media tart
Sunday 11 June 2006
Do not submit to The Chumscrubber - I mean it. This was one of the worst films I've seen in an awfully long time. So poorly contrived (a mishmash of supposed zeitgeisty totems), appallingly directed and almost uniformly badly acted. I kept imagining the studio pitch throughout... (19:06 | 3 Comments)
Tuesday 6 June 2006
mail! - coming home to multiple packages in the mail (which aren't even related to my recent birthday) is always a lovely treat to brighten an otherwise lacklustre day. Today, I came home to: Joy!... (20:13 | 3 Comments)
Thursday 23 February 2006
i <3 mqff - I especially Happy Endings is screening. I'm doing a little volunteering at MQFF too, to shake myself out of the stupor I've been in since my spine rebelled against me and I went into hibernation. Get engaged again and... (18:09 | 0 Comments)
Wednesday 22 February 2006
20th January - I'm loving the artwork for the latest 20th compilation. Thanks Jeff's brother! Luke and Mt are downstairs piecing together their belated submission for the next. Which means I'll be watching Clockwork Orange on my own tonight, I guess. And starting... (18:17 | 0 Comments)
Tuesday 14 February 2006
Lost my Breath - You know when you have one of those live music experiences which remind you why you were so nutso about music as a teen? The ones that reduce you to a gibbering mess of jelly because they get you right... (19:52 | 104 Trackbacks | 3 Comments)
Sunday 12 February 2006
It's been 3 months since my last confesssion - I'll keep it brief and beatific. Deerhoof were just phenomenal on Friday night at NSC (as were the inhumanly tight, My Disco). If you're in melbourne you can catch the former one last time with the dreamy Calvin Johnson... (09:47 | 89 Trackbacks | 1 Comments)
Wednesday 16 November 2005
Stripperella - Dudes. Make sure you set your VCR (or alarm clock) for 2:30am Friday morning, Channel Nine, to catch (what I'm sure must be) the awesome Stripperella - the animated series by Stan Lee and featuring the voice of Pamela Anderson.... (08:36 | 111 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
Wednesday 9 November 2005
I take it back* - Ten will be screening Veronica Mars, beginning Monday November 28th at 7:30pm. Y'all should Check It Out. Prove to the commercial networks that teen TV can be credible and lucrative! Now my homemade VM shirt will begin to mean something... (09:19 | 149 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
Thursday 3 November 2005
Feminine Plastique - I've never been interested in action figures or collectables, but this beauty has given me a hankering to reassess my position. Though since it's actually a Barbie figure, I don't think it counts in the action-figure-fandom group, but maybe more... (18:29 | 161 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
Tuesday 1 November 2005
Pile o' Books - My response to LibraryThing's Book Pile Photo challenge. And if you're so inclined, a list of the books:... (14:43 | 25 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
Saturday 29 October 2005
Promises of things to come: Umbrellas of Cherbourg - I saw Les Parapluies de Cherbourg (Umbrellas of Cherbourg) on Friday night as part of the Focus on Catherine Deneuve at ACMI. It's been several years since I've seen it, and then it had been a scratchy VHS copy. This... (20:44 | 74 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
Dreams Burn Down - I'm feeling a little lonely. A little overwhelmed by work to be done. Hayfever is giving me watery eyes and brain fog and I'm tired for no good reason. And this song. It's like a thousand different moments in my... (15:20 | 163 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
Wednesday 26 October 2005
Arrrrrrrr. Get me that there torrent. - Channel Seven has canned Arrested Development*. After screwing with the scheduling, screening it erratically and late at night even then, taking it off mid-season and then showing a few more episodes, it's just been booted off the schedule completely. The... (12:38 | 10 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
Sunday 23 October 2005
Veronica Mars is smarter than ... most everything else - I've been meaning to blog about this for several months, so i think it's about time I broke the blogsilence and championed my latest and greatest media obsession. The titular heroine. She's a marshmallow. It may never be aired on... (12:38 | 174 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
Saturday 23 July 2005
MIFF05: The Education of Shelby Knox - Shelby Knox was a 15 year old Good Southern Baptist Girl. She had pledged abstinence until marriage with the True Love Waits program, lived a respectable Christian life and excelled at school. This film charts Shelby's progression from this... (11:54 | 14 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
Friday 15 July 2005
MIFF05 - I've been out of action lately owing to some family illness, a last-minute trip north, and lots of work. But I will be heading to several screenings at the Melbourne International Film Festival, and I'm planning on reporting back with... (18:40 | 243 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
