Random Reviews

Labor’s Victory Karaoke Party goes very Wrong

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For only the 4th time since World War 1, Labor has ousted the Liberal party in order to claim victory in a Federal Election. 

Given Labor’s relative inexperience with winning, it is unsurprising that their victory party was not as polished at it could have been. 

For a report on the evenings events, we once again turn to our ace journalist – Pastor Fazool – to report on the story: 

Sources have confirmed that the Australian Labor Party’s post-election victory party took an awkward turn on Sunday evening, once it became Member for Maribymong and former Opposition Leader Bill Shorten’s turn to pick the next song on the karaoke machine.

‘I should be so lucky!’

Both the mood and the music had been upbeat until this point, with rousing renditions of iconic victory anthems such as Queen’s “We Are the Champions”, Kool and the Gang’s “Celebration”, and of course a mix of Aussie classics such as “You’re the Voice” and “Working Class Man”, the latter being specially dedicated to Prime Minister-elect Anthony Albanese. Eyebrows were somewhat raised at Kristina Keneally’s choice of “Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves” given that she had not in fact actually Done It For Herself, instead losing the traditionally-Labor seat of Fowler to Independent challenger Dai Le. However, everyone agreed that Tanya Plibersek and Katy Gallagher’s stirring duet of Tina Turner’s “(Simply the) Best” was extremely uplifting, topped only by Penny Wong’s perfectly pitched (if perhaps slightly ungracious) delivery of Steam’s 1969 one-hit wonder “Na Na Na Na Hey Hey-ey Goodbye”. Hero of the night ‘DJ Albo’ was, naturally, in his element, and a good time was being had by all….

…until, that is, it was Bill’s turn to pick the next song.

While Opposition Leader in 2019, Mr Shorten chose to embark on a ‘big-target’, ‘optimism’-based election campaign, featuring a forward-looking policy platform of ambitious(-ish) action on climate change, massively boosted funding for health and hospitals (which may have come in handy during the massive worldwide plague that was to follow the very next year), and, perhaps most controversially, ever-so-slightly winding back a number of the extremely generous concessions tailored almost-exclusively towards rich property-investor Baby Boomers such as negative gearing and franking credits. This proved to be no match for then-Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s ‘policy-free’ approach of ‘hiding your entire frontbench from the public’, ‘calling the other guy childish nicknames’ and ‘just plain making shit up’, aided and abetted as it was by massive free advertising campaigns from both Clive Palmer’s United Australia Party and the 80% of Australia’s media landscape owned by News Corp, Nine, and Seven Media Holdings. Mr Shorten subsequently lead his team to lose the so-called ‘unlosable election’, with Mr Morrison enjoying a landslide victory of a single-seat lower-House majority. Under Mr Albanese, in contrast, Labor opted for a small-target strategy, and at present count is believed to be on track for a similar landslide as Mr Morrison three years earlier.

The Secret Post-Election Liberal’s Meeting

It should probably not have come as a surprise, then, when upon being handed the touchpad, a drunken Bill Shorten immediately opted for a rather more…poignant number. And so, before any of his colleagues could cry out “For the love of Sonny, No!”, Mr Shorten was passionately-but-off-keyedly belting out the chorus of Cher’s 1989 smash hit “If I Could Turn Back Time”.

It is presently unknown if Mr Shorten’s bar tab from the night was actually the Bill He Could Not Afford. Mr Albanese has however confirmed that as Prime Minister, if he could reach the stars he would indeed give them all to you.

 

Thank you Pastor for that fascinating report. 

 

Note: The above article is fictitious and written for satirical purposes only.  Thank you to Pastor Falzool for submitting his humorous take on the 2022 election results. 

Vote #1 – Big Angry Trev for PM!

 

Random Rants

The Secret Post-Election Liberal’s Meeting

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With the Coalition losing the 2022 Australian federal election in a landslide, it is no wonder that the Liberal Party is in major damage control.  In fact the chaos at their main headquarters is such that one of our ace reporters – Pastor Fazool – was able to sneak in and write a transcript of a secret meeting that has taken place in the last 24 hours:

“So, they think we ‘lost the election’, eh? We’ll see about that! Cormann, summon my Death Squads!“

“Mr Cormann’s gone, Mr Dutton, sir. We sent him off to be Secretary General of the OECD. It was enormously expensive.”

“What?!”

“I’m shredding the documents now sir, in case of that ICAC, sir.”

“Fine! Porter, YOU are Second-in-Command now! Bring me my Death Squads!”

“Mr Porter’s gone too sir. I’m shredding all those documents as well.”

“Untenable! Bring me Frydenberg then, he’s a weak-wristed wimp but he’ll have to do!”

