tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36411032011-07-14T04:13:31.376-07:00The Gospel According To MarkDithering, rambling, and blethering: The gospel according to Mark. Dissertations on the deserving, diatribes on the dire, what me thinks about the worldMarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00995742828279690430noreply@blogger.comBlogger251100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3641103.post-1117356363302740412005-05-29T01:20:00.000-07:002005-05-29T01:46:03.400-07:00Pots that call kettles blackLook, I'm gonna cop some flak over this, but some critical reviews I've read of late have left quite the bitter taste in my mouth.And one of my preffered news sources is the main culprit. The Guardian, normally a sensible bastion of left wing opinion, has fallen short of the mark.Coldplay, as everyone is surely aware by now, have a new album out next week. X & Y, make no mistake, will be this Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00995742828279690430noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3641103.post-1117354761477621302005-05-29T01:16:00.000-07:002005-05-29T01:19:21.483-07:00I"m back!!!!!!!! (again)Well, I've decided to start blogging again. for the third time. Are people gonna pay attention? I don't know. And I don't care. Now, on with the show....Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00995742828279690430noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3641103.post-1097565882369149172004-10-12T00:22:00.000-07:002004-10-12T00:24:42.370-07:00Australia gets it wrong- againAnother year, another Howard government. Quite how this slickly professional, fiscally responsible, yet morally reprehensible bunch keep winning mystifies this writer. Three years on from an election victory that was built around the lies of 'children overboard', and the whole Tampa crisis, three years that have seen us isolated from the rest of Asia, wage an illegal war on Iraq with the US and Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00995742828279690430noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3641103.post-1097556113260652012004-10-11T22:37:00.000-07:002004-10-11T21:47:46.496-07:00Goldenballs strikes backENGLAND 2-0 WALES
Well, well, well. Cop that one, boyos. A match that was billed as an old school return to the home nations contests of yore fizzled out in the fourth minute, fanks to the force of Frank Lampard. And, if he is to be believed, Michael Owen's arse. Lampard's goal was superbly taken opportunism if ever I've seen it. England as a unit looked in complete control of proceedings, Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00995742828279690430noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3641103.post-1095660040675781752004-09-19T22:58:00.000-07:002004-09-19T23:00:40.676-07:00Camacho packs his bags and go-goesJose-Antonio Camacho has quit his post as manager of Real Madrid, six years after, well... Doing the same thing. The two-time quitter says he won't be coming back, but lets face it, if you have the greatest starting eleven in the modern game, and you can't win any games, what on Earth makes you think anyone involved with the club would ask you back? Perez should have fired his ass.
But there's Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00995742828279690430noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3641103.post-1095657609238563772004-09-19T22:17:00.000-07:002004-09-19T22:20:09.236-07:00These words are my words: Or, A defence of (some) pop music.Let's get one clear. One irrefutable fact set in the most immovable granite: Most pop music today sucks. Most pop music is meticulously designed and marketed toward specific gender, age, and racial demographics. As it goes through this marketing makeover, it loses sight of what music is supposed to provide in the first place: An uncharted ride, a rollercoaster into the unknown- fun, pop is Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00995742828279690430noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3641103.post-1094479804368448362004-09-06T06:46:00.000-07:002004-09-06T07:10:04.370-07:00Menace to society appointed as Newcastle manager. Oh dear God...So that's that. We found a new gaffer. I should be happy. Souness has proven European pedigree, and to say the man is tough, and will come down on our more wayward youngsters, is something of an understatement. But that could also be a problem. As football fans have seen, when Souness doesn't like you, he lets you know, and isn't afraid to hit said player. His feuds can sometimes look like a hardMarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00995742828279690430noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3641103.post-1094403284696237672004-09-05T10:42:00.000-07:002004-09-05T10:02:17.816-07:00SYSTEM REBOOTED.
INITIALISING SARCASM PARAMETERS.
CYNISCISM FUNCTIONING AT PEAK LEVELS.
BEGIN TRANSMITTING..........................................
