Author Archives: AHC McDonald

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About AHC McDonald

Comedian, artist, photographer and critic. From 2007 to 2017 ran the culture and satire site The Worst of Perth

Free Shit

Posted on June 28, 2011 by AHC McDonald

Who sent me this? I’ve lost the email. Has a kind of Pete F James N Dave P. kinda vibe. Yeah. Free shit rules. Also, 2BarRiff. sent me a demo of how desperate Perthtonians are to render cocks. Pathetic really.

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Sunday Morning Coming Down

Posted on June 27, 2011 by AHC McDonald

I walked from Embleton to Claremont and back yesterday and recorded the worsts. If the future wants to know what Perth was like on a Sunday morning in 2011, then this is what it iiiiissssss. I like that the vibrancy … Continue reading →

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Weekend Worstoff 157

Posted on June 25, 2011 by AHC McDonald

Pete F saw the terrible sculpture pulling cones in Freo. Definite improvement.Natalia Fan#1 sees a curiously flattened back door in Malaga Markets. Isn’t this a distorted Schiele?The Country Bandit sees that the spirit is weak in Stoneville. This style of … Continue reading →

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Your Mum’s Place

Posted on June 24, 2011 by AHC McDonald

By Fredrickson. Nollamara.

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Flange a fresco

Posted on June 23, 2011 by AHC McDonald

Working in wet concrete is like working in wet plaster fresco, except the masters, say Giotto, or perhaps Michaelangelo would have rendered the flange in superb detail, with perhaps a gold halo over the head -which is also missing in … Continue reading →

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Give the gift of heads

Posted on June 22, 2011 by AHC McDonald

Two worst worthy items in curio shop William Street (Turnstyles) . A carving celebrating decapitation, and a whole roll of Boans wrapping paper. I was going to ask the price, but the shop person was absorbed in playing solitaire on … Continue reading →

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Herbal ball massage

Posted on June 22, 2011 by AHC McDonald

Guaranteed to give you hot stones. By JaneZ. William Street City.

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Sold my arse!

Posted on June 21, 2011 by AHC McDonald

“Make it stop!” cries Dave P. Midland real estate agents. I don’t often divert from my original photo policy, but this deserves an exception. What will the future think of this? They all seem so…into it.

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There’s a crack winding back

Posted on June 21, 2011 by AHC McDonald

Country Bandit saw this celebration of 1979 between Collie and Bunbury – deep in Rurotardia. Maybe it was paid for by rurotards for regions loot. Thing is, it doesn’t look 30 years old. Or even 5 years old. Has 1979 … Continue reading →

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The Woman in the Liver Mask

Posted on June 20, 2011 by AHC McDonald

I love this. A perfect worst. Auteured by who else but Pete F. And doesn’t the liver have a wonderful shape for a logo? Not even a dog turd graphic could match it for dynamic tension and instant recognition.

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