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popculture
Movie: Kurt Cobain About a Son.
Thursday, May 1st, 2008Photo: Rod Yates, editor of Empire Magazine interviewing Michael Azerrad on his movie, Kurt Cobain About a Son.
Kurt Cobain looms out of the cinema screen like a melancholic Viking, ready to pillage our minds. Like the images of other dead celebrities, the image sets off thought patterns and we classify: drug addict, father, musican.
Like all [...]
Follow the Eyeballs. And the Money.
Thursday, May 24th, 2007At the Hill and Knowlton "Surviving and thriving in the next decade - Technology Publishing" Breakfast Bytes this morning, a group of eminent panelists in picture above, from the left:
James Tuckerman – Publishing Editor, AntHill. New relatively magazine about ideas, money and skills. Previously more print than online, but adding new online projects later in 2007.
Heather [...]
Astronauts and Princesses Meme Goes Large
Thursday, April 26th, 2007Uncle Dave, with his new found power of recording his own Podcasts, invited me to yabber on about my week so far.
We subverted the Uncle Mike hierarchy, and had a good show. Thanks Uncle Dave.
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Difference of Opinion: Digital Age
Tuesday, April 24th, 2007It has been an excellent week for the ABC. The Curtin "docu-drama" gave a portrait of a man of his time: Prime Minister John Curtin during the 1941 through 1942.
Last night, Jeff McMullan did a standard "journalistic show" wrapped as debate on new technologies, and the impact on community on "Difference of Opinion: Growing Up [...]
Billy Thorpe: Australia’s Loudest Man goes Quiet
Wednesday, February 28th, 2007There will be many Australian sharpie Baby Boomers very quiet today. The hero of loud, Australian Rock and Roll, Billy Thorpe, died at 60 of a heart attack over night.
I wonder if in this election year, the pollies will pull a State Funeral. I hope so, as the impact his music had on that generation [...]
In the Digital Generation Gap
Monday, February 19th, 2007If you are not a parent or teacher with children between the ages of 5-15, you might want to read something else. I know how it gets when people talk about kids.
If you are a teacher or parent, welcome to the new internet generation gap.
An article published in the New York magazine, Say Everything, details [...]
ricky does 80s
Saturday, April 9th, 2005As you are probably aware, the music of the 80s touches me in a special way. I am also a fan of "The Office"
To hear that Ricky Gervais (Mr The Office) was in a little known New-wave band, Seona Dancing, well, that just made my Saturday!
The music is a classic. Evidently they charted 117 [...]
Dan Brown plagerises Dan Brown
Friday, March 11th, 2005This week: Sydney / Lake Maquarie / Sydney / Auckland / Sydney.
Finished my third Dan Brown book, Deception Point. What is the Dan Brown Code? Simple:
Slighly off-centre, strange yet handsome/beautiful primary character gets thrown into a "situation".
The "situation" has an echo in modern culture conspiracy theories or edge-case science fact
The antagonist is the [...]
