Twenty Ten?

Are we comfortable with this 20-10? As an Australian of late Gen X Categorisation, I am quite comfortable saying, "Two Thousand AND Ten". Yes, "Twenty-Ten" is two syllables shorter - but what am I going to do with all the extra time? Jump on my iPhone and LOL with my Gen Y homies? I think not.

So you can have your snappy, moderne 'Twenny-Ten', I will spend the next 361 days taking my own sweet time and saying it properly.

See You Down The 'Nets.

Esteban

P.S. Please don't talk to me about Australia V Pakistan, Day 1 at the SCG. There is nothing to say.

Unbranded Minute 4

Me and Mr Trivia have put out minute number 4. It's a dialogue between us and the culture. Well, more an SMS between us and YouTube....

EVD

Unbranded Minute 3

Hi Citizens,

My good friend Mr Trivia and myself have done three of these Unbranded Minutes, so far. And we're happy with the results. Considering our Key Performance Indicators on this project are a dream I had under the influence of Sudafed, I'm a happy camper.

See you down at the nets!
Esteban

p.s. Click on vid to enlarge.

Rising From The Ashes

Citizens,

Poker used to be the implement one used to stir the ashes. Now the words 'Poker' and 'Ashes' are reborn in glorious combination as a pseudo-sporting tournament used to flog an online casino!

Last night, I was going the nod, dreaming of Judy Garland's smash performance at Carnegie Hall in '61. (What a fine double album...) Bedtime, methought, when suddenly roaring up out of black midnight on Channel 9 came the 2009 Poker Ashes series; Aussies vee Mother England.

According to the publicity, "The tournament is heads up, no limit Texas Hold'em." How good does that sound? Old warriors who once wielded the willow were back - facing off over a card table. Brilliant. And check out this line up: Shane Warne, Damien Martyn, Dean Jones and Jeff Thompson for the baggy green and Darren Gough, Mathew Hoggard, Min Patel and Gladstone Small playing for the Poms.

It was riveting stuff, I can tell you. Dean Jones donned a pair of shades, no doubt to hide his 'tell' because otherwise he'd have looked an absolute idiot wearing sunglasses inside. There were plenty of jibes and sledging going on between the teams and only a churl would suggest that all of this was only slightly better than an hour of Guthy-Renker selling cleaning products and mineral makeup.

If this sounds like your cup of Lipton's then check out the Poker Ashes 2009 site. Or maybe not because it tells you what the outcome of the series was.

See You Down The Nets,
Esteban

Twitpic Suggested I Link To This...

...And because I think everything has to be interconnected, I did.

The Awesome ONJ

The incredibly naff cover for the single 'Magic'.



Okay, I used to find it a little bit embarrassing to see Molly Meldrum crushing on Olivia Newton-John during the Countdown days on ABC-TV. Not being a fan of Grease particularly (I enjoy it but not in anything like the same way as approximately 2 billion women on Planet Earth, LOVE IT) I had thought of Olivia as a little saccharine and somewhat safe. I had filed her under V for Vanilla with Australia's Julie Anthony and the Sound of Music's Julie Andrews. (Vanilla Ice is filed under F).

However. lately, in a completely arbitrary fashion that some might wish to term The Miracle of South Perth, I've decided that Olivia Newton-John has got the mojo, the kevorka and the solid gold showbiz 'stuff'. I'm only thirty years late for this train. At least I got on it eventually.

I leave you with Olivia's 1979 gold hit Magic. The song is one of hits from the successful soundtrack to the unsuccessful musical Xanadu.

I'll see you down at the 'nets.

Esteban

Jona Lewie Time: Louise (1981)

There's plenty to know about UK singer-songwriter Jona Lewie. And that's where our friend Señor Internet comes in. It is there we discover that Mr Lewie's heyday was the 1980s when he had hits like You'll Always Find Me In The Kitchen At Parties and British Christmas fave Stop The Cavalry.

But like I said, check for further details with Señor Internet. Seek out Mr Lewie's Wikipedia entry and then travel to his own official site - it has an abundance of pictures and some interesting bonus features like scans of his letters.

Meanwhile enjoy this YouTube video of his 1981 song Louise (We Get It Right).

See You Down At The Nets

Esteban