In the standup below, Russell Peters does some standup about Sri Lankans in London. I've got a few standup shows of RP and he is funny as hell. His comedy is about racial stereotypes and he goes from Blacks, to whites to Asians, to Jamaicans.. and now Sri Lankans!
This portion of the standup mainly focusses on Sri Lankan Tamils, an ethnic minority that rocked up from India (so they are basically Indian's anyway). It's partly accurate since they only make up about 20% of the population! Shame on you Russell, do your home work the next time you decide to take the piss! :P
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
J 2Da T
Yes, we went and saw Justin Timberlake in concert. There. I said it. Everytime we visit the BEC I swear it can't get any busier and everytime it gets busier! What thaa? We arrived 1 hour before the concert and we were in a parking queue over a mile long. Jeez man! I thought rocking up early would be the way to go but I guess everyone else had the same brain wave...only they arrived even earlier.
After wasting away in the pre-concert parking carousel for about 20 mins I noticed an unused parking area, Parking Area 4, directly ahead. Unfortunately a traffic guard stood between us and a park and a way out of this madness. When we drove up to the traffic guard I inquired if we could park in parking area 4 (as no one seemed to be allowed to park there and hence it was vacant). The following conversation similar to an Austin Powers skit ensued:
me: Can we park in Parking Area 4?
traffic guard: what?
me: Can we park in Parking Area 4?
traffic guard: what?
me: (thinking I was talking gibberish) Can we park in Parking Area 4?
traffic guard : (damn! 3 times!) go for it!
So he sends us (and only us I might add) from a sea of about 200 cars to parking area 4! The beauty of this was that there was no "charge" for parking there and, and, it was directly in front of the concert hall!! I mean what thaa? How good can this get? :)
Once inside we were ready to be disappointed by usual horrible food for sale. The BEC have definitely got to get some better food going on.
The concert itself was setup in a different format to the usual. It was a "Arena" concert. (see pic below) allowing for even more people to pour into the same space! Aha! So this is how they crammed more people in there!
The opening act was a chick from Melbourne with beautiful voice but who's music bore no resemblance to that of JT. It was a bit of a mismatch to say the least. Anyhoo after about 4 songs she was off and everyone was getting excited for the arrival of JT.
Since this was an "Arena" concert, the singer would be facing in one of 4 directions at a time there were translucent screens which projected his image onto the other 3 directions.
I must say I was quite impressed with JT mainly because he played 3 instruments, danced for about 2 hours, gave away Au$100,000 to Steve Irwin's "Wild Life Warriors" on stage and started the show with tequila shots with the band!
I was also impressed by a full live band supporting JT and the rockified version of "Cry me a River". The light show was amazing, probably the best we have ever seen @ the BEC. Good on ya JT! :)
After wasting away in the pre-concert parking carousel for about 20 mins I noticed an unused parking area, Parking Area 4, directly ahead. Unfortunately a traffic guard stood between us and a park and a way out of this madness. When we drove up to the traffic guard I inquired if we could park in parking area 4 (as no one seemed to be allowed to park there and hence it was vacant). The following conversation similar to an Austin Powers skit ensued:
me: Can we park in Parking Area 4?
traffic guard: what?
me: Can we park in Parking Area 4?
traffic guard: what?
me: (thinking I was talking gibberish) Can we park in Parking Area 4?
traffic guard : (damn! 3 times!) go for it!
So he sends us (and only us I might add) from a sea of about 200 cars to parking area 4! The beauty of this was that there was no "charge" for parking there and, and, it was directly in front of the concert hall!! I mean what thaa? How good can this get? :)
Once inside we were ready to be disappointed by usual horrible food for sale. The BEC have definitely got to get some better food going on.
The concert itself was setup in a different format to the usual. It was a "Arena" concert. (see pic below) allowing for even more people to pour into the same space! Aha! So this is how they crammed more people in there!
The opening act was a chick from Melbourne with beautiful voice but who's music bore no resemblance to that of JT. It was a bit of a mismatch to say the least. Anyhoo after about 4 songs she was off and everyone was getting excited for the arrival of JT.
Since this was an "Arena" concert, the singer would be facing in one of 4 directions at a time there were translucent screens which projected his image onto the other 3 directions.
