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June 18

Media bits

Queen of Tupperware and gatekeeper to Perth’s drag empire, Val Nourished, has arranged herself onto page 2 of today’s West Australian. She’s there to talk about storage containers and lap bands, which I guess are sort of the same thing.

Props to Matthew for nabbing this great publicity - page 2 is a real effort. No points for The West editors who seem to have mixed up their gender prepositions, calling Val Nourished a ‘he’. Hrm. I guess they don’t understand the concept. You can read the whole article here.

Extended shopping hours are up in Parliament this week, and the big retailers are being very vocal. Myer said they have no immediate plans should the extended hours be approved, which must be a major blow to gays bois Perth-wide. Myer have a great business opportunity staring them in the face: simply turn Myer Basement into a mini-club on Friday nights. Every gay boi in Perth is already there anyway, might as well get them to stay, drink alcohol and buy more clothes. Then again, I already have enough trouble trying to find S sized garments in there - damn gays have already raided them all!

Finally, going back to The West Australian: That certain gay bar owner recently featured in a very oversized article publicising her engagement. Uhhhh. No comment from me, but here’s a facebook status update that was brought to my attention:

———- loves that Bree Maddox is getting hitched while the gays who pay her way can’t.

Media darlings Tags: drag, media, perth, politics, shopping

June 9

Media bits

The verdict is in: Gerardus Heijne has been found guilty of murdering his long term boyfriend early last year in their East Perth penthouse. For those who haven’t been following this local story, it could easily be woven into a made for TV movie: Gay lovers, rich entrepreneurs and founders of the Leonards chicken empire in WA hit rocky relationship waters, introduce money troubles into the picture, extravagant spending, a ‘bisexual’ teenage lover and a murderous climax ensures….

… well that’s the way The West Australian have painted it. In today’s paper they’ve included a sensationalised account of what went down, going right back to when the pair met at Connections in the 1980s. Have a read through, and just like I did, you can cringe every time they put quotation marks around the words “husband” and “marriage”.

Despite our murderous gay men it turns out Perth ain’t that bad - we’ve been ranked the fifth most liveable city on the planet. Glad to know our city is at least ‘liveable’. If you read further into the story it does feel like this survey was designed for middle class British families looking for the best place to emigrate to - no wonder Perth is so high up on the list.

In a recent ‘quality of life‘ survey Perth was ranked 21st. Will our liveability decrease as our desirability to poms increases? Omg, did I just go there?

Media darlings Tags: media, perth, police, violence

June 6

foot. in my mouth.

One of the team at The Wire Magazine emailed me in response to my previous swipe at the mag. I have to eat some of my words because apparently all of the staff are in their 20’s to early 30’s, with some of them having recent ties with Perth’s street media.

The staffer also said it’s hard to make a magazine like The Wire when it’s wrapped in The West Australian, which I can appreciate. Must. hold back. urge. to criticise. The West….

I’m always more receptive when open lines of communication are drawn so I’m not going to write off The Wire just yet. If any of my readers ever catch me calling them “gayrage-heads”… please give me a slap.

Amusing observation: The Wire’s Facebook profile says they are a fan of UK shirtless rugby hunk Ben Cohen… wha?

Media darlings Tags: media, perth

June 5

Better late than never!

The May edition of WAX Magazine is now on the streets. Yes, I said May Don’t ask, but there was a delay of sorts. The important thing is you can now ogle over the scrumptious Phil Priest who is on the cover walking up some stairs in Kings Park. Wonder what’s on his iPod? Maybe he stores photos of himself naked on it! mmm.

My column is again joined by the infamous bathroom camwhore photo. I tell you that hairdryer in the background adds a touch of class!

Unfortunately due to the delays in getting the May edition out, we are skipping June. But we’re not going away, stay tuned.

Media darlings Tags: media, perth, the scene, wax magazine

June 4

Perth media bits

If you picked up Xpress or Drum Media today you would have seen RTRfm’s new station lineup for 2009/10. Very disappointing that ‘Open Closet’, the community radio’s gay and lesbian music and current affairs program has been shafted. It’s completely gone with no replacement. The changes coincide with the station getting a new General Manager - email Graeme Watson to tell him it should stay.

Today The West Australian properly launched their new competitor against Xpress and Drum Media: “The Wire Magazine“. Oh boy does it stink! You get to read everything that was in our free street press weeks ago, and pay the cost of a newspaper to do it.

The copy reeks of middle aged journos desperately trying to reach out for Gen Y, and is littered with embarrassing statements like “hey wire heads” and the Art Gallery’s Art Bar being described as “painfully cool”. To top it off, the opinion page is about how John Farnham is now ‘uncool’. Who cares!

The West really didn’t think this through: Gen Y don’t buy newspapers, and The Wire Magazine has no street cred. Avoid it.

June Out in Perth is on the streets this weekend.

Media darlings Tags: entertainment, events, local artists, media, music, perth, straight scene

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