qualifier, unless you're really, really bad.<br />
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Go crazy Perth!<br />
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You can do likewise on Twitter via @freocookster or my Thunder Buddy @tweetperth. Don't forget to
use the hash tag #PitchPerfect... and you can follow the film on twitter
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<strong>When:</strong> Wednesday, 14 November<br />
<strong>Where:</strong> Event Cinemas, Innaloo<br />
<strong>Time:</strong> 6.30pm</div>
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coming out of her headphones than what’s coming out of you. Arriving at
her new college, she doesn’t fit in, but somehow is forced into a group that
she never would have picked on her own: alongside mean girls, sweet girls and
weird girls whose only thing in common is how good they sound when they sing
together, in the new out-loud comedy PITCH PERFECT. </span></em><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><em>Loaded with new versions on old favorite songs to hit songs of
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It had been a quiet night at the Kelly Club by any standards. Big Billy had put a couple of boof-head wannabes on their arses early in the night and Les had to backhand a young buck who thought it'd be a good idea to "take the bow-tie off the bouncer."<br />
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Bad mistake. "There's one less tooth that'll be coming along on your wedding day," he muttered as the young bloke's mates dragged him away.<br />
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By the time they closed the doors just shy of 2am, Les was already yawning and well and truly ready to hit the fart sack when Eddie came down the stairs.<br />
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"You find that bloke's tooth you big goose?" Eddie chimed, poking a friendly left jab into Les' ribcage.<br />
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"Fuck off Salita, if I'd let you handle him the poor prick'd have another hole in his stupid head and be buried in the foundations of that new high rise in Balmain," he shot back with a grin. <br />
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"Yeah, whatever mate. I let you handle all the tough ones," Eddie said, returning the smile.<br />
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For a deadly assasin, Eddie was one of the nicest and most genuine blokes Les had ever known. He'd crawl through broken glass for a mate, but could kill a man in a crowded elevator without anyone noticing a thing.<br />
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"Anyway, Price wants to see us in his office," Eddie said. "Fat George was looking as pale as an albino Norwegian with a bad case of anemia when I saw him half an hour ago, so it can't be good news."<br />
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Fuck, that's all Les needed. Odds on that in half an hour he'd be tearing down the freeway with a dead body in the back of the Berlina, or fumbling around in the dark trying to blow up another Bondi landmark.<br />
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He followed Eddie up the stairs and through the thick wooden doors of the casino boss's office. Inside Price was propped behind his desk and George was slumped in an antique chair nursing a large scotch on his gut. Billy was already inside and walked over to Les with a cold XXXX.<br />
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"You could use this mate, all those skinny kids you had to bash up tonight. Must take it out of you?"<br />
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"Christ, not you too! A poor bloke could develop a complex. What will I tell my therapist?"<br />
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Ordinarily Price and George would've chipped in to score some cheap points on the big red-headed Queenslander, but not tonight. Something was wrong and Les noticed that George was red eyed from crying.<br />
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"Les, we've got some terrible news mate. I think you should sit down for this one," Price said, gesturing towards a chair in front of his desk.<br />
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The hairs on Les' neck were standing up and he had a sinking feeling in his gut as he pulled up the chair and lowered his big frame down into the red velvet cushions.<br />
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"Les, there's no easy way to say it. We found out this afternoon that Bob finally lost his battle with Jack Dancer. I'm sorry mate, he died peacefully at home in Terrigal this morning," Price said looking down into the glass of brandy he was swirling in his hand.<br />
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The blood drained from Les' considerable head and the cold XXXX bottle almost slipped from between his numb fingers.<br />
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"Fuck. But how? He was dead set convinced he'd found a cure. Last time I saw him he winked at me and said, see you in the next book mate, it'll be a real ball tearer. It's about time we sent you to Broome."<br />
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"Mate, I saw him two days ago and the last thing he said to me when I asked how he was getting along was, wouldn't be dead for quids," Eddie added.<br />
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At that moment all eyes in the room locked together in a moment of awful mutual understanding. They had been together since the mid-80s, across 27 books and countless brawls, booze-ups, road trips, murders, bombings and bashings. They'd thrown the odd "good sort" up in the air, travelled the world, enjoyed many a "delicious", smoked the best Bob Hope and even sent their enemies to the sharks.<br />
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Could it be possible that it was all over?<br />
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Les rose like a dead-weight from his seat, drained the last of his XXXX, belched quietly into the back of his hand and moved towards the door.<br />
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"I have to go home. I don't suppose anyone's told Woz yet?"<br />
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"No mate, we thought it might be best if he heard it from you. Billy saw him get home from that film shoot up the North Coast on his way in, so I think he's in for the night," said Price emptying his glass.<br />
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"It's a shit situation mate. Bob was a diamond and the bastard could write a yarn that reached out to everyone. I'll organise a drink and we'll say our farewells in true Robert G Barrett style, but for now I think we all need to go home and get some sleep."<br />
