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October 10
Passing the torch, back
I’ve received a few emails and messages about this one. Yes, the blog has not been updated in a while. There’s a right of passage for most gay guys in Perth that they either move to the east coast for a bit or to London.
I chose London.. that’s where I am right now, and where I’ll be for a while yet.
The world is quite small but unfortunately not small enough for me to stay 100% up to date with what’s happening in Perth. So I would like to pass you on to the GayinWA blog. The owners have been great to me, so please support them!
Please also show your love to Pride WA and on the night of the Pride Parade support the local gay community by going to the OFFICIAL Pride Homecoming Party at Connections.
Besides, I heard through the grapevine that The Court has installed Nightkey ID scanners at the door… Can you imagine the violent written tyranny I would launch against Bree Maddox if I was still in Perth? It’s best I’m in London 
July 18
Bree Maddox watch - Part 2749
Update: It seems PerthNow’s GirlBoyBlog are using Bree’s breasts as their promotional logo! Wow. —>
That gag reflex picture of Bree Maddox sparked a fair amount of conversation this week. Namely, this blog post on PerthNow.
Should there come a point in your life where you should cover your “assets” up and start dressing more conservatively?
At first glance the post doesn’t actually mention Bree Maddox, then BANG name drops in the last few paragraphs, along with… HOLY BEJESUS A HIGH RESOLUTION VERSION OF THE PHOTO. Like all blogs run by massive old-media corporations the post offers no real insight, but there are some entertaining comments from readers.
When asking for those comments PerthNow’s Girlblogger chimes in “please don’t be biased this is about what she wears only. Try not to be offensive I don’t think she’d appreciate it. Cheers”. Despite the warning, PerthNow dosen’t seem to have anyone moderating reader comments:
I wish she would just go away and stop trying so hard to be a society girl. The papers should stop feeding her ego and calling her a socialite, she’s no more a socialite than I am, its a stupid self inflating term that has no substance, just like Bree. She’s just a tacky try hard who basically does not have what it takes to be attractive at all. No matter what she wears or what angle the photo takes her in, she is downright plain ugly. Still, what do you expect from a former Penthouse Pet! Go away Bree now and stay out of the papers!!!
Brianna of Western Suburbs
Wed 15 Jul 09 (01:41pm)
Harsh! Because I’m not a total asshole, here’s a photo of Bree looking quite nice actually.
July 18
Weekend Youtube
This clip was played on MAX on Friday afternoon and I immediately knew I had to post it.
July 2
News from the gutter
Incase you didn’t hear, I died. That’s why there were no updates for a week. But hey I have some juicy goss to mark my return.
If you were at The Court Wednesday night you would have witnessed a huge public discretion between a certain resident drag queen and a member of the audience. The conflict came from one side, and it didn’t involve your everyday drag banter; it was a full on verbal tirade with no regard for slander or libel laws or microphone volume. The amateur drag audience was all watching.
There’s a backstory to this incident and we can all learn a lesson from it: never become friends with benefits with a dried up drag queen, because later when you don’t feel like having sex with her anymore, she’ll try to blackmail you with those raunchy webcam videos you took. Then, if you try to blackmail her back, she’ll try to make a fool of you on stage at The Court (and fail). Man, I never would have expected such things in innocent ‘lil Perth.
xoxo Gossip Girl
July 2
Free money from Live
In my opinion, Live Clothing has gone pretty downhill in the last year or so (not that they were ever fantastic). But, I do know a few gay guys shop there. Live are launching some online ‘club’ so they can send out lots of spam, and anyone who signs up gets a $25 voucher. Cogs in brain churning. Lightbulb. Lets exploit this:
- Go into any Live store and put your email address down on their list (they don’t ask for any other details). Or, create a second Hotmail you’re never going to use again. Don’t register on their website because you have to give full details straight away.
- You’ll get an email to confirm you want to join their spam club. Wait until the day before you want to go shopping and then confirm.
- They email you the voucher which you must use within 24 hours.
- When redeeming the voucher you’ll be asked for your street address and contact details. Give fake ones.
- Repeat from step 1 with a different email address and at a different Live store.
Actually, this didn’t really warrant a whole post with directions, because you’re smart and probably figured it all out yourself. Maybe
June 22
Murray Street Counter
Update: Check out page 11 of Tuesday’s West Australian for a run down of ‘Counter’. It’s an art installation commissioned by the City of Perth.
This interesting little distraction was being set up in Murray Street Mall at 8.30am this morning. It’s a person counter. The number on the display counts up every time some one walks through. You can find it directly opposite the entrance to the Perth Underground Station. By 5.30pm it was up to 2000.
Don’t ask me why it’s there, but it sure is intriguing. If you have the story behind the Murray Street counter please let me know. It must have a more meaningful purpose than enticing high school kids to run in circles around it (as seen in the accompanying photos). Countdown until a drunk bogan causes structural damage to the counter.
June 4
Event conflict - your opinions needed
Today boomtick officially announced the date and lineup for Parklife 2009. Unfortunately it falls on the same day of Fairday. Long story short I got into a lengthy debate with Andrew from Pride WA about which event people will go to. We need your input on this, people!
Please answer the following poll. If it affects your decision, you can see the Parklife 2009 lineup here.
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An editorial correction
Oops, looks like there was a factual error in my last post. The offending laptop isn’t a Dell, it’s a Sony Vaio. Thanks to DH for pointing that out.
I’m not against the use of ‘automixing’ computer programs, I’m sure lots of venues use them. But if you rely on a laptop to play music you can’t prefix your stage name with ‘DJ’. Despite what people assume, proper DJing takes a lot of skill, a lot of time to learn and even more time to become good at (trust me, I’m currently teaching myself to DJ the non laptop way). If you don’t actually DJ, you shouldn’t be calling yourself one.
May 17
гомосексуалиста времени
I thought I would do a Eurovision post because I know of a lot of Eurovision parties happening around Perth tonight. The final was very entertaining: while the musical performances were less camp than last year, I was still glued to my set. I can’t even imagine the amount of money Russia pumped into production - the visual styling and stage design blew my mind.
Unfortunately there’s saddening news: Gay rights protesters who arranged a rally to coincide with the media attention that Eurovision brings were quickly arrested and whisked away by riot police. In fact, they arranged 1000 riot police to break up demonstration. In the mean time an anti-gay protest elsewhere in the city was given a permit to go ahead (although some of these protesters were arrested as well). Stuck in the middle Eurovision had to ignore the entire thing was happening.
But back to the competition: my favourite performances were Greece (super, super gay), Russia (very powerful), Armenia (awesome visuals), Sweden (super freaky opera singer) and Germany (for some reason they were represented by an American gay guy and Dita Von Teese! What!). Not to be forgetting Slovenia putting up a protest during the result announcements! Pure gold.
And my absolute favourite part… the host - what a hottie! If there are any guys in Perth who look like Ivan Urgant please contact me asap. Ahh Ivan… one day you will be mine!
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