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BRISBANE ROAR 0 WELLINGTON PHOENIX 2 Three weeks ago we were: “26 game undefeated streak baby!” Now we’re this guy: “Three straight losses, don’t care, chill out and rub icecream in my face” On Saturday we play a top of the table clash against the Central Coast Mariners who are on equal points and have won six out of seven ...

My parents bought me my first ever video game console for my eleventh birthday – a Super Nintendo.  You got a lot more bang for your buck back then.  It came bundled with two controllers and a free copy of Super Mario World, one of the greatest platform games ever made and surely one of the greatest launch titles for ...

  Music in 2011 was good. like really freaking good. this is a list of the stuff i heard and liked. it’s pretty punk heavy this year but hopefully there’ll be something on this list you will enjoy. so without further ado, here goes:   In no particular order…                       ...

Okay…so we lost 2-0 away to Sydney.  It was an away game.  So what?  It doesn’t mean anything.  The streak was nice but its not that important.  We’re still top of the league and we won 36 games in a row.  Now we’ve got a home game against Melbourne Heart who’ve never beaten us.  Let’s see what happens then.  Lets ...

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In the mid nineties, Spider-man comics became my introduction to the weird and wonderful world of super heroes.  I had always been an avid comic book reader since I was a kid.  I grew up reading my brother’s copies of Garfield and Peanuts and have been a fan of the medium ever since.  My first memories of Spider-man were not ...

A couple of months ago, Mike put me onto an iPad app called Comic Zeal.  It’s price veered towards being one of the most expensive things I’ve ever bought on the App Store (it was about eight bucks) but it’s been totally worth it.  It sounds like a pretty simple proposition but I don’t believe anyone has made anything better.  ...

Beavis and Butthead [2011] One of the most unexpected viewing pleasures of 2011 has been the return of Mike Judge’s classic Nineties cartoon Beavis and Butthead.  Longtime TFW readers will know I am a big Mike Judge fan.  The guy can do no wrong in my eyes.  I absolutely love King of the Hill, the original Beavis and Butthead series ...

Since Brisbane Roar embarked on this unbeaten streak they have really begun to raise the profile of the A-League, particularly as they surpassed the all-time Australian unbeaten sporting record.  The streak has become one of those talking points for any Australian who has even a passing interest in sports.  It’s making fans of rival sporting codes sit up and take ...

Have a good weekend everyone!