People of Earth, I have returned. After almost two years on the sidelines, I am storming back into the worlds great debates, like some aging prize fighter, gathering himself up for one last shot at the title, before oblivion sets in. On these Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00995742828279690430noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3641103.post-830997222002-10-16T20:56:00.000-07:002002-10-16T20:56:41.070-07:00Ten people life wouldn’t be the same without
1. God
Him upstairs, The Lord, The Big Guy, Allah, Our Heavenly Father, Jehovah- Whatever you want to call him, he’s important. The Man without whom no chart gets compiled
2. Chris Reason
Channel 7’s Sunrise anchor. Got out of bed on wrong side? Allow world weary and cynical morning newsman scyth clear path through your day, courtesy of laconic, dry Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00995742828279690430noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3641103.post-830996602002-10-16T20:55:00.000-07:002002-10-16T20:55:10.006-07:00Ten things that are supposed to make you proud of this country
1. ANZAC spirit
Built around hilarious idea that the Antipodean soldier was used as cannon fodder and died better better than anyone else. During world wars, Aussie soldiers were herded onto war fields laced with mines so Johnny Foreigner would have something to shoot at. Afterwards, Englands finest would sit down on muddy plains of Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00995742828279690430noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3641103.post-830538852002-10-16T01:49:00.000-07:002002-10-16T01:49:58.536-07:00Twenty things that seemed like a good idea at the time.
1. Menswear
Born of a time when the British public would devour, well anything, Menswear’s gimmick was that they wore suits and dated members of Elastica. Wisely dropped by record company before second album was unleashed
2. Hypercolour t-shirts
Be honest; How many washes did yours last? Idea that someone would actually WANT to see which Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00995742828279690430noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3641103.post-829190262002-10-13T06:08:00.000-07:002002-10-13T06:08:04.190-07:00Britney in "record not complete steaming pile of shit" shocker!
Boys, Her last single, produced by studio uber-wizards The Neptunes, was actually rather catchy. Pharrell Williams did a nice little rap thingy on it. In fact, the worst thing about it was the appearance of Mike "Dead since '98" Myers. Yuk. Still, took the mind off current events. namely Bali. Which is next door. oh dear.Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00995742828279690430noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3641103.post-829188842002-10-13T06:01:00.000-07:002002-10-13T06:01:03.856-07:00House of the Mouse
Sitting and waiting for the bombs to fall down, sitting, waiting.
Swim through the crowd.
Against currents.
Don’t let me drown, throw me a tyre-
Something, anything. Things to help me-
Float.
NASDAQ, stocks plummet, personal fortunes gone. The slate wiped [c]lean. Ready for the vultures and hogs to Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00995742828279690430noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3641103.post-827883892002-10-10T05:49:00.000-07:002002-10-10T05:49:03.113-07:00Sorry I haven't written in a while. Was on covert strike missions in deepest Bahrain, rooting out terrorists with a big stick I borrowed off Donald 'Duck' Rumsfeld. Will endeavour to keep more frequent postings from now on.
Incidentally, albums of the week are as follows:
A Rush Of Blood To The Head- Coldplay
Songs For The Deaf- Queens Of The Stone Age
Parklife- Blur (trip down memory lane)Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00995742828279690430noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3641103.post-827882712002-10-10T05:44:00.001-07:002002-10-10T05:44:31.860-07:00G’DAY!!
10 pieces of Australiana:
1. Australian Rules Football
Sick of watching 90 minutes of grown men running around after a ball, only for the event to conclude scoreless? End those Nil-all blues with Aussie footie: No cross bar, no goalie, six points if you score and a consolation point if you miss. Still wouldn’t help West Ham, though
2. Kylie
Antipodean starlet turned stalwart of the popMarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00995742828279690430noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3641103.post-827882522002-10-10T05:44:00.000-07:002002-10-10T05:44:00.140-07:00GULF 2 : THE SEQUEL
Ten years on, and he’s back. And the only man that can stop him is the son of the guy who didn’t finish the job last time. An uninspired remake of 1990 blockbuster GULF!, GULF2 reads like the script of a thousand other rehashs: Get the original cast together (Who are now DEFINITELY ‘too old for this shit’), or, where that proves impossible, get their sons. Re-heat last film’sMarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00995742828279690430noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3641103.post-798861472002-08-06T04:06:00.000-07:002002-08-06T04:06:54.640-07:00PUBLIC HEALTH WARNING!!!
