Archive for January, 2006
Sly’s little sister Vet had her own band, who were called Little Sister, in the early seventies.
She’s got a great website at http://www.slyslilsis.com/. There are mp3 downloads of Little Sister, and they’re really good. The band was organised by Sly, and the songs sound like more of the melancholy, rugged, beautiful stuff that [...]
Sly Stone, having revolutionised music in the 60’s, went on to be demolished by drugs in the 70’s, and then chucked a J.D. Salinger in the early 90’s. He made his first public appearance since 1993 at his sister’s band’s concert a few months ago. You can see a photo of Sly and his [...]
Sly’s little sister Vet had her own band, who were called Little Sister, in the early seventies.
She’s got a great website at http://www.slyslilsis.com/. There are mp3 downloads of Little Sister, and they’re really good. The band was organised by Sly, and the songs sound like more of the melancholy, rugged, beautiful stuff that [...]
Sly Stone, having revolutionised music in the 60’s, went on to be demolished by drugs in the 70’s, and then chucked a J.D. Salinger in the early 90’s. He made his first public appearance since 1993 at his sister’s band’s concert a few months ago. You can see a photo of Sly and his [...]
Joel Spolsky’s wonderful blog has just started a series about design which is excellent reading.
The first two installments are here:
IntroductionWhat Is Design?
I think this is the bizarre news story of the day [link]. A vaccine has been developed in Australia which is 100 per cent effective in preventing the viruses that cause of 70 per cent of cases of cancer of the cervix. To be completely effective, women have to be vaccinated before they [...]
Joel Spolsky’s wonderful blog has just started a series about design which is excellent reading.
The first two installments are here:
IntroductionWhat Is Design?
I think this is the bizarre news story of the day [link]. A vaccine has been developed in Australia which is 100 per cent effective in preventing the viruses that cause of 70 per cent of cases of cancer of the cervix. To be completely effective, women have to be vaccinated before they [...]
It bears mentioning just how awful the Hottest 100 — the most popular songs of the year as voted by Triple J’s listeners — has come to be.
This year, the number one slot has gone to Bernard Fanning’s ‘Wish You Well’, a bland album-track-standard accoustic number that makes you yearn for Powderfinger’s glory days, when [...]
It bears mentioning just how awful the Hottest 100 — the most popular songs of the year as voted by Triple J’s listeners — has come to be.
This year, the number one slot has gone to Bernard Fanning’s ‘Wish You Well’, a bland album-track-standard accoustic number that makes you yearn for Powderfinger’s glory days, when [...]
I’ve often wondered why Woolworths ‘Home Brand’ is in such crappy packaging (when Woolies could presumably afford to pay any Communication Design graduate fifty bucks to design something better), and why it is stocked scarcely (there is always more demand for Home Brand cheese than supply), and why it is unadvertised. A pretty satisfying [...]
I’ve often wondered why Woolworths ‘Home Brand’ is in such crappy packaging (when Woolies could presumably afford to pay any Communication Design graduate fifty bucks to design something better), and why it is stocked scarcely (there is always more demand for Home Brand cheese than supply), and why it is unadvertised. A pretty satisfying [...]
Parag Khanna’s article about the United Nations in January’s issue of Harpers is rivetting, and sad, and beautifully written.
Most of the criticism of the UN that I’ve read has been by people who don’t like what the UN is trying to achieve in the first place. If you read an opinion piece [...]