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Les just nodded, ran his hand through his curly red hair and started for the door. There were pats on the back all round and Billy muttered something about the surf club in the morning, but Les was spent - he felt like a pen that'd run out of ink, a blank page.<br />
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He climbed wearily behind the wheel of the Berlina and turned into the bright lights of Darlinghurst Road. Cold Chisel's Flame Trees was the soundtrack as he headed home to Chez Norton, a single tear rolling down his craggy cheek. <br />
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"You wouldn't be dead for quids Bob, you wouldn't be dead for quids..."<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20800950.post-67637888476329041832012-09-17T10:19:00.001+08:002012-09-17T13:56:00.076+08:00Let's go MENTAL Perth...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Oh man, you Perth people are like cray-zeee... So, how about we all go Mental? Freocookster's Follies and Tweet Perth are giving away free double passes to the advance screening of PJ Hogan's hilarious new Australian comedy Mental, starring Toni Collette, Liev Schreiber, Anthony LaPaglia, Rebecca Gibney, Caroline Goodall, Kerry Fox, Deborah Mailman and Sam Clark.<br />
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To win, all you need to do is visit the Facebook page, click on the ever reliable 'LIKE' button and if you really want to make it simple for me, leave a comment. Make it wacky!<br />
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You can also win tickets simply by re-tweeting my #MentalPerth tweets via @freocookster, or via my Thunder Buddy @tweetperth. Don't forget to use the hashtag... and you can follow the film on twitter @shazismental<br />
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<strong>When:</strong> Monday, 24 September<br />
<strong>Where:</strong> Hoyts Carousel, Cannington<br />
<strong>Time:</strong> 6.30pm<br />
<strong>About the Movie:</strong><br />
<em>The Moochmore girls are certain they all suffer from some kind of undiagnosed mental illness - because if they’re not crazy then they’re just unpopular. Their mother Shirley - unable to cope with her demanding daughters and unsupported by her philandering politician husband, Barry - suffers a nervous breakdown. After Barry commits his wife to a mental hospital (telling his constituents that “she’s on holiday”) he finds himself alone with 5 teenage girls he barely knows. Desperate, he impulsively picks up a hitchhiker named Shaz and installs her in his home as nanny to his daughters.</em><br />
<strong>In cinemas October 4</strong><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20800950.post-11042354707798139232012-09-13T10:06:00.001+08:002012-09-13T10:06:31.621+08:00Dear Red Rooster...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Dear Red Rooster<br />
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I know we had some hard times a couple of years ago. There was the restaurant without chips, then the time you ran out of chicken, then the final straw when the chips I did get more closely resembled mashed potato.<br />
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But I thought I'd give you another chance. Your new ad campaign is pretty schmick and the kids are quite taken by your Moshi Monster toy giveaway. Besides, we were great together for so many years - I dreamed of your Hawaiian Pack goodness for two years when I was living overseas.<br />
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So, last night I turned up at your door. Late, after a long drive from Rockingham to Jolimont. I was thinking of your lovely Classic Roast, with plump chicken nestled in a gleaming display of fresh vegies and a rich, hearty gravy.<br />
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I whispered sweetly to your speaker box. "A Classic Roast please, with a wing. No, not in a combo, just on its own..." Then I drove up to the warm glow of your inviting window to hand over the better part of $10. <br />
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Then it was just you and me. Driving into the night, the atmosphere electric with gravy-scented anticipation.<br />
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Disappointment. Deflation. In my job you never overpromise and under-deliver. But, dear Rooster, it appears this must be a line from your charter of customer service?<br />
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Let me paint the picture...<br />
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A quarter of chicken with a wing. WING. So what happened to my wing? Was it stolen away for the live chicken limb blackmarket trade? Was my unfortunate chicken raised in Fukoshima, or have a nasty chainsaw accident as a youth? We will never know.<br />
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How about the vegies? Let's start with the two soggy spuds that appear to have spent far too long in the gravy spa bath and too little time in the solarium. They were joined in a miasma of gravy, infused with a mix of oderous stuffing and bits of intestinal material, by a lonely carrot. The promised pumpkin was a no show - to embarrased to run out with the team.<br />
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So, dear Red Rooster, I'm afraid we shall have to part ways again. But don't be sad, it's not me, it's you.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20800950.post-29161523305872301122012-08-22T14:35:00.001+08:002012-08-22T15:01:37.211+08:00Win tickets to Savages!<br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Bust out the *bongs Perth, because <a href="https://www.facebook.com/#%21/pages/Freocooksters-Follies/171255229650654" target="_blank">Freocookster's Follies</a> and <a href="http://tweetperth.com.au/win_savages.php" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://tweetperth.com.au/win_savages.php" target="_blank">Tweet Perth</a> have teamed up to provide you with a whole stack of free double passes to the advance screening of Oliver Stone's new thriller, <a href="http://www.savagesmovie.com.au/" target="_blank">Savages. </a> </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">You can also win tickets simply by re-tweeting my #Savages tweets via @freocookster, or via my Thunder Buddy @tweetperth. Don't forget to use the hashtag when you join in the conversation!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Three-time Oscar®-winning filmmaker Oliver Stone
returns to the screen with an all-star ensemble for the scorching thriller <i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Savages</span></i>, based on the
best-selling crime novel by Don Winslow, which was named one of The New York
Times’ Top 10 Books of 2010. Blake Lively stars as Ophelia, the
girlfriend to two Laguna Beach entrepreneurs, one an ex-mercenary (Taylor
Kitsch) and the other a principled environmentalist (Aaron Johnson), who’ve
built a thriving homegrown industry on the best marijuana ever developed.
