Archive for November, 2006

Goodbye Greg Wiggle?

Wednesday, November 29th, 2006

Busy Bee will be at Burswood Dome tomorrow to see The Wiggles minus Greg with the kids, and it just won’t be the same.  Yellow Wiggle Greg (as he is affectionately known in our house) wasn’t on the plane to Perth today with the rest of the Wiggles, who kick off their annual Australian tour tomorrow.  It is well known that Greg Page has been suffering from a mystery illness for some time now, and hasn’t performed with The Wiggles since half-way through the US tour mid-year.  Sam Moran has been filling in for him, and has over 150 Wiggles shows under his belt, so I am sure he will fill in admirably.  But I will miss Greg’s crooked little smile and the way he sings out of the side of his mouth.  Good luck with your recovery Greg, and if I had made as much money out of wearing a yellow skivvy as you have, I reckon I would give it away too.  After 12 years, you deserve a break. Enjoy some time with your wife and two kids.
I know, Busy Bee really knows how to live.  Concertarama, baby.  Chris Isaak Sunday night, The Wiggles Thursday, Robbie Williams Thursday night, school concert AND Kylie on Tuesday night, kindy concert on Wednesday, Elton John on the Monday. I think I might be needing a bex and a good lie down.  Until about mid-Jan.  BRING IT ON!!   

What a surprise…NOT!

Wednesday, November 29th, 2006

Splitsville! After four whole months.  My guess is they woke up one day, Pammy had run out of white bikini’s to wear to Registy offices and realised it just wasn’t that much fun anymore.  Oh, that and the fact that her redneck husband Kid Rock (puh-leese, what kind of name is that?) got a little tetchy about Pammy being the object of Borat’s desire.  Apparently the inclusion of THAT tape of Pammy and Tommy in Sascha Baron Cohen’s movie was more than a very jealous and angry Kid could bear.  Just as tragic is the fact that poor old Pammy had a miscarriage last month.  Poor thing.

Only one more sleep!

Wednesday, November 29th, 2006

He’s here, he is finally here. I can’t believe it. Tomorrow night, I will be but one of the 90,000 people who will be entertained by The Legendary Robbie Williams. Bring it on! Thankyou to everyone in Perth for supporting this show, and letting concert promoters know that HUGE acts like Robbie (we are on first name terms…) can come to Perth, and that it is worth the effort. I know we won’t be disappointed, and I am sure he won’t be.

I have enjoyed the fact that he is being stalked by the media but very few others! (A mellee? I don’t think so…) I heard the rumour that he isn’t even staying at the Hyatt, which is fantastic if it is true! Poor bloke likes his privacy, and he is prepared to pay for it.

To get a taste of his show, check out his site, and the very cute short film on the front page. This film was one of a series of films created as part of a competition sponsored by Robbie, which asked short film makers to submit entries that were inspired by his new album Rudebox.
P.S. Hey Robbie, I hear Kylie has univited you from the Minogue Family Christmas. That’s OK, you can have Christmas with me instead.

Knickers first, then clothes…

Wednesday, November 29th, 2006

Dear Lindsay and Britney,
Please, please, please wear the days-of-the-week underwear I sent you for Christmas. Everyday. All day. Britney, you have children now. Do you really want them to be haunted for the rest of their lives with images of your forgetfulness? (Good grief, love, we can see your gash caesaer/tummytuck scar! And it hasn’t completely healed.) Good to see that Britney’s new Bestie and paragon of virtue Paris Hilton is reminding her to keep her legs together. And hey, Britney, WHAT ABOUT THE BABIES?  YOU DIDN’T EVEN SEE THEM OVER THE THANKSGIVING WEEKEND! That is, like, the biggest family holiday of them allin the US. And Lindsay, enough already. It is old news. Put it away, because we have seen it all before. NOBODY WANTS TO SEE YOUR BITS!!!

Love, Busy Bee

P.S. Paris, Lindsay, Brits, what is going on? One minute you are all fighting, next minute you are out partying all night long! How am I supposed to keep up with it all?

The Prize Git coulda got a haircut…

Thursday, November 23rd, 2006

Yawn. They got married. Against our advice. In LA, as it turns out, in a registry office. No pictures, no publicity. So all the rest of the Roman Holiday was for show. After spending $3m on a wedding, you’da thought he coulda spared a few bucks for a haircut…


It would seem, however, that there was money left over for Katie to wear two different frocks on the big day. Maybe Suri was sick all over the first one…

Is Katie Holmes going to have back pain for the rest of her life? She certainly will if she has to keep stooping down or swaying her back so as not to appear taller than Tom Cruise. Free Kaitie From Back Pain I say!

I think Britney’s had a little work done.

Thursday, November 23rd, 2006

If that skirt went just a centimetre lower, I reckon we would see Britney’s surgical scar. EEWWWW! Now, we know she had caesarean deliveries with both her sons, but I suspect somehow that Britney has also had a little help in losing some souvenir stretch marks and excess kilo’s after her last pregnancy. Good luck to her. Although to Britney’s credit, she did lose at least 80 kilo’s in the past month all on her own, without the surgeon’s assistance. Good riddance Kev…. Next on the to-do list Britney: Fashion 101 or the fashion police will have to place you under house arrest.