I must say I was quite impressed with JT mainly because he played 3 instruments, danced for about 2 hours, gave away Au$100,000 to Steve Irwin's "Wild Life Warriors" on stage and started the show with tequila shots with the band!
I was also impressed by a full live band supporting JT and the rockified version of "Cry me a River". The light show was amazing, probably the best we have ever seen @ the BEC. Good on ya JT! :)
Monday, October 29, 2007
Damn Spotty!
Mac OS X version 10.5 “Leopard”, is the name of the newest release of the Mac OS X operating system for Apple Macs - the successor to Mac OS X v10.4 "Tiger". What's with all the wildlife references? Speaking of references, isn't a Tiger more ferocious than a Leopard? What's next? Mac OS X 10.6 "Mier Cat"?
Leopard was released on October 26, 2007, and since its release Mac users have been behaving (even more) strangely than before. Firstly they seemed to have lost all artistic skills, many being reduced to primary schoolesque caricatures of real world objects (an example is shown below):
Secondly the "I just won the lottery" syndrome of users who pre-ordered the little sucker. If only you had thought ahead, you could be as happy as I am right now! You fools! Hmmm.
And finally the unstoppable need to take dodgy pictures of the Leopard "packaging" which is "way cool".
Bringing "sexy back":
Here's an overview of what's new:
Leopard was released on October 26, 2007, and since its release Mac users have been behaving (even more) strangely than before. Firstly they seemed to have lost all artistic skills, many being reduced to primary schoolesque caricatures of real world objects (an example is shown below):
Secondly the "I just won the lottery" syndrome of users who pre-ordered the little sucker. If only you had thought ahead, you could be as happy as I am right now! You fools! Hmmm.
And finally the unstoppable need to take dodgy pictures of the Leopard "packaging" which is "way cool".
Bringing "sexy back":
Here's an overview of what's new:
Friday, October 26, 2007
Resident Evil - 3
I saw Resident Evil - 3 a couple of weeks ago at the cinema. I know lots of people were turned off by the 2nd movie (surprisingly I was not!). I really liked part 3, but then I like any movie with super human zombie-killing hybrids in it - call me easy to please! :)
If you liked parts 1 & 2 you'll definitely enjoy part 3. Check out a sample trailer below:
If you liked parts 1 & 2 you'll definitely enjoy part 3. Check out a sample trailer below:
30 Days of Night
A decent-looking horror movie on the horizons @ long last! 30 Days of Night seems to be the goods and is doing very well @ the US box office currently. Check out the trailer below:
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Whole Lotta Love
We've all heard "Do it with Madonna" but not much else from the Androids. I saw them live @ Pink's concert a few months ago and they rocked the place even though they were only a support act. They mentioned an upcoming album which is yet to be released. What's going on guys? Check out the video for "Whole Lotta Love" from their new album:
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
BSG Season - 4
I was pleased to learn there will be a 4th (and final) season to BSG! Yay! The 3rd season did end with a huge cliff hanger, so it would be good to find out how everything wraps up. Enjoy this promo for the new season starting 2008:
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Linkin Park
Annie and I went to the Linkin Park concert this Monday night. I have yet to see the BEC as busy and as jammed-packed as I did on the night. We had to stand in line for a good 20 minutes just to buy memorabilia - something that has never happened to us before! Who knew LP was so famous down under.
Chris Cornell opened for LP and totally rocked the place with songs such as Black Hole Sun, Spoon Man and a heap of other faves from Audioslave and Soundgarden.
The guys from LP received what I've seen to be the loudest welcome ever @ the BEC (surpassing Pink and Aussie lads Powerfinger!) Every song was fully loaded delivering 100% everytime! The concert was concluded with Chester Bennington singing the last song on the shoulders of mosh pitters - a truly aswesom finale! :)
We then spent a lovely 45 minutes waiting to get out of the car park! Woohoo!!
Dodgy phone pix follow:
Chris Cornell opened for LP and totally rocked the place with songs such as Black Hole Sun, Spoon Man and a heap of other faves from Audioslave and Soundgarden.
The guys from LP received what I've seen to be the loudest welcome ever @ the BEC (surpassing Pink and Aussie lads Powerfinger!) Every song was fully loaded delivering 100% everytime! The concert was concluded with Chester Bennington singing the last song on the shoulders of mosh pitters - a truly aswesom finale! :)
We then spent a lovely 45 minutes waiting to get out of the car park! Woohoo!!