“He’s gone too sir. Angus Taylor’s office is shredding HIS documents, they were quite insistent that they be the ones to do it. Mr Taylor is shredding the ones from when Mr Frydenberg was Environment Minister personally sir…”

“Hisssss! Fool, what have I told you about using the ‘E’ word?! You know it burns!”

“Sorry sir.”

Ask Trev – Who should I vote for in the Federal Election?

“Fine, Tudge then!”

“No-one can find him sir. The only time anyone’s seen him over the past 6 months has been when he did some Chinese radio interview. We think he may have been kidnapped, possibly defected, sir.”

“How about that Deves woman? She may only have been a mere female but she had a certain style, I was thinking of having her run the Puppy Smelter…”

“She didn’t get in, sir.”

“Curses! Well, who IS left, then? Not Scotty obviously, I never trusted that lying hypocrite. Complete psycho, horrible horrible man – he never laughed at any of my jokes!”

“No, sir. Yes, sir. Simon Birmingham’s still here sir.”

“That chinless freak! NEVER! Who else?”

“Ross Vasta?”

“…who?”

“Quite, sir. Bridget Archer has expressed interest in helping out…”

“I’m warning you you poncing public service peon, if you dare mock me again…!”

“Sorry sir. Well, there’s always…no, I’m sorry sir, forget I said anything…”

“Out with it, fool!”

“There’s…there’s Stuart Robert, sir.”

“…”

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“I’m sorry sir, we lost a LOT of seats…”

“Fuck it, I’ll lead the attack myself. Slave, summon my Death Squads, we march on Kirribilli House at once!”

“Um, sir, you don’t HAVE any Death Squads anymore. We lost Government sir, we’d have to pay for our OWN Death Squads now and we’ve had Mr Frydenberg in charge of our finances for the past four years, with Mr Cormann doing the accounts before that. We’re broke, sir, worse than broke. I asked Malcolm Turnbull if he could spot us a few million dollars again but he just laughed at me. A lot. Then he hung up, sir.”

-angry potato noises- 

 

Thank you Pastor for that behind the scenes look at Liberal HQ. 

 

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Games & Competitions

Voting Results of ‘The Greatest 100 Songs of all Time!’

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In March 2022 we held voting for The Big DJ Trev Greatest 100 Songs of all Time! competition.  This entailed people voting for 110 songs by 110 different artists.  People could vote both positively and negatively for songs, with the top 100 being played every Thursday night during April on krrfm.

To keep the suspense, this list has not been published until the competition was over. So now you can see how every song fared!

Make sure you tune in when we hold this competition again in 2023!

 

Breakdown of the voting:

*80 songs in the Positive

*10 songs that received an even amount of Positive & Negative

*10 songs that received more Negatives than Positives

*10 songs that received ONLY negatives

 

