Public Address | Cafe | Freak Circus (with Dancing) https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/ en-us Copyright (c) 2026 Public Address 3410 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=14831#post14831 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=14831#post14831 David, I'm very late to this thread, so let me take this opportunity to congratulate you on some excellent insults.

On another topic, why do people continue to misinterpret "Common People"? I mean, really, is it too much to ask that you actually listen to the first verse?. It's not…

]]> Sun, 29 Apr 2007 15:44:28 +1200 Kyle Matthews https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13983#post13983 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13983#post13983 Fri, 20 Apr 2007 13:38:59 +1200 David Haywood https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13943#post13943 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13943#post13943 Slarty wrote:

... what happened to Stacey? Were there really lots of little warts inside? What did they look like?

It's burned into my memory like it happened yesterday, Slarty. Teeny-weeny stalks of warty stuff waving gently from the centre of an enormous blister crater.

I think Stacey (not her…

]]> Fri, 20 Apr 2007 11:57:00 +1200 slarty https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13905#post13905 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13905#post13905 Thu, 19 Apr 2007 22:50:07 +1200 andrew llewellyn https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13814#post13814 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13814#post13814 Thu, 19 Apr 2007 13:57:19 +1200 Heather Gaye https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13813#post13813 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13813#post13813 Thu, 19 Apr 2007 13:56:35 +1200 andrew llewellyn https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13805#post13805 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13805#post13805 No pun intended?

Reminds me of the (possibly apocryphal) election slogan that Richard Prebble supposedly nixed very reluctantly:

Make Dick a Member (they went for Tick Dick)

]]> Thu, 19 Apr 2007 13:48:03 +1200 Heather Gaye https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13801#post13801 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13801#post13801 Thu, 19 Apr 2007 13:43:42 +1200 andrew llewellyn https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13800#post13800 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13800#post13800 BTW – you BFM alumni can tell me I'm sure – any truth to the scurrilous rumour that Jeremy Wells said he'd appear on DWTS only on condition Nerida was made available to him?

Heh heh.

]]> Thu, 19 Apr 2007 13:42:25 +1200 andrew llewellyn https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13799#post13799 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13799#post13799

Not for a million dollars, mate...

and you're given the choice of 3 months intense physical activity with either 1. Nerida or 2. Krystal.

Your choice.

]]> Thu, 19 Apr 2007 13:39:55 +1200 David Haywood https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13797#post13797 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13797#post13797 Nat Torkington wrote:

I represent the "Michael Laws Does Not Look Like A Vagina" society...

Reading your heartfelt message has really been an emotional journey for me, Nat. I'm so very, very, sorry to have caused you (or your worthy society) any offence. Where do I sign the apology?

Andrew…

]]> Thu, 19 Apr 2007 13:36:57 +1200 Riddley Walker https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13790#post13790 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13790#post13790 Thu, 19 Apr 2007 13:23:21 +1200 andrew llewellyn https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13789#post13789 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13789#post13789 "So next time I write about Dancing with the Stars, I assure you, no more Mr Nice Guy from me."

Watch you don't ignite any briodges – consider, your PA radio gig turns into PA TV. You become a top notch NZ celebrity. Your media career inevitably hits the skids.…

]]> Thu, 19 Apr 2007 13:21:21 +1200 Nat Torkington https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13788#post13788 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13788#post13788 David:

I represent the "Michael Laws Does Not Look Like A Vagina" society. We are highly offended that your article continues to promote the myth that Wanganui's Mayor bears any resemblance to a certain organ of female anatomy.

We demand an apology, and have taken the liberty of drafting one…

]]> Thu, 19 Apr 2007 13:16:40 +1200 Riddley Walker https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13774#post13774 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13774#post13774 Yes, a little bit of memory helps with the not forgiving. Let's also not forget the Kofi Anan 'cheeky darkie' ratings attempt backfire fiasco and Holmes' subsequent attempts to feign contrition and claw back sympathy.
Hyde is an icon of calm and informed reason (no wonder Holmes felt so threatened…

]]> Thu, 19 Apr 2007 11:52:38 +1200 David Haywood https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13773#post13773 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13773#post13773 Riddley Walker wrote:

your... comments on Laws are accurate if not a little too forgiving. I had the same feeling for that short old guy who used to be on tv...

