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The Enthusiast Radio Hour Podcast – 17 January 2012

This week we discuss SOPA, Golden Globes, Hilltop Hoods' US signing, Coke adding more names, the Plausible Family Casting game, and the most promising books of 2012 with contributor Andrew Doyle.

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Review: The Muppets

Lovingly revived by Jason Segel and members of Flight of the Conchords, Jim Henson's beloved vaudevillians make a triumphant big-screen return.

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We’re Taking The Australian Women Writers Challenge

When was the last time you read a book written by an Australian woman? We explain why this year, we're promising to read – and review – more.

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Words Of The Year 2011

The annual Words of the Year for 2011 (from across the world) include the obvious, the not so, and the downright WTF.

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We’re Taking The Australian Women Writers Challenge

When was the last time you read a book written by an Australian woman? We explain why this year, we’re promising to read – and review – more.

It's rare that a casting call requires maximum hideousness. But lead actor Laurence R. Harvey seems happy enough.

Human Centipede 2 Gets Essentially Banned In Oz

The OFLC has refused classification to the sequel to gross-out landmark The Human Centipede. Tom Six isn’t happy. But he’s determined to make the finale to the trilogy will be even more revolting.

Their hair got shorter with age… and their faces got Photoshoppier.

Jay And Silent Bob Get Old And Come To Australia

Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes have taken their long-running friendship and creative partnership on the road, recording their banter as a podcast. In April 2012, they’re coming to Australia.

At 1pm today, the Coles Online website still listed James Squire Golden Ale at $15.99 a slab.

Coles Bursts Online Shoppers’ Cheap Beer Bubble

Last night, Coles Online was offering a $16 beer bargain that proved too good to be true. Now shoppers are angry that the retailer won’t honour their purchases.

Reviews

The gang in their car, chauffeured by '80s Robot.

Review: The Muppets

Lovingly revived by Jason Segel and members of Flight of the Conchords, Jim Henson’s beloved vaudevillians make a triumphant big-screen return.

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Review: Panic by David Marr

Much more than a double-dip of previous publications, veteran journalist David Marr has revised and recontextualised his essays to map an alarming tendency in Australian culture.

The Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne inside his bubble. Image: Cat Drysdale

Review: Harvest Festival

The inaugural Harvest Festival provided a glorious setting, sublime performances, and plenty of time for quiet contemplation whilst queuing for food and drinks.

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Review: Tontine’s ‘The First Pillow With An Expiry Date’

Tontine has surely succeeded in making Australians feel disgusted by old pillows that are more dead skin than down. But this commercialised germophobia just made us furious.

Features

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The Enthusiast Radio Hour Podcast – 17 January 2012

This week we discuss SOPA, Golden Globes, Hilltop Hoods’ US signing, Coke adding more names, the Plausible Family Casting game, and the most promising books of 2012 with contributor Andrew Doyle.

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The Enthusiast Radio Hour Podcast – 10 January 2012

A fantastic podcast this week (if we do say so) featuring hardcore reunions, a Labyrinth prequel, Pinocchio, Words Of The Year, haunted Melbourne, and Letters And Numbers star David Astle.

Putting that English Literature degree to good use, we see. Image: Mildly Sweded.

Words Of The Year 2011

The annual Words of the Year for 2011 (from across the world) include the obvious, the not so, and the downright WTF.

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The Enthusiast Radio Hour Podcast – 3 January 2012

A calamitous episode this week featuring Rupert Murdoch hitting twitter, top sci-fi books, the death of Tarzan’s chimp-pal Cheeta, and we discuss Ellis V Williamson with columnist Ben Eltham.

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A rad album. Image: Sweded

Subeditorial Antics Appreciation Society: Teen Youth

When is someone ‘a teen’ in news coverage, as opposed to ‘a youth’? The Subeditorial Antics Appreciation Society examines how journalism plays on the public emotions associated with the young.

Kyle Sandilands gropes TV host Janice Dickinson during his low-rating TV show, tacitly endorsed by his ever-present enabler, Jackie O. Image: Channel Seven

The Tough Question: Will Consumer Pressure Shut Up Kyle Sandilands?

If you object to the violent incivility of Kyle Sandilands, how can you make it stop? Will petitioning the shock-jock’s sponsors work, or will it just stoke the controversy further?

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The Best Stuff On TV This Week

From Face/Off to fish that tear your balls off, from LA porn stars to English queens, it’s a packed week on the box.

If these were actually your fingers, you'd have stumps in no time.

The Biscuiteer: Butterfingers Gluten Free Macadamia Shortbread

Gluten-free biscuits are often dry, crumbly imitations of ‘the real thing’, but these delicious shortbread fingers are a treat for everyone.

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