No# ARTIST SONG Yay! Nay
1 Tenacious D Tribute (2001) 6 1
2 Gorillaz 19-2000 (2001) 5  
3 The Verve Bittersweet Symphony (1997) 5  
4 Spectre General Nothin’s Gonna Stand In Our Way (1986) 5  
5 Foo Fighters The Pretender (2007) 5  
6 The Offspring Come out and play (1994) 5  
7 Stan Bush The Touch (1986) 5 1
8 The Cybertronic Spree Dare (2019) 5 1
9 The B-52’s Love Shack (1989) 5 1
10 Beastie Boys Sabotage (1994) 4  
11 The Presets My People (2008) 4  
12 N.R.G Instruments of Destruction (1986) 4  
13 Robert Palmer Simply Irresistible (1988) 4  
14 The Ting Tings That’s not my Name (2008) 4  
15 MGMT Kids (2007) 4  
16 Cheap Trick Transformers (The Fallen Remix) (2009) 4  
17 Red Hot Chilli Peppers Love Rollercoaster (1996) 4  
18 Madison Avenue Who The Hell Are You (2000) 4  
19 TISM (He’ll Never Be) Ol’ Man River (1995) 5 2
20 The Proclaimers I’m Gonna Be (500 miles) (1987) 4 1
21 Linkin Park What I’ve Done (2007) 4 1
22 Monty Pythons Always Look on the Bright Side of Life (1989) 4 1
23 Kylie Minogue Did it again (1997) 4 1
24 Seth Sentry The Waitress Song (2008) 3  
25 Deee-Lite Groove is in the Heart (1990) 3  
26 Bonnie Tyler Holding Out for a Hero (1984) 3  
27 Weird Al Your Horoscope for Today (1999) 3  
28 Rednex Cotton Eye Joe (1995) 3  
29 No Doubt Just A Girl (1995) 3  
30 Hilltop Hoods Capturing the Vibe Restrung (2007) 3  
31 Josh Pyke Middle of the Hill (2007) 3  
32 Girls Aloud Sound of the Underground (2003) 3  
33 Limp Bizkit Break Stuff (1999) 3 1
34 Eminem Just Lose It (2004) 3 1
35 Queen Don’t Stop Me Now (1979) 3 1
36 tATu All the things she said (2002) 3 1
37 Sir Mix-A-Lot Baby Got Back (1992) 3 1
38 Sophie-Ellis Bexter Murder on the Dancefloor (2001) 3 1
39 Ray Parker Jr. Ghostbusters (1984) 3 1
40 Divinyls I Touch Myself (1990) 2  
41 DJ Sammy Boys of Summer (2002) 2  
42 Ben Folds Five Underground (1995) 2  
43 The Supermen Lovers Starlight (2001) 2  
44 Spiderbait Buy Me A Pony (1996) 2  
45 Bluejuice Broken Leg (2009) 2  
46 Beyonce Crazy in Love (2003) 2  
47 Art vs Science Parlez-Vous Francais? (2009) 2  
48 Daphne & Celeste School’s Out (2000) 2  
49 The Presidents of the United States of America Back Porch (1995) 2  
50 Oasis Wonderwall (1995) 2  
51 Henry Rollins Liar (1994) 2  
52 Tracey Bonham Mother Mother (1996) 2  
53 Garbage Vow (1995) 2  
54 Bjork It’s Oh So Quiet (1995) 3 2
55 Dave Dobbyn Slice of Heaven (1986) 3 2
56 Bloodhound Gang Mope (1999) 2 1
57 The Killers The Man (2017) 2 1
58 The Jon Butler Trio Funky Tonight (2007) 2 1
59 Rouge Traders I Never Liked You (2007) 2 1
60 The Chats Pub Feed (2020) 2 1
61 White Town Your Woman (1997) 2 1
62 The Timelords Doctorin’ The Tardis (1988) 2 1
63 The Avalanches Frontier Psychiatrist (2000) 2 1
64 Regurgitator Sucked a lot of C*ck to get where I am (1996) 2 1
65 Lily Allen Alfie (2006) 2 1
66 The Wombats Tokyo (Vampires & Wolves) (2010) 2 1
67 Smashing Pumpkins Doomsday Clock (2007) 2 1
68 Hole Celebrity Skin (1998) 2 1
69 Alanis Morrissette All I Really Want (1995) 2 1
70 Fun Lovin’ Criminals Scooby Snacks (1996) 1  
71 Ida Maria I like you so much better when you’re naked (2008) 1  
72 Romeo Void Never Say Never (1982) 1  
73 Max Graham Vs Yes Owner of a Lonely Heart (2005) 1  
74 Michelle Branch All You Wanted (2001) 1  
75 Mindless Self Indulgence Bitches (2000) 1  
76 Rammstien Engel (1997) 1  
77 Mousse T. Vs The Dandy Warhols Horny as a Dandy (2006) 1  
78 The Cops Call Me Anytime (2007) 1  
79 Rhianna Cheers (Drink to That) (2010) 1  
80 The Primitives Crash (1986) 1  
81 Iggy Pop Lust for Life (1977) 2 2
82 Drapht Jimmy Ricard (2008) 2 2
83 Cake The Distance (1996) 2 2
84 Justin Timberlake SexyBack (2006) 2 2
85 Brittney Spears Toxic (2003) 1 1
86 Babymetal Road of Resistance (2014) 1 1
87 Butterfingers FIGJAM (2006) 1 1
88 Nine Inch Richards Closer to Hogs (1995) 1 1
89 Boogie Pimps Somebody to Love (2003) 1 1
90 The Grates 19-20-20 (2006) 1 1
91 Psy Gangnam Style (2013) 2 3
92 Lene Alexandra My Boobs Are OK (2008) 1 2
93 Namie Amuro Hide & Seek (2007) 1 2
94 Dune Rats 6 Pack (2017) 1 2
95 The Cat Empire The Car Song (2005) 1 2
96 Ashlee Simpson La La (2004) 1 2
97 Madonna Beautiful Stranger (1999) 1 2
98 The Beards You should consider having sex with a bearded man (2012) 1 3
99 Eiffel 65 Blue (1998) 1 3
100 Aqua Barbie Girl (1997) 3 6

Received NO Positive Votes

101 Perry Farrell Hot Lava (1998)   1
102 Pez The Festival Song (2004)   1
103 KMFDM Ultra (1995)   1
104 Deadeye Dick New Age Girl (1994)   1
105 The Legendary Stardust Cowboy Paralyzed (1968)   2
106 P-Control Clown Song (2015)   2
107 H-BlockX The Power (2002)   2
108 DVDA What would Brian Boitano Do (1999)   2
109 William Shatner Common People (2004)   2
110 Alien Ant Farm Smooth Criminal (2001)   3

 

Transformatorium, Transformer Multiverse Toy Galleries

Rescue Bots Toys Gallery

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Rescue Bots, and now its successor Rescue Bots Academy, have come to an end.  Rescue Bots has the distinction of not only being the longest running single Transformers cartoon series, but also the first to have no Decepticons.  Aimed at a young audience, even adult fans enjoyed watching the various generations of heroic young Autobots save lives and fight natural disasters.