Friday 10 June 2005
Telerecommendations - TelerecommendationsSince coordinating a TV studies course this semester, I've hardly watched any. The exception being a couple of intensive weeks of Big Brother - I got sucked in during research for the weeks on reality TV. I haven't watched The... (13:43 | 104 Trackbacks | 5 Comments)
Wednesday 8 June 2005
podcasts: know any good ones? - Since I now have a digital audio player I'm jumping on that bandwagon and seeking out worthy/listenable podcasts. So far I've nabbed: Inside Mac Radio KCRW's The Treatment (this week's show is an interview with Gregg Araki - joy!) NPR's... (14:48 | 33 Trackbacks | 6 Comments)
Tuesday 10 May 2005
another book meme - I was tagged by Laura for this meme, and since I'm avoiding writing this week's lecture on Reality TV, here goes... You're stuck inside Fahrenheit 451. Which book do you want to be saved? House of Leaves by Mark Z.... (18:11 | 2743 Trackbacks | 2 Comments)
Monday 2 May 2005
damn, you got some putrid style - I don't watch as much music video TV as perhaps I should in my line of work and research, but mostly because so much of it is just horribly shit. But on Sunday morning I caught some of Video Hits... (18:41 | 387 Trackbacks | 8 Comments)
Tuesday 26 April 2005
Give me Red - I've developed quite a fangirl crush on Marcia Cross (Bree Van De Kamp in Desperate Housewives). I've come to watch the show regularly for little other reason that to gaze upon her, and revel in her exquisite portrayal of Martha... (12:20 | 293 Trackbacks | 2 Comments)
for services to pop fandom - I've read several blogs noting similar incidences of late, and now I get to toot my own horn as well. The site is the #1 Google result for the term 'seth cohen starter pack' for this post. *wipes away a... (10:39 | 2688 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
Monday 25 April 2005
Pam Cook lecture this Thursday - Just a note for the film/history nerds: Rethinking Nostalgia: If I Could Hold Back Time Thursday 28th April, 6.30pm Theatre A, Elizabeth Murdoch Building The University of Melbourne A pioneer of feminist film theory, Pam Cook is one of Britain's... (22:48 | 145 Trackbacks | 3 Comments)
Saturday 23 April 2005
50ft Book Meme - Nabbed from Laura, it's the meme of a thousand word nerds (or more accurately, so far, about 160 - the maths doesn't quite work out). The idea is that a list of books travels around the blogosphere, and that as... (10:52 | 2549 Trackbacks | 4 Comments)
Tuesday 19 April 2005
O, please! - I know I shouldn't expend valuable give-a-shit energy on this kind of thing, but it's been bothering me all day so I've just got to acknowledge it. While fiddling with the digital TV equipment at home yesterday, I chanced upon... (15:55 | 280 Trackbacks | 3 Comments)
Saturday 16 April 2005
Hot Topic! - Le Tigre programme rage tonight and the kind folks at the ABC have made the playlist available for our perusal. Kicking off with Rock Lobster and Our Lips are Sealed is a pretty awesome start in my book, and... (10:18 | 2648 Trackbacks | 5 Comments)
Wednesday 13 April 2005
I wanna be manipuLATED - Today I was strolling through fabulously bogan Northland, contemplating buying my very first pair of jeans in something like 12 years, when over the tinny and distant in-mall speaker system shot forth that gem of eighties melodrama pop - Heart's... (20:12 | 2626 Trackbacks | 3 Comments)
Wednesday 16 March 2005
A rush and a push... - Colour me envious. For friends in Blighty, you might want to consider spending a couple of days doing what for me counts as pure bliss - the meeting of fey pop and critical analysis: Why Pamper Life's Complexities? - A... (08:49 | 2733 Trackbacks | 1 Comments)
Tuesday 1 March 2005
Celebrating Skank - Regular visitors might have noticed that the banner image for this site has undergone a transformation. Back then, it was a detail of a still from Lost in Translation (though you wouldn't know it from the framing). But now, I... (14:28 | 2520 Trackbacks | 1 Comments)
Just don't turn up in vamp face, awright? - In case you didn't already know... ASH/Giles and Uncle Fury/Mustard Man/NerdExtraordinaire are coming to Melbourne. James Marsters/Spike will be there too, if you like that kind of thing. And since it's apparently legit to be a nerd these days, you... (10:53 | 8 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
Saturday 12 February 2005
Meteorologist for OS X - I have found my own personal dream application for OS X. It speaks to both the MacAddict and the WeatherNerd in me. It is Meteorologist. Instead of loading and reloading the BOM site several times a day (yes, i am... (14:59 | 2 Comments)
Thursday 20 January 2005
the joke's on us - If you've spent any time with me over the past year or so you've probably heard me rant and rave about Jet. And not in a good way. I've charged them with sounding like original music twice removed (doing Oasis... (11:37 | 9 Comments)
