RIP Michael Gudinski
Gudinski was more than a music industry leader, he was a magnet for Melbourne and a force of nature.
Continue reading →Culture
Books fuel our need for narratives. Art fuels the space in our minds. Music fuels the space in our time. Movies do it all.
Our lousy shot at quarantine
We’ve held the world’s best tennis players prisoner with sub-standard food and experience – it is a complete failure of imagination.
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Guest Post: The Expert Dilemma
Andrew Danos is an Australian businessman currently living in Israel. He has an MBA from Kellogg Business School and is a former adviser to The…
Continue reading →This is one of the very best pages on the internet: Everyday social experiments with unpredicted outcomes
So many fantastic examples of: biases, logical fallacies, behavioural psychology, heuristical biases, and behavioural economic theories turned upside down. Source: What is the most bizarre…
Continue reading →There’s a huge difference between what offends and what affects
As Kellyanne Conway wisely said of Trump, he knows the difference between what offends and what affects. This is the key to his brilliant tactics….
Continue reading →Bill Leak on Bill Henson
Two great cartoons from Bill Leak in The Australian over the past two days on the Bill Henson saga: Monday 26 May Saturday 24 May
Continue reading →Respect, tolerance and liberalism AKA No straights at The Peel
Our friend Andrew Norton has started a fascinating conversation about respect vs tolerance, framed within the context of The Peel refusing to allow straights and…
Continue reading →I WANT AN APPLE TV!
Apple TVs are SO COOL! Now they’ll be able to stream YouTube straight to your TV. And soon enough, Joost and other online video services….
Continue reading →Joost – a brand new way to watch TV shows online
I’ve been spending a lot of time on Joost lately; I got a Beta invite. And I can’t get enough. I reckon it’s the greatest…
Continue reading →A corporate competitor for YouTube
From NewsCorp and NBC Universal. So interesting how this new venture will go, especially when you consider News Corp and Google are in bed in…
Continue reading →Conservatory Hotel – Sydney: Do not stay there
It’s patently clear. Do not stay at the Observatory Hotel in Sydney unless you want news of your most intimate moments splashed all over the…
Continue reading →Monetising Quality
…So the challenges, I guess, are to get good at predicting ‘great’ before the market takes action, and to be clear with yourself and your…
Continue reading →Don’t read this post
But feel free to analyse it.
Continue reading →Five reasons why Second Life is shit
1. There’s no point to it. World of Warcraft and other online games and spaces have a point – make friends, complete quests, shoot people,…
Continue reading →Jobs’s Volte Face on Music?
Steve Jobs, guru extraordinaire of Apple Computer, has published a very interesting essay on the Apple website entitled “Thoughts on Music”. It describes how he…
Continue reading →U2’s business practices
For many, many years we have admired U2’s business practices. This band has succeeded in not only writing and recording multi-million selling albums and lucrative…
Continue reading →Mass Debate Online
If you love a bit of a verbal stoush, check out ConvinceMe.net. I haven’t tried it yet but I like the idea of it. Not…
Continue reading →EMI = Every Mistake Imaginable
The past few weeks have been somewhat tumultuous in the music industry, with the departure of two of the music industry’s best regarded executives, David…
Continue reading →Traditional media are n00b5 – gaming is a PHENOMENON
WOW Burning Crusade is out. it’s very, very big. this is bigger than any film release of this year. The traditional media is slow to…
Continue reading →JJJ – The Secret Station
JJJ thought they’d “do a MySpace” and exclusively promote a Jet concert on the banks of the Yarra at the last minute. The concert was…
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