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FILM REVIEW: Tomorrow, When the War Began

by Cameron Murray on Aug.23, 2010, under News, Reviews, Web Exclusives

Director: Stuart Beattie

Stars: Caitlin Stasey, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Deniz Akdeniz, Lincoln Lewis, Phoebe Tonkin, Chris Pang, Ashleigh Cummings

PARAMOUNT

IN CINEMAS SEPTEMBER 2

BASED on the first in a series of acclaimed novels by John Marsden, Tomorrow, When the War Began explores what might happen if Australia was invaded and occupied by a hostile foreign power.

At the heart of the action are seven teenagers, who leave a fictional country town called Wirrawee to go camping in a beautiful remote area incongruously known as ‘Hell’. While they’re there, forming and furthering romances and generally having fun, they see a large number of military aircraft fly overhead. While they acknowledge it as strange, they don’t think too much of it…until they arrive back in Wirrawee and find the place deserted.

Worried about their families, the kids split up into three groups and discover that the townsfolk are being held captive at the local showground by a ruthless, unidentified army. Led by the pragmatic Homer (Akdeniz) and resilient Ellie (Stasey), the friends decide to fight back and wage a guerrilla war against the heavily armed invaders.

Filmed entirely in New South Wales, primarily in Raymond Terrace and the Blue Mountains, Tomorrow, When the War Began is one of the best Australian movies to emerge in recent years. While it’s obviously aimed at teens and young adults – just like the book – the action sequences are as good as you’ll see in any Hollywood blockbuster and the performances are engaging, particularly from Caitlin Stasey and Deniz Akdeniz.

With six more novels in the series, the film-makers hope Tomorrow… will become an international Twilight-like phenomenon, and the potential is certainly there.

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INTERVIEW: Catherine Britt

by Cameron Murray on Aug.17, 2010, under Interviews, News, Web Exclusives

Home from America and excited about the future, Aussie country music star Catherine Britt talks to Penthouse about her new self-titled album, songwriting, and her not-entirely-pure love for Hank Williams

The new album is simply titled Catherine Britt. Does it mark some sort of reinvention for you?
A little bit, yeah. It was actually Kasey Chambers who called me one day and said, “I think this album is really about you getting back to your roots and I don’t think you can call it anything other than Catherine Britt.” It just really made sense in the end.

How have you changed as an artist?
In a lot of ways, I guess. I started out pretty young and kinda made music that just made me feel good. When I went over to America, I got a little side-tracked. I don’t think I ever compromised, but I was starting to mentally give up. It was when I started getting in that frame of mind that I knew I had to walk away, go home and find myself again. I wasn’t inspired and I was going to start making music for the wrong reasons, and I didn’t get into the industry to write a song just for a radio station. I’m really happy to be back home making the music I want to make.

What’s your favourite track on the new album?
It changes daily, but I’ve got a real fondness for every track for different reasons. It’s a very diverse album.

There are some great, happy songs on the record…
Yeah, there are, which is surprising because I’ve always struggled to write a happy song. So yay!

Can you describe your writing process?
It’s sort of different every time. I get really inspired by other music, and life experience, of course.  I also like a project – I knew I had an album to write and that focused me. Once I start writing, it’s pretty straightforward.

You’ve known producer Bill Chambers for a long time. What was it like to work so closely with him on Catherine Britt?
I’ve known Bill since I was about 11 and he’s always been involved with my career. He produced my first EP and my first album, and then he went over to Nashville with me and co-produced my second album, Too Far Gone. After that, we kinda lost touch, but when I came back to Australia and got my shit together, I realised he was the person I needed to be in contact with again. It was actually his advice to get Shane Nicholson, Kasey Chambers’ husband, on board for the project. It just sort of became this big family affair again, which is good because that’s how it started out for me.

Will you go back to Nashville or are you home for good?
I definitely want to go back to America, but not to live. I can’t predict the future, but I don’t see it making sense for me ever again. I really love Australia and I just want to live here.

What are the best and worst aspects of being a professional musician?
The best aspect is everything! We have this very blessed, creative way of living, and then you get to tour and party and have a great time. I guess the only downside is that when there’s not a lot going on, it can get a bit boring.

