So excited! Tickets available here if you’re keen for some heathen-ry.
Shitty Gigs and Hecklers and Shit
This is a great read; Felicity Ward, Die Roten Punkte, Harley Breen, George McEncroe, Hannah Gadsby, Kate McLennan, myself and a bunch of others tell The Age about bad gigs and dealing with hecklers.
Amy Schumer is cool. Here she is dealing with a heckler in a humorous fashion.
Charlie Brooker on Kony 2012
[pb_vidembed title=”” caption=”” url=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpuB11d0Gog” type=”yt” w=”480″ h=”385″]
“The way I was an innovator was to IGNORE the feedback” – Howard Stern
A friend passed this on to me. Hear Howard Stern “interacting” with a listener who wants to give some constructive criticism.
I think this is a nice message for anyone working in the media: yes, your audience is important, but ultimately you’ve got to do what you think is good and hope people like it.
I Helped. You’re Welcome.
So my super-rad friends Mel Buttle and Patience Hodgson have a delicious podcast called The Minutes. It is lovely.
They also have an off-shoot podcast called You’re Welcome where they get people to answer listener’s questions and give advice. I got to do it and you can listen to it for free here if you like.
The Blanks! The Awesome, Awesome Blanks!
[pb_vidembed title=”” caption=”” url=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtZ3NNuaN_U” type=”yt” w=”480″ h=”385″]
triple j’s Putin Party!
The Bedroom Philosopher Is Tops
[pb_vidembed title=”” caption=”” url=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxZiae16Ry8″ type=”yt” w=”480″ h=”385″]
Steel Panther Are LOL
[pb_vidembed title=”” caption=”” url=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8OppCC6lxo” type=”yt” w=”480″ h=”385″]
Sparks
My very clever friends are making a little web series called Sparks and I get to be involved a little bit.
Sparks is about a loveable gay wedding planner by the name of Gerald. Check out this little sizzle reel:
[pb_vidembed title=”” caption=”” url=”http://vimeo.com/37106427″ type=”vem” w=”480″ h=”385″]
The guys are hoping to get the series out by the time the federal parliament votes on the gay marriage legislation that’s coming through (because it has a very nice message re: the marriage equality debate). But they need some $$$ to do that. If you can afford it and you’d like to chip in, please check out the Sparks Pozible page.