So some US university guy came up with a study showing "Americans hold four different images of God".  The first founr are from the study, the rest are from opinionournal.com.

• Authoritarian God. Angry at earthly sin and willing to inflict divine retribution.
• Distant God. A faceless, cosmic force that launched the world but leaves it ( Read more... )

WAM Song of the Year nominations out and the nominees in the pop category are:

Institut Polaire - City Walls and Empires
Faith In Plastics - Hate To Say It
The Autumn Isles - Beautiful Pantomime
New Rules For Boats - I'm Your Tenant
Fighting For Alaska - This Passing Phase

Yes Russ, I am now punching the air.

OK, some of you will think this is lame, but I just got really excited about the fact that Oasis have a greatest hits album coming out in November.  Well, not just that, but they are re-recording and releasing Acquiesce as a single.

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In my previous job, I got to a point where I cared so little that I was late most every day.  This job is different - six months in and never late.  I am completely paranoid about it, though.  Which probably explains why I had two dreams last night about being late.  One involved Tiger Woods, who was sitting in the cubicle in front of me - that's ( Read more... )

This went to press on August 6 but the internet being the internet, I've just found it.  The original headline was Draft Picks and Nuclear Weapons and your columnist is none other than Chris Judd:

"THE current high price of oil is caused by lots of things. Among them are supply and demand fundamentals, speculative buying and conflicts in the Middle ( Read more... )

Everything went a bit Twilight Zone last night ( Read more... )

Despite not setting my alarm this morning, I still managed to wake at 7.10am.  The upside is that I didn't actually get out of bed until about nine.  I have come to the conclusion that the best part of having a day off during the week is that I actually had the chance to wander around, to amble rather than rush for the first time in a very long ( Read more... )

Got a day off tomorrow, my first since the first week of December.  Currently feeling fairly worn out, and not helped by gigs last night and later tonight - You rock, Mandurah! - so it's come at a pretty good time.  I called my mum last night to tape the new Ricky Gervais show and told her we were playing at the Universal Bar.  She called this ( Read more... )

August 4th - Rosemount - The Panda Band, New Rules For Boats, Capital City, Institut Polaire - IP on from 8.50

August 5th - Mojo's - Institut Polaire, Superengine, Roly Skender - Engine on first, don't know when but I imagine around 9ish?