Do you have any advice for aspiring country artists?
You’ve really got to put in the hard work in the beginning and keep it going or you’ll be quickly forgotten. I’ve had a lucky path in a lot of ways, but I’ve also seen a lot of things that maybe I shouldn’t have seen by 25, and I think that just comes with the industry. People sort of sit around on their couches and wait for the record labels to come to them; what they don’t realise is you’ve got to go out and get that stuff. I worked my arse off to get my record deals and write my songs.

Who are you listening to right now?
I’ve been rediscovering a lot of old artists recently, such as American minstrel performer Emmett Miller, Hank Williams and Lucinda Williams. And I’m listening to a lot of Old Crow Medicine Show – I just love their stuff!

Fantasy duet?
I hate to be predictable, but definitely Hank Williams. He’s everything to me. If he was alive, I’d marry him and have lots of duets with him!

At the end of the day, how would you like to be remembered?
As someone who always made music that was true to me, and that I never compromised.

Catherine Britt is available now. Check out www.catherinebritt.com for news and upcoming gigs.


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Boobs On Bikes

by Meg on Aug.10, 2010, under News, Web Exclusives

It is that time of the year again – Boobs On Bikes® will be hitting Auckland’s Queen Street from 12:30 pm on Wednesday 11th August 2010 for our annual freedom of expression ride.

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WIN! VENDETTA FILMS DVD PACKS

by Cameron Murray on Jul.27, 2010, under Competitions, Web Exclusives

Thanks to Vendetta Films and Warner Home Entertainment, we have FIVE packs of the following three DVDs, valued at RRP$90 each, to give away:

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Interview: Josh “Shag” Agle

by Suzan Ryan on Jul.23, 2010, under Web Exclusives

Australia’s so-hip-it-hurts art gallery, Outré Gallery, will play host to Los Angeles artist SHAG (aka Josh Agle) next month, when the artist arrives in Australia for a three-city tour to present his new works, under the title Inscrutable Mystery Guide.

Inscrutable Mystery Guide

The exhibition is set to embrace Shag’s new direction towards a darker mood, more surreal subject matter and more complex compositions. Shag takes an sidestep away from the retro iconography and lifestyle that has marked his career, with a whole new realm of crisply rendered dream-scenes, perfectly balanced hues and amazing narratives.  These new style works will sit next to a collection of older prints and rare editions from the past.

The name of the exhibition refers to an exclusive (and mysterious) book that the artist has produced to accompany the paintings.

“Inscrutable Mystery Guide is actually the little book that accompanies each small tiki painting,” says Josh. “It’s my hope that the books won’t be seen by anyone except the person who owns one of those paintings. I want to bring them into my own little cult and tell them some secrets.”

Outré will host a series of gala openings across the three cities with the artist out from for the events.  There will be book signings with the artist on the first Saturdays in each city for his title Autumn’s Come Undone.

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One-on-One with Shag

What is the mood of this body of work?

This work is playful, but I’ve tried to throw a couple spanners into what people might expect from my art.  I’ve created 99 small, colourful paintings of tikis, but each tiki bears a symbol. Each painting will be accompanied by an Inscrutable Mystery Guide, a small book I’ve made that attempts to decode the symbols and idea behind the work. In addition, I’ve created several large, panoramic canvases which will give further clues as to what the whole thing is all about.  In the past year my work has gotten darker and moved into new themes and imagery, but I’m trying to reconcile my old body of work with my new work, and trying not to be as manic depressive and serious as I was in the last year or so.

How would you describe the palette of colours?

Though I’m known for bright colours, my recent work has gotten darker and grayer.  The small tiki paintings retain the old, bright classic Shag palette, but the larger canvases are more muted, reflecting the heavier or more personal themes in those images.

What artists have influenced you in this body of works more so than previously?

My biggest influence in the last year has been Hieronymous Bosch.  I saw his original Garden of Earthly Delights tripych at the Prado in Madrid a couple years ago and was really affected by it.  I’d seen it in books, but the sheer scale and detail was surprising.  I wanted to capture some of that with these large canvases.  Pieter Bruegel has also influenced these works, though I’m sure he was heavily influenced by Bosch himself.  More contemporary or recent artists who’ve been influential include Leonora Carrington, Marcel Dzama, Luigi Serafini and Eric Fishl.

What sparked your shift which was marked by Autumn’s Come Undone?

