Saw an interview on The Colbert Report with Anne Leonard, the creator of The Story of Stuff, a new book about consumption and materialism, the real cost of all the products we buy and our sole identity as consumers within globalised capitalism.
Check out the free 20 minute animated little documentary here. Its worth the...
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Isolation and travel. Coming from work Friday night and not seeing anyone until Monday morning. Just music, literature and film. Silence. Long hours of no voices except those of the artist.
What is it that so validates the work of artists? What value does it...
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When I first read about Tarantino’s latest film last year I thought, fuck me, not another Jewish Revenge on the Nazi’s, America saves the world, Second World War genre film. For godsake, we get it ok. The Nazi’s were really evil. The Jews copped...
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News that Southern football league team St Kilda City had done a deal with a local brothel on some desperately needed sponsorship dollars was swiftly followed by another headline announcing the Australian Football League (AFL) had stepped in to stop it. How is this...
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Let’s face it the Daily Telegraph is a true reflection of Australian society’s current condition. We have become a self absorbed nation focussed on wealth, celebrity and sport.
Sure we want to know about natural disasters, but let’s face it we just want to know...
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If there is one thing we can count on it’s for the Daily Telegraph to keep it real.
What is the leading story on the Telegraph’s online edition? Certainly not the earthquake in Haiti that has been reported to have claimed up to 100,000 lives,...
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As I stood in the shower this morning, I realised just how painful single life can be. Not just the heart aching emptiness of having no one to share your thoughts and dreams with but the lingering pain of a sunburnt back.
I’m fully aware...
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You know you have hit a new low when your start replying to spam email as a way to try and make a connection with someone…
From: Mr. John Addy .
Sent: Thursday, 31 December 2009 3:28 AM
Subject: Thank you in advance and may you...
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“I’m gettin’ bugged driving up and down the same old strip
I gotta find a new place where the kids are hip”
So sang The Beach Boys in 1964, a simpler more innocent time. The United States massively escalated their military presence in Vietnam, Bob...
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