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Zidane - a 21st Century Portrait

Musings of a pom — Thu, 03 May 2007 23:50:00 GMT

Albert Camus. An unlikely starting point for the review of a docufilm chartering a ‘game in the life’ of Zidane, the most-talented sportsman of my football-watching generation. They were both Algerian immigrants to France, but their similarities, character...(read more)

hookers on skateboards

Musings of a pom — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 23:02:00 GMT

Well... not really. So i went into melbourne city centre today... lazy sunday and it was the last day of an exhibition i wanted to see at the NGV. 'screenings' . Suffice to say that if you saw it you know it probably wasn't up to much.. and...(read more)

an englishman in melbourne

Musings of a pom — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 10:29:00 GMT

i'm a legal alien. Never have i been so aware of my roots as being half way across the planet. I spotted this in Melbourne city centre. It documents the immigrants who have settled in australia, where they're from and when they are etc. The last...(read more)

Way out west

Musings of a pom — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 10:21:00 GMT

Way Out West have been on my list for a while now, the first time i ever really heard them was live and i was hooked. A mate of mine had just been taken on as their manager so i had the privelege of checking them out regularly for a while. Their live...(read more)

art 2.0

Musings of a pom — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 09:45:00 GMT

Web 2.0 - everyone contributes ... User generated content, communities & wikipedia what if you did wiki-art where everyone contributed? I found 2 instances this weekend. The first was at the NGV in Melbourne... Olafur Ellasson's ' The cubic...(read more)