Prologue: (purloined from http://www.fourthturning.com/html/boom_generation.html) The Boom Generation (Prophet, born 1943-1960) basked as children in Dr. Spock permissiveness, suburban conformism, Sputnik-era schooling, Beaver Cleaver friendliness, and Father Knows Best family order. From the Summer of Love to the Days of Rage, they came of age rebelling against the worldly blueprints of their parents. As their [...]
Some of the readers of this blog will no doubt be friends and acquaintances who live in Sydney. You may be interested to know what Robyn has been up to for the last six months or so… She has been working on putting together a fund raising event for Austism Awareness, a Sydney based charity. [...]
Media barons and some of the anointed (think glitterati, freemasons or whichever other conspiracy theory you subscribe to this week); spend a lot of time gnashing teeth these days…. In the inimitable voice of Peter Sellers, “ Oh dearie dearie me, we have let de cat out of de bag”, – how the hell [...]
Or – How to increase Record Sales…… A few years ago (1994), a well known Australian journalist told me the secret of Journalism. “Tom, if you want to get published, just have something contrary to say about someone famous or a hot political subject and every journo in the land will want to ‘quote [...]
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I used to be a regular reader of the Australian Financial Review, known affectionately in Australia as the AFR. The AFR put up their website in late 1994 – making sure they didn’t miss the rush. Today, I compared this blog site with the readership of the AFR, So even though we don’t [...]
It seems the Big studios have finally recognised the value of YouTube as an identifier of valuable new talent. After all it isn’t every day that someone can show casting agents and producers a “pre-approved” Showreel. Pre-approved? Well, viewed, by millions; thereby suggesting “Star Quality in relation to the actors, performers and possibly “No.1 [...]
We have mentioned independent film producers before. However, very few have publicly experimented with File sharing and then shared the results. Today, I found the accidental exception from November 2007. To Whom It May Concern: My name is Eric D. Wilkinson and I am the producer of a small independent film called “Jerome Bixby’s The [...]
I’m sitting here in Sydney Australia looking at my newest acquisition. My £49.95 Skype phone from 3. And I’m fuming. Yep – you cant buy this phone in Australia yet and if the Vodafone takeover obtains ACCC approval – probably never. I’m fuming because the latest and greatest gadget ever released on the worldwide “must-have” [...]
There was a popular word in the 70’s – antidisestablishmentarianism. It was used for two things – spelling tests and Time Magazine articles about spelling tests. It’s also a most excellent word for explaining the current occurrences worldwide. Newspapers are Closing due to lack of readership and advertising sales. Free to Air Broadcasters [...]