On March 31 the AFL granted the Gold Coast Football Club a conditional license which allows them to become the 17th team in the AFL competition. So Andrew Demetriou and his cronies are getting their way. It should all be smooth sailing from here; however there are still a few things that need doing, such as redeveloping the Carrara stadium, which seems to be getting the treatment it deserves as Anna Bligh made it her major election promise.
One little thing that stands in the AFL’s way is the fact that the Gold Coast has no players, but in the Mercury on April 1 they seem to be eyeing off Gary Ablett Junior as their first recruit. And I’m sure Ablett would happily leave Geelong, there’s no family history attached to that club at all… but of course these days – even with the global financial crisis – I’m sure they’ll make quite an offer to him.
The other problem is that people don’t actually like AFL in Queensland. It has and always will be a rugby state, the same with NSW and the AFL’s other bright idea of a West Sydney team (how can they grow interest in AFL up there if it’s not shown on TV until about 11pm?). People only suddenly became interested in footy up in those states because Brisbane and Sydney won some grand finals, but all that hype’s gone now, and is anyone really going to be that excited about a Gold Coast team? People that live on the Gold Coast are only interested in themselves and when the next big surf is, oh – and getting drunk on Australia Day and starting a riot at Burleigh.
The sporting idols of yobbos up there are people with no necks, not superstar athletes like what you get in the AFL. Rugby supporters are as unintelligent as the players so the recent sexual assault of a 17 year old girl by Manly’s Brett Stewart isn’t really worrying anyone, especially the NRL (until they were prompted by the media). With the NSW government’s new anti-bikie gang legislation they should also be cracking down on rugby players too… but of course the reason for all their stupid behaviour is alcohol, and with the Family First Party blocking the bill for a tax on alcopops there seems to be no attempt at tackling the issue of binge drinking, so we’ll instead let our children grow up to be just like their sporting idols.
We love sport in Australia, we hold our sports men and women in such high regard, and that’s why when they do something which breaks the law we sweep it under the carpet until we win the grand final, which is exactly what the West Coast Eagles did with Ben Cousins.
The media are now doing Cousins’ rise and fall and rise again to death. What an amazing comeback – what an absolute superstar, recovering from drug addiction and returning to AFL… to then do his hammy in his first game. And it’s not just our footy “stars” that act like idiots, now our swimmers are getting in on the action, none better than Nick D’arcy, and of course this all links back to alcohol. Well what are we going to do about it?
On March 31 the AFL granted the Gold Coast Football Club a conditional license which allows them to become the 17th team in the AFL competition. So Andrew Demetriou and his cronies are getting their way (of course it was either that or the highway). It should all be smooth sailing from here, they just need to redevelop the Carrara stadium, which seems to be getting the treatment it deserves as Anna Bligh made it her major election promise - not even beaches covered in oil could stop this… and if you take out the oil it sounds more like a Tasmanian government policy. One little thing that stands in the AFL’s way is the fact that the Gold Coast has no players, but in the Mercury today those bronze-tanned, sandy-haired people seem to be eyeing off Gary Ablett Jr. as their first recruit. And I’m sure Ablett Jr would happily leave Geelong, there’s no family history attached to that club at all… but of course these days – even with the global financial crisis – I’m sure they’ll make quite an offer to him. The other problem is that people don’t actually like AFL in Queensland. It has and always will be a rugby state, the same with NSW and the AFL’s other bright idea of a West Sydney team (how can they grow interest in AFL up there if it’s not shown on TV until about 11pm). People only suddenly became interested in footy up in those states because Brisbane and Sydney won some grand finals, but all that hype’s gone now and absolute bugger all people go to Sydney’s games anymore, and is anyone really going to be that excited about a Gold Coast team? People that live on the Gold Coast are only interested in themselves and when the next big surf is. Oh – and getting drunk on Australia Day and starting a riot at Burleigh. The sporting idols of yobbos up there are people with no necks, not superstar athletes like Gary Ablett. Rugby supporters are just like the players – rapists and murderers (such as Brett Stewart from Manly). The NSW government’s new anti-bikie gang legislation should also include rugby players… but of course the reason for all this stupid behaviour is alcohol, and the Nazis at the Family First Party led by Steve Fielding would rather us not have a tax on alcopops – the drink of choice for teenagers - so rather than trying to tackle the issue of binge drinking we’ll instead let our children grow up to be just like their sporting idols.
We love sport in Australia, we hold our sports men and women in such high regard, and that’s why when they do something which breaks the law we sweep it under the carpet until we win the grand final, which is exactly what the West Coke Eagles did with Ben Cousins. Probably the same thing happened back in the early 90s when they won premierships with Chris Mainwaring. Ben was good friends with Chris and is also good friends with the real life versions of characters featured in Underbelly. And the media now glosses over all this so they can celebrate his amazing comeback, what an absolute superstar, recovering from drug addiction and returning to AFL… to then do his hammy in his first game. And it’s not just our footy “stars” that act like idiots, now our swimmers are getting in on the action, none better than Nick D’arcy, and of course this all links back to alcohol. Well what are we going to do about it?
There’s a computer virus which goes off today. The conficker or something. Why hasn’t my computer blown up yet?
Is that the April Fools’ joke?
Blogging (so far) has been reasonably interesting, opening my eyes to the world of sad lonely people who entertain themselves by replying to reviews by school girls of their blogs. People actually dedicate their lives to blogging which I believe is very sad and now I’m sounding like I’m writing a Criterion 9 response in English Studies, or if I was of lower class – English Communications, then I would start waffling on about belonging or something while all the brilliant English Studies students marvel at the brilliance of Shakespeare.
Chromewaves is a music blog. The author is based in Toronto, Canada so the content is very North American-centric (although it does include music from the United Kingdom, however very little for Australian music fans) and focuses on indie/alternative music. The reviews are in depth and there is much more available including photo galleries and links to videos. There are also many links to other music review sites. The one blog that caught my eye was a review about a festival which featured New Zealand artist Ladyhawke, however it turned out to have very little on her, just one paragraph which wasn’t really a review, just stating the fact that she performed some songs, which is usually what you expect an artist to do. In a nutshell the blog is too American/UK-centric for a biased Australian music fan. But if you love all the weird and wacky stuff that’s going on around the world then this could be the place for you.
