tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post1868328872768873904..comments2023-12-06T00:23:28.790+11:00Comments on Press gallery reform: Ever-decreasing circlesAndrew Elderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04705844456819481896noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-69574293842465415122016-04-01T09:58:05.450+11:002016-04-01T09:58:05.450+11:00look at the recent propaganda here in Victoria wit...look at the recent propaganda here in Victoria with Tim Wilson and his puff pieces in The Australian.<br /><br />Michael Kroger going on Joy FM trying to sell Tim as an outstanding Australian along with Abbott's sister is farcical<br /><br />The tea party mantra in areas like Brighton just makes me sick to my stomach...<br /><br />Tim and his lovely partner can go and join The Trump campaign.<br /><br />An afficionado of Ronald Reagan and Freedom of Speech, it's best that Tim drinks his self entitlement elsewhereAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-74356390711689839532016-03-28T17:01:21.231+11:002016-03-28T17:01:21.231+11:00I interviewed him in 2001 and we talked about the ...I interviewed him in 2001 and we talked about the strangeness of that song (and others) becoming sporting anthems. He showed me the novel - a French book in translation. His take was the role the "little guy" plays in big moments.<br /><br /><i>"PD: It’s a real phenomenon that song.<br /><br />MS: Some people don’t like it. People hate it. I know people really hate it with a passion. ‘Throw your arms around me’, those are the two songs I still do, is universally loved. I don’t know anyone who doesn’t love it. They either love it or their not interested in me or Hunters and Collectors at all. Holy Grail has a really mixed reception,<br /><br />PD: Did it? Why’s that do you think?<br /><br />MS: No, the funny thing was it almost never made the album, a couple of guys thought it sounded like Boston. It had that particular chord structure and the engineer pushed a particular production, compressed electric right in the middle of the mix that sounds huge, so it sounds like Boston, which is a bit unfortunate. I always loved it, I thought the story was really unique. It was such a bizarre story. I just stumbled on it, I happened upon a book at the time that just told the story of Napoleon, about Napoleon’s cook – the guy that cooked Napoleon’s chicken on the Russian front. Which is such a bizarre thing to write a song about. It was so unconnected to anything I was doing, any experiences I was having at the time, it seemed like a really good idea to write a song about it. It does tell the story about fighting in the face of insurmountable odds, and that really appeals to people. Everyone has that sense of wanting to achieve great things in their life, and I think they relate to that song on that level. Obviously the Holy Grail is connected to sport, it became a sport thing."</i>Lachlan Ridgenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-10171051792119376062016-03-26T21:44:45.616+11:002016-03-26T21:44:45.616+11:00Like Kerin and farming. Oh wellLike Kerin and farming. Oh wellAndrew Elderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04705844456819481896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-6039712734058175692016-03-26T21:44:23.315+11:002016-03-26T21:44:23.315+11:00Thanks.
I thought it referred to an unsuccessful ...Thanks.<br /><br />I thought it referred to an unsuccessful H&C tour of the US?Andrew Elderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04705844456819481896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-57880850787568880932016-03-26T21:43:08.570+11:002016-03-26T21:43:08.570+11:00I had one all drafted, but then Tim Dunlop both co...I had one all drafted, but then Tim Dunlop both covered the field more comprehensively and was more succinct: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-03-22/dunlop-dear-media-turnbull-isn't-decisive-he's-desperate/7265720 Andrew Elderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04705844456819481896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-40439663945338368542016-03-26T18:56:14.715+11:002016-03-26T18:56:14.715+11:00The wall to wall Canberra Press Gallery wank about...The wall to wall Canberra Press Gallery wank about Malcolm Turnbull masterfully bringing a double dissolution about and "laying a trap" for Labor is worth an entire article. <br /><br />We are supposed to believe that months of policy drift, slogans lifted from the sitcom "Veep", collapsing personal approval ratings for the PM, the rapidly tightening polls, an entire month of political debacle, completely contradictory responses to Labor's negative gearing reforms (which will apparently make property prices go up and down and collapse the property market) and Malcolm's inability to rein in the lunar right of his party when they start their homophobic jaunts is some part of some masterful trap for Labor? <br /><br />It is truly beyond idiotic. Bobalothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09890427022642427075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-43539615296791453892016-03-25T20:15:56.636+11:002016-03-25T20:15:56.636+11:00Great framing lyric.
Seymour's song is taken ...Great framing lyric.<br /><br />Seymour's song is taken from a novel about the soldiers who fought under Napoleon during his march on Moscow.<br /><br />Very fitting for the insiders in the dawning age of outsider revolt.Lachlan Ridgenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-32716547308912185522016-03-25T19:48:41.404+11:002016-03-25T19:48:41.404+11:00One feels that Scott would be far more at home not...One feels that Scott would be far more at home not commenting on On Water Matters(tm). mattoxicnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-66157773012794282362016-03-24T20:05:25.219+11:002016-03-24T20:05:25.219+11:00It was dumbed down to his level and that of his st...It was dumbed down to his level and that of his staff, rather than his audienceAndrew Elderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04705844456819481896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-28615914896436204172016-03-24T20:04:38.328+11:002016-03-24T20:04:38.328+11:00FixedFixedAndrew Elderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04705844456819481896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-70855008861478629712016-03-24T14:32:24.986+11:002016-03-24T14:32:24.986+11:00I've tried reading Morrison's startupsmart...I've tried reading Morrison's startupsmart piece. It's a good thing I didn't make a buzzword drinking game of it - I would've been paralytic by the second paragraph. He's not real bright, is he.David Irving (no relation)https://www.blogger.com/profile/05728918405973140125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-48198746139995053142016-03-24T08:10:24.152+11:002016-03-24T08:10:24.152+11:00The link at the end re 2010 being the new norm doe...The link at the end re 2010 being the new norm doesn't work.Mercurialhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08531202189169082683noreply@blogger.com