When they refuse to sell their business to a brutal Mexican drug cartel,
Ophelia is kidnapped, and so begins an escalating series of ploys with savage
consequences. Filling out the stellar cast are Benicio Del Toro, Salma
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20800950.post-31581072575779858662012-08-01T14:43:00.000+08:002012-08-01T14:43:59.048+08:00The Bourne Legacy ticket giveaway<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSZn3FtQt8RbWfiQlDtlp4JB6QmdC3skU_fC8454qDZXxY4W135a5nwUnfqIfx4GZLYH9UyoOUAJbnIkDrEwGzfprEx6dNIT7eeI0LVtiEthHR8u652Vrtw9OpVoaPdYOv0Mp_/s1600/Bourne+Art.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" eda="true" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSZn3FtQt8RbWfiQlDtlp4JB6QmdC3skU_fC8454qDZXxY4W135a5nwUnfqIfx4GZLYH9UyoOUAJbnIkDrEwGzfprEx6dNIT7eeI0LVtiEthHR8u652Vrtw9OpVoaPdYOv0Mp_/s400/Bourne+Art.png" width="277" /></a>@Freocookster has 20 double passes to give away to the Perth preview screening of The Bourne Legacy at Event Cinemas Innaloo on Wednesday, 16 August.</div>
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To be in the running to win a double pass, visit the Freocookster's Follies page on Facebook, 'like' the giveaway post and tell me in 10 words or less "WHAT LEGACY WILL YOU LEAVE BEHIND?"</div>
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I'll pick 20 winners on Friday 10 August and contact you with details of how to collect your tickets. Fyi, this message will self destruct in 30 seconds...</div>
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<strong>The Bourne Legacy</strong><br />
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The narrative architect behind the Bourne film series, Tony Gilroy, takes the helm in the next chapter of the hugely popular espionage franchise that has earned almost $1 billion at the global box office: The Bourne Legacy. The writer/director expands the Bourne universe created by Robert Ludlum with an original story that introduces us to a new hero (Jeremy Renner) whose life-or-death stakes have been triggered by the events of the first three films. For The Bourne Legacy, Renner joins fellow series newcomers Rachel Weisz, Edward Norton, Stacy Keach and Oscar Isaac, while franchise veterans Albert Finney, Joan Allen, David Strathairn and Scott Glenn reprise their roles.<br />
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<em><strong>In cinemas 16 August</strong></em><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20800950.post-4178954622480647452012-06-20T12:07:00.000+08:002012-06-20T12:07:43.980+08:00Bring out your Ted!Okay Perth, it's time to dust off your favourite soft toys for what will be one of the funniest nights of the year...<br />
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I've got 20 double passes to give away for the Perth preview of the hilarious new Seth MacFarlane film 'Ted' at Event Cinemas Innaloo on Wednesday 4 July. Sound good?<br />
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To be in the running to get your furry paws on one, all you need to do is post a pic of your favourite soft toy doing what they do best on the Freocookster Promotions facebook page, or on twitter using the hashtag #TEDperth, OR BOTH! (make sure to include @freocookster in the tweet).<br />
I'll pick my favourite 10 piccies and another 10 names at random, letting the winners know on FRIDAY 29 JUNE. The film starts at 6.30pm, so you will need to collect your tickets from me at the cinema on the night from 6.10pm.<br />
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<strong>About Ted</strong><br />
<em><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Family Guy</span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> creator Seth MacFarlane brings his boundary-pushing brand of humour to the big screen for the first time as writer, director and voice star of <b>Ted</b>. In the live action/CG-animated comedy, he tells the story of John Bennett (Mark Wahlberg), a grown man who must deal with the cherished teddy bear who came to life as the result of a childhood wish…and has refused to leave his side ever since.</span></em><br />
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Live Action Actors: Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Giovanni Ribisi, Joel McHale<br />
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CG-animated: Seth MacFarlane<br />
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Directed By: Seth MacFarlane<br />
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Nothing makes you feel older than a reunion movie where the characters are still younger than you were when the original film was released (1999).<br />
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Then throw in a line from one of the characters describing a Spice Girls hit as "classic rock" and I'm one step away from setting up home in a 'Lifestyle Retirement Village' to while away my remaining days in a Jason Recliner.<br />
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But hey, as The Stiffmeister might say, you're only as old as the woman you're feeling. Oh dear...<br />
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Yep, it's <a href="http://www.americanreunionmovie.com.au">'American Pie: Reunion'</a> - park your political correctness at the ticket counter, set the humour dial to 'juvenile' and prepare yourself for 100 minutes of sheer good fun. More fun than a sock full of KY Jelly, where this (probably) final slice of the American Pie juggernaught begins.<br />
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American Reunion isn't a particularly well crafted film and plot is just a four letter word that doesn't rhyme with dick, but it's the dialogue that keeps this pie cooking.<br />
