tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19212833013561973052012-02-16T20:39:33.031+11:00The occasional check-in from a Melbourne-based writer and comedian. Head on over to the FaceBook Page for much more action and discussions about who would win a fight between a bear and a shark (there is a right answer). https://www.facebook.com/thelisaskye Also, I'm on the Twitter pretty much every day: https://twitter.com/thelisaskyeLisa-Skye Ioannidishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09423783116167421069noreply@blogger.comBlogger441100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1921283301356197305.post-33622235719515449712011-12-27T10:01:00.007+11:002012-01-01T13:16:08.494+11:00

(By the way - I'm way more active on the FaceBook, here, than I am on my blog or website. Also, I'm on twitter every day)Every year, I write about overlooked deaths. And every year, there are far too many to chuck into the one article. So I overwrite, and let them pick the most relevant ones. Here's the second installment of these outtakes, or 'deleted scenes'. This year, like last year, my

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(By the way - I'm way more active on the FaceBook, here, than I am on my blog or website. Also, I'm on twitter every day)Every year, I write about overlooked deaths. And every year, there are far too many to chuck into the one article. So I overwrite, and let them pick the most relevant ones. This year, like last year, my much-funnier-than-I mate, Paul Rasche, wrote half of them. Many of the best

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Coming within 24 hours of my new article being posted on Cracked.com: the dozen or so 'deleted scenes' of YET MORE Overlooked Celebrity Deaths. Who went, and why is it funny? Stay tuned! And there's nothing more to say right now. But hey, stay golden, riggadoon.

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I'm performing/co-MCing this event for midsumma. Come along! I'm doing a new metronome piece that's a bit awkward, and also a bit of a spoken word manifesto. For something very unlikely. 'Read More' for info and links... FB Event ListingBuy Tickets

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By Lisa-Skye Ioannidis, Nicholas Rasche and Paul RascheConsidering the last six months of 2010 started with getting hit by a car, then included full time work, producing and preforming an eight-show Melbourne Fringe season, a month in Beijing and then some collarbone surgery, I got two co-writers in to help me out with the writing for this one. I did the research and some of the jokes, they did

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By Lisa-Skye Ioannidis, Nicholas Rasche and Paul RascheWhen I do the research for these articles, there's always a long list of dozens. This year, as per usual, we wrote up nearly 40 deaths, and let Cracked choose the short list. Being in Australia, I depend on them to pick for relevance, and lack of coverage (along with ones that are just fucking hilarious, like the Owner of Segway industries

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Thanks for reading the article and clicking through. We actually had almost 40 deaths covered, and let Cracked select the best. We have SO many deleted scenes from the article. Check back in an hour or so to see them! Spoiler alert: one of my faves didn't make the cut!

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Super-huge-fun-massive thanks to everyone who's come to the show thus far and laughed. They've been brilliant fun, and uber well-received, so thank you!Welcome to anyone who came across this blog from my show credits. The 'Deleted Scenes' posts will be published straight after the show run, so subscribe to my RSS feed in your Google Reader or follow me on the FB if you want to be the first to

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... And stay tuned for deleted scenes! This is my first solo show. Fifty-five hot minutes of unbridled Lisa Action. All Lisa, all new. And funny as fuck. You should totes attend.

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Continued from part one, below, and the Cracked article, here. Today: Sean Connery (sort of), Morgan Freeman (sort of) and Darth Vader (sort of), gorilla soap opera stars, dogs old and tall. August 7: The Tallest Dog in the World. Who: Gibson, a Great Dane. On his hind legs, he stood seven fucking feet, one inch tall and weighed 180 pounds. How: Cancer. The Legacy: Breeders try to beat the

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So my article was printed in Cracked today. There are a few changes, but you should go check it out. When doing the research I found waaaaay more deaths that we could possibly include, so today and tomorrow I'll be publishing the 'deleted scenes': the ones that didn't quite make it. Today: Eagle women, unfortunate coincidences, bastard chimpanzees. Shemales, hipsters, carp. January 4: The Former

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I'll have an article appearing at Cracked.com in a few days. I'll let you know when it's up. Also! If you like it, stick around: I'll have the 'deleted scenes' (ie the points that didn't make the cut - it was a fairly big article) up the day after it hits. Oh, also-also: Happy Christmas.

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I have a show coming up for the Fringe Festival. It promises to be made of awesome. Attend! Get tickets here. Also, this!

