i wanna go to laneway but that's so much money. i'm spoiled, i'm used to how much cheaper it is to see stuff in memfiz.
I couldn't name a Sufjan song. Im going to see De La Soul and possibly Primal Scream as well in Feb.
Though if we want to talk Triple J stereotypes, this is pretty much on the money: How to be a J-fag - Rate Your Music
I hate exclusive Triple J listeners. The ones who say, "oh, I love Florence + The Machine" but only know You've Got the Love and Dog Days Are Over because they only listen to Triple J and won't actually go out and buy the album.
Elvis Costello is coming!! Does anyone wanna come?
i'm really enjoying these Oprah specials. i think anyone who complains about the money we spent is really cynical.
And why on earth should we have spent any money on her visit here anyway?
Another travel company Tourism Australia has been working with said enquiries had been up 75 per cent on last year because of the extra publicity before the first of Oprah’s four shows featuring Australia even went to air.
If you think of it purely as advertising (which it is), then for that amount of time, during that show, to that market - $4 million is a fucking steal. Seriously. It's all cringeworthy, but it is a master stroke. Tourism Australia has bungled around forever, they got this investment right. And this from someone with a pretty strong Oprah gag reflex.
Oh yay, a bunch of people are coming to Australia not because they're genuinely interested in it, not because they have an enduring fascination with its natural beauty, not because they wish to experience its society and culture - but because Oprah endorsed it.
Oh yay, a bunch of people are coming to Australia not because they're genuinely interested in it, not because they have an enduring fascination with its natural beauty, not because they wish to experience its society and culture - but because Oprah endorsed it. Forgive me if I'm not leaping with joy. The Oprah endorsement factor's been bad enough for literature.
Oh yay, a bunch of people are coming to Australia not because they're genuinely interested in it, not because they have an enduring fascination with its natural beauty, not because they wish to experience its society and culture - but because Oprah endorsed it. Forgive me if I'm not leaping with joy. The Oprah endorsement factor's been bad enough for literature.
Because she's so poor and couldn't have funded it herself.
What are we now anyway, just a brand to be hocked off? Are we that desperate for the approval (via tourist dollars) of others?
Sydney has been branded Australia's worst city - by its own residents.
Despite its obvious charms, ranging from the iconic Opera House, the beautiful harbour and ready access to numerous beaches, Sydneysiders say their city is the pits.
They hammered its natural environment, schools, housing, cleanliness, cultural integration and road network, ranking it bottom of the nation's eight biggest metropolises.
Adelaide is the nation's best city, followed by Canberra, Melbourne, Perth, Hobart, Brisbane and Darwin, according to an Auspoll survey commissioned by the Property Council of Australia.
Sydney the pits, say its own residents
though tbh this does kinda push adelaide up to the next city in australia i'd like to visit. i'd love to visit some time in the next couple months (though wellington will probably win out as it's cheaper and easier to do).I'm sorry you're not as good as us.
something about this whole thing seems flawed. and i'm not talking about sydney coming last - it is a city that loves to self hate.