About 18 months ago, I reached a point where I realized I had accomplished much more in my life than I ever expected.  I looked at what I had achieved, and the material things these achievements had brought to my life, and I wasn’t sure if  it was all worth it.  Having a big house, expensive cars, a housekeeper and other luxuries suddenly felt like a burden.  I had an overwhelming desire to get rid of it all, to cut back on my work, to downsize my life and focus on things that I began to realize were more important:  my friends, my children, traveling, surfing, etc.  But I have many people who depend on my income, and I have a family that has become very accustomed to the lifestyle they live.  I felt pulled in two strong directions, and began to get mood swings and unpredictable behavior.  A year of that resulted in the exhibit Autumn’s Come Undone.

Are there historical elements that you’ve been excited to bring out?

For this show, I allude to the time when Europeans were colonizing the South Pacific, destroying the old ways and establishing Christianity.  I’m also interested in showing child labor and sweatshops from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.  At the same time, you’ll still see traces of my fascination with 1950s and 1960s modernism.

What comments on modern society?

Many people have seen my work in the last year as a comment on society, or our current times, but it’s not that at all.  Almost every element or piece of imagery relates to my own life, or my past, or where I’m afraid I might end up.   Even the use of colonizers and missionaries, child labourers and native slaves is not meant to reflect society or our culture.

What does the title refer to?

Inscrutable Mystery Guide is actually the little book that accompanies each small tiki painting.  It’s my hope that the books won’t be seen by anyone except the person who owns one of those paintings. I want to bring them into my own little cult and tell them some secrets.

Do these works have a self-referential element to them?

These works are very self referential.  Each large canvas contains a self portrait of me!

What are some recurring characters or elements that people will see?

The only recurring characters are me, a boy in a British school uniform with the head of an ant, and of course, tikis.

What works will make up the show?

This show will have 99 small original paintings of an idol, each accompanied by the Inscrutable Mystery Guide.  There will be five large panoramic canvases which all fit together—like a triptych, except five of them—though I don’t think all five will be displayed at a single gallery.  These five are a continuation of other large canvases that were shown in Brazil and Chicago earlier this year.

TOUR DATES

The Inscrutable Mystery Guide

Melbourne

249 Elizabeth St, Melbourne CBD

from Saturday 14 August 2010
(exhibition runs for three weeks)

Sydney

Shop 7, 285a Crown St (cnr Campbell), Surry Hills
from Saturday 21 August 2010
(exhibition runs for three weeks)

Perth

260 William St, Northbridge
from Saturday 28 August 2010
(exhibition runs for three weeks)

Outré Gallery will offer original Shag paintings, super-sized giclee prints on canvas (in especially small editions), new serigraph prints and rare prints. www.outregallery.com

All images used with permission Outre Gallery.

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Winner 2010 Aussie Babes: Zahra Stardust

by swerve on Jul.01, 2010, under News, Web Exclusives

Congratulations Zahra Stardust!

Zahra is the winner of the Australian Penthouse 2010 Aussie Babes competition!

Discover more about Zahra!

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Film review: Grown Ups

by Suzan Ryan on Jun.28, 2010, under Reviews, Web Exclusives

Grown Ups

Director: Dennis Dugan
Stars:
Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock, David Spade and Rob Schneider

After the career misstep You Don’t Mess with the Zohan for both Adam Sandler and long-time collaborator director, Dennis Dugan (Happy Gilmore, Big Daddy), both are back on track doing what they do best, making us laugh and chuckle with the prerequisite amount of schmaltz to tug at the heartstrings.

Running through the cast of comedians and comediennes, it reads like a veritable who’s who of Saturday Night Live alumni, and very much feels like Sandler’s version of Ocean’s Eleven.  Sandler and Fred Wolf’s (SNL, Joe Dirt, Black Sheep) script will not garner any Oscar worthy praise, but they have one thing in common, they both know their strengths, and those of their co-stars, and weave the tale around them.

Grown Ups centres around a reunion of five championship-winning High School chums who are brought back to their hometown for the funeral of their basketball coach. This trip down memory lane, and the subsequent weekend away at a picturesque lake-house with wives and children in tow, forces each of the friends to revaluate their lives as they rediscover the bond between them.

Super Agent Lenny (Adam Sandler) yearns for a simpler time and wishes his technology-addicted kids would lose the wi-fi and embrace some old fashioned fun. Eric (Kevin James) is down on his luck with a young son with breast-feeding issues , of which he acknowledge neither.

