Tag Archives: Australia

I think the official release of this video isn’t due until tomorrow, but copies are starting to appear on YouTube. Lots of man-on-man and everybody-on-everybody action here.

JMG reader Blake in Sydney sends us the latest from the Australian classical sextet, Aston. More classical interpretations of pop hits from Aston are here.

Last week straight Australian football star Jason Akermanis got a lot of negative reaction from gay groups when he wrote a newspaper column telling gay athletes to stay in the closet. Yesterday he had his car and home egged. Jason Akermanis, who suggested in his column that the world of Australian football wasn’t ready for openly gay men, said it …

Australia is seeing a Rekersesque scandal of its own as a family values-type member of Parliament was busted on camera leaving a gay bathhouse near Sydney. NSW Transport Minister David Campbell has resigned following revelations he used his taxpayer-funded car to visit a gay men’s sex venue in Sydney’s eastern suburbs. A 7News investigation has revealed Mr Campbell allegedly left …

Get your weekend werqing with this progressive house mix from Australia’s circuit superstar remixer/producer DJ Paul Goodyear. Setlist. Website. Podcasts. Facebook. Upcoming gigs: May 28th @ The Eagle, NYC. May 29th @ Pavilion, Fire Island Pines. June 12th @ Fierce Angel, Melbourne, June 13th @ Fierce Angel, Sydney. PREVIOUSLY ON JMG: DJ Susan Morabito. DJ Seymour Butz. DJ RuBot. DJ …

Pogo, the 21 year-old musical genius from Perth, Australia, whose trippily gorgeous compositions using vocal samples from classic movies have captivated us for the last couple of years, has done it again. Using the sounds of his mother’s garden and samples of her voice, here is his Mother’s Day tribute, Gardyn. RELATED: While his YouTube channel continues to carry his …

It’s been a helluva week. Kick back and turn up this hot new podcast by Australia’s wildly popular DJ Seymour Butz. But put the kiddies to bed first cuz this here is some filthy/gorgeous dance music. Our first NSFW podcast! Setlist. Website. Interview. Podcasts. Upcoming gigs: May 22nd: Hardon @ Phoenix Bar (Sydney), June 12th: Queens Birthday @ Swampy (New …

The Daily What tips us to Australian comedy act Axis Of Awesome who points out the similarity in much of pop music. Apparently, you can sing just about any hit if you know the four chords used in Don’t Stop Believing.

An Australian network television reporter chased down a father and son leaving a courthouse appearance, refusing their repeated requests to leave them alone and eventually calling one of them a “fucking terrorist.” Because they were Muslim, of course. The incident has caused a national outcry about journalistic ethics. The son had been accused of inciting a bar fight, but he …

Australian Olympic gold medalist diver Matthew Mitcham dressed as an abs-tastic unicorn for a local Lady Gaga concert. The Advocate reports that he was too shy to use his name to try and get backstage to meet her, even though winning the gold and meeting Gaga have been his “only two wishes in life.” That outfit doesn’t really scream “shy” …

“‘Situational heterosexuality’ is a term I’ve used for several years when people have asked how I could have been married for so many years and yet be gay. This term has also helped people gain a clearer understanding of what really happens when someone who is homosexual marries someone of the opposite sex and claims change. Confusion about what really …

“Openness about sexuality helps to destroy the foundation for prejudice and discrimination. One day there will be a big parliamentary apology to gay people for the oppression that was forced on them and the inequalities that were maintained in the law well beyond their use-by date. Just like the delayed 2008 apology to the Aboriginal people of our country. “I …

Dance diva and former Destiny’s Child member Kelly Rowland headlined at the big dance party at Sydney Mardi Gras yesterday. Unless it was tomorrow. #datelineconfusion.

Famed American photographer Spencer Tunick was commissioned by the Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras for a mass nude photo on the steps of the Opera House. From a Sydney Morning Herald reporter (and participant) account: There were elderly couples walking down Macquarie Street, single young women in cars and plenty of gay groups whooping it up as they headed …

In a lopsided vote, yesterday the Australian Senate rejected a marriage equality bill. But the result was closer than it seems. The bill was introduced by the Greens but was defeated 45-5, just days before the world’s biggest gay celebration, Sydney Mardi Gras. Twenty-six senators were absent from the vote, with some of these choosing to abstain because they disagreed …

Keep an eye on the guy to the left of the anchor.

The publicists of the Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras sent us this promo clip this morning. Sigh. One of these days, one of the days.

The Labor Party of Australia is challenging its own Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to pass marriage equality legislation. Rudd has threatened to veto a recently approved law making same-sex marriage legal in the Australian Capitol Territory. The Australian Labor Party in the state of Victoria passed a resolution in support of marriage equality last weekend. It is supported by ministers …

Summertime fun from Down Under: Local drag queen Joyce Maynge leads a flash mob of dancers on Sydney’s Bondi Beach. Fab! (Tipped by JMG reader Andrej)

While judging an Australian talent show, Harry Connick, Jr. was appalled when an act performed in blackface as the “Jackson Jive.” Connick gave the group a “zero” score, then came back later to school the audience on how offensive blackface is considered in America, saying he would “definitely not have done the show” had he known about the performance. According …