Mark Simpson on how we’re all Australian now (One from the vaults, originally appeared in the Guardian Guide, 2001 – at what now looks like Oz’s cultural high-water mark) If you listen carefully to the soundtrack on Puppetry of the Penis, a video of the show which recently toured… Read More »Fauxstralian Britain
Genius, pop Svengali, theoretician of cool: Mark Simpson gets to grips with the man who really listens to `La la la, la la la-la la…‘ What do you hear when you listen to ‘Can’t get you out of my head’? This is a bit of a trick question as you… Read More »What Happens When a Giant Brain Meets Kylie?
This viral video promoting a new X-Box dancing game is nicely done and very funny. But I think it also illustrates quite dramatically, if probably unintentionally, what metrosexuality can mean. Although of course it’s played for giggles, the story of the male Kylie obsessive having his legs waxed and painstakingly… Read More »Anyone Can Be Kylie Now