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New look Empire; same old crap

Hi all, You might have noticed the Media Empire layout’s a bit changed now. The blog’s moved over from running on spam-magnet bBlog to WordPress. The navigation is hopefully also a bit more consistent and straightforward to use now. More changes may come as the mood takes me and time allows. The folks over at […]

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Baby ahoy!

Hi folks, Sorry for the late posting for last week’s Glass House stories but we’ve been a little busy at Chez Holt with a new addition to the household. Born on the 9/6/06, the precocious little 21st century bubba has already begun blogging himself – take a look at his handiwork over here! Cheers Wok

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Roll up, roll up to the Creationist Museum

A one-eyed, noseless kitten called Cy will be the centrepiece of a new museum intended to promote the theory of creationism. Of course! Could such a hideous mutant be anything but the work of a benevolent, loving God? The owner of the Lost World Museum, John Adolfi, claims Cy offers evidence that there are no […]

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Alms for the ABC…

Hi folks, Please help put a bit of pressure on the Australian Federal government to increase the funding for the cash-strapped ABC. After all, without funding how will they be able to keep producing The Glass House and actual quality programs? I’ll hand over now to the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance for the actual […]

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Welcome back & The Glass House 2005 Remix

Greetings subjects, Welcome to the 06 blog postings. Like last year, most posts will consist of the raw material that Mat and I write for The Glass House. Plus the occasional post on something else going on in the Empire or elsewhere on the interweb. One thing Glass House fans may enjoy is a little […]

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iNyahNyah open for business

Media Empire today released five classic episodes of the Melbourne comedy radio series Nyah Nyah for free download. Broadcast on PBS-FM between 1997-98, Nyah Nyah created 29 segments that shook the comedy world out of its nest of complacency to leave it, kicking and bleeding on the ground of complacency. In those heady days, it […]

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Newly minted uncle

My brother put this animated gif of my 3 week old neice up just for me, so I thought I’d share…

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Spam Storm is conquered

Spam Storm has now been subsumed by the might of Media Empire. This is a site which collates a bunch of things that land in my inbox that I think the world in general might find entertaining. Rather than forward them on, I stick them up here. Furthermore I allow the great unwashed to vote […]

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Wednesday night TV featuring my actual head

So finally this Star Wars thing is coming to its overdue conclusion. And the good people over at SBS’s The Movie Show decided that since Craig and I made “the definitive documentary on Australia’s obsession with Star Wars”, we would be suitable resident experts to discuss the cultural phenomenon. Or something. Maybe they might even […]

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Things not fit to be broadcast

Regular visitors to my house will be aware that I am the “co-author” of some “jokes” that appear on ABC-TV’s The Glass House. The way it works is this. A couple of days a fortnight Mat Blackwell and I get faxed a few news stories. By close of play we send back as many of […]