The one with ugly kids

Sometimes, it amazes me what people think they heard. It all spurned from this.

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Most parents would deny it, but Canadian researchers have found that physical attractiveness affects how children are treated, according to a report Tuesday in The New York Times.

Researchers at the University of Alberta in Edmonton watched how parents interacted with their children while shopping in supermarkets and found that so-called ugly ones were more neglected and allowed to engage in potentially dangerous behavior.

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From there, I asked the question "Does anybody think they have ugly kids?". Im sure some people misheard that to be "All ugly kids should be rounded up and put in an ugly kid zoo". It was a simple QUESTION! I dont have any kids yet, but when I do Im sure they will be stunning. It'll be like Da Vinci carved them himself. But I would think, in all honesty that parents, while they still love their kids, will realise "Well, you wont be climbing up on a catwalk". People are judging each other on looks since the cavemen started putting saber tooth tiger teeth around their neck, as an accessory. Those same parents wont exactly be singing about it from the rooftops, but has anyone ever noticed how some parents are constantly blowing on about how gorgeous their little johnny is. Why is it some parents????? Why isnt it all??? Do some parents know in their heart and soul that little mary's photo wont be appearing in the local paper, unless its one of the"The supect spotted here on CCTV" photos. Again, it was a QUESTION I asked!

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. People expect them to have good looking kids! Why? Because Brangelina are good looking. What happens if they're kids turn out to be something that once appeared in Sesame Street. Not much really, I'd expect! Because Mommy and Daddy will say "Im not workin in this fuckin movie, unless my hideous kids are gonna be in it" On the other hand, if Shane McGowan and Courtney Love decided to have children, people would expect something out of the Alien movies.

If all kids were beautiful, then we'd all grow up to be on catwalks and magazine covers. They'd be nobody on the radio!!!!

The one with George Carlin

Another legend has passed away too soon! George Carlin RIP! You'll be missed!

The one with Jean Elliot

Jean Elliot was in studio last night with her latest single entitled Highest Hill. Its available to buy on itunes and downloadmusic.ie from July 4th.

The one with Super Sweet 16's

I had no 16th, I had no 18th and I had no 21st. Besides a few mates around and going out in town, that was it. I spent my 21st with a girlfriend at the time and that was it. No obligatory hiring of a GAA hall or anything. All I wanted for any of these birthdays was a couple of quid to feed the CD and VHS addiction with the occasional purchase of a pair of jeans, black leather fingerless gloves or a new back patch for the manky denim jacket. I never had the notion of asking the parents for a party. When I was younger they provided plenty of bday parties. You know the ones where you hand out invites in class (or in my case the teacher would hand em out) to which you had no say in it anyway. "Your mother knows best who to invite" translated into "I wont be inviting that shower of stuck up bastards that I cant stand at the school gates".

When it came to the milestone birthdays (check above) I never looked for ponies, BMW's or to be carried into a GAA hall atop a seat carried by half naked, buffed up blokes. Nor did I look for the hot band of the day to turn up and play. Granted, the idea of Guns n Roses turning up to play at my 16th would have been nuts. Slash would have been strung out, on the ground covered in chocolate rice crispy cakes and TK lemonade. Axl wouldn't have turned up and the rest of em probably would have arrived with a few hookers.


I cant understand what the f$%k is wrong with these kids on the Super shite 16 thing on MTV. They are spoilt little shits for the best part. I know I've probably ranted about this in the past, but the parents should be brought out to the Serengeti, covered in BBQ sauce and left fend for themselves. Lions, Cheetahs, hell even a few zebras might take pleasure in removing their ribs through their arse. The ego's are similar to that of Val Kilmer in his "I'm Val fuckin Kilmer" days. Daddy, Daddy, Daddy, Mommy, Mommy, Mommy. Shut up already! They never get second hand cars and if a second hand car is even mentioned, then the parents may as well have a peek out the window for the dudes and their apocalypse ponies.



I'm all for; if you have it spend it, but some of it is ridiculous. I wonder how much behind the scenes stuff actually goes on? The majority of the kids either get a BMW or a Merc. Given the huge audience this show pulls in, its great product placement for BMW or Mercedes. Does Daddy get a huge discount on the car, or even get it for free. I'd hazard a guess that there is some deal struck up. Same goes for the big stars. Got a new single coming out, hey go on the 16 show. Its watched by millions of teenagers, lets get more of an audience! Ka-ching!!!!!!!

I'm sure some of these kids are nice and polite (I'm sure there was one episode) but for the best part, they are jumped up little shits, who think they've got it all going on. What they should do is take there brand new X5, drive that to the Serengeti, cover it in BBQ sauce and run out of petrol.

