OK - so I have been ignoring YouTube mostly as I have "assumed" that the content is mediocre. Wrong! There are, if I look hard enough, some very fine performances given AND in high definition.
I have discoverd a website that will convert a YouTube movie's sound track to MP3 and I'm in heaven...
Prime Minister Julia Gillard delivering an impassioned speech at Parliament ... fascinating stuff
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-10-09/julia-gillard-attacks-abbott-of-hypocrisy/4303634
This is random, though related to the pipe organ.
I just saw an old black and white movie, on Fox ... very disturbing in reality. Called Carnival of Lost Souls. Features the spirit of a church organist who dies an horrific car accident (off a bridge).
Anyone seen this? The lady who played the...
Just been listening to two seldom heard operas by Camille Saint-Saëns: Hélène and Nuit Persane (though Nuit isn't strictly speaking an opera, but who cares). Wonderful stuff, can't understand why they're not performed.
the recording I have is an Australian one from Orchestra Victoria (based in...
Hi all,
I've recently taken up plane spotting. I live VERY close to Kingsford-Smith airport (Sydney). So on my early morning walks I head there and then sit and watch the big birds come and go from the main, north-south runway.
Kingsford-Smith (Sydney) is right on Botany Bay, it takes me 45...
A dear friend of mine died last year (cancer, dreadful) and she left me a box of organ music, which I've only just started going through. I'd quite forgotten what it was like to be a "kid in a candy store" ... David
There is a contraversial book called The Slap written by a Greek Australian. Basis of story, child behaves VERY badly and adult slaps it (adult not child's parent, who is a hill-billy/bogan/feral (add adjective here appropriate to your country).
So this is the reason for this hilarious...
I thought it might be instructive to set up a thread where we can show off videos we take of things going on in our part of the world.
Obvioulsy videos of supermodels lying naked on beaches is probably to be avoided.
I'll start, mine's about 100 metres from the start of the east-west runway...
Now, I couldn't resist Simon Preston playing Bach's Complete Organ Works from iTunes as I thought $59.99 was pretty, bloody cheap. Again, no organ listed, anyone help with this, driving me demented. David
Well - I'm interesting in purchasing this set from iTunes, but not before I know where it's been recorded. No mention of the organ anywhere - most disturbing!
Lars, Jonesey, Frederik ... anyone have any ideas?
David
This is quite amazing, love this guy. And I'll never listen to Jaw's theme again without laughing my head off. It's very worthwhile listening to the whole thing!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lk5_OSsawz4
Well, some of you know I work for a large book publishing firm. Anyhoooo, I was attending a book award event at the Australian Museum, in Sydney and had to sneak out a little early as it was a Friday evening of a long weekend vacation. I was told to walk through the room picured and NOT touch...
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