Fair point, Riddley. I found the whole thing so depressing that I admit to feeling rather sorry for Laws…

]]> Thu, 19 Apr 2007 11:45:09 +1200 Jeremy Andrew https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13754#post13754 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13754#post13754 i think the references to common people are usually attempts faux egality and being on the side of the everyday people. Too true, the last thing a popstar really wants is "to sleep with common people, like you". ]]> Thu, 19 Apr 2007 10:26:01 +1200 Riddley Walker https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13750#post13750 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13750#post13750 Andy Warhol said 'if there's something you really, really want, and you get it... it drives you crazy'.
i think the references to common people are usually attempts faux egality and being on the side of the everyday people. corporates do it all the time.

]]> Thu, 19 Apr 2007 10:15:19 +1200 merc https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13745#post13745 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13745#post13745 Thu, 19 Apr 2007 10:01:29 +1200 andrew llewellyn https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13739#post13739 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13739#post13739

I always love it when pop stars sing about the common people.

Well, the common people are the most numerous source of groupies. Which is surely the whole raison d'etre of pop music.

Surely?

Meanwhile – apologies, if you're like me you'l never hear most pop songs the same way…

]]> Thu, 19 Apr 2007 09:37:36 +1200 merc https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13738#post13738 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13738#post13738 Thu, 19 Apr 2007 09:29:54 +1200 Stuff n Things https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13730#post13730 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13730#post13730

Ever heard Shatner's rendition of Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds?

ooh – you wanna get hold of his version of Pulp's Common People:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eISBTBwWKeE

]]> Thu, 19 Apr 2007 09:02:56 +1200 merc https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13682#post13682 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13682#post13682 Wed, 18 Apr 2007 19:00:31 +1200 Ben Austin https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13680#post13680 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13680#post13680 Wed, 18 Apr 2007 18:35:35 +1200 Nobody Important https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13672#post13672 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13672#post13672

Why anybody would appear on such a television programme is a mystery to me.

Why anybody would blog on such a television programme is a mystery to me. I stopped in to see why but skipped to the end after the wart story (that was interesting) cos you lost me.…

]]> Wed, 18 Apr 2007 17:29:09 +1200 andrew llewellyn https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13669#post13669 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13669#post13669

does seem a rather strange end point for a fine British comedian.

End point? This may be just the beginning. Didn't he win a Golden Globe?

]]> Wed, 18 Apr 2007 17:07:08 +1200 Ben Austin https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13667#post13667 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13667#post13667 Wed, 18 Apr 2007 16:59:18 +1200 Hadyn Green https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13648#post13648 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13648#post13648 I only ever watched one reality tv show. It was something about chefs and had Gordon Ramsey on it. Here's how much will power I had:

In order to show the TV who was boss I switched it off just before they announced who won. It felt incredibly freeing to…

]]> Wed, 18 Apr 2007 16:20:00 +1200 Robyn Gallagher https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13646#post13646 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13646#post13646

Y'all need to ask Noizyboy about the scrapbooking programme he watches & recommends on the Living Channel.

OMG yes! I don't have Sky, but whenever I visit my parents, I watch it virtually non-stop. I have learned about "journalling", which equates to "writing shit in your scrapbook".

i still can't get…

]]> Wed, 18 Apr 2007 16:16:54 +1200 hamishm https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13645#post13645 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13645#post13645 Wed, 18 Apr 2007 16:08:14 +1200 Riddley Walker https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13643#post13643 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13643#post13643 that's method acting. ]]> Wed, 18 Apr 2007 16:01:00 +1200 hamishm https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13642#post13642 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13642#post13642 Sadly I have found this "fan video" which does have the original soundtrack of Shatners version.
The Horror, the Horror!

]]> Wed, 18 Apr 2007 15:50:01 +1200 Riddley Walker https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13640#post13640 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13640#post13640 i still can't get used to Hughy L playing serious roles, i liked him much more as Prince Thicky Thicky.
Ever heard Shatner's rendition of Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds?

]]> Wed, 18 Apr 2007 15:36:47 +1200 merc https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13637#post13637 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13637#post13637 Wed, 18 Apr 2007 15:18:26 +1200 simon g https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13635#post13635 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13635#post13635

There ain't no shame in watching Dancing With The Stars, David. You don't have to justify your guilty pleasure. You are amongst friends. We all watch crap on TV and enjoy it.

