Wednesday, March 29, 2006

How much is that doggy in the window?

he is back, and more annoying than ever. If you live next door to some one with a dog, you know how annonying it is when the bark all day. The commonwealth games marked the return of an old busker to our fair streets, that is the guy with the dog that barks on cue.

really not something to be proud of, just have a listen while you wait for the green man to let you get away from him.

please if everybody gave him a dollar, he wouldnt be there for half as long... no give genously so the rest of us can have peace and quiet.

Tuesday, March 28, 2006

make a cup cake today

nothing of interest is on today, or even on tomorrow that i know of, so why not pack your bags, head down to your local corner store a fetch all the things needed to make a brillent cup cake...

when our done with that part, always good to put a heart stopping frosting on the top too...



now dont that look pretty?

that god its over...

yes, the curtain has been drawn, the sun has set for the forteenth night in a row and finialy, my fuckin god, finialy its all over.

The gutarist from grinspoon had to airwalk over the mcg, ben lee had to sign yet another boring lame song and the indians had to show why they are so much better at dancing than any australian could ever dream of being.

now, im just wonding whether or not it is a little co-incidance that today all the trams / train / buses i had to catch, ran on time?

no more people in blue and orange shirt no more blocking of the street for people to run on. .. i mean they call it a foot path for a reason... so its over and melbourne will once again go back to its normal self, if not with anything more than about 14 extra african sportsmen and women to exploit.

everyone ------ its over

Sunday, March 26, 2006

issue number 2 of trashicon weekly is up

title really speaks for itself doesnt it??

i mean, fuck ... if you cant get that....

just look at it... its 'so fresh'

way to go melbourne ptc ... a long way to go

well we all now how fickle any thing with the word 'public' in the title. Things like 'public' toilets (toilet paper = sand paper), 'public' libary (you never find the books you need), 'public' opinon. .. well you get the gist of it.

But this rant is more to the point of the melbourne 'public' transport company. The state of the union for the past, well fancy that two fuckin weeks, when the australia games have been on. If you had tried to board a tram / bus / train in this time, you would have noticed one of two things...

1 - the service didnt even come and you were forced to pay ten times mor for a shitty cab, driven by a guy who happent slept since galipoli.

2 - the 'service' which eventually did arrive was too full of people in fluro blue and orange shirt jumping over each other to chat to the driver (coz thats what they do these 'volenters', and people over 108 years old. and you couldnt get on and were forced to th the next cab that came along, with the same describtion as the one above but this time with a mini mirror ball hanging from the rear view mirror.

hear is a scene from the last tram i tried to catch home from the city.... mind you th tram was already full when it arrived.



yep all these people waiting for an unaircondition carrage of death....

Thursday, March 23, 2006

Pretienous investment...

has a nice ring to it doesnt it ...

well last night saw the 'launch' of a whole lot of people (control investments) into a the big bad world or advertisment and marketing.

They have money, and apparently they know whats good for us so who are we to complain, as long as they keep on supporting the arts and dry humping each other trying not to spill, (or drink) there vodka martini's.

So i got there to late to view plug-in city and to late for the apparent free booze, all i got to see was a whole lot of tighly clad androgynous figures drunk and high running around like they own the place... but hey for that night i think they did...

look out for what they support, and if its worth going to, go check it out.

Wednesday, March 22, 2006

buried alive

so your a high rolling business man, what do you ascoiacte the most with.

a: your big deep blue suit and you cornflower tie
b: your cornflower tie and you big deep blue suit
c: your mobile phone.

well if you alreadt know the golden rule of multiple choice the correct answer is 'c' - your mobile phone. In todays market place this is the quiercential tool for suvival.

and now, thanks to some handy craftsman in a small afican country, you can take your seven foot phone with you into the afterlife, most probably to hell, because you have no real moral grouding.

Order you coffin in the shape of a moblie phone today -- here

Tuesday, March 21, 2006

'who is your trashicon' post it to your grandma

well now everything is pretty much up and running in all sections of this place ... so it about time to go and do some shameless selfpromotion. keep a look out in the bars / cafes / unis / other places of intereste for the 'trashicon' postcards.

ive designed them myself, and will a little help from people around will not get sued for using other people names to promote my priviate venture...

they come in different styles each dipicting a 'famous' person as 'your' trashicon ...

so far there are out there 'courtney love' , 'carrie bradshaw' , 'buddy holly' , 'elvis', 'the strokes' and 'melbourne'.

