Straight Talking on Gay Marriage
One of the stories which has received little coverage in the aftermath of George Bush’s re-election has been the vote in seven US states to…
Continue reading →I bet you any money George Bush wins…
Check out this price/volume graph from online betting firm Betfair. I just bet $8 at $2.50 return and caught the edge of the Republican rocket,…
Continue reading →The Call: Bye Bye John Kerry
Voting is still well underway in the US election, but then again so are some of the early results. George Bush leads in Florida, Michigan…
Continue reading →US Virtual Tally Room
America. The land of the markets. Capitalism. Freedom. The Government doesn’t organise a very good Virtual Tally Room like the AEC does, they let the…
Continue reading →A Matter of Numbers: What is Joyce thinking?
Peter Costello has made a very good point today (as per usual). Ron Boswell and Barnaby Joyce (two of the Queensland Nationals Senators) do not…
Continue reading →Shock and Awe – John Peel OBE 1939-2004
Legendary figure of the worldwide music industry, Mr John Peel OBE has died suddenly while on holidays on South America. John Peel has been a…
Continue reading →Rupert’s Heart
A great little article which discusses the tradition and family that is News Corp in the context of the last AGM to be held in…
Continue reading →A New Medium?
Robbie Williams released his Greatest Hits album on Monday, which was released on a multimedia card (MMC) format for the first time. Is it the…
Continue reading →A thought about the modular economy
I had a thought about the “modular economy”. Look at the entertainment industry, where large groups of totally outsourced skills come together to work on…
Continue reading →The Rich Get Richer and the Poor get EVEN RICHER!
Shout it from the rooftops. The rich are getting richer in Australia – but the poor are getting richer quicker! According to this report, average…
Continue reading →Kyoto will be bad for energy prices and the economy
Mark Latham has been talking about a “secret tax” on energy to fund renewable resources. A concern – and not necessarily something to be believed….
Continue reading →Aussie Hip Hop – The True School
American Hip Hip is lost. The birth of Hip Hop, the expression of ultimate aspiration against all odds, has been perverted by the new school,…
Continue reading →Free trade is music to my ears
The fear and loathing which has poured from the creative industries about the upcoming Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the US is an ill-informed and…
Continue reading →The Dinosaurs of the Recorded Music Industry Must Evolve or Perish
There was a time when music companies objected to the playing of music on the radio. Instead of seeing early radio technology as a positive…
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