Dodgy phone pix follow:
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Sunday, October 14, 2007
What is (Red)?
What is (Red)? (Red) is a business model used by businesses to allow consumers like you and I to determine how our money is put to use in helping others in need - in this case helping those with AIDS in Africa. Part of the profits from (Red) products and services is donated so that medication for AIDS can be purchased and given to those that desperately need it in Africa.
The products themselves are very well designed (clothing, mobile phones, ipods, credit cards etc) and are offered by many well-known companies such as Gap, Motorolla, Apple, American Express etc. As such your fashion sense will not take a hit when buying any of these products! The only qualm I have is that we can't buy these products in Australia at the moment. I think that would be a move in the right direction as I know many people who would like to buy these products and help this cause/business model in Australia.
Many Artists such a Common, Joss Stone, Elle McPherson and Bono have also made statements publicly supporting (Red) either through their work or on their own.
Below is the (Red) manifesto:
Have a look at the (Red) website here and become part of the solution.
Bono on joining (Red) for world Aids day:
Bono on making helping Africa "sexy":
Common and Joss Stone speak about (Red):
Hallmark (Red) Ad:
Chris Rock, "Use (Red), nobody's dead" :
The products themselves are very well designed (clothing, mobile phones, ipods, credit cards etc) and are offered by many well-known companies such as Gap, Motorolla, Apple, American Express etc. As such your fashion sense will not take a hit when buying any of these products! The only qualm I have is that we can't buy these products in Australia at the moment. I think that would be a move in the right direction as I know many people who would like to buy these products and help this cause/business model in Australia.
Many Artists such a Common, Joss Stone, Elle McPherson and Bono have also made statements publicly supporting (Red) either through their work or on their own.
Below is the (Red) manifesto:
Have a look at the (Red) website here and become part of the solution.
Bono on joining (Red) for world Aids day:
Bono on making helping Africa "sexy":
Common and Joss Stone speak about (Red):
Hallmark (Red) Ad:
Chris Rock, "Use (Red), nobody's dead" :
Saturday, October 13, 2007
Tell Me What Were Gonna Do Now
Annie put me onto this cool new song by Joss Stone ft Common (there he is again!) called "Tell Me What Were Gonna Do Now". Check out the video below:
Jumper
Finally, and interesting scifi movie on the horizon staring Samuel L Jackson and Hayden Christensen: check out the trailer here:
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Supernatural Season 3
Yay! Supernatural Season 3 is finally here! Saw episode one a few days ago and it rocked. Check out the promo below:
Saturday, October 6, 2007
Fact or fiction?
Friends put me on to Derren Brown. Is it real or just trickery? Have a look for yourself.
Backstreet's back a'ait!
The backstreet boys are back with their new single, Inconsolable. Enjoy! :)
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Kanye West - I wouldn't Trust the Media!
Here's a Kanye skit on himself! Hilarious! :)
"Oh! Hell No!"
"Oh! Hell No!"
Monday, October 1, 2007
Heroes Season - 2
I saw episode 1 of the new season last night and it's very good! Yay! A few new players and an interesting twist @ the end! :) Check out this teaser in the meantime:
Matchbox 20 - Exile on Mainstream
Matchbox 20 recently released their Exile on Mainstream album. Quite to my surprise the album was released in Oz before the states (Well, actually before Amazon, so I could be wrong!). You can get it for around $22 at HMV. The biggest let down is that it is not a full length album (although there are 2 discs). There are 6 new songs and 11 "oldies but goodies". This why I haven't purchased the album....yet. I'm sure I will in the coming weeks though! ;) Here's the current track listing:
Track Listings
Disc: 1
1. How Far We've Come
2. I'll Believe You When
3. All Your Reasons
4. These Hard Times
5. If I Fall
6. I Can't Let You Go
Disc: 2
1. Long Day
2. Push
3. Real World
4. 3am
5. Back 2 Good
6. Bent
7. If You're Gone
8. Mad Season
9. Disease
10. Unwell
11. Bright Lights
I recently heard a Rob Thomas/MB20 song I had never heard before. The song was unfortunately not on the new album. I later found out that the song was named "Little Wonders" and was off the "Meet the Robinsons" soundtrack.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
