I haven’t written an essay-length piece for a week. Sorry about that. I’ll try to do better this week. I don’t want this blog to be yet another “collection of random stuff I found on the Internet”. We have enough of those already.
Australian Social Trends 2007
If you want to know what’s really going on in this country — as opposed to the spin — dig through the latest stats in Australian Social Trends 2007. Another fine product from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, one of the very few truly independent national statistical agencies.
George W shatters the myth…
Asked what he thought of the President, Representative Charles Rangel said: “I really think he shatters the myth of white supremacy once and for all.”
Tourettes Guy is dead
When my friend Richard told me that Tourette’s Guy was dead and that it was the best thing on the web, I wasn’t sure whether the video was tasteless. But as I watched more, I figured out that it was actually very compassionate.
When you watch this video, what emotions do you have? I’d like to know…
Weekly Poll: Howard government annoyances
The Howard government’s done some strange things this year. It’s decided that the army can somehow combat child sexual abuse (if the people involved and black and poor). It’s spending $6 billion on fighter-bombers the air force doesn’t want. It’s selling uranium to India. And more…
Which do you find the most annoying? Go to the website to vote!
And if you think I’ve missed out an important one, please add it in the comments.
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Last week’s results: No-one thought Bono was a statesman striding the world or an inspiration for the 21st century. Combining the most popular responses, we find that Bono is, in fact, a wanker — a major 20th century musician who’s past his use-by date. No surprises there.
The Core: “The KLF: Genius or Gibberish?”
It’s two weeks since I posted the last thing from my deep past, the Script Challenge, and no-one’s solved it yet. So I’ll post something less cryptic, a little less demanding — an extract from The Core magazine, which I worked on back during the brief period when I was cool.
Plus it gives me a chance to reminisce about The KLF.
The Core dates from a fantastic period of my life. I’d been working for ABC Radio for a few years, and along with club promoter Scott Thompson — does anyone know where he is now? — I presented Club Escape, a dance music program on Triple J created by John Thompson-Mills that aired in Adelaide in 1990-91.
Club Escape was hot. We had 11% of the total radio audience on a Saturday night, which means we probably blitzed the 15-25yo demographic. Nightclub owners told us their venues were deserted until the clock struck midnight and we were off the air.
It Was So Much Fun.
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