WHY GOLDMEMBER WILL DESTROY YOUR SOUL
I am a film buff. I know this because I go to the movies once a week, and have an extensive DVD collection. I know who stars in what, who directed them in it, and if you’re lucky, I can probably tell you who the director of photography was. I’m not saying that makes me cool (in the eyes of some, I’m the opposite), but it does mean IMarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00995742828279690430noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3641103.post-798024912002-08-04T02:55:00.000-07:002002-08-04T02:55:17.010-07:00The Simon Crean Societal Litmus Test (SCSLT)
Ever heard of Simon Crean? I have. He came into to my place of employment on Thursday to have a look around, inspect things so to speak. Initially I was surprised, but then, remembering that I had torn up my party membership six months previously, calmed myself, decided I would not give him any satisfaction, that I would remain cool and appear Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00995742828279690430noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3641103.post-793450502002-07-24T06:15:00.000-07:002002-07-24T06:15:48.133-07:00Can't write tonight, but will tell you what to listen to. This week, it's been:
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John (Seriously!)
Fever by Kylie (Trust me!)
Heathen Chemistry by Oasis
Last Of The Delta Blues Singers by Robert Johnson
Okay? Yes, honestly- I like Kylie. Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00995742828279690430noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3641103.post-791765372002-07-19T20:57:00.000-07:002002-07-19T20:57:34.136-07:00BONJOUR!
Lance Armstrong is not human. I came to this conclusion while watching a live stage of Le Tour on SBS (local Australian channel). See the expression on his face; Then look at the others. The man doesn’t sweat (much). He appears to put more work in to his ride than anyone else, what with his higher pedal rate, yet seems so comfortable, at home, at peace, indestructible; As insurmountableMarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00995742828279690430noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3641103.post-791459922002-07-19T05:06:00.000-07:002002-07-19T05:06:31.693-07:00Missing link between man and ape found alive and well, controlling destiny of 300,000,000.
Washington DC, USA: Scientists have uncovered what they believe to be another missing piece in the puzzle of man’s evolution. The Sahelanthropus Tchadensis, or ‘Funny Monkey’, to go by the scientists affectionate moniker, is truly a unique find, proving we are now tantalisingly close to discovering the Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00995742828279690430noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3641103.post-791032712002-07-18T05:32:00.000-07:002002-07-18T05:32:53.223-07:00fuck me. I just wrote an enormous post, then the computer crashed and I lost the lot. Arsed. Anyway, I just started this thing, so I don't how to put pictures up. If anyone knows, or just wants a chat, its widereciever85@hotmail.com. And yes, it is spelt that way, and yes I know its incorrect spelling.
PS: To those of you who might want to honour me by placing me on your mailing list and Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00995742828279690430noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3641103.post-790178922002-07-16T06:52:00.000-07:002002-07-16T06:52:36.910-07:00IT’S THEIR PARTY, AND THEY’LL CRY IF THEY WANT TO
MARK REED
When Brad Pitt and Jenifer Aniston got married, Pitt reportedly spent over a million on the reception. “A million?!” Gasped the public, “They’ve got more money than sense!”. Mere mortals can only dream of being able to spend a million dollars. That’s a million US dollars, of course- Nearly two million in the local currency. Last month,Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00995742828279690430noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3641103.post-790178642002-07-16T06:51:00.000-07:002002-07-16T06:51:36.893-07:00WHY OASIS WILL NEVER BE GOOD ENOUGH FOR US
Heathen Chemistry was released today (July 1, 2002). It will undoubtedly sell triple platinum in the UK, plateauing around 900, 000 units. It would take a miracle of biblical proportions to sell any more than that figure (Although Liam’s emergence as a talented song writer has to come close). Why? Read the headline, pal. Oasis are a great rock ‘n’ roll Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00995742828279690430noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3641103.post-790177282002-07-16T06:47:00.000-07:002002-07-16T06:47:56.950-07:00Welcome! Come one, come all! The site has just opened, but fear thee not- I'm sure it won't take long for me to find something to get all riled up about (G8, S11, war, peace, movies, music, Martha Stewart, John Howard, blah blah blah). When I do, it'll turn up here! Like magic! And when you gaze upon it, you'll know that you've read the truth- You'll know that you've witnessed The Gospel. The Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00995742828279690430noreply@blogger.com0