A very, very good article

Have a read of THIS. Possibly the best example of the reduction of literary discipline in the Blogsphere (via the Boston Globe).

But having said that, recall if you will the tenants of 'Here comes everybody', don't confuse your ability to find content with the intended audience of the content.

New Talent

The more I think about this young man, the more I think this may be the saviour of Rock and Soul for this country. I see he's playing at the CMC Rocks the Snowys festival coming up early next month, so maybe that's got me thinking...

The artist is Dan Sultan, he is fantastic and his voice has an incredible energy!! Check out his performance on Rockwiz last year HERE

Check out his website HERE

I think Dan is going to be huge, he ought to be. Get on the bandwagon early children.

Exercise/Diet update

Well its been 3 weeks since I began my well-being challenge to lose my excess Christmas weight. 3 weeks of watching what I eat and drink and exercising. My goal was to drop the 4kgs I'd picked up and improve my cardio strength.

The results are in, I've done it!! And the effort was totally worth it. I feel back to normal and in possession of my normal energy levels.

Very Awesome!!

Beware: New Rap God Alert

Before you watch this, be sure to encase your head in solid titanium concrete or it will splode baby!!
(Can you name the tracks covered?)

Kids CD Goodness

Growing up is a lengthy process, I myself am still a work in progress. When I was much younger TV was a relatively new product. When we got a TV it was black and white and rarely on (only one channel with a second added later). When we eventually got a colour TV only some shows were actually in colour! Most were still in black and white.

I listened to the radio a lot. From Casey Kasums top 40 countdown (where all Sunday afternoon he would count down the top 40 charts from the week and from the corresponding weeks in the 70's and the 60's) to the kids shows Radio National put on during school holidays. My earliest memories are associated with music and radio. I deeply treasure the stories I listened to while sitting in my dressing gown eating marmite on toast.

So for my daughter I would like to share those experiences. Which is problematic. In the first instance the majority of children's entertainment is on TV. So it's visual and colourful, but the kids are starring at the screen. Secondly when I have found a CD of stories or songs the production quality is low and calibre of the artist is lower (ABC I'm singling you out and that dreadful Georgie Parker). Tuneless records accompanied by the Freeware version of Garage Band as far as I can tell.

But every now and again I find a winner. As usual for Australia this release slipped right under the radar in this country. Probably because they didn't sign a marketing tie in with the ABC (the CD's are release by the artists in conjunction with Disney. This means Channel 9 here, which means no one at the soulless corporation would have a clue who they are).

I speak of They Might Be Giants and their CD's 'Here come the ABC's' and Here come the 123's'. Absolutely magical is my two word summary. I really enjoy the work of TMBG and these two CD's are perfect. The songs are inventive and humorous and full of wonderful imagery. In fact I was surprised to learn that at least one of the tracks was mixed by the Dust Brothers (Beck, The Chemical Brothers, Fight Club soundtrack etc).
Go looking for these CD's and find them if you can. I found our copies at an independent music store in their bargain bin. I encourage you to search them out. The TMBG albums are just superior in every way to the community theatre crap the ABC produces.

TMBG website HERE
My favourite song about 7 HERE (from the album 'Here come the 123's')