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We should have posted this earlier in the week but here it is now so deal with it. For those who are looking for Brett’s Special Fancy to work around the location issues with streaming content from us websites, you can find the instructions here.
Sorry for the delay.
Rosie O’Donnel and Donald Trump are having some kind of barney. Is that enough reason for ROD to write some terrible poetry on her blog?
so tiny books
now
express in torn images
my insidei was raised reading ms magazine
i remember the burning of bras
as women demanded equality
in unisonbeauty pageants
where women were paraded around
judged valuable or not
by old white menit is always old white men
Believe it or not, the poetry gets much worse. Remember when she was just a funny comedian who was said to have molested children (or was that Paula Poundstone? their voices are so similar I get them confused).
See Rosie’s Poem in full via TV Squad
Ars Technica have an interesting article that explains a little bit more about the current situation with the FCC in the states and what they are and aren’t doing.
Apparently they have definitions and guidelines on what is indecent but they can’t share them around because that would be telling.
*sigh*
We are joined this week by Tom Elliot who talks to us about Channel 9, our Free Trade Agreement with New Zealand, and a whole bunch of fascinatingly interesting stuff about how television works. Also, we talk a little about the Federal Communications Commission in the US and how they’re ruining everything for everybody.
Listen and learn:
Hand in your homework: hooray@boxcutters.net
Loyal Listener Lyndal has outdone herself with bringing this item to our attention:
A full bench of the Federal Court yesterday upheld an earlier ruling that Stephen Cooper, the operator of mp3s4free.net, as well as the internet service provider that hosted the website, were guilty of authorising copyright infringement because they provided a search engine through which a user could illegally download MP3 files. The website did not directly host any copyright-protected music, but the court held that simply providing links to the material effectively authorised copyright infringement. –Sydney Morning Herald
via BoingBoing
Marieke Hardy joins us as we talk about stocking stuffers, another bloody countdown show and all the news we can fit into the time we have.
I’d write more but I have to conserve all of my energy for this weekend’s Christmas/New Year Countdown Show (because, if you can’t beat ‘em…).
Get the excellent episode 65:
Tell us how good/bad it was: hooray@boxcutters.net
Loyal Listener Lyndal sent us this article that details what we can expect from the Firefly computer game. Apparently it’s going to be a World of Warcraft style Massive Multiplayer Thingamajig.
Firefly Reborn as Online Universe (via Wired).
Our first week on radio and… well, WE HAVE A FANTASTIC SHOW.
Now with 50% less news, we get a chance to bring more wonderful segments. Brett looks at My Australia in I Don’t Buy It, Josh looks at guest roles in television series and Ross takes a look at a very special Amazing Race.
We also talk about new Channel 9 shows for 2007.
Love it in different ways:
Slap us in the face: hooray@boxcutters.net
3 Lbs which we spoke about recently has been pulled from American screens.
After weighing the latest Nielsen numbers, net execs confirmed Wednesday that the Peter Ocko-produced medical drama has been placed on hiatus effective immediately… Skein’s low ratings dropped each week it aired, with its overall young adult average of a 2.7/7 down 16% from that of previous slot occupant “Smith.”
– Variety
Meanwhile, NBC has given the thumbs up to 30 Rock and ordered a full season. The series was moved from its Wednesday night timeslot to Thursday 9:30 were it could be surrounded by other comedies. The move worked and ratings were up 13%.
… Tonight’s the night.
Tune in to 3RRR 102.7MHz in Melbourne or listen through http://rrr.org.au/player/rrr.ram if you’re out of town.
Alternatively you can wait for the podcast.
Update
That would be at 7pm tonight on 3RRR. Thanks, Loyal Listener Lyndal.
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