Keep your eyes open for them or save them and send them to your friends .. now the question be asked .... 'who is your trashicon?'

Monday, March 20, 2006

Hobo art

q: how to stop hobos lookin in bins?

a: make the bins look better than them.

well this may not be that hard and in some cases already true, but all the same what some arty folk from somewhere have done, for the first time in my eyes if create something nice to look at, while at the same time serving a real purpose...

We have seen stencil wheelie bin art and people spray paint on everything but this is the first time ive seen installment at in the green lattice bins we find in the city. Go down swanston st. at night a look for the glowing bins gather around the warm diffuse glow like a good lil hobo artist.

dont know who put them there, dont know how long they'll be there. so got look at them before some lung cancer patient throws in a lit cigarette in them and burns them to the ground.

Sunday, March 19, 2006

trashicon weekly up and running

yep, u huh, thats right, yeah. You heard me, finialy after a week of diliberation i have now got the trashicon weekly site up and running, good on me hey.

so this week we are featuring the following : carnaval de caravan : the commonwealth games....

write - trashicon blog
visit - spacement
listen - the subays
drink - melbourne supper club
sleep - no-where
eat - rose garden
drink more - bohemium pilsner
listen more - the plan nine rock show

any comments any questions any additions, anything at all just email me

otherwise check it out here : trashicon

Saturday, March 18, 2006

another day

Yep thats right i just finished another night at work, and as it was yesterday, it was really, really quiet, gotta love those commonwealth games.

so not much really happened, finished work went out to supper club to pick up my girl.

I made some wicked strawberry and fig jam just then, kinda made the recipe up as i went along but hey, it worked out in the end, anyone wants to know how i made it, if you ask nice enough i might put it up here later.

anyway, this post is basicaly just because i said i was going to do this daily. Well nothing much happened today, maybe tommorow it will be a lil bit more interesting...

Friday, March 17, 2006

the order of americans ...

Hmmm two things to add here today, one : a new bar, looks wicked, think i might be a regular in the near future. two : the american system of tipping in australia.

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Well to start of in the nicest way possible, i was at work last night and for the first time in about a month or two i got a break, it was quite people more interested in watching sport than participating i guess... but anywho... Yeah on my break i decided to check out this new bar down the road. Called the Order of Melbourne, (so far no website i can find) ... but hey really wicked interia, amazing bar, looks like i might be appling for a job there in the near future. for all those interested check it out 401 swanston st. melbourne next to bunker (up the stairs) think its open from 3pm onwards....


TWO
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ok now the the second topic of the blog. This has to do with the american torrists and the writers of a lil travel publication 'lonely planet'. Two nice people (americans) come into the bar here is how the events play out...

me (m): 'hey there'
them (t): 'hi, um do you have campari?'
m: 'of cause we do'
t: 'ok, do you have grapefruit juice'
m: 'that we also have, would you like a campari and grapefruit?'
t: 'that would be great'
m: 'fresh lime?'
t: 'yes please'
(i turn the the next one)
t: 'a vodka martini with a twist'
m: 'certainly' .....

so on so forth you get the message, i was nice, i was kind, i was hospitable, i make the drink they pay ($22, i good price) and low and behold...

NO TIP

order the next round .. same thing..

NO TIP

they leave i recommend somewhere for them to eat .. at 2am ..

NO TIP

So here is a message / rant to the people on the lonely planet, please do not say 'australians dont expect tips' in any future publications, this is only true in your country yokel pubs and resturant where all dishes come with a side of chips.
Put simply you order a martini ... you tip, you like your drink you tip

people really do tip here in australia .. its true .. i know because i work in hospitality and take pride in my work ...

hmmm well im glad thats over .. now i can go backt work.

god bless these commonwealth games....

Thursday, March 16, 2006

feminist art?

Well to make this a daily thing i guess i better write daily, im sure this will become easier as time goes by but for now i gotta think of shit to write.

Went to an art opening last night... interesting enough. free booze, there were about 8 or nine pieces. A mix of photography, multimedia and magazine cut outs. All in all it was pretty cool its running, i think, for the next 2 weeks and a place just off waston pl. which is off flinders lane. Its called Spacement. Pretty cool, go check it out see what you think.

In the future im going to update this in the morning before i head out to uni, might even put some of the days evens on the site too...

any way thats all i got news today so, till tomorrow have fun...

Wednesday, March 15, 2006

the first of, i dont know, many?

This is just test to see if this thing really does work and it is not just another one of those 'free' fun things to do when your bored...