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Our long-suffering Tech Manager Chris Goodes has a movie out at the moment: Red Cliff. Go see it! Originally it was two movies totaling five hours, but the US/Australian release is one 2.5-hour film. It loses a lot, and the first half feels like a trailer, but see it at the cinema for the big screen 'oooh!' factor and see the better versions later. ItReports that some explosion sounds for this

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Next Friday, I'll be performing as part of GENDERMASH #4 at Gasworks theatre!I have four minutes, but the line up looks ace and it sounds like it's going to be lots of fun. Chack it out!The more is a lie. Have some cake.

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Comedy Festival is over for another year! Now while I try and write my Fringe show, here's something I wrote back in 2005. It was going to be published in a magazine but then they chickened out and had me do a different piece on a similar topic instead. All's well that etc. So this is pretty long, an educational piece abut Islam that came out of me wearing a burqa for a week, and talking to a few

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1. Come to my comedy festival show! 2. I have a new website, and it's so awesome it makes me cry unicorn sweat:www.lisaskye.com.au!w00t. w00t is all. w00t.

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Part One, Part Two, Part Three. The fourth and final instalment after the jump! The Fat Guy and the Hogg Date: October 8Who Died: Norman Hogg, Baron Hogg of Cumbernauld FSA Scot, Scottish Labour politician, cancer. José Luis Garza Rodríguez, one of the world's heaviest people, heart failure. Though weighing 452 kilos, Garza isn’t as interesting as Manuel Uribe Garza, the other morbidly obese

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Part One, Part Two. The third and penultimate instalment after the jump! Horse V EnvironmentalistDate: May 3Who Died: Eight Belles, thoroughbred racehorse, euthanised. Charles Caccia, Canadian environmentalist and politician, stroke. What Really Happened: You can love animals and the IDEA of them having a tranquil habitat, but regardless, some can be real jerks. This horse was so fucking full

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Previously. The second instalment after the jump! Geek V NerdDate: March 4Who Died: Leonard Rosenman, Academy Award and Emmy Award winning film, television and concert composer, heart attack. Gary Gygax, co-creator of Dungeons and Dragons, abdominal aortic aneurysm. Rosenman is responsible for the music on some of the geekiest movies ever: Fantastic Voyage, The Lord of the Rings (1978 version)

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I have a thought piece in the 'Notes From A Non-Breeder' section of Babble.com.au. Have a look if you're so inclined: I Don't Like Children. Even Yours. And welcome to anyone who clicked through to my blog from the byline. Have a look around, why not. Also, another instalment of Celeb Fights to the Death will be here tomorrow!Nothing more this time. I do that. Sorry.

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Celebrities are different from us. We have jobs where we sit at desks all day; they have a job where they have to sing a pop song every night to thousands of screaming 14-year-olds. On the weekends we stay at home drinking and watching their movies, they’re kite surfing on a beach in Australia and getting rubbed down by beautiful women. Even low-level notoriety changes someone… like how the

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Oh, also, the three they cut after the jump! February 18: The BusinessmanWho: Alec Wildenstein, French international art dealer, ex-husband of socialite Jocelyn Wildenstein.How: Cancer. But he was a douche. The Legacy: A big fuck off lesson: You may know Alec as the ex of Socialite and Very Scary Person Jocelyn Wildenstein:It turns out they had a… difficult relationship. When Jocelyn suspected

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Go Read my new one, Where Aren't They Now?: 15 Overlooked Deaths of 2008. BUT, did you know that most of these celebs actually didn't die how it was reported? And countless others went the same way? Stay tuned in January for my series on celebrities who fought to the death in 2008. There were heaps. True story. Also, any thoughts on the Cracked article?

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(Update: Thefty #1 got fired from his paper. Damn straight!)Onward!Here tis, the original article! To my consternation, the two aspects of the article that garnered the most negative comments were bits that didn't come from me; they were put in the updated version. That is, the comparisons from Idol to Eurovision - surely Americans know what Eurovision is, Cracked already have whole articles

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Here are two sites who have stolen my recent Cracked article, and put it up on their sites without crediting me. One's in Croation, the other's some BS American college paper (who has since taken it down, but not the dozen comments from Cracked readers). Why do people do this? I don't know if this sort of thing happens to them often, but Cracked has a massive readership; how do these sites think

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Hope you enjoyed my article in today's Cracked: 7 Music Trends Whose Return Must Be Stopped. Have a look around at some of my writing. There will be more spoken word and writing stuff up soon so subscribe to this blog for more updates as they happen... Oooh! Also, the original Cracked draft, 13 Music Trends Whose Return We Fear. It features handsome black men roaming in packs, among 5 other new

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My first ever review! It makes me feel like sparkly rainbows inside.

