GUTTED BY THE PRAWN

Dear X-Press,

I would like to announce my disappointment in Boys Boys Boys! and their poor attempt at a prawn costume. Like many, I am a fan of The Prawn and when I heard one was to make an appearance in their video clip for Ticky-Ticky Boom I had to see it.
But I was let down as some bozo with an orange workers jumpsuit and a hat with some black eyes danced on screen. Seriously, do the prawn justice and make a proper costume, or don’t do it at all.

Sebastian D’Alonzo
Via Email

STRING THIEF

Dear X-Press

The singer in my band, Shane Johnstone, had his house broken in to while he was at work on Monday and had lots of gear stolen including a TV, camera, guitar and his house trashed.
Please keep an eye out for anyone trying to sell or trade in his much loved Les Paul Studio.
It is black with gold hardware and is left handed, making it one of only a couple in WA. Please contact me if you have any luck spotting it.

Cheers,

Stevie D
Via Email

ROSEY DISPOSITION

Dear X-Press,

I would just like to thank everyone who came down to Bar Four5Nine on Friday, June 11. You made it an enjoyable night! We have one more Friday night gig there on June 25.
In case you didn’t know, Tyranocorp are trying to lock in Wednesdays and Sundays at Bar Four5Nine (downstairs at Rosemount Hotel) for up-and-coming local bands with new and original music.
We have three more trial gigs left to reach this goal. We hope that we have your ongoing to support to make this a new music venue.

Cheers,

Sophie Griffin-Appadoo
Via Email

MODEL CITIZEN

Dear X-Press,

Wow, I had such a great weekend, I was in Melbourne doing a fantastic photo shoot for a tanning company, they were such lovely people and the other models were from all parts of the world; they were gorgeous. I had never been to Melbourne, the shopping is out of this world. But it sure is a cold city.
I returned back to Perth at midnight on Saturday, June 12, and cruised over to Garden City to see the hunky Xavia and Nicole from Home & Away. While there I entered the Cosmopolitan modelling competition, in which you get the chance to be the face of QV skin care and a chance to win an overseas modelling contract with either New York Models, Natale Paris, Premier London, World Top Models or Cal Carries Hong Kong. And I won, I was so shocked, I get to represent WA in the comp over in Melbourne!

Ashleigh Head
Via Email

WAM, BAM, THANK YOU MAM

Dear X-Press,

Just wanted to say thanks for all the awesome coverage of the WAMi Festival over the past few weeks. It’s great how much support you guys throw behind the local music industry and those who love it.

Peace,

Jackson L.
Nedlands

LAMB MINES

Dear X-Press,

Some mates and I bundled in to the car and headed down to Bunbury a few weekends back for Groovin The Moo, with high hopes that it would live up to fellow south west festival Southbound.

Upon arriving it was easy enough to get in to the venue, but once you entered it was like walking into a massive bogan reunion. There were drunk dickheads as far as the eye could see, and though drinkers were kept in a fenced off licensed area, any time a band they wanted to see was on they would force their way out of the designated drinking area, causing annoyance to those who was there to enjoy the music, rather than just the booze.

As a vegetarian I was disgusted to sight so many lamb shank bones on the ground – it looked like a flock of small animals had been trampled on the site months before in some sort of weird sacrifice.

Turns out no sacrifice had taken place, someone had just invited the ‘Lamb Van’ along to cater the event, and they were selling lamb shanks, bones and all. I was lucky enough not to have to touch one of the bones but a friend of mine had a bone thrown at her by some dick in the licensed area, leaving a massive meat stain on her jacket – which obviously is not an ideal scenario for a vegetarian or fashion lover!

Sorry Groovin The Moo – you gave us great bands but all WA gave you was drunken idiots.

Vege Lover
Mt Lawley

HEY HEY: IT’S OKAY

Dear X-Press,

To all those nay sayers who have been venting about the return of Hey Hey It’s Saturday, may I retaliate? Hey Hey It’s Saturday’s return, outside of the fact its been slotted into Wednesday, is an absolute pleasure.

The cast and crew have not changed a thing from the original format, with all the staple favourites like Plucka Duck and red faces resurfacing with the same spontaneity and gusto us oldies grew up with.

Daryl and the cast may have a few more wrinkles but they still have the same energy and spark that made it an Aussie landmark in the first place.  If you had to pick an Australian TV comedy show running at the moment, Hey Hey is clearly head and shoulders above the rest in terms of its tongue in cheek, family friendly old school Aussie humour.

Let us rejoice and celebrate this pillar of Australian culture people! One thing... move the damn show to Saturday where it belongs!

Hey Hey Devotee
Maylands