Kurt (Chris Rock) is a househusband, emasculated by his pregnant career wife and overpowering mother in law. Ever the ladies man, Marcus (David Spade) is the fish out of water, with no family or responsibilities, and while his buddies envy his position, he secretly yearns for the life they all lead. The weirdest, and by far the most emotional of the bunch is Rob (Rob Schneider): with several failed marriages behind him and daughters he doesn’t know, he shares his life as a new-age hippie with a partner 20 years older than him, dispensing holistic advice to others while applying none of it to his own life.

After a slow start, the characters solidify into a comedic unit, with Sandler playing the straight man, James’s physical antics a riot, offset by Spade’s trademark sleaziness, and surprisingly understated performances by some of comedy’s more outrageous elements—namely Rock and Schneider. Schneider usually ends up the butt of many jokes, but here you really feel for him and plays more of a sad clown (with am amusing Fonzie-inspired toupee), eliciting sympathy in a genuinely surprising turn.

Each of the guy’s wives offer the film a sense of balance and bring their own unique quirkiness, with Maya Rudolph’s wonderfully inappropriate zingers and Maria Bello’s unnatural breastfeeding of her four-year-old the highlights. Salma Hayek smoulders on screen, as you’d expect, bolstered by the unexpected pants-exploding hotness of newcomers Madison Riley and Jaime Chung as the scantily clad daughters of Rob Schneider’s character.

But it’s not an out-and-out love-fest, with a bitter rivalry between Lenny and the captain of the losing basketball team, Dickie Bailey (Colin Quinn) rearing its ugly head and eventually running it’s course with many laugh-out-loud moments, some involving broken bones. The ever-so-funny Tim Meadows and the king of Sandler film cameos, Steve Buscemi, round out the Hometown Boys crew.

Grown Ups is an entirely predictable affair, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. It hits all the notes you expect, and quite a few that you might not. It’s a chuckle-fest with a warm glow. Check it out.

Grown Ups screens in cinemas nationally now.

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July 2010 Exclusive: photo gallery & interview – River

by Meg on Jun.23, 2010, under More Pets, POTM Feature, Web Exclusives

STAR QUALITY

With a look that falls between Angelina Jolie and Aeon Flux, Melbournian babe River is a national treasure…

Photography: Andrew K
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Web Exclusive Gallery: Janelle

by Meg on Jun.18, 2010, under Web Exclusives

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GOLDEN GIRL

She’s young, free, fun-loving and any other description you might attribute to the girl of your dreams. Oh, and in case you didn’t notice, she’s…
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Review: Jesse Jane Fleshlight

by Meg on Jun.11, 2010, under Reviews, Web Exclusives

By Hand Solo

I jumped at the opportunity to test the new Jesse Jane Fleshlight from AdultShop.com. I’ve heard a lot about the Fleshlight or “pocket pussy” from TV shows and magazines but I had never tried one and I was intrigued to hear if the product was as realistic as it claimed it to be.
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WORLD CUP INTERVIEW: Les Murray

by Cameron Murray on Jun.09, 2010, under Interviews, The Magazine, Web Exclusives

MR FOOTBALL

SBS TV presenter Les Murray has been the face of soccer in Australia for 30 years.
With the World Cup finally here, Penthouse chats to ‘Mr Football’ about his passion
for the world game, and asks him to rate the Socceroos’ chances in South Africa

After all these years, do you still get excited going into a World Cup?
Absolutely, especially when I support a team, which is rare for me because I’m a journalist and I can’t afford to be a passionate supporter of teams. I don’t have any club teams that I congenitally support; I just love the game. But the one team I do follow passionately is the Socceroos, so if they score a goal, I jump up and hit the ceiling just like any other fan.

Even though the Socceroos have been successful under Dutch coach Pim Verbeek, he has been criticised for not promoting attacking, entertaining football. What do you think of his style?
I think it’ll do for now, but I don’t think ultimately there’s a future in playing so cautiously because everybody’s dream is not to be the underdog, but the favourite. And that’s the long-term dream, whether it takes 10, 20 or 30 years. I believe Australia should strive to be a top international football nation. Another thing is the Australian mentality is very different to most cultures, in that Australians not only love to have a go, but they have the bravery to have a go, and I think if you play too defensively, you are putting the brakes on a natural instinct which can be a very powerful resource. I think [Guus] Hiddink understood that very well, and he did on occasion unleash the Australians. Notably, we attacked Brazil in the 2006 World Cup; we lost, but I think unluckily. I’m not sure whether Verbeek has that kind of bravery, but hopefully he can do something in the World Cup.