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And most of the outrageously non-PC lines are straight out of the mouth of Steve Stifler (Seann William Scott). "He might be a dick, but he's our dick", according to Jim (Jason Biggs), the original perforator of pie who spawned the film's title. <br />
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While it's Stifler who keeps this tale ticking along, the other characters provide the perfect comedic foil. In particular Jim's Dad (Eugene Levy) who shares a particularly memorable scene with Stifler's Mom (Jennifer Coolidge) that will have you choking on your popcorn. Some advice - don't get up and leave as soon as the credits roll, or you'll miss out!<br />
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If this is the last slice of the pie, then rest assured, the last bite tastes as good as the first. <br />
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And while you won't walk away from the cinema reflecting on the meaning of life, this film will leave you a wiser human being - you will never again reach into an esky without looking and you'll discover there really is an erotic side to lacross. In more ways than one.<br />
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American Pie: Reunion - in cinemas from today, April 5<br />
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Synopsis: <br />
In the comedy American Reunion, all the American Pie characters we met a little more than a decade ago are returning to East Great Falls for their high-school reunion. In one long-overdue weekend, they will discover what has changed, who hasn't and that time and distance can't break the bonds of friendship. It was summer 1999 when four small-town Michigan boys began a quest to lose their virginity. In the years that have passed, Jim and Michelle married while Kevin and Vicky said goodbye. Oz and Heather grew apart, but Finch still longs for Stifler's mom. Now these lifelong friends have come home as adults to reminisce about-and get inspired by-the hormonal teens who launched a comedy legend.<br />
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Jason Biggs, Alyson Hannigan, Chris Klein, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Tara Reid,<br />
Seann William Scott, Mena Suvari, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Jennifer Coolidge and Eugene Levy. Directed by Jon Hurwitz & Hayden SchlossbergUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20800950.post-80640643384660581212012-03-12T15:21:00.000+08:002012-03-12T15:21:26.305+08:001979 part IISome more gems from the Daily News 1979...<br />
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The end of the seventies was the end of a golden time. I was one year shy of becoming a teen and occupied my time feeding 20 cent coins into the pinball machines at Minder Binders and Gay Gordon's down on Scarborough Beach and getting burnt like a Samboy chip in the surf off Trigg Point.<br />
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When I wasn't mastering the psychadelic deck of my Len Dibben, I was fighting the speed wobbles on my Trax skateboard down stupidly steep hills like Pearl Parade. Somehow I almost always found a soft landing place - I lost plenty of bark, but never broke a bone, even when I rode the BMX flat out into a brick wall at the bottom of my treacherous driveway (brake failure).<br />
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It was the year I fell asleep on the toilet facing the wrong way after staying up all night watching a monster movie marathon. And the year I got dobbed in for smoking a ciggie at one of the aforementioned pinball parlours.<br />
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I was there when Premier Charlie Court opened the space age Clock Tower at Scarborough Beach (no ciggies) and spent many a day and night gazing skyward wondering if Skylab would come crashing down on my head.<br />
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So, when I came across this old copy of the Daily News - yes, Perth had its own afternoon newspaper - I thought I'd share.<br />
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There was Pinnochios and Beethovens for the disco set and plenty of places you could get a perm and blow dry... men too!<br />
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Sexist advertising was rampant and cigarettes, at less than a dollar a pack, were openly promoted in full page ad slots.<br />
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Stay cool Perth...<br />
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And as a lover of books I have my favourite authors, many of whom are Australian. Among them are Nick Earls, John Birmingham, Andrew McGahan, Shane Maloney and Robert Drewe.<br />
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So when I scanned the list of Perth Writers Festival drawcards for 2012, I was chuffed to see Nick Earls and John Birmingham joining WA's own Stephen Scourfield for a discussion about Bromance in the modern fiction novel.<br />
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I was even more chuffed when Nick Earls tweeted to see if I was up to join them afterwards for drinks and, perchance, wax lyrical. Even better, JB offered up four free tickets, so I was able to bring along some fabulous Perth tweeps: @epigrammist @kitta and @theflyingdamsel.<br />
