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Guy Sebastian Married

In an attempt to quash those gay rumours once and for all, Guy Sebastian has married “long-time love” Jules Egan. In September 2006, the original Australian Idol winner revealed he was on the verge of quitting the industry after relentless scrutiny over his sexuality and other matters that are no...
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Celeb-spotting: 50 Cent

50 Cent (or “Fiddy” as he’s known to his close friends, entourage, fans, wannabes etc) was recently in Australia for a series of concerts. He was spotted by a friend of my in the Qantas lounge at Sydney airport, checking his own website. That’s fine ‘Tash – I check my own...
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Splendour in the Grass – update 1

Right now, I’m not feeling quite so smug. As I mentioned earlier, my l33t hax0r skillz allowed me to jump the queue at Oztix, but this year tickets are being sold by some jokers called Qjump. I guess it was destined to happen after the fiasco that was ticket sales last year. In an effort to prevent...
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Music and Politics

Popular music has always been a popular medium for expressing one’s political views. I’m sure you’ve been subjected to the opinions of Bob Dylan, Bono, Paul Kelly or Peter Garrett (MP). For better or for worse, these people are using their celebrity to push a message. As far back is the...
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Splendour in the Grass 2008

The first line-up announcement was made on Triple J this morning. Initial thoughts: much better than last year’s first announcement, but again devoid on any single band that I’d push my own grandmother out of the line to get the last ticket for… This year, those lucky enough (or skillful...
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