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Media Blotch features a string of hopefully witty, sometimes perceptive, often ridiculous posts about idiocy, corruption, suspicion, scandal, confusion, sexy paradigms and pop culture observations.

Today, my friends, it is me who will abuse the power of this very form of media... Spurred on by a delightfully increasing readership, I am now a case study in my very own subject matter: blotchy, blotchy media.

Without further ado,

In extremely well-intentioned though entirely egocentric enthusiasm,

I bring you,

The details of the saucy comedy cabaret show I'm in at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. It's "pacy, cheeky and a lot of fun" (The Age). It's "racy, freaky and a job well done" (Me, for the purpose of rhyme).


All your childhood favourites - Barbie, Polly Pocket, Porcelain Doll, Wind Up Doll, Bratz and Cabbage Patch - have climbed down from their shelves and are ready to hit the real world. Or are they....?
For a fragmented, witty and altogether delightful tale of dollies all grown up, pop along to the show!

From the girls who brought you the hugely successful Princess Cabaret

Proudly presented by Tumbleweed Productions

DOLLS CABARET
7pm, Every night except Mondays
The Meeting Room
Trades Hall
Cnr Lygon St and Victoria Rd
Melbourne, Australia


If you're not around personally in the area, let's celebrate the wonder that is Word of Mouth. Take a gamble, tell someone (or everyone) you know. It's a fantastic show, we just need your help to recover from being listed at the wrong time in the guide.

Visit comedyfestival.com.au for further details.


I am both sheepish and hopeful as I sign off on this post, the most personal one I have written for this blog.

If you like funny things, or know someone who does, send them our way!!


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Wishful Drinking

March 13th 2009 02:28
Carrie Fisher: Space Princess, Loving Mother, Alcoholic
[Book Review] Wishful Drinking, Carrie Fisher

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Seoul Subway Suicides Not An Accident

For four Korean men, the year’s most affectionate holiday was the Valentines Day to end all Valentines days.
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Master Magee

February 20th 2009 03:07

Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party.
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I'm Just Not That Into Miss Scarlett

February 17th 2009 14:23
[Film Review]
He's Just Not That Into You

The phrase "He's just not that into you" brought Sex and the City's Miranda a great deal of clarity in her relationships. Women everywhere who fancied themselves as a Carrie Bradshaw, a Samantha or a Charlotte made it their mantra, as if acknowledging that someone does not like you is empowering. People spoke about this concept as if it were new. They spoke about it and they spoke about it. Presumably people made their own observations, told their own stories. Then they realised it was a pretty empty one-liner and moved on


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Demand a Dance-Off Between JT and Rain

February 9th 2009 05:17
Despite his pelvic-thrusting, peroxide curly, Britney-snuggling ways, Justin Timberlake has long been the King of Pop. He ascended to the throne post-NSync, with sweet sweet dancing skills. He was the only man-boy on the scene to tap into the teen heart-throb market and still pull girls like Cameron Diaz and Jessica Biel. Since Backstreet Boys, Westlife and Human Nature have faded into irrelevance JT has stormed through with contagious beats, helped of course by his black-man connections to increase his rap-time credibility.


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You may remember Kim Jong-Il from such satirical cartoons as 'Team America' and such news coverage as 'Nuclear Fears in North Korea'. He is the leader of somewhat ironically named Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and he has just announced his successor.

Kim Jong-Il has dismissed his eldest son as heir, presumably because he once tried to enter te country with a fake passport. Apparently Jong-Il thinks his Sushi-Chef second son is not masculine or aggressive enough. So the great honour and burden of North Korean leadership will be bestowed upon Kim Jong-Il's third son, Kim Jong-Un


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I think it only fair that we all agree upon a new term for 'Pirate'.
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Remember Maddie McCann? The angelic toddler who diappeared without trace in Portugal while her parents were dining nearby?

Maddie Mccann

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Prime Time Polygamy: The Case of Reality TV RomanceEven if you're a staunch crusader against Reality Television, I know you still manage to vaguely keep up with at least one of the following: Big Brother, Idol, The Bachelor, So You Think You Can Dance, Hell's Kitchen. At the very least you are begrudgingly aware of their existence.

There are three different types of Reality TV viewers: 1. The die-hard fan who knows names, backgrounds, interests and cup sizes of all contestants. 2. The reluctant watcher, who protests and likes to remind fellow viewers that they are more intelligent than this, while guiltily getting totally into it. and 3. The angry, anti-reality-TV activist, who passionately believes America's Next Top Model signals the apocalypse.. but might still watch it for academic reasons


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