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I'm still unclear as to who came up with a concept of a literary panel discussion on the theme of Bromance, but it soon opened up into a wider discussion fueled by robot sex, bucket bongs and lewd acts involving glass-topped coffee tables. And let's not forget the 'luther' and Stephen Scourfield's moderno-Italian accent that for some reason left me with the Dolmio theme in my head.<br />
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Post-Bromance we all headed down to that most curious of writers festival phenomenons, the book tent and signing table. The punters file in one end of the tent, purchase their selected paperbacks and then shuffle back out again to have them signed by one of the authors.<br />
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JB and NE took their seats on the table, but something was horribly askew. Of the eight or so authors at the table, only one grey haired bloke in a navy blazer was managing to draw a crowd - in fact he was in danger of a carpal tunnel injury.<br />
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The bloke in question was the Hon Michael Kirby AC, CMG. Fair enough.<br />
<br />
I'm sure there would have been more signings all round, but the one cash register inside the book tent was having issues coping with the long line of people now snaking out the door.<br />
<br />
So we left Michael to his legion of fans, picked up a sprightly Frank Moorhouse on our travels and went in search of red wine. Talk soon moved on the the affects of gastroenteritis, how Nick and I share an unhealthy fascination with fortune cookies (read his latest book The Fix) and Krissy Kneen's use of snails in erotica - you had to be there for the context.<br />
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A thoroughly enjoyable night that ended up over free drinks at the Boulevard Hotel's 1st Birthday party and way too much leftover food. JB will forever associate me with wastage of gourmet sausage rolls.<br />
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1. Porn bots will continue to be potty mouthed tramps who can't type and refuse to follow.<br />
2. Augmented reality implants recalled after a spate of brain explosions.<br />
3. Retro will roll on - all the cool kids will carry note pads (and biros).<br />
4. Scratch and sniff tweets to be launched in July.<br />
5. Scratch & sniff facebook status updates to be launched in August (but only to people prepared to sell their souls).<br />
6. Australian man with 1.75million followers dies but is not discovered for six months (chokes on spam).<br />
7. A lucrative trade to open in mail order porn bots.<br />
8. iPhone 5 to be released mid-August with a built-in nasal hair trimmer.<br />
9. K Rudd starts his own social networking platform and declares himself King.<br />
10. Gen-Y crisis as young people realise that time lines are for life and exist in the REAL world too!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20800950.post-47858526018848289402012-01-13T10:00:00.001+08:002012-01-13T10:01:45.175+08:00Need Someone Who Bats (Cool for Cats)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6fjMlnfTYjTXXV6VpT9SctNDui2F83-V3UwObzjGqSoApnX0JK1ihgNuGjVEiCNNOSaW_C6XJAI1nNINaYBZqsd_4c6uPzi-K-Bo6JSanFU5xkIZJfH-GmJwSOORSja1NN5Yp/s1600/waca-ground.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="225" width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6fjMlnfTYjTXXV6VpT9SctNDui2F83-V3UwObzjGqSoApnX0JK1ihgNuGjVEiCNNOSaW_C6XJAI1nNINaYBZqsd_4c6uPzi-K-Bo6JSanFU5xkIZJfH-GmJwSOORSja1NN5Yp/s400/waca-ground.jpg" /></a></div>To the tune of Cool For Cats by The Squeeze (with apologies)<br />
<br />
The Indians send signals <br />
From the Narrows overpass <br />
The WACA groundstaff drinking <br />
On the pitch and on the grass<br />
<br />
Sharma's with the captain <br />
Munching lamb chops with Dhoni <br />
He doesn't mind the curry <br />
It's the media he don't need<br />
<br />
He likes to ride on go karts <br />
When the coach is fast asleep <br />
He wakes to find the spirit's dead <br />
And arrows in their backs <br />
And Bradley Haddin rides around <br />
And says 'you need someone who bats, someone who bats...'<br />
<br />
Hilfy’s bowling ninety <br />
'Cos he's got the word to go <br />
They've got a gang of pacemen <br />
In the sheds ready to go<br />
They're throwing down the bouncers <br />
The openers choke again <br />
In and out the changerooms <br />
Single numbers on their names <br />
It's funny how their scorecards<br />
Always look the bleedin' same <br />
And meanwhile in the nets <br />
There's a couple of Aussie lads <br />
Who swear like Rodney Marsh <br />
That they're very keen to bat<br />
They're keen to bat <br />
<br />
To change the mood a little <br />
Tendulkar's bought in some flash grub <br />
Cooked by Gogo Govardham <br />
Lamb chops fat and plump <br />
They fancy this, they fancy that <br />
They wanna have a dash <br />
They do a bit of sledging <br />
Bout the grass that's on the track <br />
All they get is caught behind and stumped behind their back <br />
And by the time last drinks are called <br />
They’re miserable and sad <br />
And ev'rybody tells them that they need someone who bats <br />
Someone who bats <br />
<br />
Shake up at selection <br />
And they think they've got Pup's mark <br />
They fire down the short balls <br />
And he nails them to the wall <br />
He misses for the first time <br />
And then they drop a catch <br />
He notches up a triple ton <br />
They choke on lamb chop bones <br />
He likes to go the tonk you see<br />
But he's not on his own <br />
<br />
He said I'll see you later <br />
And sends them in to bat <br />
But it's not happy in Chennai <br />
They want someone who bats <br />
