THE DAILY MOJO by Adam Daniel

What a fantastic Game 1 result of State of Origin on Wednesday night. NSW came out with tremendous intensity and a concerted effort on defence and just flummoxed the Maroons, finishing them off with an 18-10 scoreline that doesn’t do justice to their play. For guys like Slater, Inglis, and Folau to have virtually no [...]

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One of my favourite Australian bands with the first single off their upcoming album – ‘The Night Is Ours’ – due for release in June 2008 on Ivy League Records. I think the video clip is pretty funny in an inexplicit way. I like the old stock footage and how the guys look totally comfortable [...]

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Here’s the first official trailer for Baz Luhrmann’s ‘Australia’, a sweeping Australian epic with World War 2 as a backdrop: Things I like about the trailer: * Jackman looks very rugged and dashing (I’m pretty sure I’m not gay, but…). * The photography looks great. * The old school titles. Couple of things I can’t [...]

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Here’s the first single from the new Death Cab For Cutie album ‘Narrow Stairs’ which I snapped up from JB Hi Fi yesterday. I’ll be writing a full album review shortly. Love the slow build bass line and the melodic verses. Ben Gibbard is definitely one of my favourite vocalists. This video clip is very [...]

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Wow, I’ve been reading some interesting feedback on this one for a few months now, both positive and negative, but I have to say the trailer has put me on the “Very Interested” bandwagon: Tropic Thunder Exclusive Trailer – Watch more free videos There’s a couple of big laughs in the trailer (can’t believe that [...]

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I’ve blatantly stolen an old-school Bill Simmons column format for my State of Origin I Preview – awarding 10 movie quotes from classic 90s comedy ‘Wayne’s World’ to summarise my thoughts on tonight’s upcoming battle between NSW and QLD, the highlight of the Rugby League year for me. My favourite goofy, switch-off-your-brain comedy, ‘Wayne’s World’ [...]

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Unfortunately the Try Hard podcast is on hiatus at the moment – hopefully we will be back on the air sooner rather than later (I’m especially keen to do a State of Origin podcast if I can). In the meantime, I’ll be trialling writing a weekly NRL blog on Tuesdays and posting my picks on [...]

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The history behind this classic Fleetwood Mac song that failed to make the cut on ‘Rumours’ due to its length is clearly evident in the moment at the end of the song when Stevie Nicks turns to face Lindsey Buckingham on guitar and directs the lyrics, written to him, directly at him. It’s goosebump-inducing stuff, [...]

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Okay I’m sure this is more fake than Tara Reid’s bust, but it’s still pretty funny also. The big question is who are the guys that went to all the effort to fake this…. I tried finding someone who has mythbusted them online, to no avail. I think I would just wait for better surf…

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Due to my increasing frustration with ESPN and FOX’s coverage of the NBA playoffs (2 games a week -wow, thanks so much), I decided to return to my search for live streaming sports online, a search I began a year ago but abandoned due to the lack of quality and difficulty of finding the right [...]

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