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An Interesting Anecdote About High Voltage

June 18, 2007

One of the interesting little bits of trivia about the record, “High Voltage' is that it was not on the album called, “High Voltage”. I remember suggesting to George and Harry, and the band, that we call the first AC/DC album, “High Voltage”. Which we did. The band really liked the title, so they wrote [...]

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High Voltage – Directed by Larry Larstead

June 18, 2007

I was blogging earlier about the film making of Larry Larstead, and then discovered the video of “High Voltage” that he directed on YouTube. Here it is:

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The Right to Consumerism

June 18, 2007

I came across the following, while reading the fantastic new book by Al Gore, “The Assault On Reason”. It is about Edward Bernays, the father of public relations – and of advertising. …”A second victory involved another corporate client, Betty Crocker. Bernays discovered that women were not buying cake mixes because they felt ashamed to [...]

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Web 2.0 In Australia

June 18, 2007

Ross Dawson's Web 2.0 event was, by all accounts, a tremendous success. Well done, Ross! And you can see a whole lot of video from the event as his blog. One Minute World shot individual pieces with each of the presenters. Here is Brad Howarth from the conference:

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Shroom

June 18, 2007

We have had very unusual weather in Sydney in the last two weeks. And I suppose that helps bring out some of the best that nature has to offer. For the last two days in Centennial Park just up the road from where I live there have been masses of these incredibly bright red mushrooms [...]

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June 18, 2007

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Larry Larstead – Film Maker

June 18, 2007

I just got an invitation to watch a video on YouTube from an old friend, Larry Larstead, which I am posting here. Larry is one of the great short film makers I know. He directed some of the best Coke commercials in the 1970's in Australia, which is when I met him. And then I [...]

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