Someone who batsUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20800950.post-42002012832794281872011-10-24T10:55:00.000+08:002011-10-24T10:55:02.986+08:00The Great White Shark Hunt<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh21eQUjBs_RAU5Jg1GLBGWQYUK5cv7pG09cXmyda1LEm4FlXuhB2Zmsyuhn0xFXTLAJ_WpSNn4aD76Gme2L5LdO4JkDUeOKGJxhsjxPwaHtT6H1F0qocwMEjE3_sj8ZWFTQQab/s1600/Shark.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear:left; float:left;margin-right:1em; margin-bottom:1em"><img border="0" height="240" width="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh21eQUjBs_RAU5Jg1GLBGWQYUK5cv7pG09cXmyda1LEm4FlXuhB2Zmsyuhn0xFXTLAJ_WpSNn4aD76Gme2L5LdO4JkDUeOKGJxhsjxPwaHtT6H1F0qocwMEjE3_sj8ZWFTQQab/s320/Shark.jpg" /></a></div><br />
Apologies to Hunter S. Thompson.<br />
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Don’t ask me how, but I did the impossible and wangled a CHOGM media pass not only for myself, but for my outrageously loud Fijian lawyer who I’d bought with me on this gig to handle ‘supplies’. And the way things were shaping up, we were going to need all the supplies we could lay our greedy hands on if we were to maintain some semblance of sanity and avoid having our skulls cracked by the trigger itchy security goons on every street corner.<br />
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Welcome to Perth, home of the all mighty mining dollar where everything’s fast, shiny and shuts at six. As all good gigs go, this one had taken a sharp turn to the left and was fast sliding into the realms of absurdity – a place where only the most drug addled of minds can operate successfully without succumbing to crippling, eye gouging paranoia.<br />
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It was not a place to be without a high powered weapon. I had been here before and I would be here again, but first something had to die.<br />
<br />
Lazlo and I found ourselves riding high on the fly-bridge of the FarQ II heading out of Fremantle towards Rottnest Island. We had intended to spend the day running amok on a Captain Cook winery cruise, but that was until shark frenzy took a choker hold on Perth City and every redneck who owned a tinny suddenly morphed into a wild-eyed cross between Captain Nemo and Crocodile Dundee.<br />
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Another week, another shark death. It was all too much for a town on the verge of CHOGM glory, so the call went out to ‘shoot to kill’ and the race was on to see who would string this monster of the deep up by its murderous tail and bring justice to the land once again.<br />
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We’d packed lightly for this trip. An esky full of dark rum, three sheets of blotter acid and enough cocaine to keep the Bolivian Army marching for a year. We also had two high tensile trolling rods baited with whole pig’s heads, 120 litres of sheep blood, a pump action Ruger shotgun, a .45 Colt and an Alaskan pick axe just in case the fight came to close quarters.<br />
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We were half way across ‘Stragglers’ when the drugs began to take hold and the shit began to go down. Captain Jack had been busy ladelling bucket-loads of gore into our wake, when suddenly line started screaming off one of the trolling rods, as the water exploded about 100m off the starboard bow. <br />
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The whole boat lurched and I spilled most of my rum down Lazlo’s shirt as he scrambled around on deck like a ludicrous, hairy crab trying to find its footing. “Stay still, you fool. You’ll get us all killed carrying on like that.” I pushed him back into his chair and stood back to take stock of the situation.<br />
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Line continued to burn off the smoking reel and it was obvious that we’d hooked into something huge and terrifying that would drag us all to our death, boat and all. “There’s only one thing for it, we’ll have to shoot the fucker!” I screamed grappling for the shot gun and taking the steps to the deck three at a time. “Stand back Captain Jack, this one’s mine!”<br />
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The crew cowered in the bulk-head fearing the worst as I surveyed the broiling, inky waters before me. Shapes loomed from the deep, bats screeched from the heavens... yes, there are ALWAYS bats... as I took my bead on one evil murderous eye that gleamed from the head of a white pointer bigger than a Kombi Van and now only metres from where I stood. One, two...<br />
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‘BARPPPPP!’ The sound caught me like a punch in the face as a fast moving ferry cut across our bow and a single figure leapt gracefully from the deck clutching a spear in one hand and a Swiss Army Knife in the other. In a second the hunt was over and my final moment of glory snatched cruelly from my grasp.<br />
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I reached for the rum and chuckled quietly under my breath. “We meet again Freocookster... we meet again.”Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20800950.post-86910768509908879382011-09-30T09:17:00.000+08:002011-09-30T09:17:24.950+08:00When pranks go wrong...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLpLLVcVQRegV94sSD0_xpEkcHpBMBslzoXXO6nem2-p3i1yNOvBzPRoSWdSVUGA9Dh7ib4Yqhb1zRm46Oc1vGyDAF2UcA9Uot6ruPa8dLNq0N74H7uwuBTjJTwG2rDMn2h2Kq/s1600/Post.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear:left; float:left;margin-right:1em; margin-bottom:1em"><img border="0" height="320" width="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLpLLVcVQRegV94sSD0_xpEkcHpBMBslzoXXO6nem2-p3i1yNOvBzPRoSWdSVUGA9Dh7ib4Yqhb1zRm46Oc1vGyDAF2UcA9Uot6ruPa8dLNq0N74H7uwuBTjJTwG2rDMn2h2Kq/s320/Post.jpg" /></a></div><br />
