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Boston’s first album, from 1976. Real “air guitar” music. When they first appeared on the scene with their remixed, double, tripple, quadruple tracked sound, they were completely fresh and it blew everyone away. Real innovators in the world of pop rock, if you ask me. And yes, I’m showing my age by being able to Continue reading →

It’s a nice day. Every time I say that, I always, always think of Douglas Adams’ Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. The scene has the protagonists in a very bad situation, on a spacecraft that’s about to explode or crash or something (can’t recall; it’s been ages since I read the book). It is then Continue reading →

It had to happen. I’ve started getting spam in languages other than poorly written English. This one was in Spanish, but unfortunately my Spanish isn’t all that good and I only recognized a few words. I think they were telling me I could win (or had already won) a trip for the whole family to Continue reading →

Melbourne has once again been rated the World’s Most Livable City. It scored almost perfectly in every category. The only place it lost a point was the weather, which has a tendency to change rather rapidly and without warning (four seasons in one day). Take that, Sydney!

We went to the Melbourne Museum today to see a visiting show called The Italians: Three Centuries of Italian Art. I had heard mixed reviews of it, but I’m glad I went. There were a couple of extremely impressive pieces there, including a very significant Caravaggio and a couple of Renaissance works that quite impressed Continue reading →