How far do you think the Socceroos can go in South Africa?
Out of the three games we have in the group – against Germany, Ghana and Serbia – we’re going to have to win at least one of them, if not two. I see it as a very similar group to the one in Germany, and I don’t think to suggest that this is some super-tough group should be an excuse for us not to get out of it.

Who are our key players?
Harry Kewell, Brett Emerton, Mark Bresciano, Vince Grella, Scott Chipperfield, Craig Moore and Mark Schwarzer are all key players, but this World Cup will be their swan song. As Pim [Verbeek] likes to point out, they’re four years more experienced than they were in Germany, but he neglects to mention they’re also four years older. Obviously, Timmy Cahill is a bit younger, so he might be around for the next World Cup. The one we’ll be missing big time is Mark Viduka. If we play the Dutch way, which is essentially a lone striker with a couple of flankers coming from behind and a deeper midfielder, then that centre-forward role is very specialised. It’s not so much a goalscorer’s role as it is an instrument of bringing other people into play, and Viduka understood that very well. We don’t have a replacement.

What’s the Socceroos’ greatest trait?
It’s the old Australian quality of never giving up. Guus Hiddink said to his assistant Graham Arnold after we came back against Japan in Germany to score three goals in eight minutes that only an Australian team could have done it. It’s that character and self-belief that’s an enormous resource for coaches. That’s our biggest asset.

And their greatest weakness?
The weakness has always been tactical sophistication, and even technique. This is a so-called ‘golden generation’ of players, but let’s not forget that even they grew up in a technical culture where ball technique was not considered important, and it’s a malady that is only now being addressed with the eight, nine and 10-year-olds. And it’s also about tactical sophistication. Our technical knowledge is entirely based on experience at professional level, whereas in Europe kids are taught technical nous from 12 or 13 onwards. So that is what Hiddink found when he first came in, and that’s what he worked to correct. I think the players learned a lot from that, so it’s not as bad as it used to be.

Which team is your pick for the Cup?
There are two that stand out head and shoulders from the others, and they are Spain and Brazil. Spain has a fantastic generation of players and a fantastic development culture, and the most potent way to win is the way Barcelona and other Spanish teams play. If they can carry that into the World Cup, without cracking under any mental pressures, then they’ll win it. But I’ve seen too many roaring favourites fail, going back to the 1954 World Cup when Hungary was beaten by a very ordinary West Germany in the final, so if you forced me to place a bet, I would put money on Brazil before I put it on Spain. Brazil has won five World Cups, so they’ve got the experience and they know how to do it.

Who are the players to watch?
Obviously, the one to look at if you’re not a regular viewer of football is the diminutive Argentinean Lionel Messi. Some people are now saying he’s the greatest player of all time, but the problem is I don’t think Diego Maradona, who’s Argentina’s coach, has been able to harness for Argentina what Barcelona has been able to harness with him at club level.

Should Maradona be the Argentina coach?
No. Maradona is an iconic legend and the best player I’ve ever seen, but as a coach he’s almost in the amateur ranks, in my opinion. He should be a figurehead and have seriously competent assistants calling the shots when it comes to tactics and selection, but he refuses to do that because he’s Diego!

Are you confident South Africa can host a successful World Cup?
From what I’ve seen, yes. I’ve been there twice in the last year and the national enthusiasm for the World Cup is fantastic. At the draw, they closed off the main street in Cape Town for a fan fest and expected maybe 5,000 people to turn up, but 30,000 arrived. The stadiums are ready, so the only question marks are things like security – the police presence has been beefed up enormously already – and some infrastructure issues like transport.

What are you most looking forward to in South Africa?
To me, the World Cup is always flavoured by the host nation. My favourite memory of the first World Cup to be held in Asia in 2002 is of the Korean fans and that sea of red. The world became enamoured by the Koreans and Japanese, and that’s what it will be remembered for, not for Brazil’s victory. So I’m hoping that the rhythm of Africa, in a human sense, will reverberate through this World Cup.

Was the 2006 World Cup in Germany more special to you than any other because of Australia’s involvement?
Absolutely. You know, five World Cups before that without Australian involvement was extremely painful and frustrating, and that equaliser by Harry Kewell against Croatia to take us into the knock-out phase was probably the most satisfying football moment of my life.

