The Somewhat Ambitious

You always got the feeling that Godzilla was treated a little unfairly by movie makers. One minute the scourge of humanity, the next their saviour, no-one ever seemed to stop and think about what it might be that Godzilla himself was feeling. What was his internal monologue? Surely something had to be fuelling all that [...]

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Because he might just be a practitioner of BARTITSU! As such, he might well whoop your ass… Let me explain:
Four-odd weeks ago I had some light surgery on my left knee. As a result I have been somewhat restricted in my movements and unable to take part in my daily recreations, such as pogo-sticking, ballet-polka-rollerskating [...]

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Some genius has managed to do a breakdown of how to make pancakes like a crackhead. It’s adorable delivery is only just able to counter the crackhead theme of the whole thing, but it also struggles against some incredibly vitriolic entries in it’s comment section. It’s startling how some people just ‘get’ comedy:
‘Next time i [...]

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Advance Australia Fair: what a dirge. Bland, pretentious, uses the word girt. Is there anything good about it at all? We don’t even have golden soil. It’s more of a brownish-red. Useless for growing stuff. But this on the other hand. I think this song, so very squarely, seems to sum up this nation and [...]

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William Shatner is pretty much one of my favourite people on the planet.
Not only is he prolifically self-effacing and a hell of a recording artist, he’s been through various periods where he’s… well, let’s just say he was pressed to find viable work at several points throughout his esteemed career. I adore the guy, and [...]

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Ahh, bacon. Scourge of pigs. I recently became a vegetarian, and the one thing I’ve missed is the pork family (although seafood is still pretty prominent on my list of ‘foods I want to have sex with’). As many friends and loved ones will attest to, one of my favorite breakfast pastimes was getting crazyawesome [...]

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Sometimes I look about at the state of the world and it makes me long for the days of yore, simpler times all, where a man was a man, a woman was a woman and midgets were included in the food pyramid. Gone now are the days of easy utilitarianism, where the ends always justified [...]

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Ah yes, the moustache. Even though I can grow one in four days and Luke can’t physically make one appear on his face (true fact!), the moustache is loved by us both. It’s gone through many different permutations over the centuries – early moustaches were pulled from the face and used to batter masatodon to [...]

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A Milli’ by Lil’ Wayne a.k.a. Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr. a.k.a. Snuggles

Lil’ Wayne has here produced a dense and multi-layered text with an excess of subtle references and well-placed metaphors. I attempt to unpack certain of A Milli’s lyrical complexities after the break.
[Vol. 1, an analysis of Prince's self-descriptive 'My Name is Prince' can [...]

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Yes, I’m referring to Philip Michael Thomas of Miami Vice fame. I went through a bit of a vintage Miami Vice phase a year or so ago, but if you really want to delve into the deep, steamy heart of this shiny lothario, you need look no further than these two clips. Now, if someone [...]

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