Enjoy below a trek through many of the various Rescue Bots toys we’ve had over the last several years, with many characters getting not only multiple toys, but alternate alt-modes as well!  Though simplistic, most of these toys were well made for younger fans, though of course the likes of Quickshadow left much to be desired.

 

Heatwave
Chase
Boulder
Blades
Optimus Prime
Bumblebee
Blurr
Salvage
Quickshadow
Sideswipe
High Tide
Hot Shot
Whirl
Wedge
Medix
Hoist
Ratchet
Swift
Freezer Burn
Griffin Rock Garage with Kade & Fireplug
Firehouse Headquaters
Predaking
Morbot

 

Toy Review – Rescue Bots Quickshadow

 

Tales of the Trev

My Most Hostile Crowd at a Stand-Up Gig

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My Most Hostile Crowd at a Stand-Up Gig

Given the ‘slap that was heard around the world’ at the Oscars this week, where Comedian Chris Rock was slapped by Scientologist Will Smith for making a joke at his wife’s expense, it reminded me of my worst ever stand-up gig where we also had an angry punter storm the stage due to an offended wife.

 

Circa 1998 or 1999 (can’t remember which) I get employed to do stand-up at the Ballarat Bikers Association Dinner.  $400 for a couple of hours work was a lot of money to a Drama Student & Aspiring Actor who was living on the pittance that was Austudy.  Because I was so young I was still relatively inexperienced doing Stand-Up in front of larger crowds, so employed a musician acquaintance of mine to play some songs between my sets.  I looked at my existing material and tried to roughen it up as best I could, thinking that a room full of Bikers are going to expect lots of dirty jokes and swearing.

We pack up the 82’ Gemini with music equipment and some basic costume changes for me (I used to do a few characters back then) and drive the 90 minutes to the gig.  Walk into the venue feeling relatively confident…

…. and stop.

Everything from the get-go was wrong.  Everything.  The guy that booked me obviously didn’t have a friggin clue what he was doing!

First off the venue was not set up for stand up comedy.  It was a long narrow hall with two rows of long tables and chairs going along its length and a small stage at one end.  This meant that no one was actually facing the stage, they all were facing each other in the direction of either the centre of the room or conversely the side walls.  No one wants to crane their neck to the side for half an hour at a time even for the best comedian, let alone an unknown like me.  And even if you had punters that were willing to do so, it would mean they would be further blocking the view of the people behind them.  This was a room designed for dining, not watching.

Secondly the average age of the Bikers was deceased. These were all bikers who were likely there when the first ever motorcycle rolled off the assembly line.  And they all had their wives with them!  The sketches I had written were to amuse big-bellied, bigger-bearded bikers who would likely eat a beer bottle after drinking its contents, not octogenarian ladies who had given up an evening of watching reruns of A Country Practice to come out for a meal.

I hastily rewrite everything in my head.  Grab a couple of my character scripts and start frantically crossing out expletives and sex jokes.  I then take the stage…

… nobody cared!  Nobody listened.  A few heads briefly looked up, clocked me as someone a quarter their age and therefore easily dismissed, then looked down again.  Everyone is busy eating their first course and even with a mic you can barely hear me over the sound of cutlery on plates and old duffers telling each other stories about their corns & bunions.  I’d be willing to bet 90% of the crowd never even realized I took the stage.

How I must have appeared to the crowd through their cataracts – a blurry guy on the stage hopeful that someone cares

I finish my first set to nary a single applaud and dismount the stage.  The musician I hired mounts the stage to play a few filler songs so I can get changed into a character costume, even though at this point it seems like it will be a wasted effort.  And then…

… everything goes really wrong.

To this day I don’t know how the musician could have been so stupid.  You learn early on in showbusiness to read a crowd and this was a crowd of old people only interested in having a meal and catching up with their friends, they were not interested in entertainment, unless it was someone like Slim Dusty.  I already had it in my head to simply plough through, collect the cash and get out of there, writing the evening off as a learning experience.  This idiot however had decided he was going to get the crowds attention no matter what, so starts playing his guitar really loudly and not singing but yelling into the mic.

