SOOB snaps

Posted on | December 4, 2004 | 6 Comments

From last night’s ‘rant off’ at the festival club, featuring ‘Australia’s most famous blogger’, Tim Blair.

Tim Blair in the flesh

Obviously I still have a long way to go…

Unfortunately the only rant I felt like having was about ex-private school boys dominating SOOB’s MC-ing and judging schedule (thankfully I didn’t drink enough to make myself that unpopular) but then the delightful Gemma gave a lovely and smart tirade that didn’t rely on implicating the entire world in South American exploitation guilt. Sheesh.

Entertaining attention seekers

Marvellous Merlin proved to be capably coherent and endearing, sharing such treasures as the knowledge that Big Brother finalist Bree once claimed in the house that the War in Iraq was being fought because Saddam Hussein killed George W. Bush’s father.

Quasi celebrity @ SOOB

Category: Out in Vegas

Comments

6 Responses to “SOOB snaps”

  1. jean
    December 5th, 2004 @ 9:46 am

    good to see that camera is being put to use

  2. Glen
    December 6th, 2004 @ 8:46 am

    I reckon L7, if they are still around??? maybe the Donnas then, should do a version of the Chilli Peppers’ “Catholic School Girls” and call it “Private School Boys”.

    Wah Wah wah waaahhhhhhhhhh…

  3. Gem
    December 6th, 2004 @ 3:17 pm

    Hey, where’s the photo of me??? I’ve seen enough of Dave’s mullet and yellow socks…

  4. mc gregg
    December 7th, 2004 @ 1:19 pm

    i can see you in the first photo!

  5. Gem
    December 14th, 2004 @ 7:28 pm

    Yeah, a bit of washed out red hair dye showing thru. But I want a full frontal shot – I console myself with the thought that I was too engrossing for the photographer to remember to take photos.

  6. home cooked theory » Blog Archive » MySpace, boys in jackets
    September 6th, 2006 @ 4:12 pm

    [...] What this second clip makes me more aware of, if it was necessary, is the blokeyness of this genre of news-satire show. I’ve been thinking about this for a while, as part of my quest to understand my position re: the ubiquitous Chaser boys. In the past I’ve had a quite personal reaction to what I have taken to be their rich private school boys making a killing by being smart-arses vibe. But the fact that there are definite correlations in subcultures of comedy across the Pacific makes me think there’s something broader at stake. To put it simply, I’m disappointed and disillusioned by the prospect that boys in nice jackets performing an uber urban, over-educated knowingness appears to be the most popular and only remaining voice of derision tolerated, indeed solicited, in the current political climate. Then again, things could be turning. After last night, I’m just so pleased that there’s one more heroine to add to our public service broadcaster trail of portfolio Gen X workers. Imagine: Marieke vs. A Chaser Boy: A Five Week Series. Now that’s a show even I’d get cable to watch. « B(u)y me [...]