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WTC 7...WTF ?
1 + 1 = 3 WTC 7 is destroyed on 9/11 at 5:20pm. Although hit by WTC 1 debris and partially in flames, this 47 story building was never struck by a plane. So why did it collapse almost symmetrically into its footprint? See how the drop actually accelerates, as per a falling object meeting no resistance. The roof dipping first is a sign of controlled demolition. Puffs of smoke from windows running up the side are also visible. Fire fighters were told to evacuate six hours earlier. GIF credit: 9/11 Oz
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Welcome to my personal webshite. It features many varied topics but covers none of them comprehensively. Updates in some form now happen almost daily. More than anything I have escalated my weblog scribblings, perhaps to the detriment of review output. Such bursts of activity are always cyclic, so I expect to burn-out and shift focus sooner or later. Copies of my drawings will appear once I buy a scanner, which might goose me into producing more art...the weblit here on Toxic Waste certainly doesn't qualify!

Rod Williams
Melbourne, Australia – 11/4/2004

achtung!
Leave your shoes at the door and turn off all mobile phones before entering Toxic Waste. This solar powered, low-GI website contains some pro­fanity and adult con­cepts equiva­lent to an Aust­ralian M 15+ rating. Furthermore, boring discussions about sport are refused classification 'round these parts. Proudly made in the United States of Aust­ralia with local materials and labour. No animal testing was carried out during its con­struc­tion. Please return for recycling after use. All content is copy­right © to each respective con­trib­utor. Best viewed in 1024×768 mode or higher on Firefox. Get hip.


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From 7 September 2008 onwards, this website, Toxic Waste, assumes that you have a minimum screen resolution of 1024×768 pixels. I will not make formatting concessions for smaller size settings any more.

So, if you're still on 800×600, it's time you got with modern times and increased it anyway. Either that, or buy a larger monitor. To change your screen resolution permanently in Windows, follow these simple steps:

Click Start, Settings, and then Control Panel.

Find the Display icon and double-click it.

Click the Settings tab.

Find the resolution slider and pick 1024×768 or higher. For LCD monitors, you should choose the screen's native resolution for best results. Click OK.

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Text will look impossibly small, but you'll get used to it. A handy option is to find the Font Size settings for buttons and select Large Fonts.

   sinema meltdown »

Fool Me Twice  

Zeitgeist  

9/11 Ripple Effect  

The Falling Man  

Crash  

   literature meltdown »

Albert Camus, The Plague (in progress)

George Effinger, When Gravity Fails  

Alastair Reynolds, Redemption Ark  

Robert Reed, Marrow  

Alastair Reynolds, Galactic North  

   censorship meltdown »

Hammer's raunchy prehistoric opus When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970) is finally out in its uncut UK version after languishing on home video in the shorter US assembly. Released by Warner Bros, the US DVD comes as a double-bill with Moon Zero Two.

In other news, there's a longer, more graphic version of Hitchcock's Psycho out in Germany, which apparently suffered trims before it terrified audiences in 1960. Mother would be most pleased.

Pasolini's notorious 1970s art film Salo has been banned again by the OFLC. Click here to read more about it. A totally fucked decision. Is this the beginning of the end for our current honeymoon period for non-porn titles? As RC mentions, there's been a spate of bans in recent months in different media. It just goes to show: never become complacent.

Visit Refused Classification, Libertus, and Somebody Think of the Children! for more Aussie censorship news.

oz classification meltdown

Banned : Ona Zee Presents Volume One – Male Submissive Learning the Ropes

Banned : Prisoners of Sex

Banned : Barebacked Journey to Amsterdam

Banned : Copped

Banned : Fist Pigs

Banned : The Monstercock Max Delong Experience

Banned : Out in Africa 1

R 18+ : Pathology

R 18+ : Satanas

R 18+ : Bondage Mansion (apparently unbanned)

   noise meltdown »

Company B, Keating! The Musical  

Goblin, Buio Omega (soundtrack)  

ELO, The Very Best of ELO  

System of a Down, Mesmerize  

Megadeth, Countdown to Extinction  

Sadus, Visions of Misery  

Bolt Thrower, War Master  

Sadus, Swallowed in Black  

Fiona Apple, Extraordinary Machine  

Psycroptic, Sceptre of the Ancients  

Nile, Ithyphallic  

   televised radiation meltdown »

The Farmer Wants a Wife (Ch 9)  

Stranded (SBS)  

Boiling Point (Ch 7)  

The F Word (Ch 9)  

Lipstick Jungle (Ch 9)  

periodical meltdown

Black #1  

Men's Style  

Sprak!  

Metal Hammer  

Betty Paginated final issue  

live event meltdown

Tell Me on a Sunday (Her Majesty's Theatre)  

Game On (ACMI)  

Daniel Kitson (Comedy Festival)  

Iron Maiden (Rod Laver Arena)  

Beautiful People (The Artery)  

Spamalot x2 (Her Maj)  

Amnesty Comedy Gala (Her Maj)  

War of the Worlds (Rod Laver Arena)  

Brave Men Run in Family (Her Maj)  

Queen: It's a Kind of Magic (Her Maj)  

Guggenheim Exhibition (NGV)  

Slayer Live (Vodafone Arena)  

Miss Saigon (Her Majesty's)  

Open Air Cinema (Yarra River)  

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03/09/2008 : Overdue Books

01/09/2008 : Televised Radiation

25/08/2008 : Corrosive Journalism

17/08/2008 : Sinema Viewing

13/08/2008 : Guest Reviews

05/08/2008 : Chopping List

06/02/2007 : Toxic Faves of 2007

12/07/2007 : Guestbook

07/05/2007 : Missing Links

10/01/2007 : Toxic Faves of 2006

23/10/2006 : Noise Pollution

08/01/2006 : Toxic Faves of 2005

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Given that I'm pushing 40, it was about time I posted a more recent photo of myself. With all the deceit and obfuscation on the Internet these days, one must strive for honesty.
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