Listening to a commercial radio station today they were talking about how the condom full of icecream prank at McDonald's Geraldton went so horribly wrong. They asked listeners to share their examples of when seemingly hilarious pranks went wrong.<br />
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Now those who know me will understand that I'm a keen prankster who would lie to his own Mum for the chance to get a laugh at someone else's expense. Generally these pranks involve a small white lie that I put right before the whole thing goes pear shaped and the poo hits the proverbial.<br />
<br />
But sometimes time gets away from me and I forget the seed I've sown until it blooms into something way beyond a simple joke and threatens the balance of peace in the free world... or in my world at least.<br />
<br />
Here's a great case in point...<br />
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Back in the 90s I worked at the POST Newspaper group where we put out a half dozen papers covering Melbourne's outer eastern suburbs. At the time I was working as editor of the Whitehorse POST covering the Box Hill area and surrounds, but had until recently edited the Maroondah POST which takes in Ringwood and Croydon.<br />
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So, I'm digging through my in-tray one morning and come across a police media alert about two men who had been arrested and charged with grievous bodily harm after assaulting a man at Jooce Nightclub (yep, as bogan as the name sounds).<br />
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The report was from a year earlier, but I thought it'd be rib ticklingly funny to white out the dates and change it to the current day, then photocopy it and slide it into my mate Peter's tray who was now editing the Maroondah POST.<br />
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Of course, he pulls it out, we have a quick yarn about the story and then I promptly forget all about it and start work on my front page story about poison dim sims in a suburban supermarket (seriously).<br />
<br />
Fast forward two days later and the whole office is in a deadline frenzy. I wander past Peter's desk where he's hunkered over his screen with our editor in chief Mal, working on his front page story - both are in a lather to get it right, given it has serious legalities about what can and can't go to print.<br />
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That's when the 72pt headline jumps off the screen and rabbit punches me between the eyes: MEN CHARGED WITH JOOCE BASHING<br />
<br />
And that's when I had to explain why it would be a very bad idea to run with that story and how very sorry I was to have left them stranded on deadline day without a front page yarn.<br />
<br />
I think the C word may have come into play that afternoon.<br />
<br />
The upside for Peter was that a few weeks later he convinced me that I'd gone to print with a headline talking about the Mininster for the Farts. Touche!<br />
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When has one of your pranks turned around and savaged you in the backside?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20800950.post-8552870812842363142011-05-11T15:45:00.000+08:002011-05-11T15:45:22.934+08:00Bran Nue Day in BroomeA short clip I took of Stephen Baamba Albert singing Bran Nue Dae at the North West Expo in Broome last weekend.<br />
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<iframe width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/JmcKXZCz0pM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20800950.post-15885576272064139572011-01-28T09:21:00.000+08:002011-01-28T09:23:14.957+08:00Starter Bar Tonight!THE STARTER BAR<br /><br />Starter Bar Tonight at the North Fremantle Bowling Club!<br /><br />Tonight at The North Freo Bowls, DJ Ipod Sally plays 60s Garage, Psych Pop and 80s indi trash !!!!<br /><br />Catch an acoustic performance By Michael Gabriel and his Quixotics, featuring his newly written song, 'The Don Walker Blues'.<br /><br />ALSO The 'New and Improved' Long Strides without the bass player and second guitarist. <br /><br />When asked what happened, singer songwriter and lead singer Matt Jenkins was posting on his Twitter account: 'There's no room on these tiny stages for my style, cute butt and sexy lips. I had to clear my head and five instruments was too much clutter. My new vision of the music is simple, and I am a slave to that single vision.<br /><br />'It is a simple chain saw pop song with a thumping rhythm, and tasty morsels of meaty guitar. No bass no extra guitar no fuss!! Hey it's not like I shot them. I just fired their arses. My vocal chords are an instrument of andemic proportion and they needed more space.'<br /><br />Also playing, the no mess no fuss FAGS will shake it just before their big Day Out Gig, not available for comment at the time of writing....<br /><br />$5 at the door be early :)<br /><br />7:30-8:30 IPod Sally 60's tunes<br />8:30-9:10 Michael Gabriel and The Quixotics<br />9:30-10:10 The Long Strides<br />10:30-11:10 The Fags<br />11:10-I-Pod Sally <br /><br />More info: Richard Lane 0406 883 709 rbg@hotmail.comUnknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20800950.post-17405037344884555382011-01-21T08:13:00.003+08:002011-01-21T08:18:56.712+08:00Flood Fundraising Gig<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFNjZc6KrR9VEB4rI998klChfuK6MnuixF4h3ZLuNs8aLF2P8FETwDuGdOLka7VJozb8qRw33TPGV07BqMpX2TKjB_G-HR_H_0pLKHeRgfRqgzZmKca_36fXk5h63sMgPNKb_L/s1600/Bowling2.