Ethan Switch - Wednesday, October 29, 2003 - 20:05:34
Walking back to the office blocks and seedy bars in town, the people of Lifefunk have apparently started to collect on the free copy written for their website. Nameless are the insipid reviews and lifeless is the supposed funk.
One of the initial emails that was sent out to prospective writers read, "We'd like to invite you to begin contributing. This involves signing up as a contributor, choosing the assignments you want, and then going out and doing them." A fine statement indeed if ever there was dreck to flood the eyeballs of the starving writers of the world. In an earlier tease the operators, known only as Bona Sijabat and Alison Jones, assured writers that they would provide those who chose to submit — in all that it is known in the dictionary — with referrals and a chance to place extra lines on their portfolio.
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Ethan Switch - Wednesday, October 29, 2003 - 19:49:56
Australian Idol are now down to their last three performers and the generated hype and folly are still floating around the place. Among them is the theory that the producers of the show will try and make afro straddler Guy Sebastian the ultimate winner. The basis behind this comes from the fans of the other singers in the competition.
Controversy is bound to make anything worthwhile. Like a night's segment on Channel 7's Today Tonight program. In "the story Channel 10 doesn't want you to know about" they presented their version of a scandal in the voting lines for Cosima DeVito. One which scaled the heights of fever pitch with claims behind the scenes players were operating the phone service handling the votes. 1 out of 3 callers were rejected and dejected. Yet when the votes were read, Paulini Curuenavuli was the one to fall by the way side.
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Ethan Switch - Friday, October 24, 2003 - 20:58:46
Nothing shimmers further for any marketing company than the success of worldwide failure. Even better when the company at hand hides the shortcomings in the failures and fears of more prominent people. Sports players are fine sacrificial cows for this reason. Up to the line in metaphoric basketball, 76ers' Allen 'I Will Cut Your Throat and Spit Down It For the Sheer Rush' Iverson and new ad spots for Reebok's Answer 7.
In the ad, Iverson is disturbed by his mind's replay of missed shots, and awakens with a renewed passion to beat the demons in his dreams. Heading out the door at 5:00 a.m., Iverson bounces the ball in perfect rhythm down the pre-dawn streets of Philadelphia, his team's home turf. Dribbling alongside trains, past barking dogs, in and out of oncoming traffic, and finally up the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Iverson displays his dedication to mastering the sport of basketball.
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Ethan Switch - Friday, October 24, 2003 - 20:32:25
Fuelled by the excess of time and idle wares, the NSW Government sent out buffers of deflection for perennial whipping boy, CityRail. In leather strapped saddle chafing at the sides, times reported for the state run rail system in line with the timetables. Or rather the misalignment of such and the apparently constant occurrences of oft-late trains turning up drunk for work reeking of sand and hobos in government housing plans.
Set up to take the hard fall are the supposed safety mechanisms and speed recorders in the trains which are apparently causing the tardy times. Devices and such which were only brought back into main use following the whimpering cascading blood at Waterfall. In that instance the speed of the train and fact that they were nearly on time reached levels of paranoia for the passengers. A state which in the end they found themselves smeared along the insides of the carriages.
Read the rest of Time as an Illusion and Deadmen Talking Brakes
Ethan Switch - Wednesday, October 22, 2003 - 19:22:15
Bodies dropping dead on both the left and right-wing sections of the community mind mean nothing until they see their houses in the nightly news bulletins. And when that happens the calls to security outfits spike and interest is assumed in the wider spectrum of the neighbourhood.
Given to cause for this speculation comes in the light of the gang styled showdowns—which may ultimately turn out to be over late video returns—splattering bullets across the suburbs of South West Sydney. Fear makes for fine motivation and none exists to drive anything better than the home security market.
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Ethan Switch - Wednesday, October 22, 2003 - 18:58:57
In the wake of Delta Goodrem's historic collection of spires at the 17th ARIA awards one thing is certain: less severe cancers make for good character builders. With ten nominations in total there was hardly a chance the young singer/songwriter would leave the building without at least a handful. At the end of the night she managed to score wins for seven excluding Best Male Artist and Album of the Year.
"And the winner goes to..."
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Ethan Switch - Friday, October 17, 2003 - 23:57:13
Earlier this week the world's first taikonaut, Chinese Yang Liwei, blasted off into space, orbited the sickening refuse of a planet called Earth and returned alive, well and uncharred. An event steeped in delay and firecracker jokes about the viability of it all. Such was the reaction that a coalition of spacefarers have decided to make moves in pushing forth for a Commercial Space Act (HR 3245) to the US Congress
"The suborbital launch industry offers tremendous promise," said Brian Chase, Executive Director of the National Space Society. "The tourism component alone could be worth billions of dollars per year, and has the real potential to jump-start our stagnant aerospace sector. The United States has the opportunity to be the leader in this exciting market, but without steps like this legislation we may see it move to other countries."
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Ethan Switch - Friday, October 17, 2003 - 15:29:40
Insanity, culpability and responsibility were on order for the week. Brain tumours ran amok, toddlers with the power of adults and imported ethnic gang warfare.
Dour and quiet, Rene Rivkin brought forth another façade to his court proceedings. His issue of appeal tried to claim that the brain tumour that was present during the initial trial period for his insider trading charge affected his behaviour. This as well as the fact that he had a prior relationship with the presiding judge who he thought was biased against him. Driving around in his BMW days before the removal operation was certainly fine form for a lunatic suffering the ails of a disfunction. Meaning he didn't know what he was doing.
