Jacinta Price was a rapper in a past life.Credit:John Shakespeare
Under the stage name Sassy J,Price competed in battles of the bands as part of Alice Springs-based hip-hop troupe Catch the Fly. You can track down some of her vocal work on Triple J unearthed if you’re so inclined,probably the last time she got a positive run on the public broadcaster.
But the senator’s evolution into a conservative rising star andSky Newsfavourite hasn’t gone down too well with some of her former bandmates.
Right before this month’s Voice referendum,Price’s erstwhile collaboratorDan McAleer (alias “Dan the Underdog”) released what’s known as a “diss track” calledI Don’t Even Recognise Her.
Over three profane minutes,riddled with language too lewd for a family-friendly column like CBD,McAleer lashes out at the senator’s political pursuit of fame,and chops as a rapper. “How u go from Tracy Chapman/To the black Pauline Hanson?” is a particular favourite line of ours.
The One Nation leader is a big fan of Price’s,and the two have posed for smiling pics together.
A picture accompanying the track features a fake newspaper cover with pictures of Price and McAleer,accompanied by the headlineWill the Real Slim Shady Please Stand Up.
Amateur rappers tend to be wholly unoriginal.
NUP TO THE CUP
When Melbourne Cup broadcaster Ten decided to pull out of the race for a fresh round of broadcasting rights,it looks like the Paramount-owned network decided to make a clean break of it.
Ten,which has been showing the race that stops a nation each year since 2019,when it secured the broadcast on a five-year $100 million deal,scored a Logie nomination last year after pulling out all the stops for itsEddie McGuire-hosted coverage of the event.
But the network walked away from negotiations for a new deal in June – citing “commercial restraints” and “viewer and advertiser preferences” – amid heavy industry speculation that cup organisers Victoria Racing Club was keen on a deal with either Nine or Seven.
So,we’ll let you draw your own conclusions from the decision by Paramount,the US entertainment giant that owns Ten,not to host its own marquee in the birdcage area at Flemington for this year’s Spring Carnival.
It’s a shame because the company went all-out last year,deploying some of its stable of stars to launch its big tent,“inspired by the glamour and grandeur of old Hollywood and the history of Paramount,the Paramount marquee is the choicest trackside destination”.
A Ten spokesperson confirmed there would be no company marquee at Flemington this year and that the network would “instead entertain clients and partners at various luxurious trackside locations,in and around the Birdcage Enclosure”.
No,CBD is not invited.
RIGHT WHINGE
Tasmanian Liberal backbencherBridget Archer has quite the rebellious streak,crossing the floor 27 times since she was first elected in 2019.
But while the MP’s moderate position on everything from the Voice to parliament (she backed Yes) to religious discrimination (she helped defeat the Morrison government’s own bill last year) has made her a favourite among inner-city Guardianistas,it’s attracted plenty of ire from her own party comrades.
Archer is due to speak at an event hosted by the party’s Neutral Bay branch next month,alongside the state North Shore MPFelicity Wilson,and plenty of local Liberals are furious.
So much for the broad church!