The Bedroom Philosopher

Appearing for fifteen life-affirming minutes on the Field Stage! Will another seventeen year old girl offer to have my baby? Stay tuned….

New Sydney Hotel 87 Bathurst Street, Hobart. Headlining the wonderful new comedy night that’s going on here. 8:30pm. Free!…

Dave Callan Mcing – $7. Night starts 8:30pm. The Local. Cnr Carlisle and Chapel Streets, St Kilda. LAST MELBOURNE GIG THIS YEAR!…

Aloha Tiggerfolk!
Play the new game:
ROCK STAR!
BAND NAME!
HIT SINGLE!

How to play:

A) Work out your rock star name. FIRST NAME: This is your nan or pop’s first name hyphenated with your SECOND pet’s name. SURNAME: Your second ever street name. For example, my Pop’s name is Leonard. My second ever pet was a cat called Snowy. My second ever street name was Totterdell. Therefore, my rock star name is Leonard-Snowy Totterdell.
(NOTE: If you’ve only ever had one pet, or street name, take that. If you’ve never had a pet or street, contact administration for further counselling)

B) Work out your band name. To do this, you need to find an anagram of your full name …

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ISSUE 46
Wednesday December 14 2005
Subscribers: 1000 (We’ve sort of lost count but let’s celebrate!)
Estimated Reading Time: 9:58
www.bedroomphilosopher.com
**LapTopping acknowledges the recent double-blow of V.S.U. legislation being abolished and Kevin McQuay AKA Big Kev passing away. The world needs ‘goo remover’ now, more than ever. **
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LT BIRTHDAYS!

Happy Birthday Nostradamus 501 today!
Happy Birthday “Stone Cold” Steve Austin 40 Saturday!
Happy Birthday Brad Pitt 41 Saturday!

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ON THIS DAY IN 1993 (A reading from my grade seven diary)

“Silly day! I really like Sarah. She never lets on who she likes though. Came home. Watched cricket. Australia cained. …

Supporting Sista She plus other rocking ladeez, raising money for their Adelaide Fringe season. Sista She are AMAZINGLY good, if you haven’t seen them before. I will be whipping out a brand new ‘Christmas Song’ of some description! @Newtown/Petersham RSL. Enmore Road, Newtown. Friday 16th December. Doors open 7pm. Gig starts 9pm. $15/$12. Should be a great night….

An acoustic night with a couple of other acts including ‘Matt Downey’ and ‘Jamie.’ I’m on 9-9:30pm. Doors open 8pm. $6. Hopetoun Hotel, 416 Bourke Street, Surry Hills….

I watched the ARIA’s recently with my usual mix of gentle jealousy and hormonally creative fascination at the hypothetical plethora of deluxe flirting opportunities one could encounter at an after party with Australian music royalty. I mean, I’ve never been to one – but could easily imagine myself swaying nervously in a darkened corner, flicker-peeking at Sarah Blasko and constructing tenuous blueprints of a plan to intercept her on the way to the bar and ask her whether she had listened to my album which I eerily gave her while backstage at the Tasmanian Falls Festival this year.

Here is a brief script of the conversation. The setting is, Sarah, (I suffer from delusions of first name basis) after just …

Welcome Pixel Cutey! Play my new game ROCK STAR NAME! BAND NAME! HIT SINGLE!

How to play:

A) Work out your rock star name. FIRST NAME: This is your nan or pop’s first name hyphenated with your SECOND pet’s name. SURNAME: Your second ever street name. For example, my Pop’s name is Leonard. My second ever pet was a cat called Snowy. My second ever street name was Totterdell. Therefore, my rock star name is Leonard-Snowy Totterdell.
(NOTE: If you’ve only ever had one pet, or street name, take that. If you’ve never had a pet or street, contact administration for further counselling)

B) Work out your band name. To do this, you need to find an anagram of your …

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ISSUE 45
Monday 21st November 2005
Subscribers: 987
Estimated Reading Time: 11:42
www.bedroomphilosopher.com
**LAST SYDNEY GIG FOR THE YEAR THIS THURSDAY**
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LT BIRTHDAYS!
Happy Birthday Bjork 39 today!
Happy Birthday Harold Ramis 60 today!
Happy Birthday Scarlett Johanson 20 tomorrow! (For crying out loud…)

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ON THIS DAY IN 1993 (A reading from my grade seven diary)

“NICK BIRFTY. Nick opened presents. Got guitar stand, watch, poster, Metallica tape. Nigel came over. We raged around house. Had cool party dinner. Left at 7:00. Came home. Watched movie.”

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FRESH STATS:

IT’S: 7:43pm
I’M DRINKING: A combo of lukewarm coffee dregs, lukewarm water …

Headlining at Mic in Hand, Friend in hand hotel, Cowper Street, Glebe. Night starts 8:30pm. Me on 9:30 ish. $10 suggested donation. Most likely last Sydney gig this year. Be lovely to hear you guffawing….

Welcome pixel cutey! Here is some news that is fairly bloody recent! Cruskit Disco!!

1* – I’ve moved to Sydney for a couple of months to write for a new sketch show on Channel 10 called:

THE RONNIE JOHNS HALF HOUR

It is going to be on this Wednesday at 10:05pm.

I wrote all the bits you liked.

* If show is axed please disregard naive optimism.

2 – www.bedroomphilosopher.com, “under construction since 2002″ is alive! Special thanks to Tammy Nicholson and Paul Kilmurray for pixel tricks and spritely sprites! Some bits are not quite finished but the majority of written material is there. Pictures and MP3′s to come.

3 – I’m growing a writing beard! I last did …

Headlining ‘Rapid Fire’ comedy concern. University of New South Wales Roundhouse on Anzac Pde in Kensington. (Nearest cross street is High St) Starts 7pm. Free….

Witness the rehearsal of a lifetime!
Friday October 7th. 7pm. $12/10
Bar Open, 317 Brunswick St. Fitzroy….

Headlining ‘Rapid Fire’ comedy concern. University of New South Wales Roundhouse on Anzac Pde in Kensington. (Nearest cross street is High St) Not sure of costs….