Just as I was about to signal him to tone it down and simply play some instrumental for people to listen to while they talk, the fool says into the mic “Why aren’t you f*ckers listening?!  Do I need to start having a wank up here or something?!”.

Now the audience is paying attention.  And they are not happy.  This moron is treating the night like he’s performing in front of a Uni pub crowd, not a bunch of senior citizens.  He continues to carry on until a big old fella storms up on stage and angrily rips the power cord out of the speakers, glares at all of us and stomps off.  Meanwhile another old bloke is yelling at us for swearing in front of his wife.  I try to placate him with apologies as best I can while angry stares from around the room laminate me to the back wall.

Needless to say we did not go up on stage again.  Somehow I still managed to get the money for the gig from the suitably embarrassed looking guy who booked me, then we load up the car for the drive back to Melbourne.  The idiot musician is crapping on in the car about artistic integrity and what was he supposed to do – I just hand him his $50 cut and tell him to shut up.  The remainder of the drive is done in silence.

 

So yeah, I didn’t get slapped like Chris Rock but we certainly offended a few patron’s wives and there was a sense of anger & potential violence in the air.  I suppose I can take solace in the fact none of them will still be coming for me 24 years later, for if any of them haven’t yet passed on their bones would by now be too brittle to even lift a cup of tea, let alone gather up pitchforks and flaming torches.

 

The two morals of the story? 

If on stage read the crowd, get a sense of what will fly and what wont.  Be prepared for angry husbands if thinking of saying something that may offend somebody’s wife.

If you are in the crowd, appreciate the fact the comedian got hired to do a specific job – amuse & entertain – if you don’t like it then maybe blame the people who employed them to do that job, rather than going up like a self-important idiot and slapping someone.

 

The Tale of Toby – from Phallus to Family Member

 

 

 

Meaty Goodness!

Meat Recipe #16 – Bacon, Leek & Potato Soup

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Growing your own veggies and herbs is great, and they certainly without fail always taste far superior to what you buy in the supermarkets. But of course, that then means you have to find a use for them when ready.

I like growing leeks as I always pass on a few to my sister, but I have limited recipes that actually use leeks (I sometimes get flummoxed by vegetables you can’t roast).  Out of the recipes I do have, this one is far and away the best, assisted largely by the fact it has a lot of pig in it.  So without further ado: Big Angry Trev’s Bacon, Leek & Potato Soup

 

Ingredients

  • 8 rashers of bacon, chopped
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 3 leeks, sliced
  • 3 medium potatoes, peeled and diced
  • 1.5L hot vegetable stock
  • 150ml thickened cream
  • Fresh parsley
  • Cracked pepper

 

Method

  • Chop up bacon, fry up half until crispy and put to one side
  • Put stock in pot, heat but do not bring to boil.
  • Chop up onion, sauté it with remaining bacon in butter until golden.
  • Add sliced leeks and diced potatoes to pan, cover and cook on very low heat for 5 minutes, shaking pan occasionally.
  • Take bacon & vegetables from pan and stock from pot and combine in large pot, bring to boil.
  • Simmer concoction for 20 minutes covered, stirring occasionally.
  • Let mix cool. Take mix and put in food blender.  Puree mix.
  • Pour mix back into warm pan, slowly add cream and stir until warm.
  • Put into bowls, top with fresh parsley, crispy bacon and cracked pepper.

Enjoy!

 

Meat Recipie #2 – Big Angry Trev’s Home Made Chicken Soup – Easy Version

Recipe – Curried Duck Eggs

 

Fan Interviews & Art, Games & Competitions

VOTE FOR THE GREATEST 100 SONGS OF ALL TIME!

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Every year various radio stations do their ‘Top 100’.  Triple J has their ‘Hottest 100’, Triple M has their ‘Best 100’ and so on.  But these only cover the preceding 12 months – yawn – and frankly, a lot of crap songs make their way into the playlists.

On The Big DJ Trev Show  at Krrfm we think bigger.  MUCH BIGGER.  The best 100 songs of the last year?  Pfff…. small potatoes.  On The Big DJ Trev Show we are doing the ‘GREATEST 100 OF ALL TIME!’