I was popping into Public Address last night, ready for a little intellectual quickstep, and ... there were…

]]> Wed, 18 Apr 2007 15:15:10 +1200 andrew llewellyn https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13631#post13631 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13631#post13631 Wed, 18 Apr 2007 15:04:59 +1200 noizyboy https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13630#post13630 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13630#post13630

Y'all need to ask Noizyboy about the scrapbooking programme he watches & recommends on the Living Channel.

DIY Scrapbooking.

Pure comedy gold.

]]> Wed, 18 Apr 2007 14:57:54 +1200 hamishm https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13622#post13622 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13622#post13622 Just show him the spotlight and he'll hogget!

Try the veal.

]]> Wed, 18 Apr 2007 14:49:04 +1200 merc https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13620#post13620 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13620#post13620 Wed, 18 Apr 2007 14:44:48 +1200 hamishm https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13616#post13616 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13616#post13616 Wed, 18 Apr 2007 14:40:04 +1200 merc https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13609#post13609 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13609#post13609 Wed, 18 Apr 2007 14:33:34 +1200 hamishm https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13606#post13606 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13606#post13606 Wed, 18 Apr 2007 14:25:27 +1200 Emma Hart https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13591#post13591 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13591#post13591

Your idle hands do the devil's work Haywood!

TMI, dude, TMI.

]]> Wed, 18 Apr 2007 14:00:42 +1200 Riddley Walker https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13588#post13588 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13588#post13588 nice post david. it's a strange thing being drawn to looking at car crashes isn't it?
your characterization of and subsequent comments on Laws are accurate if not a little too forgiving.
i had the same feeling for that short old guy who used to be on tv, but remember…

]]> Wed, 18 Apr 2007 13:58:44 +1200 andrew llewellyn https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13586#post13586 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13586#post13586 Wed, 18 Apr 2007 13:55:40 +1200 andrew llewellyn https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13581#post13581 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13581#post13581

Stronger constitution than mine then.

Not to mention Jason Gunn!

]]> Wed, 18 Apr 2007 13:54:35 +1200 Judi Lapsley Miller https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13573#post13573 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13573#post13573 Wed, 18 Apr 2007 13:41:57 +1200 Juha Saarinen https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13567#post13567 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13567#post13567 Some people wear their hearts on their sleeves, but Laws wears a... umm, never mind.

So you watched Gnomes and Laws in the same programme? Stronger constitution than mine then.

]]> Wed, 18 Apr 2007 13:34:06 +1200 andrew llewellyn https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13566#post13566 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13566#post13566

A little unfair to pick on Laws after his recent brain injury don't you think?

It was his toe, not his arse, wasn't it?

]]> Wed, 18 Apr 2007 13:27:25 +1200 andrew llewellyn https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13565#post13565 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13565#post13565

We all watch crap on TV and enjoy it.

Y'all need to ask Noizyboy about the scrapbooking programme he watches & recommends on the Living Channel.

]]> Wed, 18 Apr 2007 13:26:24 +1200 Michael Stevens https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13564#post13564 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13564#post13564 Wed, 18 Apr 2007 13:25:26 +1200 jon_knox https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13560#post13560 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13560#post13560 Your idle hands do the devil's work Haywood!

Polluting Russell's chapel with filth. SHAME!!!!

]]> Wed, 18 Apr 2007 13:21:03 +1200 Robyn Gallagher https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13558#post13558 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13558#post13558

First!

It needs to be accompanied by another three people also saying "first", including one with serious caching troubles who has posted their "first" at least 20 minutes after the others.

But on the blog topic, I reckon the first seven paragraphs could easily have been ditched.

There ain't no…

]]> Wed, 18 Apr 2007 13:16:06 +1200 merc https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13546#post13546 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13546#post13546 To set another before you is a sublime act.
William Blake.

]]> Wed, 18 Apr 2007 13:02:11 +1200 andrew llewellyn https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13542#post13542 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13542#post13542 Heh. Always wanted to do that.

To me, a more likely interpretation is that the citizens of Wanganui hate their mayor's guts as much as the rest of New Zealand, and want to see him shamed and humiliated on live television

I quite agree, it'd be the only reason they're…

]]> Wed, 18 Apr 2007 12:55:40 +1200 andrew llewellyn https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13538#post13538 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13538#post13538 Wed, 18 Apr 2007 12:51:25 +1200 Public Address https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13537#post13537 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/freak-circus-with-dancing/?p=13537#post13537 Discussion from blog post.

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