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Go see Kale Bagdanovs is Cultured, and Felicity Ward's Ugly As A Child. Both feature funny and engaging performances from entertaining, hard working comedians. Kale's show is about cultural snobbery, set in an intimate gallery (adorned with some lovely art at the moment, from an artist whose name I didn't get). Go a little early and gawk at the pretty pictures. Felicity's show is an unashamedly

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Yeah, the title, I don't know either. I think I just miss listening to Jonny McGovern's podcast (I've been listening to my show instead, to burn it into my human brain). Anyway! I've not been able to see as many Fringe shows as I would have liked, what with the having my own one and all. (Have you got your tickets yet?) But here are two I've seen. Both are highly recommended. In the Arms of a

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Look, just go to the fringe site. Or the Festival site. And get tickets. Also, I'll be endorsing anything I see and like. But before that, I can't wait to see Peter Van Der Merwe's one man show, In the Arms of a Lion. He's a fantastic writer and great performer, so get your tickets now. More to come when I've seen them. ps - go buy tickets for our show. Do it, do it now!

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Regarding teenagers, taken from a few of my own experiences. Originally performed at 'True Teen Confessions', organised by Jenny Lee and Shelly O'Reilly in 2006. This was my first spoken word performance, awww. Any thoughts? Lemme know.

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A tongue-in-cheek look at the queer lifestyle as seen by hipster posers. Originally performed while I was MCing 'Come As You Are II: Come Harder' in early 2008, so it's a short one. Care to leave a comment?

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I've finally podcasted two of my pieces. There will be more in future, but for now, go here and press the 'Play' button. Or to download, search for me in iTunes (it may take a few days to come up since I just set it up, but I'm there). I'll set up dedicated posts if anyone feels the need to comment.

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Here's a very interesting article about hipsters, via my friend Daniel. Well-written and well worth a read. After the jump, a quote that is so awesome in its awesomeness that I fell helplessly in love with the quoter, Tristan Taormino 'I don't really identify with the label "bisexual", nor does it feel like it accurately describes me... I see myself as queer, since queer to me is not just about

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This is the long version of the piece in Verandah 23. It's exploring power and social mores in hetero relationships... Also, I like bees. Bee Man’s DiaryFriday, November 165pm - Appointment with Dr Shrover – Get letter!The Doctor’s office smells like wet dog wrapped in phonebooks. I wait for him to finish his phone call. The closed-back red vinyl seat strains under my stinger. Dr Shrover puts

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This was a piece I did in Creative Non-Fiction class back in 2004. I'd already done a few elaborately-researched pieces on Islam and Autism, so I felt I could rock out lazy style. And it worked: inexplicably I got top marks. Woo... hm. Also, I submitted it in a sans serif font. GOD.My voice has changed a lot in the past four years - here, I often found my younger self grating. I think I've become

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Chris is in China doing some car chases with a guy called Benny Chan (no, really). But when he gets back, we're going to record a podcast of a few of my spoken word pieces. It promises to be at least semi-funny. Stay tuned! 

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This piece was originally submitted to Cracked.com, but they had a piece from awhile back that was same, same, but better. Enjoy!Pop music from the 90s has a lot to answer for. Like why is seeing Mark Wahlberg’s underwear bunching up out of his jeans considered sexy? And why did Bobby Brown feel he needed to forgo a shirt when wearing a suit jacket? And for the love of god, what was with Paula

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Hi everyone,Soon I'll be putting a few of my pieces on here, in spoken word form. It promises to be ever so much fun.Other very exciting things are in the works, but I can't talk about them just yet. Stay tuned!

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(Not really).Hello, random google stalkers.If you want to know about me, Lisa-Skye Ioannidis (aka Lisa Ioannidis) the best place to look is probably my facebook profile. Just don't go turning me into a vampire, pirate, or anything wacky.Long story short, I'm a writer working as an editor. I live in Preston with my soulmate Chris. I'm fun to know. For anything else you'd like to know, email me at

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Until other things are in motion, this will probably stay like this.

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Lisa-Skye Ioannidis is a Melbourne-based editor, writer and comedian. She writes short stories, personal narrative, creative non fiction and scripts (including a hilarious sitcom with Nicolas Rasche). She has been published in Frankie, Verndah, Catalyst and Crossfire. She did a successful season for the 2008 Melbourne Fringe Festival with The 'G' in Goth, the C@#t in Homewares, a double-bill

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