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18/10/08 - Night off

One week after our abysmal return we unfortunately (or fortunately depending on how you look at it) are having yet another night off due to social and professional commitments. Tune in next week for the Saturday night finale though, after which we'll either be in a different timeslot or cancelled! One of those outcomes is much, much more likely than the other, I'll leave it up to you to guess which.

02/10/08 - 4ZzZ issues

So apparently someone spilled water on the broadcast panel at 4ZzZ and it's busted to the point they've had to cobble together some sort of makeshift studio. Claptrap could be affected in a rather large way this week and there may be more static than usual (which may actually increase the quality of the show). Anyways, best to be prepared for some worse-than-usual radio.

28/09/08 - We're back!

Hello there everyone, as you might have noticed we've unfortunately returned to the Brisbane air waves! The podcast of episode 11 is up and you can now stream directly off the website instead of having to download entire episodes in one heinous blow. Also you may recall we were featured on the front page of mX newspaper the other week (probably as a practical joke), we know you don't believe it, we barely can, so here is the proof.

19/09/08 - Claptrap rostered day off

Yaarrr! Unfortunately meself, Captain Griff and First Mate J. Stu are scuttling the show this week due to family, university and KFC board member commitments respectively, ye scurvy sea-dog. We promise to sail back on to the air waves on the eve of Saturday the 27th to plunder ye earholes once again. Happy talk like a pirate day, avast!

17/09/08 - Daniel Smith 180° footage online

That's right, we've pulled our finger out and put the footage from our QCTV interview on our YouTube channel! Click here to check it out but be warned, you will see J. Stu sans pants.

16/09/08 - YouTube channel operational again

Yeah so we've had a YouTube channel sitting dormant for sometime now, ever since we thought we weren't too ugly to be a TV show. Tonight we finally uploaded a clip from the show that people squeaking about on YouTube can stumble across and immediately rate at one star. We'll upload little snippets from time to time and any awful videos we might make.

13/09/08 - TV replay

So apparently Daniel Smith 180° is run like four times a week, including slots at 10:30pm tonight and 1am Sunday morning. Claptrap will actually be on the air from midnight to 2am too, so if you're dedicated enough you can listen to us on the radio, watch us on TV and inevitably slip slowly into an irreversible coma.

12/09/08 - mX newspaper

Right, somehow mX decided we weren't ugly enough to be banned from all major publications and ran a picture of us on the front page of today's edition. God help you all. Seriously, did nothing interesting happen on planet Earth today? A scan of it will be put up on the internet if you missed it, what is the world coming to?

10/09/08 - TV appearance

Tonight the ugly beast that is Claptrap will rear its head, destroying all televisions and entertainment systems tuned in to the late night chat show Daniel Smith 180°, on QCTV (Channel 31) at 9:30pm. The footage will be uploaded to our YouTube channel in the coming days to commence obliteration of the internet and computer-based industry.

04/08/08 - Radiothon

4ZzZ began as an initiative of the University of Queensland (UQ) Student Union in 1975. Broadcasting alternative political, social and cultural views and openly supporting political struggles was a key feature of the station from the very beginning.

Their time at UQ came to an end with the election of an unfriendly Liberal student union in 1988, which didn't take kindly to its left-leaning broadcasts. They were forcibly removed from the campus and had to battle to find new premises or risk shutting down.

Managing to survive since then with stable lodgings in Fortitude Valley and a permanent licence, the battle today is with the almighty dollar. It costs roughly $5000 a month to keep the station running, with $1000 of that needed just to power the transmitter. 4ZzZ's main source of income is through supporter subscriptions.

Once a year, 4ZzZ runs a Radiothon subscription drive. This year's Radiothon commences on Friday, August 8th. Subscribers are enticed with special prizes, including some very rare material from well-known artists and bands. So sign-up today and keep not only Claptrap alive but community radio alive too!

The voices in your head

Dr Dan

With his inquisitive smile and boyish good looks Daniel Matthew Anstey is one for the ages. His decision to team up with J Stu and Griff is indicative of Dan’s keen intellect and strong pursuit for perfection in all that he does. Having attained his Bachelor of Engineering in 2005 and subsequent professional employment, his immaturity finally caught up with him forcing his ‘early retirement’ and easing into more leisurely pursuit of success in the arena of entertainment. His key hobbies and life pursuits involve sessions of self admiration in front of the mirror and days of intense highs induced by thoughts of his own greatness, he has successfully taken the art of self appreciation to new levels.

Griff

Brendan Griffen is that special sort of human who initially makes you want to vomit blood from your eyes, but eventually you just want to crush his head and extract the sweet nectar from his brain. As a child he was abused, not physically or mentally, but metaphorically by an imaginary man made of Lego who called himself Henry. Griff was entered into a psychiatric care program because of these delusions and over time he managed to substitute a crippling fear of building blocks and other objects capable of being segmented into more than six parts with an interest for astrophysics and a well developed propensity for looking like a disgusting mess of a human. His hobbies include cultivating large amounts of watermelon and painting horses. You can find a picture of him in the dictionary under the word Griff...and dumpster.

J Stu

Classed as an oddity from birth, Joshua Stewart grew up unaware of who his real biological parents were. Only now are the real details coming to light. DNA tests have now proved that his peculiar shaped head was no accident but the result of Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Peter Hellier having sexual relations 21 years ago. As he matured, the world saw fast-food giants stocks soar with the consumption of family buckets of chicken at an all-time high. Continuing in this fashion through his late teens, shareholders believe it is J Stus affinity for deep fried chicken that is keeping the ailing fast-food sector afloat. Of equal importance is his laugh - a cross between a hyena and an eight year old school girl.