In Defence of Nickelback and Other Social Deaths : In The Spotlight

Who should bear the brunt of the ill-effects of the globalised music industry? Watch Out For’s Lisa Dib defends the indefendable in this interesting look on the contrast between art and commerce.

Art As Escape : In The Spotlight

Arthur Schopenhauer, philosophy’s most notable pessimist, once blackly said: “There is no doubt that life is given us, not to be enjoyed, but to be overcome; to be got over”. The notion that life, for all its swings and roundabouts, is filled with suffering and tribulations that we must endure until the sweet release of death, is a common but unpopular theory.

Break Up Songs Based On The Five Stages of Grief : In The Spotlight

Your heart sinks; it now rests somewhere near your lower intestine. A hot wave of anxiety and deep self-loathing engulfs you. You attempt to stammer out a semblance of a sentence, but all that comes out is a series of sighs and sputters. You’ve been dropped like a slippery steak and there’s nought you can do about it.

But never fear; we can make you better, we have the technology. In times of heartache, one usually passes through the five stages of grief- sometimes simultaneously. We have prepared for this day; allow Watch Out For | Comedy to heal them hurtin’ hearts.

Avatar – Movie Game Changer Or Harbinger of Doom? : In The Spotlight

It is now precisely 46 days and somewhere around a billion dollars since James Cameron’s goliath Avatar opened across the world. James Egan takes a deeper look at James Cameron’s Avatar, and what it means for the future of cinema.

Australian Tumbleweed Awards – Worst Comedy Results

Daryl Somers, Triple J comedian Sam Simmons and animated series Beached Az were just some of the winners in the 2009 Tumbleweed Awards, announced earlier this week. Unfortunately for the winners: the Tumbleweed Awards are an internet-based award for the worst in Australian comedy over the previous year

I’m With Coco – Save Conan O’Brien Rally : Comedy News

Events to another turn for the strange, this time, not even on TV… but on the streets of the USA. That’s right, the infamous I’M WITH COCO rally!

Here’s a quick run-down of events from Tonight Show insider Aaron Bleyaert who was on the scene…

Top 12 Internet Memes and Phenomena

There is nothing better than a good old fashioned Internet Meme or Phenomena, they single handedly make the days in the office fly by. Think about it, without them, we might actualy have to do real work! So, to celebrate, Lisa Dib has tracked down twelve of the best – and boy, are they great!

Lisa Dib – Remixed : In The Spotlight

As we speak, it is adulterating young, innocent minds with its wretched, cold tentacle of doom sliding up young legs, over goosebumped skin. Of course, I’m talking about Hilary’s Duff’s song Reach Out. The strumpet in question sings in what a slick-haired sleazy producer might call ‘sexy tones’ but what I like to call ‘compensating for lack of vocal technique’ to a tune you might find awfully familiar.

Aziz Ansari (Parks & Recreation, Let’s Do This) : Exclusive Interview

Aziz Ansari was named one of the best comics of the decade by both Paste Magazine and the Huffington Post. Rolling Stone magazine singled Ansari out as the ‘Hot Stand Up’ category of their annual ‘Hot List’. He’s also won the Jury Award for Best Stand up at HBO’s U.S. Comedy Festival. Now he sits down and chats with WATCH OUT FOR | COMEDY’s Sean Lynch

Cath Styles – Ghosts of Christmas Gigs Past : In The Spotlight

So once again, it’s that time of year where people of many religions make a pilgrimage to a place of great significance to their culture. This journey is so important, they can stand for days in line without adequate food, water, or toilet facilities, and they risk certain death from stampeding crowds.

2009 Watch Out For Awards : Nominations

It’s time to dust off your tuxedo (or if your like me hire one for the cheapest price possible) because it’s time for the first ever Watch Out For Awards or what we like to call; ‘The WOFs’.

Cath Styles – A Slap In The Facebook : In The Spotlight

Cath Styles knows how to social network, in fact, she’s a 100% technical whizz – however, FaceBook just hasn’t been treating her right lately, and she just isn’t going to stand for it…

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