Kittens will be kittens.
Ad for a zoo. Cute.
Merry Christmas.
Regardless of whether you celebrate Christmas or not (I prefer to think of it as simply a day to step back and appreciate family and friends), I do hope you've had a special day today too.
Telling sign?
Seen at Brisbane domestic airport yesterday.
Question is, are they advertising Windows XP or
Vista?
'twas a combined effort...
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AoW 25: The War of the Worlds - Jeff Wayne
There are
many, many renditions of this H.G. Wells classic, including a controversy
created in 1938 when Orson Welles performed a
mischievous radio broadcast that incited
widespread alarm as people thought Earth really
was being invaded. I think, aside from the book
itself, my favourite version is Jeff Wayne's musical version from
1978. You cannot do better than Richard Burton as
a narrator with that deep gravely voice, David
Essex and the Moody Blues' Justin Hayward also do
themselves proud. It originally came out in a
double 12" album and featured a book insert with
artwork of a quality not often seen before or
since. I used to have this as a teenager but gave
it away to a friend before moving to Oz.
Thankfully Kathy still has both the CD version and
the original 12" album with the artwork. She's
cool like that. You can see small versions here.
Incidentally, while looking for a scan of the cover I
happened upon a nifty site called FreeCovers which looks like an
excellent source for these if say you want cover
art on your iTunes tracks etc.
Die spammers, die!
Sigh.
So it looks like I'll need to think about shutting down wildcard addressing and resort to just a handful of addresses. If that happens and you can't figure out my address (hint, it uses my first name before the @ sign) I'll probably put a contact form somewhere here.
Spammers, there is a special circle of hell
waiting just for you.
So Say We All.
Incidentally if you're a fan, you may want to keep an eye on Beyond the Red Line. Not done much more than kick the tyres on this one (or skids as the case may be) but it's a pretty awesome effort so far.
It's a cheap shot (but someone has to take it...)
Quick question: does this mean our uni is going to have to shed 60% of its academics?
AoW 24: Primitive Man - Icehouse.
Another icon (overused
term as it is), this is the first record (remember
kids they're like CDs only bigger!) I ever bought.
Actually first-equal with Making Movies by Dire
Straits. This album also recently celebrated its 25th
anniversary. No, not feeling old at all... The first
track, Great Southern Land is often thought of as a
shortlist candidate for a real national anthem along
with Ganga Jang's Sounds of Then, and Men at Work's
Down Under.
Great Southern Land (the track, not the album which
is different again) was given a majestic
makeover by Iva Davies for the 1999/2000 New Year Eve
celebrations on Sydney Harbour. You've never heard
taiko drums, a string section, and
an electric guitar sound so good together. The
studio version was released in 1999, and it's
goosebump inducing. Bonus points, much of Ghost of
Time forms the soundtrack to Master and Commander.
AoW 23: Almost Yesterday 1981-1990 - The Church.
This is a really good overview of The Church's discography. I've linked you to Blurred Crusade here since Almost Yesterday isn't on iTMS and several tracks from this one are on it.
AoW 22: Blue Mood Boulevard/Journey into Cafeland - Various.
This one's interesting. Yes, as the title suggests it's one of those loungie/cafe-ie type collections but there's some really good stuff on this. Most of the tracks are instrumentals or very vocally sparse versions. Which can be a good thing. About the only place I could find so much as a track listing is here. It's worth tracking down though.
