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AIM is pntyrdr1 Email Seppo: kris dot sipe at gmail dot com
EAT ME!!!
Beef Bourguignon
Bitchin' Baked Paella Risotto Magic Stuffed Salmon Chicken Wild Rice Soup Chili Prawn Penne 3 2 1 Spatchcock! Tomato Basil Fettuccine Chili Con Seppo Blueberry Boat Roast Marinated Buffalo Mozzerella Grilled Swordfish with Mango Salsa Miss. Highco's Creme Brulee
ON THE IPOD...
 Sufjan Stevens - Come on Feel the Illinois
  The Hold Steady - Separation Sunday
 Nickel Creek - Why Should the Fire Die
FOR THE BOOKCLUB...
PREVIOUSLY ON...
Breathe in Breathe Out
Bubble Trouble Wax On, Wax Off Cock Fight! Seppo's Top 10 Albums of 2004, Hold the Arcade Fire Back with a Vengeance Yachta, Yachta, Yachta... A Very Aussie Thanksgiving Finger Kabob Exile in Baton Rouge
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WHERE?
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Friday, February 04, 2005
There's Better Beer in Adelaide  Australia's Triple J, part of the Australian Broadcasting Network, would be the equivalent of NPR having an alternative offshoot. Being that it is publicly funded, it has been known over the last 30 years as being quite innovative, and its "Unearthed" series has launched many well know Australian alternative acts. Over the last few years, whether it is due to turmoil in the ABC, or for other reasons, Triple J has steadily declined in quality of music and commentary.
Triple J's most quality feature was breakfast hosts, Adam Spencer and Will Anderson, who became icons for comedy loving Australians. Adam and Will moved on this year to be replaced by Jay and "The Doctor" who may host the most uncomedic, offensively commercial sounding radio show in the history of public radio. Seth Cohen would be offended to the core at the "big humour" that these guys offer up. While I have still been turning on Tripple J each morning, glad that they were playing up some Ted Leo, Fiery Furnaces and other morsels, I was only mildly offended when these two fuckwits praised punk schlocks Goldfinger's cover of Nina's 99 Red Balloons, without mentioning it was a complete rip off of the 7 Seconds classic from "Walk Together, Rock Together." However, this morning plunged to new lows. The duo were interviewing an obviously annoyed Ben Folds about his song "Adelaide" and described the city as having clean streets, no graffiti... but beneath the surface were hidden dead babies. WHAT? Are you fucking stupid??? The guy moved from LA, to this beautiful Australian city, wrote a cute little song about it, and you come up with that! Ben hangs up, and the idiots start congratulating themselves about how "out there" they are. They got Ben back on the line, but I sensed it was because his agent thought he better finish up the interview. Contact Triple J here to express your discontent.
... Seppo 3:26 pm...
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