Read the rest of Power Shifts, Crank Shafts and Bloody Stands
Ethan Switch - Wednesday, October 15, 2003 - 14:47:28
Nature abhors a vacuum and especially those that cannot lift the weight of a five kilo bowling ball. In parallel with this phenomena is the manoeuvre of self-correction and "making things balance." As it would be the norm, high levels of gang themed violence in the news often flourish with the making of unemployment levels of a region.
A case in recent times is that of the drive-by shootings reported in various spots in Sydney's South West. An area often seen in its own community newspapers as having harder luck for the youths. Many of which form from non-English speaking backgrounds. Characteristics which match the profile of the reported perpetrators of the as mentioned drive-bys.
Read the rest of Correction, a Nature Within the Walls
Ethan Switch - Monday, October 13, 2003 - 19:40:18
Pornography has long since been the wonder of the Net and the most lucrative of the market models raking space in bare flesh and quiet rooms. So the most obvious attack to the dead head viewers of advertisements over the television are those looking to further permeate the link between broadband and sexy, maybe even erotic, images.
And to this fact is the little Froggy Internet company adorer, DoDo Internet. Their latest spots feature the sports model, Ali Mutch trying to carry over the phone sex talk with an infertile and extinct bird wiped out due to its succulent meat and slow pace. Previous to this were spots covered by Yvonne Adele who years ago shed her name in favour of the Ms Megabyte moniker. And before that was a fat kid who could not stop eating despite his apparent submission to the way of the obese.
Read the rest of Slice of Lemon and a Slice of Stereotypical Marketshare
Ethan Switch - Wednesday, October 8, 2003 - 19:16:09
Elvis does it, why not the genuine black? Even though the rapper known as 2PAC was gunned down in 1996, his music is still making money for Death Row Records. So much so that they've released another remixed version of the dead man's songs in Death Row Presents 2Pac Nu-Mixx Klazzics.
"Seeing and hearing 2PAC again brings back fond memories," notes Death Row Records founder and CEO Suge Knight, who is also the album's executive producer. "The fact that there's new video footage augmenting the recording is a great bonus, both for me and PAC's many fans.". Indeed it would. Seven years without a twitch of life and Shakur still rakes in the big money for Death Row.
Read the rest of New Tupac Album Released, Still No Plans for Tour
Ethan Switch - Wednesday, October 8, 2003 - 16:53:50
So now the new sport in the lead up for the Rugby Union World Cup that will soon dawn the shores of Australia is kicking in the heads of the homeless and more transient population. One such mark was that of the homeless man in Sydney reported on the nightly news all over Tuesday. Fears from the homeless community are apparent with many citing concern and plans to stay out of the city during the time of the World Cup lest they too fall victim to the hardy revelry of the drunken louts out from a game of rugby. And the Springboks.
Resonating through the news is their desire to move away from the city streets during this period.
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Ethan Switch - Friday, October 3, 2003 - 23:58:46
Sir Donald Bradman's rotting corpse isn't going to be seen on anyone's auction wish list in the near future or as one of a necrophiliac's desired conquests. This could be due to the state and that such things are frowned upon in the sporting world and primarily that cremation tends to leave behind only ashes.
Speaking of which, for those seeking remnant scads of sporting history steeped with tradition and dusts of ashes, then an upcoming auction to be held in Moss Vale, Australia on Sunday, October 19 looks to be a nice date to have the accounts sorted.
Read the rest of Ashes Tray to be Sold and not tied to Ransom
Ethan Switch - Friday, October 3, 2003 - 23:27:36
For the period of mid-August to September of 2003, World Vision chose to run again their 10,000 campaign in order to drive up the numbers of the sponsors of third world children. As was the case last year, the campaign proved to be so successful that they broke their intended mark and signed up a few hundred extra than was originally called for.
But times in the light of charities and reporting their numbers leads to a correction probably seen on the streets of corporate accounting. Following the blow out of the Red Cross' dealings and reporting of numbers and channeling of funds raised in campaigns the extra children might be culled in order to follow through with the advertising ideals of the campaign.
Read the rest of Harsh Reporting to Cull the Surplus Number of Sponsored
Ethan Switch - Wednesday, October 1, 2003 - 18:38:17
One of the finer acts in life is the power to abandon all sense of ethics and of law-abiding thoughts in the all too often promise of money for people to carry out an advertising and spectator drive. Such is business and such was the state of the 2001 World Golf League National Tournament held in Florida. Players played, but did not get fully paid.
The World Golf League has presented its latest action of paying off just over $300,000 to the Florida Attorney General as a game of pressure gone mad and rules being followed too closely. The Attorney General ordered the organization to continue to supply money to the prize pool of 2001. A prize pool that has only just hit 50% of the balance outstanding. The WGL has issued twelve-month notes at 5% interest for the remaining balance.
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Ethan Switch - Wednesday, October 1, 2003 - 18:14:16
Who would pay to watch a rapper run around in the city streets of New York without the zipping of bullets overhead? And in the harsh UV beaming time of daylight? Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs is expecting a lot as he sets himself up for a running of the gauntlet that is the New York City Marathon later on in November.
The initiative, Diddy Runs the City, is expected to raise awareness about the state of education and health for the city kids. That and about one million dollars to help it along.
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