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Archive for August, 2008

Not Quite Hollywood movie review

Have you yearned to know what Aussie cinema was like in the seventies? Did you even know there was one? Did you know that for love nor money, you can’t find a decent print of Mad Max in Australia, because they were all played to buggery at the drive ins? All this and more is [...]

The truth about the Israeli art scam

OK, a while ago I posted something about an Israeli art scam occurring in the inner city suburbs of Melbourne. And for a two bit blog like this one the response has been overwhelming, 80 comments of peoples experiences all over the world and counting. From Brisbane to Ireland to Arizona, people have been having [...]

The internet’s Pearl Harbour. The iPatriot act is coming

Thank you Alternative Tentacles (who may well be Jello Biafra incarnate. Who knows!) for publishing this on Facebook. I hope this will never happen but this is a lecture from July 28 entitled ‘The Future of the Internet‘ and is quite dire. Here’s a shorter excerpt on Youtube. Terror is coming online! Quickly followed by [...]

Ronnie Wood Autobiography Review

Yes peeps yet another rock star bio to review. This phase I’m going through has lasted about 4 years now! In short, don’t hold your breath waiting for a Mick or Keef autobiography. Those guys will be taking their tales to the grave no question. But Ronnie is the ever chirpy, affirmable and lovable face [...]

eTax too slow?

PREFACE. If you’re about to do your tax return, i’m about to save you 5 minutes. This is the link to the eTax executable for Windows XP SP2 and above for all I know. You could still read Pride and Predujdice while it downloads, but next time you see me you owe me a beer [...]

Keith Moon Biography video

This is a fantastic doco on the great man and drummer extroadinaire on Youtube. It’s in 6 parts and goes for roughly 50 minutes. I think it was also part of the ‘Living Famously’ series of documentaries, but it’s called ‘The Real Keith Moon’ here. His Swedish girlfriend/fiance is in it, his personal assistant, the [...]

Eight things to do in Kuala Lumpur

OK, twice in a month I’ve been asked what are some cool things to do in KL if you only have a few days in town. I put this list together for a friend and thought it might be useful for some. These are selected highlights. Virtually all of them will be between 30 minutes [...]

Obsessed with Jay Leno’s Garage

Say what you will about the Tonight Show with Jay Leno. God knows Bill Hicks did. But if you haven’t seen Jay Leno’s Garage.com get right into it. This has to be the best adaptation of a TV style reality show to the internet I have ever seen period. Somehow you can’t help but feel [...]