Is it too optimistic to believe Australia can host the Cup in 2018 or 2022?
No, I don’t think so, but it’s more likely to be 2022. Particularly if Europe gets 2018, there’s every reason why we should get ’22. There are nine bidders for the World Cup and every one of them will be capable of holding it, but two things will come into play: one will be politics, and the more important one will be the legacy. FIFA wants a legacy out of every World Cup, and I think an Australian World Cup would leave a far bigger legacy than probably any of the other applicants. We are in the biggest growth area for football in the world. If you look at the top 10 television audiences for the 2006 World Cup, four were Asian countries – China, Japan, Vietnam and Indonesia – and they are all in our region and time zone. FIFA is not unaware of that, so if you’re going to propagate the beautiful game, you have to take the World Cup to this region occasionally.

What are your thoughts on other football codes protesting about us hosting the Cup?
I think it’s just a lot of public posturing and sabre rattling. There is this rather archaic, caveman mentality still lingering in Australia, where sports are rivals to each other and if you’re a fan of one game, you’re not supposed to be a fan of another game. That is utter rubbish. In 21st century Australia, you and I can follow four or five different sports at the same time. Like Frank Lowy says, the World Cup is not just for football, it’s for Australia. It supersedes just being a sporting event, it’s a festival of cultural diversity which has a massive impact around the world, so everybody benefits, including the other sports.

Could Australia win the World Cup in 2022?
If we produce players of international quality by 2022, and you mix that with our winning mentality and home support, we should be able to win it. No bullshit about not being disgraced and all this crap, we have to aim to win the World Cup in 2022, and we should be genuine contenders to do that. Look at what happened in 2006; we got robbed against Italy! If we’d won that game, we would’ve played the Ukraine, who were crap, and then we would’ve been in the semi-finals of the World Cup. So why shouldn’t we do it in 2022?

Do you think SBS has been given the credit its due for popularising football in Australia?
Generally, I think so. I’ve never met anybody in the football world who denies it. We live in an age which is very different from when SBS started, where now we have serious competition for television football content. It’s new money in this country and big business wants to cash in. SBS has the World Cup not just for 2010, but for 2014 as well, so we are still big players, and we have other big properties like the Champions League, which is the highest-quality product in the world on an annual basis.

What is the future of football at SBS?
Football is very important to the identity of SBS. The fact that it’s a free-to-air network which is dedicated to football gives it an edge because so long as you want to promote football in this country and build its markets, you need free-to-air television that will give it generous air time and news coverage. To that extent, SBS is still the only game in town. The pay TV networks, as good a job as they do, don’t build brands, they just service the existing customer. I’m prepared to pay whatever it is a month to watch football on Foxtel, but I don’t need to be converted. It’s the guy done the road who’s not a football fan who needs to be converted, and he’s not going to pay until he’s converted. Who’s going to convert him? Free-to-air television.

How about your personal future?
Well, SBS apparently still wants me, and I’m there because I still enjoy it. I don’t like to talk about things like retirement any more than I like to talk about death. It’s something that will happen at some point, probably at a time when it’s out of my control.

Have you been tempted to join Fox Sports?
No. The reason I enjoy SBS is that the top brass believe in football, always have, and I don’t see that changing anytime soon. So long as my employers take that position, I’m happy to be there. I’ve never dreamed of a move to another network.

You and the late, great Johnny Warren used to talk about ‘the mission’ of making Australia a genuine football country. Is it mission accomplished, or will it ever be?
It’s more accomplished than it’s ever been. If Johnny were here, he would not believe some of what’s happened, but there is still this mindset that we are not a football nation, and I think we need to chip away at that. The dream is not so much to bring the World Cup to Australia, but to win it. Australians don’t like to lose. We’ve won everything else, but we’ve never won the football World Cup. The Socceroos are at the core of this. They are the one medium in football that galvanises and unifies the country. So long as they perform well, we are on the right track to achieving those aims.

How many World Cup games will SBS be showing?
Every game – 64. All of them live, except where kick-off times coincide. But SBS of course have a second channel, where it will place all the replays, so it will be wall-to-wall World Cup. It’s a great time for football. I’m pretty happy with the way of the world at the moment.

Tune in to SBS on Friday, June 11 at 10:00pm EST for the Opening Ceremony and first game of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, live from South Africa.

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Special Offers: Spearmint Rhino Gentlemen’s Club

by Meg on Jun.09, 2010, under Web Exclusives

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