Poster by extremely talented anonymous artist

That’s right loyal listeners – yours truly has gone through the music libraries of the world and found the GREATEST SONGS IN ALL OF HISTORY!  And YOU get to VOTE on them!  Voting will take place through March 2022 with the songs then being played in April.  Also, no band appears on the list twice, so you have over a hundred artists to choose from – stretching from the 60’s all the way up to the 2020’s!  Check out the list below:

 

ARTIST SONG
Alanis Morrissette All I Really Want (1995)
Alien Ant Farm Smooth Criminal (2001)
Art vs Science Parlez-Vous Francais? (2009)
Aqua Barbie Girl (1997)
Ashlee Simpson La La (2004)
Babymetal Road of Resistance (2014)
Beastie Boys Sabotage (1994)
Ben Folds Five Underground (1995)
Beyonce Crazy in Love (2003)
Bjork It’s Oh So Quiet (1995)
Bloodhound Gang Mope (1999)
Bluejuice Broken Leg (2009)
Bonnie Tyler Holding Out for a Hero (1984)
Boogie Pimps Somebody to Love (2003)
Brittney Spears Toxic (2003)
Butterfingers FIGJAM (2006)
Cake The Distance (1996)
Cheap Trick Transformers (The Fallen Remix) (2009)
Daphne & Celeste School’s Out (2000)
Dave Dobbyn Slice of Heaven (1986)
Deee-Lite Groove is in the Heart (1990)
Deadeye Dick New Age Girl (1994)
Divinyls I Touch Myself (1990)
DJ Sammy Boys of Summer (2002)
Drapht Jimmy Ricard (2008)
Dune Rats 6 Pack (2017)
DVDA What would Brian Boitano Do (1999)
Eiffel 65 Blue (1998)
Eminem Just Lose It (2004)
Foo Fighters The Pretender (2007)
Fun Lovin’ Criminals Scooby Snacks (1996)
Garbage Vow (1995)
Girls Aloud Sound of the Underground (2003)
Gorillaz 19-2000 (2001)
H-BlockX The Power (2002)
Henry Rollins Liar (1994)
Hilltop Hoods Capturing the Vibe Restrung (2007)
Hole Celebrity Skin (1998)
Ida Maria I like you so much better when you’re naked (2008)
Iggy Pop Lust for Life (1977)
Josh Pyke Middle of the Hill (2007)
Justin Timberlake SexyBack (2006)
KMFDM Ultra (1995)
Kylie Minogue Did it again (1997)
Lene Alexandra My Boobs Are OK (2008)
Lily Allen Alfie (2006)
Linkin Park What I’ve Done (2007)
Limp Bizkit Break Stuff (1999)
Madison Avenue Who The Hell Are You (2000)
Madonna Beautiful Stranger (1999)
Max Graham Vs Yes Owner of a Lonely Heart (2005)
Michelle Branch All You Wanted (2001)
Mindless Self Indulgence Bitches (2000)
MGMT Kids (2007)
Monty Pythons Always Look on the Bright Side of Life (1989)
Mousse T. Vs The Dandy Warhols Horny as a Dandy (2006)
Nine Inch Richards Closer to Hogs (1995)
N.R.G Instruments of Destruction (1986)
Namie Amuro Hide & Seek (2007)
No Doubt Just A Girl (1995)
Oasis Wonderwall (1995)
P-Control Clown Song (2015)
Perry Farrell Hot Lava (1998)
Pez The Festival Song (2004)
Psy Gangnam Style (2013)
Queen Don’t Stop Me Now (1979)
Rammstien Engel (1997)
Ray Parker Jr. Ghostbusters (1984)
Red Hot Chilli Peppers Love Rollercoaster (1996)
Rednex Cotton Eye Joe (1995)
Regurgitator Sucked a lot of C*ck to get where I am (1996)
Rhianna Cheers (Drink to That) (2010)
Robert Palmer Simply Irresistible (1988)
Romeo Void Never Say Never (1982)
Rouge Traders I Never Liked You (2007)
Seth Sentry The Waitress Song (2008)
Sir Mix-A-Lot Baby Got Back (1992)
Smashing Pumpkins Doomsday Clock (2007)
Sophie-Ellis Bexter Murder on the Dancefloor (2001)
Stan Bush The Touch (1986)
Spectre General Nothin’s Gonna Stand In Our Way (1986)
Spiderbait Buy Me A Pony (1996)
tATu All the things she said (2002)
Tenacious D Tribute (2001)
TISM (He’ll Never Be) Ol’ Man River (1995)
The Avalanches Frontier Psychiatrist (2000)
The B-52’s Love Shack (1989)
The Beards You should consider having sex with a bearded man (2012)
The Cat Empire The Car Song (2005)
The Chats Pub Feed (2020)
The Cops Call Me Anytime (2007)
The Cybertronic Spree Dare (2019)
The Jon Butler Trio Funky Tonight (2007)
The Grates 19-20-20 (2006)
The Killers The Man (2017)
The Legendary Stardust Cowboy Paralyzed (1968)
The Offspring Come out and play (1994)
The Presets My People (2008)
The Primitives Crash (1986)
The Proclaimers I’m Gonna Be (500 miles) (1987)
The Presidents of the United States of America Back Porch (1995)
The Supermen Lovers Starlight (2001)
The Timelords Doctorin’ The Tardis (1988)
The Ting Tings That’s not my Name (2008)
The Verve Bittersweet Symphony (1997)
The Wombats Tokyo (Vampires & Wolves) (2010)
Tracey Bonham Mother Mother (1996)
Weird Al Your Horoscope for Today (1999)
White Town Your Woman (1997)
William Shatner Common People (2004)

 

How do I vote?

