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Sunday, May 31, 2009

Category: Travel
Alexander Downer and a whole lot of common sense!

- posted by Semi @ 10:41 AM 0 comments

Category: Car Ads
With a sound track that reminded me of Peter + Wolf but also reminded me of The Three Stooges, production sensibilities (some 60+ years later) from Honda and not having the benefit of the 3D effects, I reckon this is worth a look.

- posted by DB @ 10:19 AM 1 comments

Category: Q
I went to see a preview of the Australian production of Avenue Q yesterday. It would be unfair to publish a review of a show that hasn't even opened but I will offer up a few random points...

Turn it over, it's cooked! It's ready! This did not look like any sort of preview. It was fantastic.
From the first words of the first song I was totally immersed in the puppet world and was not distracted in the slightest by the puppeteers
I had a reasonably mature 14-year-old with me and he was totally cool with the "adult" themes. Your Mileage May Vary™.
It was a sort of a teeth and boobs, belt out the songs and make 'em laugh show... without the teeth and boobs.
Finally, as with many modern Broadway shows, it is first and foremost a parody of its own genre.

Recommended.

- posted by Semi @ 9:55 AM 0 comments

Category: Video
Until this morning I had not seen these "literal" songs where they rewrite the words to match the video. It's hard to explain. Just have a look at Penny Lane.

- posted by Semi @ 9:53 AM 1 comments

Saturday, May 23, 2009

Category: Spelling
This article manages to spell Shoaib Akhtar correctly but fails on electrofulguration.
All in all, though, as Tim Blair says, it provides way too much information.

- posted by Semi @ 8:00 AM 0 comments

Thursday, May 21, 2009

Category: Arithmetic
Over at the Fail Blog is a terrific city limits sign.

- posted by Semi @ 7:36 AM 0 comments

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Category: Photography
Atlantis silhouetted against the sun with Hubble nearby. Amazing!
A how-to from the photographer.

- posted by Semi @ 10:22 AM 0 comments

Monday, May 18, 2009

Category: Fillums
I had never heard of Turkish Star Wars until today. I am currently about a third of the way through and it is excruciating. Let me know in comments if you make it all the way through.
UPDATE: I watched it so that you don't have to. At 1½ hours it's a pretty big ask.
It's a sort of a Muslim Kung Fu with early Dr Who production standards and bit's of Ep 4 ANH strewn throughout and Islam as The Force™. Oh, and Shintaro, the Samurai came to mind a bit as well.

- posted by Semi @ 12:47 PM 0 comments

Friday, May 15, 2009

Category: RDC
Semi might have a bit more to add to this, he was more closely involved than me -- I was only involved very much on the periphery -- Charles Tingwell. Very much, from the Melbourne Theatre Community, Vale.

- posted by DB @ 11:03 AM 0 comments

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Category: RDC
Venetia Phair. Never heard of her before but never believed the Disney Dog thing anyhows. Vale.

- posted by DB @ 2:54 PM 0 comments

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Category: Music
Chances are that Semi and I will be the only ones to appreciate(!) this, but Jeez, some folks are weird!

- posted by DB @ 10:06 AM 0 comments

Monday, May 11, 2009

Category: Fillums
I went to see Star Trek - TNF (The New Fillum) yesterday and I absolutely loved it -- one of those "turn-around-and-go-back-in-again" fillums I thought.
But they should've done this I reckon.
Otherwise I reckon it was real good.

- posted by DB @ 3:05 PM 0 comments