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Pith & Wind - Tears
for fears
I’m sure that I’ve mentioned my propensity
for weeping at predictable, and some not so predictable
moments in recent years. No doubt it’s a
side-effect of ageing and I know from conversations
with other blokes of my vintage that quite a number
of them are similarly afflicted. Thankfully, it
hasn’t really embarrassed me so far, and
in any case I don’t really mind shedding
a tear or two at the movies, which I’ve
found can be quite cathartic. For instance, I
left the Waverley Cinema a couple of weeks ago
feeling at peace with the world after seeing the
unpretentious Ricki and the Flash movie.
(Those who might scoff at the notion of even bothering
to see such a slight movie might be surprised
to discover I’m a closet Rick Springfield
fan. I actually met him once – at Brashs
(remember Brashs?) just before he left for the
States for the first time - well, early on anyway,
and I’m not sure he even knew I was even
there let alone who I was, but my belated appreciation
of Rick the rock muso stems mostly from his live
performance of his ‘80s hit Jessie’s
Girl on the Countdown Spectacular 2 show,
which was amazingly energetic, committed and well,
spectacular. And he’s good in Ricki
and the Flash, which is actually not a bad
movie and Meryl Streep might’ve even been
a performer in another life. What I should also
say is that the audio rendering of the band’s
live performances (of which there are quite a
few) is about as good as it gets. Hard to pick
a hole in it at any level). read
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| Dick's
Toolbox - Sport is big business
Sport is big business, and
the business is entertainment. But even though
we know this we quite happily indulge in the arcane
rituals of tribal parochialism every winter weekend.
And at the end of the day your choice of sport
or sports reflects quite a lot about oneself and
one’s place in the world. The citizens of
the USA watch heavy units manoeuvre around a paddock
demonstrating America’s great skill at logistics
and armoured vehicles. Melbournians watch the
anarchy of Australian Rules and Sydney siders
watch sides of tattooed meat run into one another.
And just so you know, I happily put away the joys
of half-arsed intellectualism and follow rugby.
Therefore with the Rugby World Cup in full swing
I am having a very good time, much like a person
in a month long banquet. So it’s good to
see the great Australia barbecue winning out over
large lumps of pale English stodge, and it is
also wonderful to see delicate Japanese cuisine
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