Politics, Philosophy, current affairs, International Relations, photography, retro furniture & fittings, popular culture, Producing cheesy short films.
Brisvegas:
Ironic yet affectionate term for the city of Brisbane, Australia (population nearing 1.7 million these days). It's also a city a lot of people - especially southerners - like to rag. There's nothing hick-like about this town. Perhaps there was in the Sir Joh era (circa 1980s), but certainly not anymore.The term "Brisvegas" originated as an ironic association with Las Vegas, to pay out on Brissy's less-than-perfect nightlife scene and perhaps its general "things to do" factor (at the time). And yet, while meant to be an insult initially, recently Brisbanites have "reclaimed" the word, of sorts, as an endearing term for a city that, while not exactly being "where it's at" in any sense of the word, is still a pretty cool place to live (Urban Dictionary)
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I'd like to meet:
Individuals who enjoy life and all it has to offer.
People interested in Breaks and Drum n Bass, Retro furniture, Politics, Philosophy, Photography, Contemporary Art, Architecture, or Popular Culture generally.
I cant stand people who are shallow or obsessed with the 'scene'......go play in traffic.
We will all be old and fat one day, and our kids will just laugh when we try to tell them we were 'cool'.
MSN: [email protected]
Skype: vivabrisvegas
Music:
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I like to dance, and If I do it will probably be to Drum n Bass, Breaks, Electro, Hip Hop, Funk, Techno, or Rap as interpreted by one of Brisbane's finest.
PARKLIFE
BBQ BREAKS
GOOD VIBES
Movies:
Logan's Run, The warriors, Clerks, Nightmare on Elm Street, The Poltergeist, ET, The Exorcist, Dead Poets Society, A Scanner Darkly, Deliverance, Adaptation, Alien, Lantana, Chopper, Sid & Nancy, The Wedding Singer, The Royal Tenenbaums, Fatal Attraction, Planet of the Apes, Soylent Green, The Omega Man, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Heathers, The Breakfast Club, Wall Street, Drugstore Cowboy, V for Vendetta, Pulp Fiction, Forrest Gump, Blade Runner, The Wicker Man, etc, etc...
GHOSTBUSTERS
Television:
Dateline, 7.30 Report, Four Corners, Foreign Correspondent, the Daily Show, Dr Who, The Bill, Kath & Kim, South Park, The Goodies, John Safran's Music Jamboree and Vs God, CNNNN, The Chaser's War on Everthing, Geldof in Africa, Garth Marenghi's Dark Place, The Young Ones, Black Books, ABC & SBS
80's CHEESE TV
21 JUMP STREET
THE A TEAM
BJ AND THE BEAR
CHIPS
MIAMI VICE
Books:
Newspapers mainly. Books of note- Brave New World, 1984, Politics of Ecstasy, Origin of Species, Tale of Two Cities, Wuthering Heights, Our Man in Havana, Canterbury Tales, Madness and Civilisation, Disipline and Punishment, On the Road, Of Mice and Men, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, To Kill a Mockingbird, Death of a Salesman, Twelve Angry Men, William Shakespeare.www.smh.com.au
www.news.com.au
www.abc.net.au
Heroes:
Anyone who is brave enough to be themself. In this age of hyper-superficiality its a rare commodity and something I find incredibly attractive.