Thursday 18 November 2004
whatever - If you're interested in uncovering some damn fine antipodean sounds, make sure you check out the SBS Whatever Sessions 2. Pay particular attention to Sparrow Hill and ii who must be great because I have friends in both excellent groups.... (09:16 | 0 Comments)
Wednesday 10 November 2004
Oh be still my fangirl heart - I didn't think The O.C could better Buffy for pomo smarts in spite of taking up the batton with flair. Until last night that is... Paris Hilton:Hey Seth: Hi. How’s it goin’? P: Uhh, I am so exhausted S:... (11:51 | 7 Comments)
Monday 25 October 2004
holy fuck - Let's hope as the unofficial 51st state, this kind of thing doesn't start happening to us. 'Land of the Free' my arse.... (12:15 | 0 Comments)
Thursday 14 October 2004
chaneltopia* - It's been a while since I posted my initial chanel cole entry, and I've been holding back my myriad reactions to her weekly performances on the telly, and daily appearances in my thoughts. Inspired by Claire's outing of her Idol... (11:56 | 4 Comments)
Wednesday 22 September 2004
Donnie Schmarko - Please, if you haven't seen it already, don't bother with the Director's Cut. If this is what Richard Kelly really wanted to do with the film then I worry about his future projects. It lacked the subtlety and nuance of... (16:10 | 4 Comments)
Thursday 16 September 2004
The Seth Cohen Starter Pack - If it wasn't for The OC that yearning chasm left by the departure of the Buffyverse from my TV might still be there. But how can I feel loss when now I have my innate desire for indulgent teen soap... (16:02 | 7 Comments)
Friday 3 September 2004
make me barf - Shame on you, Fairfax media for resorting yet again to the sorry journalistic cliche of mining youth culture in order to sell expensive products we can't afford. This time it's through a fashion/culture piece which discusses trends in 'cult fashion'... (20:11 | 4 Comments)
Wednesday 1 September 2004
fancy tickling and teen soapedy - While I've been in Sydney I've missed two episodes of my new-favourite-everything The OC. Thanks to the modern joys of VCR programming they will be awaiting my return in two days. Oh boy. That's what happiness is. And here I... (13:40 | 0 Comments)
Wednesday 11 August 2004
chanel cole is my idol - She's just exquisite. And I can't help but be seduced by her romantic looks and curious vocal delivery. Idol has never been my thing. I could care less about the group of kids who made it through last year.... (15:01 | 10 Comments)
Friday 6 August 2004
more distractions - I've been meaning to write up some responses to the films I've seen at MIFF53 but I keep getting sidetracked. They're all scribbled in my trusty notebook, hastily written on the train home or in the noodle shop between sessions.... (15:00 | 0 Comments)
Sunday 18 July 2004
MIFF53 - I bit the bullet and forked out cash for a mini passport to the Melbourne International Film Festival since it's really the one event every year I should be taking time out for. Behold the list of films I will... (16:43 | 1 Comments)
Saturday 17 July 2004
red faces and beating hearts - Luke and I are embarassed to admit that we sat through the entire MTV Movie Awards last night in an attempt to get as much eye candy as we could handle. We seem to have developed a bizarre obsession with... (19:13 | 1 Comments)
Wednesday 16 June 2004
I want a doll! I want a doll! - I can't remember whether I blogged about the amazing find at my local DVD Valhalla. I'd been trying to track down the movie for nigh on 6 years, after letting it slip through my fingers when I worked at a... (18:01 | 2 Comments)
Friday 11 June 2004
electronic renaissance... - oh my heart swells! Belle and Sebastian are indeed touring Australia late July. July 24th MELBOURNE, The Palais July 25th SYDNEY, The Enmore Theatre July 28th BRISBANE, The Tivoli More info at the official site. In other news of personal... (10:06 | 2 Comments)
Monday 7 June 2004
Sirkian gestures - I watched Imitation of Life again today and had forgotten how much I like it. Really, I'm such a sucker for dramatic postures, sweeping orchestration and deliberate (and overt) emotional manipulation. So clearly Douglas Sirk melodramas are about as... (19:24 | 0 Comments)
Sunday 19 October 2003
retsin "lone star drive" - my Buffy Geek Code OS-FS+++V3+DB+S+++N+CS++US+++FF+SP++W++VI+I-107.A... (11:57 | 0 Comments)
Sunday 7 September 2003
virginie leyoden "mon amour, mon ami" - 28 Days Later is a cinematic orgasm. One of the great filmic experiences of the last few years. At least in a well equipped cinema in South Yarra it is. Visceral, violent, emotional, difficult, resonant, technically superb. I do believe... (13:03 | 3 Comments)
Monday 25 August 2003
ronnie bird "s.o.s mesdemoiselles" - My next important purchase : 2 inch long false eyelashes. I saw Down With Love and really actually enjoyed it. Even beyond the obvious aesthetic lure. Renee Zellwegger didn't shit me to tears. In fact i found her quite charming.... (22:56 | 0 Comments)