http://cacophony.nook.com.au muffled by bluestone Thu, 27 Sep 2007 01:30:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en "Bob is an average insecure penis," begins the Melbourne Fringe Festival's synopsis for puppet play Tyrannosaurus sex. Bob the knob may be average but the Fringe is definitely not. This year's festival has the usual unusual smattering of experimental, post-post-modern, kitsch and just plain weird music, art and theatre but also ... http://cacophony.nook.com.au/2007/09/27/a-cowlick-of-a-fringe/ This is an apology to all the naysayers who told me I was an idiot for falling in love so quickly a couple of months ago. You said I should exercise caution, I didn't. He broke my heart. Right you were. Happy now?   http://cacophony.nook.com.au/2007/09/05/mea-culpa/   Sporting allegiances tend to be set by your parents, where you grew up and who with, or by virtue of a star player at the time you were most excited by the sport. I must have missed something. My parents are not great sports fans and I moved around too much ... http://cacophony.nook.com.au/2007/07/21/is-it-wrong-to-root-for-the-other-team/     Actors are a superstitious lot. I guess it must be a symptom of the unpredictable nature of the theatre. If I worked in an industry where so much could go so badly wrong with one slip-up, I think I’d be wary too. So it was with some pleasure that I ... http://cacophony.nook.com.au/2007/07/21/the-music-of-the-night/ Sorry I haven't been around for a few weeks, guys. I've been busy; falling in love. My new beau, Darren, is an extraordinary fellow. He's smart, funny, caring, drop dead gorgeous and keen on me. I'm the kind of girl who falls in love at the drop of a hat but ... http://cacophony.nook.com.au/2007/07/05/the-most-frightening-four-letter-word/   We all recognise the importance of events like Red Nose Day and Australia's Biggest Morning Tea but do you think having a day for every cause has gone too far? In my inbox today is a press release announcing Check Your Home Loan Day. On that day, you're supposed to compare your ... http://cacophony.nook.com.au/2007/06/12/a-day-for-every-occasion/   Do you prefer the rain or the sunshine? Me, I'm a rain girl. I love nothing more than to listen to the sound of rain on the roof, watch it trickle down the window, walk through it, dance in it; thrust my head back and feel it on my eyelids ... http://cacophony.nook.com.au/2007/05/29/rain-or-shine/   There it is. It's National Sorry Day tomorrow and I am truly sorry. John Howard says he won't say sorry to the Aboriginal people because it leaves the Federal Government open to legal action. Me? I think the removal of people from their families and subsequent neglect leaves governments open to legal ... http://cacophony.nook.com.au/2007/05/25/im-sorry/ Now that Carl Williams will be behind bars until he's 71, I don't think he'll be needing his nickname "baby face" any more. So I'll have it, thanks. What would your gangster name be? Some suggestions: "Holey" bill Lady "Black Widow" Chaos The Shadow. (Nuff said.) "No" Mercy What do you reckon? ... http://cacophony.nook.com.au/2007/05/08/what-is-your-gangsta-name/ Is it just me or is everyone else -over- Missy Higgins? I'm sure she's a nice girl and her music is pretty but she's absolutely everywhere! ... http://cacophony.nook.com.au/2007/04/27/the-sound-of-shite/