Top 5 cover versions by women of songs originally done by men.

5. Gloria, Patti Smith
4. Wheels on Fire, Siouxsie and the Banshees
3. Me and Bobby McGee, Janis Joplin
2. You Just Haven't Earned it yet Baby, Kirsty Maccoll
1. Song to the Siren, This Mortal Coil

my car soundtrack is (and has been for a while) Kirsty Maccoll, Howard Jones, The Triffids, Clouds, The Smiths.

at home, the CD player is loaded with Blondie, Anastacia, The Triffids, Evanescence and Pink.

make of that what you will.

I'm stunned by this one. I'll try to collect my thoughts on this, but right now all I see is a big, dark hole.

It's a big loss.

also under represented on the jjj list were african-descended artists, homosexual artists, indigenous artists and independent label artists...

http://www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au/Pages/Results.aspx?ItemID=132198

On 14 May 2008, I moved a motion in the Legislative Assembly for the removal of ‘The Cliffe’ from the Register of State Heritage Places.  The Legislative Assembly agreed to that ( Read more... )

jjj have put together a list of 100 good songs. i don't listen to jjj much but not sure of the process ( Read more... )

suggestions for 2-3 days in Sarajevo?

suggestions for 2-3 days in Pristina?

Mark Seymour on parallel imports:

http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/the-book-price-row-rings-too-sadly-familiar-20090709-deln.html

one step ahead of the spider. from http://www.news.com.au/travel/story/0,28318,25751162-36335,00.html

Locations where you can get more for your buck this year

1. Iceland - 1 Icelandic Krona = $0.0098

2. Poland - 1 Polish Zloty = $0.39

3. Fiji - 1 Fiji ( Read more... )

what is your London? what should be seen, or avoided, given a week.