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFNjZc6KrR9VEB4rI998klChfuK6MnuixF4h3ZLuNs8aLF2P8FETwDuGdOLka7VJozb8qRw33TPGV07BqMpX2TKjB_G-HR_H_0pLKHeRgfRqgzZmKca_36fXk5h63sMgPNKb_L/s320/Bowling2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564427030046085538" /></a><br />A great Flood Fundraiser gig at North Fremantle Bowling Club tonight from 4.30 until late!<br /><br />More than a dozen local bands and musicians will take to two stages, indoors and out, with plenty of other activities to keep people of all ages happy.<br /> <br />Entry: Adults - $10 Kids - free.<br />Woodfired Pizzas<br />Jumping Castle until sunset<br />Free bowls<br />Heaps of prizes and giveaways, bring your friends and have some fun for charity :)<br /><br />BOWLING GREEN STAGE<br />Outdoor (Solo and Duo Acoustic stage)<br />Also featuring : Casual Compare /Street Poet and Host With The Most Mr Damon Hurst<br /><br />4.30-5.00 That Velvet Echo<br />5.00-5.20 Steve Andrews<br />5.30- 5.50 Michael Gabriel from The Quixotics<br />6.00 -6.20 James Mittell<br />6.30- 6.50 Elk<br />7.00 -7.20 Gabriel Lee (Stillfire)<br />7.30-7.50 Lachy Banjo (ex Kill Devil Hills)<br />8.00.-8.20 Fremantle Ukelelle Collective<br />8.30 9.00 Brown Dog Salloon<br /><br />INDOOR STAGE<br />9.10- 9.50 pm The Morning Night<br />10.10-10.50 pm Salvage Diver<br />11.10-11.50 pm The MoltensUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20800950.post-43194538251614160562010-09-17T09:09:00.002+08:002010-09-17T09:13:30.030+08:00Hanging at the bowser on tight arse Wednesday<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN1mO3j-a1GbnFkw2UxC4poHZJgYFpiTLns2QJFK3ef5muiiysFMLkmhwRWiShXD1VZOEFMVCKkOepWGRHyyJ9QPWIk4LqStSSadv5lpr5rqqm8pMjNmLN-Dx-6iOruSavv5iN/s1600/triff_odd_at_444_brunswick_st.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN1mO3j-a1GbnFkw2UxC4poHZJgYFpiTLns2QJFK3ef5muiiysFMLkmhwRWiShXD1VZOEFMVCKkOepWGRHyyJ9QPWIk4LqStSSadv5lpr5rqqm8pMjNmLN-Dx-6iOruSavv5iN/s320/triff_odd_at_444_brunswick_st.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517684368554579938" /></a><br />The fourth Wangle column - click <a href="http://www.wangle.com.au/life/hanging-at-the-bowser-on-tight-arse-wednesday#more-5696">here</a> for the original story.<br /><br />I worked with an editor in Melbourne for about five years, who apart from wearing socks and sandles had a rather infuriating habit.<br /><br />Every Wednesday night he’d drive around the foothills of the Dandenong Ranges to find the cheapest petrol, then buy as much as he could while the going was good. I’m talking jerry cans, the works.<br /><br />Good on him for wanting to save a few dollars to fill up, but what price all the driving around and wear-and-tear on his car?<br /><br />Let’s not even start about the carbon footprint he was leaving as he stomped around the suburbs in search of that elusive two cent saving.<br /><br />I’d forgotten about this behaviour until just last week when I pulled into the servo with a flat back tyre and a petrol tank drier than a dead dingo’s proverbial.<br /><br />I’d left my run to the last gasp and was urging the hail-pocked Mazda onwards to the finish line. If I was a jockey, I’d be using the whip.<br /><br />But the finish line was blocked. My run had been thwarted by a line of at least 15 cars queuing for petrol.<br /><br />What in hell’s name was going on here? Were petrol prices about to soar?<br /><br />As the Mazda farted its empty discontent, it suddenly dawned on me… it was a Wednesday, the cheapest day in the fuel price cycle. These people were lining up as they would do every Wednesday to save themselves a few bob at the bowser.<br /><br />And indeed it’s true. If you check out the FuelWatch price trend graph, the chart looks like the heart rate of an AFL player who’s been eating the No Doz like Tic Tacs.<br /><br />But is it worth waiting in line for 30 minutes chewing through the gas to get one over the oil companies? And why does it seem that everyone waits until after 5.00pm to join the line?<br /><br />Surely the pensioners would be better off buying their petrol during work hours when there’s less traffic and less demand?<br /><br />When I finally limped up to the bowser, I understood that this was a special club and these people had made the whole tight-arse petrol Wednesday trip into something of a ritual.<br /><br />People were wandering from car to car for a chat, sharing a joke over a coolant top-up and generally behaving like they were in the crowd at an Andre Riue concert.<br /><br />One middle aged gent thought a quick buttock grope was in order, while he gathered his betrothed in a ULP embrace. Betrothed? No, not on your nelly. The lucky gropee scampered off shortly after to attend to the diesel pump hanging out of her Patrol.<br /><br />What was this madness? Had I been consumed by fumes?<br /><br />Some 40 minutes after first joining that conga-line of price conscious, socially gregarious fuel fanatics, it was time to hit the road.<br /><br />I looked over to the designated air and water area in hope that I might get a clear run to fill my flaccid Goodyear, but my hopes were cruelly dashed.<br /><br />From what I could see and hear a bloke called Ted was running a workshop on tyre pressures and the best time of day to achieve the most satisfactory result. I do believe he was even running a tea and coffee service out of his boot.<br /><br />The point of this rant? The source of my anger? To be honest, I no longer recall.<br /><br />I’m too busy planning my run for Wednesday arvo and hoping that Ted has some feedback on the best type of lubricant to ease my creaking ball joints.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1