Vote for your Favorite Song/s

In the comments section at the bottom of this Blog Post, put your pick for the best song out of the list provided.  And we here at the Big Angry Trev blog won’t make you adhere to no stinkin rules!  You want to vote for just one song – that’s fine!  You want to vote for your fav 10 songs? That’s fine too!  You want to order the entire list from 1 to 100 according to what you think is best?  You champion!  You will get a shout out live on the air for that!

Vote a Song Out

You’ll note there are more than 100 songs in the list.  So you get to vote one out!  Vote for which song you think has no business being in the top 100 songs of all time and it’ll get the boot!

Make a Suggestion

Is there a favourite song of yours that didn’t make the list?  Pop it in the comments along with the rest of your votes.  If it’s a good suggestion it will get some airtime!

Who could you trust better to bring you the best music that has ever existed?

So in summary:

*Vote for your favorite songs

*Vote out a song you hate

*Make a suggestion for a song that should be on the list

 

And that’s it!  So peruse the list above and then listen in!  Voting will take place for the rest of March, then starting in April, every Thursday night from 6 to 9pm (AEST) on The Big DJ Trev Show on Krrfm we will work our way from 100 all the way up to Number 1!

 

Now Get Voting!

Videos

Video’s: Flooding of Rylstone Showground & Cudgegong River

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For the second time in a year the Cudgegong River in Rylstone has flooded,  it being just less than a year since it last flooded.

Initial reports said the the Dunn Swamp Dam had burst its banks, though this was downgraded to it simply overflowing.  However this overflow, combined with extremely heavy rains over the last several days, has caused the Cudgegong River to swell and overflow, becoming a roaring torrent rather than its usual sedate self.

To show how much more rain there had been compared to the last flooding, this time the Rylstone Showgrounds also flooded, one of the ovals becoming completely submerged and resembling more of a lake than a place to play football.

Find below two videos – one of the Cudgegong River itself taken from the John Hawkins Bridge, and the other of the Rylstone Showgrounds themselves.

And of course you can click the link below to compare the above videos to the flooding we experienced in March 2021.  Who knows what will happen in March of 2023 – may be time to start investing in some sandbags.

Cudgegong River flooding in Rylstone

 

 

Ask Trev!, Tales of the Trev

Ask Trev – What’s it like being a Radio Star?

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Todays ‘Ask Trev’ question comes from Scott in Lake Munmorah,

‘What’s it like being a radio star?’

Local newspaper covers The Big DJ Trev Show

Well Scott, it’s not as glamorous as you might think, nor as easy.  One does not simply show up to the station with a box of CD’s and a laptop of downloaded songs ready to go.  It takes a lot of work and preparation throughout the day to get ready for that evening’s performance.

To answer your question best, let me take you through a typical day leading up to that night’s broadcast of The Big DJ Trev Show:

6 to 9 Thursdays on KRRfm

7am – Wake up.  Groan.  Scratch.  Roll over.  Go back to sleep.

9am – Wake up.  Groan.  Scratch.  Get up.  Brought Irish Coffee by butler.

9.30am – Breakfast: Bacon, Eggs, Sausages, Black Pudding, Hash Brown, Mushrooms, Toast, more Coffee.  Tell butler to give the groupies in my bed cab fare and send them on their way.

10am – Go to toilet.  Read papers to check for interesting news stories to discuss on tonight’s show.

10.30am – Reflect upon how I am so much more knowledgeable and such a superior writer to every journalist in every newspaper everywhere.  Finish going to toilet.

11am – Personal Assistant opens and reads out my fan mail.  For those who have sent cash/Transformers/nude photos tell assistant to send them 8×10 glossies and autograph them on my behalf.

12pm – Limo arrives to take me for working lunch with Agent at All-you-can-eat BBQ Rib Joint.  Half- listen to latest round of offers of movie roles, television spots, celebrity appearances and book deals.  Endure constant flirtations from busty 19-yo waitress as she brings plate after plate of ribs.

12.30pm – Hit Agent over head with whiskey bottle when suggestion made of doing a Reality TV Show with Sophie Monk.  Agent grovels and apologizes profusely.  Get fellated by waitress.