She makes herself sick too…

Thursday, November 23rd, 2006

This is pure gold. Paris Hilton crashed onstage to lip-sync to one of her songs at Janet Jackson’s birthday bash at a Las Vegas nightclub, and vomited all over the stage.

Singer Joshua Radin was among the guests who went to a nightclub to hear rapper Shawn Jay-Z Carter perform and found himself sitting next to the socialite-turned-singer.

Radin writes on his MySpace page: “Paris Hilton was sitting next to me the whole night. Seriously, next to me, like our legs were touching for a good five hours.

“Now don’t get the wrong idea. She never once said hello, nor even looked in my direction. Five hours. And it was unreal to watch.

“She must have pulled a compact out of her bag every six minutes to stare at herself and pose while Jay-Z was performing eighteen inches from us.”

Radin writes that when Jay-Z left the stage: “Paris, who had been swilling straight vodka from (a) Grey Goose bottle for hours, gets up on stage, has the people in charge throw her ‘record’ on the house stereo for her to lip sync two of her songs. She gets up on the stage, pukes, leaves…”

Radin adds: “I find the music business charming.”

I can’t make this sort of thing up. She makes me sick, so I guess what goes around comes around…

this was how Paris looked the next day, leaving Las Vegas.

Welcome back Kylie, you’ve been missed!

Monday, November 13th, 2006

The Singing Budgie is back on home shores, taking Sydney by storm on the weekend as she commences her Showgirl Tour. However, I do wonder what she thought about John Howard saying he was happy to be a ‘political Kylie’

Only 22 more sleeps until BZB gets to see her rock Perth, and I will be cheering my heart out and dancing up a storm. This past year has been incredibly difficult for the pint-sized diva, but she has just showed such grace and determination, optimism and gratitude. I can’t help but wish her joy.

I will, however, have thoughts of another brave Australian who sadly lost her fight with Breast cancer on Saturday who also demonstrated great dignity, courage and hope during her brave journey. Belinda Emmett, you were an inspiration to so many, as are the many women in our lives who are touched by this terrible disease. My heart goes out to Rove McManus and the Emmett and McManus families, just as it does to every other family of the one woman in 11 who will do battle with this disease. Ms Emmett said something once that has stuck with me ever since: ” I find it  hard when people complain about looking old, feeling old, getting older.  That would be a dream come true for me.”  I have never complained about getting older since.  Thankyou for that alone, Belinda.

Rebecca Twigley - put some clothes on!!!

Monday, November 13th, 2006

Becs, love, I can forgive you the red Ruth Tarvydas dress with the plunging neckline you wore to the Brownlow - that dress really did great things for your career, although you did seem a little embarassed about how exposed you were as the night wore on. However, I just can not, for the life of me, understand why you wore a bikini top attached to a sarong with a dag at the bottom of it to Oaks Day at Flemington last Thursday. Rebecca claims the dress was a last minute purchase from WA designer Celestial Tenielle. I bet she wishes she had taken just a moment longer to think about it now. Miss Twigley spent the entire day adjusting her dress, trying to keep it where it was supposed to be, and not have a ‘wardrobe malfunction’ at what is traditionally one of the more glamourous and sophisticated days of the Spring Racing Carnival. And the Hat! Looks like it had been nibbled by a goat. Not her finest hour. Check out the photo’s for yourself here.

He is The Entertainer…

Wednesday, November 8th, 2006

Last night, Billy Joel rocked the Burswood Dome for over two hours of pure rock and roll joy. He came to play, and play he did as he launched his Australian tour in front of an adoring Perth crowd. The energy level for the evening was set from the opening song, when he launched into Angry Young Man, and did not drop for the whole show. Even when jet lag threatened to kick in, Billy used it to raise the energy, not lose it.

This was a greatest hits concert, Billy Joel through the ages, as he showcased number one hit after number one hit, taking the audience straight to New York, New Jersey and Brooklyn as he paid homage to his roots. Allen Town had the audience jumping, recalling their youth and being transported back to the time when they first heard Billy Joel’s haunting lyrics and kick-ass tunes.

The Burswood Dome is not everyone’s favourite venue when it comes to decent sound quality, but the crew nailed it last night, reproducing studio quality sound and a familiarity which meant you could close your eyes and be listening to any of his live albums. Billy Joel’s band are a classy bunch of extremely talented musicians and vocalists, although I have to say that Chrystal, the amazing percussionist/vocalist/sax player nearly stole the show.
I have one small complaint, and it is directed at the, granted, somewhat older, crowd - don’t come to a concert and expect that the audience will sit down all night so that you can see the stage from your seat. If you don’t want to dance or be part of the interactive concert experience, stay home, put on a Billy Joel DVD and turn out the lights! For $200.00 a ticket, if I want to dance to everyone of the rockin’ tunes The Entertainer was cranking out, I damn well will! Please don’t think me rude when I politely refuse your request to sit down during Only The Good Die Young!

There were lots of fun surprises during the night, including a truly haunting rendition of a religious anthem - those who were there will know what I mean - and by the end of the lengthy encore, the crowd was begging Billy Joel to get out the harmonica, sit down at the piano and answer our call to “sing us a song”. And The Piano Man did. We all went home happy. God Bless you Billy Joel! Best of luck for the rest of the Australian tour. As the summer of concerts really kicks off for Perth, the bar has certainly been set very high.

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