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Bain Jersey In Music Video

Ana Samways — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 02:56:04 +0000

Massive double take... Is one of the infamous David Bain jerseys starring in this music video by North Shore Pony Club?...

All My Friends Are Dead

Ana Samways — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 21:45:41 +0000

The first 10 pages of this black humour 'children’s book for adults', has become huge on Tumblr and turned into a delightful animated gif.

Choice Links for Girls, Ladies and Other Womankind

Ana Samways — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:25:28 +0000

Tips for Single Ladies: 1938 was a minefield of female relationship etiquette... Click through for more Choice Links...

Scarface School Play — Say Hello To Our Leetle Friends

Steven Shaw — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 23:49:33 +0000

Hokay you cockaroachess! Don' fudge with Tony Montana! An adaptation of Brian de Palma's classic crime film Scarface, performed by children in a school play. Brilliant, right down to substituting popcorn for cocaine. Warning: frequent use of the term "mother-fudger" may make this NSFW...

Toilet Monster and Other Choice Links

Ana Samways — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 08:17:45 +0000

Today's Choice Links: Toilet Monster decal; Yale University promotional video is a musical!; The Little Engine That Could - The Reality Version; Dumb question; Catroulette is sorta like Chatroulette; Two home shopping channel hosts try to riff on John Lennon to sell a cheap and nasty range of jewellery…

Clotheshorse Malnutrition

Ana Samways — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:39:28 +0000

Via Photoshop Disasters.

Air NZ’s Nude In-Flight Safety Video

Ana Samways — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:47:48 +0000

What's with the staff at Air New Zealand? They just can't keep their clothes on. First CEO Rob Fyfe stripped off for the national carrier's latest ad campaign, now Air New Zealand's in-flight safety spiel is being done in the buff -- well in head to toe body paint. The airline's “Bare Essentials of Safety” video will be shown ahead of domestic 737 flights as of Monday. Careful with that lap belt , dude...

Bikini Wax Faces

Ana Samways — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 06:15:11 +0000

A compilation of women's faces as they get the wax strips ripped off their bikini lines. I can’t believe some women take a friend along to literally hold their hands...

Giveaway: Forbidden Lie$ DVD

Steven Shaw — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 01:11:05 +0000

Thanks to Madman films, we have four copies of the outstanding documentary Forbidden Lie$ to give away. Forbidden Lie$ is about Norma Khouri, who wrote Forbidden Love, supposedly a non fiction book about the "honour killing" of her friend in Jordan. The book was a bestseller -- it was translated into multiple languages, and Khouri, who claimed she was still a virgin, became the toast of the literary world. That's until Sydney Morning Herald journalist Malcolm Knox exposed her book as a work of fiction, revealing that Khouri was not in fact living in Jordan during the timeframe... [update: all gone now!]

Obama Artist Designs Posters for Earth Hour 2009

Steven Shaw — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 23:50:20 +0000

Curious Film, a TV commercial production company with offices in Sydney, Auckland and Queenstown, has succeeded in convincing now legendary U.S. artist Shepard Fairey to design posters for Earth Hour 2009. Shepard Fairey is the illustrator behind US President Barack Obama’s 2008 ‘Hope’, ‘Change’ and ‘Progress’ election posters, which have become iconic images...

Darth After Dentist

Steven Shaw — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 22:08:16 +0000

This is for anyone who chuckled at last week's online video "David After Dentist", which featured the sedated ramblings of a young boy in the back of a car. This time it's Chad Vader doing the same lines. If you haven't seen the original clip, best to check it out here (scroll down, it's at the bottom of the post) before watching this one. (Warning: do not drink coffee while watching this clip)

Giveaway — Lou Reed Berlin

Steven Shaw — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 00:17:42 +0000

We're giving away four copies of Lou Reed's 2006 live concert performance of his 1973 concept album Berlin, courtesy of Madman Entertainment Berlin has the reputation as being one of the most depressing albums ever made, but the concert version, while still dark and introspective, documents a rare and very special event. Lou Reed is backed by great performers including Fernando Saunders, Antony (of Antony and the Johnsons) and Sharon Jones...

Giveaway: Annie Leibovitz Documentary — Life Through A Lens

Steven Shaw — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:28:04 +0000

Annie Leibovitz has produced some of the most iconic images of the last 30 years and is one of the world's most influential photographers. Thanks to distributor Madman Films, Spare Room has four copies of Annie Leibovitz -- Life Through A Lens, a documentary written directed and produced by her sister Barbara Leibovitz, to give away. The film contains interviews with Mick Jagger, Hillary Clinton, and Yoko Ono among others. It traces Leibovitz's career from the early days of Rolling Stone magazine through to her work with Vanity Fair, also featuring recent commissioned works and photojournalism from war-torn Sarajevo and Rwanda. Like we said, four DVDs are up for grabs — just drop us a line here: (NZ readers only. Note rating is M -- some nudity, drug references, war images) [Update: prizes all gone now, congrats to the winners]

Bad Album Covers and Other Choice Links

Ana Samways — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 04:51:36 +0000

Today's Choice Links: Man panties; British government tries to slash knife crime with gruesome viral campaign; Bill O'Reilly's tantrum reedited; sneak peek at Coen Bros. new film, Burn After Reading; Eye-popping bridal wear; overly niche magazines and dating sites and a nice compilation of the worst album covers...

Art, Atheism and Other Choice Links

Ana Samways — Mon, 26 May 2008 00:18:29 +0000

Today's Choice Links: Paintings of a pizza will cost you the same as a pizza, painting of financial security will cost you a million; PETA outraged over goldfish bowl; Top 50 atheism quotes; Best World Weekly News covers; Fake TV burglar deterrent; Super cheap housing; and a guy who can pop and lock like no-one I've ever seen before...