90s Film Icons, 9GAG and One Hit Wonders

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To celebrate this special I Love JOY edition, here's what's on tonight's show.

FLASHBACK:

Jade and Dave reminisce on 90s film icons and the defining movies of that era. Anyone say Jodie Foster, Drew Barrymore, Michelle Pfeiffer and Bruce Willis? The list goes on. Who else was reigning the film industry in that era?

ONLINE:

You know we always got your best interest at heart when we suggest you more sites to procrastinate on. Presenting your new internet addiction: 9GAG. It's a website where all the fun of the interwebs go to play. Jade and Dave talk about the popularity of sites like 9GAG and why our parents should just get onto it rather than forwarding us chain emails of funnies.

MUSIC:

Yesterday Dave saw a popular digital music store packaging a "One Hit Wonder" compilation where you can buy these forgotten classics for a little over a dollar. This prompted much discussion about Jade and Dave's favourite one hit wonders and whether there's a similar sentiment applied to indie/underground bands.

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Jess McAvoy Interview, Passive Aggression at Work and Paper.li

This week on Diff'rent Strokes...

MUSIC:

Jade chats with Melbourne indie artist Jess McAvoy about her imminent move to America and artistic reinvention, and why she wants to have a debate with Dave about Lady Gaga. Jess even did an exclusive acoustic performance for Diff'rent Strokes, so tune in to experience it. In the meantime, take a look at her stunning video for 'The Sailor':

CULTURE:

Jade and Dave vent on the kind of passive aggression they come across at work and this hilarious blog dedicated to bullshit of that nature. Are you a victim of a workplace with confronting notes plastered all over the communal break room or kitchen? This one's for you.

ONLINE:

Dave checks out Paper.li - a website that allows you to create your own online newspaper built from your own Twitter and Facebook feeds. Who said print is dead? It lives on in the digital world.

Here's an example of well-functioning Paper.li publication: Justin Barbour Daily. We are having all kinds of drama getting the inaugural printing of Diff'rent Strokes Times out on Paper.li so we'll have to update you on it when it's ready for viewing.

Check out Jade's own Jade Gulliver Daily.

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Geek Pride Day, Born This Way and 8tracks

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CULTURE:

Today is Geek Pride Day and all who need to know already knows. Jade and Dave ponders on this special day that started back in 2006 and was distinctly chosen to fall on 25 May (the day the first Star Wars movie premiered), and consider how the definition of geek has changed over the years. Is Geek Pride Day representative of all geeks in the community?

MUSIC:

Lady Gaga's Born This Way is without question one of the most intensely anticipated pop releases of 2011. The album was released globally this Monday after being shipped out early to music retailers in Australia last Friday. Hear Dave's thoughts on the record that everyone's talking about tonight. Gritty, camp and more experimental than ever before - Born This Way is the titan artistic statement Mother Monster has been dying to unveil.

ONLINE:

Jade and Dave have openly discussed their thoughts on making music playlists and "mixtapes" before but now is the time to share for real. Our DS duo checks out 8tracks - an internet radio site built on users creating and sharing short eight-track playlists.

Check out our special themed playlists:

Dave's Ice Queen mixtape of cyber-frosty electro pop tracks to soundtrack the winter drive, featuring Annie, Yoko Ono and Sophie Ellis-Bextor.

Jade's Melbourne Mix featuring her favourite home grown indie talents like Architecture in Helsinki, Art of Fighting and Children Collide.

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