2pm – Ribbon Cutting at new Hospital Wing in my name.  Inform Agent (still bleeding) to keep all sick people at least 20 feet from my position or else its Whiskey Bottle Time again – Agent rushes off to inform bodyguards.  Plaster smile on my face as photographs taken, hands shook and fans scream my name.

‘Can I go anywhere without fans adoring me? I’m entitled to a private life too dammit!’

4pm – Meet with personal trainer.  Told yet again should not be smoking and drinking on treadmill.  Tell trainer yet again to go fornicate himself and throw beer bottle at him.  Personal Trainer apologises and goes to find bandages.

5pm – Dinner: 1.2kg Tomahawk Steak with garlic mushroom sauce, sides of mash potatoes and roasted corn on the cob.  Pedicure whilst eating and assistant reads through celebrity guest list for tonight’s show.

5.30pm – Chopper ride to Radio Station.  Fussed over by the ladies from wardrobe, hair and makeup.

‘How do you get to work – a car? Pfff… peasants’

5.57pm -Moment of crippling self-doubt in dressing room, knowing that I’m a sham who makes his fortune off playing the music of real artists.

5.58pm – Shot of the brown stuff, snort of the white stuff.

And NOW we are ready to rock!

5.59pm – Walk through station to Broadcast Booth.  Clapping from all sides whilst bodyguards clear a path.

6pm – Showtime!

 

I hope this answers your question Scott, and that you enjoyed a sneak peak behind the scenes of what hard-working prep I go to each week to bring you the sparkling entertainment you have all come to expect and enjoy.  And remember folks, you can listen to The Big DJ Trev Show every Thursday night from 6 to 9pm on KRR.fm.

‘The Big DJ Trev Show’ Promo Pics

Ask Trev: How does Big Busy Trev manage to get everything done?

 

Transformatorium, Transformer Toy Reviews

Toy Review – Masterpiece Skids

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Oh Skids you poor dear you – always overlooked.  Skids remains to this day perhaps the least well known and recognisable of the Autobots from the 84/85 G1 cartoon.  With very brief and unmemorable appearances in only 2 episodes, even the likes of Grapple and Huffer have proven more popular and its only hardcore G1 & Comic enthusiasts who really know who Skids is.  Skids appeared in the Movieverse as well but, besides a similar alt-mode, had nothing in common with his G1 counterpart and is a distorted version of the character everyone would like to forget.

However Skids has managed to do something that Hoist, Trailbreaker and even Jazz have not – he’s got himself a Masterpiece toy!  So let’s have a squiz at the new MP Skids.

Toy Review – Masterpiece Grapple

Vehicle mode

Skids turns into a fairly realistic rendition of a 1980’s Honda City Turbo hatchback. Whilst not a sexy sportscar, it’s a pretty nice looking vehicle form.  What I particularly like is the sloping roof and front grill.

Different parts of Skids open up as well, much like an Alternators figure.  The side doors open, the bonnet opens to reveal an engine inside and the hatchback opens to reveal storage space.  This storage space will contain a little scooter in the retools of Skids such as Crosscut, and it is a shame Skids did not come with one himself.

Toy Review – Masterpiece Inferno

Robot Mode

Because Skids appeared so little and so infrequently in the cartoon, the designers were not forced to incorporate all the different gimmicks shown on screen, like with so many other Masterpiece figures.  So Skids is very basic in that he comes with no interchangeable faces, no special gimmicks and only his two guns like the original toy had.

That said it’s a very nice looking figure with articulation in the neck, shoulders, elbows, knees and ankles, making him very easy to pose.

Toy Review – Masterpiece Thrust

Transformation

Much more basic than a lot of other Masterpiece figures, but not irritatingly simple either.  In fact I find it a nice change of pace for a MP to have a straightforward transformation with a few clever moves (such as his ankles and shoulders) rather than something overcomplicated which is going to require you give up a portion of your day to complete.

Toy Review – MP-11ND Dirge

Overall

Skids is perhaps the most basic Masterpiece we’ve had in a long time, harkening back to the days of MP Sideswipe.  He is pretty no-frills with no interchangeable faceplates, special gimmicks, intricate engineering or vast assortment of accessories. However what he is also lacking is the exorbitant price tag that most MP’s go for as well.

I*’m the cheap one

At around $100au he’s eminently more affordable than most of his counterparts.  Add to that a fun and straightforward transformation and Skids becomes a breath of fresh air in a line that is replete with expensive and often overly complicated figures.  Skids is well worth his reasonable price tag and a welcome addition to the MP Autobot Cars line-up.

Got something to say about this figure?  Pop it in the comments section below!

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