On a final note...not for everybody I'd imagine, but hilarious.



Anyway , have a nice weekend. Im in Club Light, Mallow tonight and back on the air Sunday night where Jean Elliot will be in the house!

The one with the coolest movie clip you'll see all day

Compliments of Empire

http://www.empireonline.com/video/wanted/clip2.asp

Those of you who have read the comic book, Wanted, should be well familiar with this scene. Although how faithful the movie is to the Mark Millar masterpiece, remains to be scene

The one with no nudity...maybe

Well, hello to all the new people who have dropped by. Make sure you bookmark the blog or subscribe in your reader. All the rss feeds are down the screen on the right. Or just use http://victorbarry.blogspot.com/atom.xml
Make sure to check out the archives too!!!!

Theres been a huge spike in numbers visiting the blog in the last few days, alot to which I suspect has something to do with the word nudity in the titles.
Is this what the web has come to, people trawling for pictures of naked people???? Next; people will be meandering around cyberspace looking for videos of naked people interfering with each other. Maybe there's money in that kinda thing!

I had a few emails this morning calling me a snob. Me, a snob? Come on for f£$k sake!!!! Just because my idea of a decent holiday isnt 2 weeks in Santa bloody Ponsa. People running around in football jerseys and puking their guts out, is my idea of absolute and utter hell. You get out of Cork, to get away from Cork. But by all accounts going to somewhere like SP is the equivilent of going to any Cork suburb. Then theres the lack of inhibitions as you know nobody there, as some listeners said last night. So, you mean you'll take it doggy style over there, but not here? That doesnt make sense, considering the high potential you'll end up bedding a fellow Corkonian. Christ Im bitter!!!

Maybe If I was single in the morning, I'd be over there with my suitcase of condoms, shackles and a Celtic jersey. I was in Spain once though. I was nearly dragged there under tranquilizer. We got a villa from a friend at the time. None of the uncovered crew were about and it was fine, albeit bloody hot. Then New York last year, felt like being inside a Nuclear explosion when it came to heat and humidity. And even being in a little spot outside Alicante, I couldnt rest. We had rented a car for the 10 days and ended up driving all over the place. 3 hours to Benidorm. I just couldnt rest.


I suppose I have a form of AHD. So as you can imagine, New York was bonkers being with me. Up at the crack of dawn and to bed just before it, for over a week. As the Gabby Cabby told me, we saw more of New York than your average New Yorker will see in a lifetime.

At the end of the day, yer holiers are what you make em. But some of them style holiers, arent for me. Not even if I was paid to go......well depends on how much and what the payment method was.

And contrary to what my producer implied last night, I am absolutely amazing to live with. No room for modesty here!

Have a nice day!

The one with the Hulk at Spencer Tunick

You should see what happens when shit goes wrong on Cork Talks Back....

The one with more nudey bits

More pics from Tunick Installation yesterday. All photos by Dan Linehan from the Irish Examiner. To be honest, I actually thought the one where there all holding up the flowers (lying down) was actually by Spencer Tunick, so hats off to Dan.

A few people are still asking why didnt I do it? Truth be told, I had a plumber calling bright and early yesterday morning. Maybe its a lame ass excuse, but at least theres a new seal in the ensuite shower now :)

The one with nudey bits

One of the pics from the installation this morning, floating around the web at the moment...Is that you????


Hats off to all involved. Fair f$%kin' play!

The one with Stan Winston - RIP

I crawled into bed around 2am last night. Which, is kinda early for me. The traditional bedtime surfing took place and as I made my way through Google Reader, I saw a post on aintitcool saying Stan Winston had died. I was staring at the ipod screen for a good 3 minutes before I googled the incident, and tragically it was true.



The Oscar winning makeup, creature- and visual-effects genius was gone! He died of complications from multiple myeloma Sunday at his home in Malibu. Stan Winston won Oscars for Aliens, Jurassic Park and Terminator 2. The man and his team have been respsonsible for some of cinemas biggest and best known icons. Without him, the outfits, the suits and motions would never have been as good as they were.


Predator - Check
Terminator - Check
Alien Queen - Check
Iron Man suits - Check
Jurassic Park Dinos - Check

Thats just a tiny sample of some of Stans Work. There must be a very small amount of people worldwide that havent seen or heard about his work!

Back in my film and animation days, I was a huge fan of Stan Winston and his work. The first autograph I ever bought was of Stan Winston, which still hangs on the office wall. Hours and hours were spent nosing through DVD extras looking at Stan's legendary work.

And you know what the say about legends, they live on forever! RIP Stan Winston