Whole Lotta Adam Lambert

Oh my god ... this is sensational! Adam Lambert doing Led Zeppelin's Whole Lotta Love on American Idol. Play it LOUD!



Facebook readers should click on 'View Original Post' to see the full content.

Gathering Storm with fake lightning

Back HERE was Mark Morford's column in response to an ad on American TV slamming "gay Marriage".

If you missed the column, check it out, then view the ad he is talking about, just below. On my post featuring Mark's column you'll see a comment by Andrew about a brilliant parody of the TV ad, which you can see further below. You might recognise a few of the faces in it.

A Gaythering Storm from Jane Lynch

Facebook readers should click on 'View Original Post' to see the full content.

Trek Week

This is STAR TREK week, with the new movie out on Thursday. So, in celebration, here's some Klingon opera from Worf...



And this is VERY clever ... when Star Trek meets Monty Python...



Facebook readers should click on 'View Original Post' to see the full content.

Countdown to Trek

Star Trek gets another thumbs up from blogland... Man About Town

The time draweth near for us earthlings to boldly go to the local cinema to see how JJ Abrams and Paramount have reinvented Gene Roddenberry's dream of the future.

Adam Lambert

Man this guy can sing. He has an incredible voice, wonderful charisma and a popular personal following... a perfect potential American Idol winner!



Facebook readers should click on 'View Original Post' to see the full content.

Skins season 3

Facebook readers should click on 'View Original Post' to see the full content.

You spin me right round like a record baby

It's Record Store Day around the world today and here in Australia many of our major artists are out visiting stores to meet the fans.

Even visiting international acts are taking part, like Cheech and Chong who are performing in Melbourne tonight. They'll be at JB Hi-Fi in Elizabeth Street. And Ronan Keating will be at Mall Music in the Sydney suburb of Brookvale.

Record Store Day is all about celebrating the place where we have traditionally been buying our music for many decades. It's an on-line download generation these days, but the good old record store is still far from dead, with so many of us still buying the good old CD.

And even more interesting is the vinyl revival that seems to be happening. More artists are releasing albums on vinyl, just like in the good old days.

Downloads may be here to stay but it's funny how fads go around, just like a 12 inch round piece of vinyl on a turntable.

Facebook readers should click on 'View Original Post' to see the full content.

Jake's ukulele gently weeps

Now you know from back at these previous posts that my all-time favourite song is George Harrison's amazing While My Guitar Gently Weeps. I can't ever imagine anything bettering that.

I'm not all that crazy about the ukulele ... except when Jake Shimabukuro plays it. And when he does so accompanied by Tommy Emmanuel, doing While My Guitar Gently Weeps, it's a little extra fun.

It was an earlier clip of Jake playing this tune on YouTube that helped his star to rise. And it is a piece his audiences still require him to play everywhere he goes.

Here are Jake and Tommy together on Australia's Today show...



Facebook readers should click on 'View Original Post' to see the full content.

Style and makeup tips from Gregory Gorgeous

School, college and uni students in Australia will be going back from the April break a week from today. So what back-to-school makeup should you be wearing? Gregory Gorgeous from Toronto is here to help!

Most of Gregory's many YouTube videos advise on makeup and he has a HUGE following. So here's what he advises for the return to school...



Gregory turns 17 in a week. If you're curious to know more about him, here he answers many viewer questions about himself...



Now if Gregory still intrigues you, this clip may be of interest. In this one he gets a few things off his chest. Like how a near 17 year old male makeup guru gets treated at school and in the streets.



Gregory mentioned a video clip he and his friend Victoria did to Ashanti's Only You. His school thought it was inappropriate, but you saw his response to that in the last clip! What do you think?



Anyhoo, Gregory Gorgeous is all about style and makeup, so if you'd like to check out his advice, he's right there on YouTube.

Facebook readers should click on 'View Original Post' to see the full content.

FOX8 update

Just an update to this ... I still haven't watched anything on FOX8 since they took Kyle XY off mid season. Bastards.

John Safran gets crucified on a cross

I love John Safran, but what he did on Good Friday I think was stupid. Nevertheless, when it is shown on his new TV series, I won't be able to help but watch.

The silly bugger nailed himself to a cross with a bunch of other silly buggers in the Philippines. He was said to "moan loudly" as the nails were driven into his palms. His wooden cross was hoisted up for 5 minutes then he was reportedly taken down and given medical attention.

Did I say he was a silly bugger? But I guess it will make good TV footage.

Safran has had two series on SBS looking at the practices of different religions. John Safran vs God in 2004 and Speaking in Tongues in 2005. He also presents Sunday Night Safran on Triple J with the un-priestish priest Father Bob.

Facebook readers should click on 'View Original Post' to see the full content.

Countdown to launch

Justin was one of the lucky people to go along to the premiere event for Star Trek in Sydney.

To top off a great night, the movie was fantastic to say the least and will appeal to all audiences - Trekkie or not so. The cast were a perfect fit and the cameo by Leonard Nimoy was met with applause. Actually the audience were very receptive throughout the movie - lots of claps when we first saw the Enterprise

That's good. Justin thinks it will appeal to all audiences. This movie is set to be a great shot in the arm for the Star Trek franchise, which is what the folks at Paramount want. They have a LOT riding on this.

Zachary Quinto (Spock) and JJ Abrams (director) Star Trek

Just a few weeks to go until we mere mortals get to see it; mark 7 May on your calendars to boldly go to your nearest cinema.

> Mark Fennell's review

Facebook readers should click on 'View Original Post' to see the full content.

'Fear the Raibow' by Mark Morford

A piece from San Fransisco columnist Mark Morford. His columns at SFGate are very entertaining and always make a good point.

Here's the beginning of it, then click the link at the end for the whole thing.

Fear the rainbow!
A storm is gathering. Are you afraid, Christian? Are you afraid *enough*?
By Mark Morford

My favorite part has got to be the lightning.

The fake lightning, that is, flashing just off to the side, a cheap 'n' cheesy special effect that momentarily lights up the actors' faces in the most sweetly melodramatic way as they stand there against the dark 'n' stormy backdrop like devout Christian zombies, delivering delightfully weird and wooden lines about being openly terrified of those openly terrifying gay married people.

Yes, it's merely another series of strange, alarmist, deeply homophobic ads from yet another seething anti-gay group you've never heard of (the National Organization for Marriage, or NOM), ads which are running right now in five states in response to two stunning, watershed gay marriage upheavals in Iowa and Vermont, AKA two more states now shamelessly roaring down the highway to hell.

Have you heard? Turns out the married gays are still on the march. No longer merely a coastal phenomenon, undeterred by the economic recession, as yet unsmited by God's redneck fury, these bizarre, relentlessly loving creatures are now invading the heartland. Will the nightmare of love never end? ...

(click here to read the rest)

Facebook readers should click on 'View Original Post' to see the full content of this entry in my blog.