Monthly Archives: February 2010

>Pigeon: Impossible

Posted on February 27, 2010 by Victor

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>Profit and loss

Posted on February 26, 2010 by Victor

> This is the Double Bay Vogue photographed in the 1930s, for many years my local cinema just a leisurely five minutes walk from home. Well, it is a leisurely walk downhill to the cinema and a breathless hike back … Continue reading →

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>Shutter Island

Posted on February 25, 2010 by Victor

> Two of the best movies of recent years have been ‘Mystic River’ and ‘Gone Baby Gone’ both based on novels by Dennis Lehane. So it was with high expectation that I went to see ‘Shutter Island’ also based on a Lehane novel … Continue reading →

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>’I was sitting by the phone, I was waiting all alone’*

Posted on February 24, 2010 by Victor

> (* ‘Ring, Ring’ by Anderson, Stig;Andersson, Benny Goran Br;Ulvaeus, Bjoern K.;Luis, Enrique) I can’t complain about unsolicited calls when I haven’t put my number on the Do Not Call register and in reality I’m not at home enough to be … Continue reading →

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>Trust me, I’m the Premier

Posted on February 23, 2010 by Victor

> So, this is what it comes down to. Premier Keneally is telling the travellers of Sydney that despite the Government reneging on transport promises yearly for the past fifteen years if we re-elect her at the next two elections … Continue reading →

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>’The minor fall, the major lift’*

Posted on February 22, 2010 by Victor

>(* ‘Hallelujah‘, Leonard Cohen) A highlight of Vancouver’s Olympic Winter Games Opening Ceremony was k.d. lang’s rendition of the Cohen classic but, for mine, she did it even better a few years back here in Sydney’s own Opera House.

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>’Bring it out now’*

Posted on February 21, 2010 by Victor

> (* ‘Wipeout’, by Bob Berryhill, Pat Connolly, Jim Fuller and Ron Wilson) Sorry! Actual supermarket item, poor taste joke.

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>Saints and sinners

Posted on February 20, 2010 by Victor

> How ironic. Australia’s first saint and you-know-who leading the news bulletins on the same morning.

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>So while you go out having your fun, I should sit here waiting for you?*

Posted on February 19, 2010 by Victor

> (* ‘Didn’t I Tell You’, Keyshia Cole) My oldest standing friend, Rt, is effectively my twin. We are Geminis born on the same day in Sydney and have known each other since Kindergarten; ie as close to 60 years … Continue reading →

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>Spring Awakening

Posted on February 17, 2010 by Victor

> Derived from a German play written around 1890 and first performed in 1906 the Sydney Theatre Company’s production of the musical “Spring Awakening” is an interesting contrast. The setting remains a German speaking location in the 1890s whilst the musical numbers and … Continue reading →

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