Defamer Australia

Play Short Stack Off, Keyboard Cat!

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:02:19 +1000

I cannot think of a better way to wind up this week’s Short Stack experience than with a little Keyboard Cat. (more…)

YouTube Clip Of The Day II

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:46:32 +1000

This clip is pretty incredible. My darling gal pal Nads introduced me to it, it’s Toto’s “Africa” being performed in beatbox style by a choir. Oh yes! (more…)

Defamer Australia Had NOTHING To Do With This

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:05:26 +1000

I’d just like to say for the record that Defamer Australia had absolutely nothing to do with any changes made to Short Stack’s Wikipedia page. (more…)

BassBook Watch: Natalie Is Partying With Australian Soap Stars!

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:47:32 +1000

Time to check in with The Bass on Facebook, I reckon! When we last checked in on Nat for BassBook Watch, Natalie Bassingthwaighte is in Los Angeles and attending kinky furry parties. Or something. So what’s she up to now? She’s written a brand spanking new Facebook note to let us know! (more…)

And If The Open Letter Wasn’t Enough…

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:50:16 +1000

Darling readers, I swallowed my pride and spoke to the lads at Nova in Perth about everything that happened yesterday (ie. the avalanche of teen fury) regarding Short Stack and made yet another public apology to fans of the band. (more…)

YouTube Clip Of The Day

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:32:50 +1000

Today’s clip comes from Ashleigh, who sent it in AGES ago but my ridiculously stupid email program has only just begun working properly again after a few months of sooking and I’ve only managed to watch it now. It’s good! (more…)

What Did Les Hinton Know About The News Corp. Wiretapping?

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:33:24 +1000

The wiretapping scandal rocking Rupert Murdoch’s British newspaper holdings is getting bad enough that Rupert is ducking questions from his own Fox Business reporters. It could also reach across the pond to his beloved acquisition, the Wall Street Journal. (more…)

Would You Pay $5 A Month To Read The New York Times Online?

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:36:42 +1000

At long last, the New York Times may have figured out how to make money off its website: by charging for it. (more…)

Real World Cancun: At Least You Weren’t Adopted!

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:18:00 +1000

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This week was the Cleaning episode. It was also the Blowdown episode. And it was the Let’s Watch the Roommate Who Won an Online Contest to Be Here Alienate Herself and Yell At Everyone episode. So many episodes in one! (more…)

The Onion’s CEO Orders More Pandering To Advertisers

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 04:27:54 +1000

The Onion is hurting badly. To survive, the publication must cave to advertisers, CEO Steve Hannah has declared in a memo to staff, which we’ve obtained and reproduced after the jump. (more…)

Nick Kristof Is An Honest Man

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:56:04 +1000

In your commendable Thursday media column: Nick Kristof is the perfect columnist except for his writing, the NYT acknowledges its photo scandal, USA Today teaches us how to write a story that adds up to zero, and Lenny Dykstra’s bankrupt. (more…)

Who’s Abandoning Twitter?

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:11:10 +1000

Celebrity Twittering seems to be at an all-time high, which means it’s time to brace for the inevitable comedown, when the fickle famous give up microblogging forever. Oprah Winfrey, ever the trend setter, is leading the charge. (more…)

If Will Smith Won’t Go To Manhattan, Manhattan Will Go To Will Smith

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 01:41:00 +1000

Today there is news of: Will Smith and a new awful-sounding sappy movie, New Line’s new lady policy, a Steppenwolf legend going to TV, and Michael Moore has made a big fat new movie about fat cats. (more…)

Rupert Murdoch’s UK Papers In Huge Phone Hacking Scandal

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:17:02 +1000

British authorities are launching an investigation into allegations that Rupert Murdoch’s UK newspapers paid more than $US1.5 million in hush money to try to cover up the fact that they were illegally hacking into mobile phones in pursuit of stories. (more…)

Your Mom Runs Errands

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:02:00 +1000

[Lady Gaga in Paris, France; image via INF]

Which Movie Star Was Caught Getting A Beej From A He?

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:58:00 +1000

Today we have a skittish bride who’s also on TV, a terribly manly movie star who likes to get blowjobs… from men, and an actress who loves her smokes. (more…)

Where In The World Is Michael Jackson’s Brain?

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:05:22 +1000

Michael Jackson’s brain was not with his body in the golden coffin, Justin Timberlake wants to write a book about golf, Jason Bateman talks addiction, Russell Brand breaks his celibacy vow and Jason Lee fights at Max Fish. (more…)

James Franco: ‘Who Doesn’t F-ing Fall Asleep In Class?!’

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:39:25 +1000

Last month James Franco was supposed to deliver UCLA’s commencement address, but he screwed the grads by backing out so he could go to a party—we thought. Now we know the real reason he didn’t deliver the address. (more…)

Agyness Deyn Is, Like, So Very Bored Right Now

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:42:04 +1000

Agyness Deyn is, like, such a rebel. She’s a model who is so unmodel-y. She, like, hates fashion! And she, like, lives in East Village and wears Converse sneakers and quirky hats and smoke Parliaments. She’s, like, so unique! (more…)

The Singer Of Short Stack Weighs In!

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:38:40 +1000

Gorgeous and fiendishly gifted lead singer of Short Stack Shaun Diviney has weighed in on the battle that has divided a nation - Short Stack Fans versus Pensioners. And what a charmer he is! (more…)

An Open Letter To The Fans Of Short Stack

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:56:23 +1000

Dear Fans of Extremely Talented Australian Band Short Stack,

I am writing this open letter to you because I am afraid for my life did something very bad on Monday. (more…)

More NYT Photoshop Fakery Found

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 05:05:40 +1000

Photo District News has found evidence of digital manipulation in three more of the ‘Ruins of the Second Gilded Age’ photos published by the New York Times Magazine last weekend. It’s starting to look like a *real* scandal. (more…)

Rupert Murdoch Declares Culture War

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:43:27 +1000

In your woebegone Wednesday media column: the WSJ takes on the NYT’s culture section in a total death match, TV networks not upset they lost $US23 in ad money covering MJ, more Hobo New York Times coverage, and newspapers burn. (more…)

Why Wasn’t Sacha Baron Cohen In Character On Letterman?

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:41:31 +1000

Not that we minded, because the real guy is pretty charming and a great raconteur, but it was just curious because in the past the comedian, currently promoting Brüno, has been so committed to in-character appearances. (more…)

If Man Is Five, Then The Devil Is Six, And Michael Jackson Is Seven

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:21:47 +1000

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