Macca
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England are out of the world cup! Good on Bangladesh - they won the game fair and square and they're now in the QF's.
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I'm assuming this is the one yeah? To post a song - just copy and paste the address bar (here) for whichever youtube clip you want to post up. The address bar will initially just copy as the 'text' but once you press post, the video will then magically appear (well, maybe not magically but you get the drift) By the way, the song is kinda cool in a corny sort of way ... I like it ... speaking of Viv, how good was he in the inaugural world cup? 3 direct hit run-outs (?) including both Chappell brothers I believe. What a player!
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How were they nb? While I'm here, a couple from Elvis Costello (and the attractions) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhLztdvgpFY
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The bowing was fast and furious ... just goes to show what happens to the batsmen when they have to face a multitude of quicks at 150klm plus. Their young bloke (Milne) looks a likely type too - nice action and swift. Starc just keeps getting better and better and Cummins is still learning ... he's got to know that Williamson was going to tee off but sometimes it's hard to think on your feet. I reckon he was trying for a yorker but just didn't execute well enough. Great finish all the same. As for the tournament, there seems to be great interest from an overseas point of view but we should be getting a lot more matches on free-to-air here ... CA should have worked out some sort of deal.
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What a collapse! 6 wickets lost for 24 runs ... Watson, Warner, Smith, Maxwell, Marsh & Clarke all gone. Edit: Johnson goes ... now 8/106 after being 1/80 Edit (II) 9/106 now - diabolical.
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Thanks for the offer nb but I've got a bit on this weekend On standby at work as well! Have a great night mate
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Beck's latest album ... 'Morning Phase' won album of the year/best rock album at the recent Grammy's. The album has received a number of favourable reviews. To sample all of the tracks you can go here ... All Music's review of 'Morning Phase' (Beck) And here's one of the 4 singles that has subsequently been released from the album ...
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... and there's more. The same crew who did the Breaking Bad podcasts are back doing podcasts about 'Better Call Saul' Here's the link ... Better Call Saul Podcasts p.s ... Stan TV is airing the show in Australia
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Continuing on the Aussie rock/blues theme, here's a couple of blasts from the past (the progressive rock era?) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9LGIbXpeGE
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With regards to the 9 commentary team ... most TV's these days have an audio capacity where one can increase the crowd noise and decrease the commentary 'noise' ... after that, I turn the volume down. Finchy is going great guns here ... could be a big big hundred (it's already a fair sized hundred) Edit: 2 balls later ... he's out. Top innings all the same and we do bat deep. .
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Yep, saw them a couple of times ... as you said, a great pub band.
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'Fortitude' (airs on the ABC - starts this Sunday 15th) A brand new drama that has received positive reviews (anything with Stanley Tucci in it is always worth a look)
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While I think of it ... 2 from Paramore 'Ain't it Fun' won best rock song at yesterday's Grammys whilst 'Decode' is from a few years back ...
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The Sentimental Bloke (now the Manninghan) was the place to get to as well - although the beer was so watered down you'd walk out sober. Went to a number of other places as well but a lot of us lived around Kew so it was often the Prozzie (so you could walk home and save the cab fare) From memory we saw Russell Morris & the Rubes, Sunnyboys, Models, the Mondo's, Max Merritt and a stack of other bands there ... it was always a good night. Great days. Here's a couple from RM&TR (they were fantastic live)
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Some good reading there fella's ... I'm positive I saw The Sports a couple of times but it's all a bit hazy at the 'where' now ... might have been at the Prospect Hill hotel in Kew (the Prozzie) ... that was our main local haunt ... 78 Known Gigs for Prospect Hill Hotel (some of the dates ring a bell but I lived a bit of a 'different' lifestyle back then!) Pub rock ruled back in the day ... and a lot of the bands were way way better live Anyway ... here's a couple of their hits ...
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Further news on 'Better Call Saul' ... looks like the show might be a winner if the first episode is any sort of example. Bob Odenkirk joins Andy Greenwald to discuss the premiere of 'Better Call Saul.'
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No, but there seems to be an infinite amount of alternate bands around these days to catch up with ... I like the song though EH. The lead singer certainly has a unique style ... I watched the video and then just listened to the song separately. While I'm here ... here's some Eric Clapton (from his album 'E.C WAS HERE' ... 'Further On Up The Road')
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I tend to agree Cards ... Frost/Nixon (the movie) was infinitely more entertaining than the actual interviews. Close enough is good enough is my motto when it comes to film. As long as you get the gist of it, that'll do. For those who like their sci-fi, here's a couple of recently made movies that I quite enjoyed ... I Origins & Predestination
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I've always found it amazing the effect of the music that one listened to when aged 17-21 - it just stays with you. Not necessarily the bands or the songs but the style and the beat. My favourite style is funky jazz/rock but I can listen to and enjoy just about anything. Here's 'Conquistador' from Procul Harem followed by a funky number featuring Bruno Mars. A huge contrast but there's no accounting for taste! (especially when it comes to music)
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As we all know the clock keeps ticking at the end of a completed 'inbounds' play (unless there's a time-out) and a team will often use up all their allotted time before snapping the ball (when given that opportunity) I guess it's feasible but I was still really surprised by the 12 minutes bit though - 4 hours put aside for just 12 minutes of actual game time - that's just wrong Couldn't find the youtube video but have a listen to the reaction of the Seahawks fans in the latest podcast of 'Highly Questionable' (about 15 minutes in) Intolerable cruelty I'd call it but it's hard not to laugh.
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The first episode of 'Better Call Saul' airs in a few days in the States ... the show is a prequel to Breaking bad but also apparently skips in time on occasions to post Breaking Bad and maybe even during the time span of Breaking Bad ... the show has the same creator - Vince Gilligan Interview with Bob Odenkirk (Saul) re the show.
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Footy as an overall sport might become more enjoyable again if our blokes can start getting in the winners circle ... when you perform as poorly as we have it's easy to switch off the sport. We need to be able to realistically compare ourselves to the better teams instead of looking at those teams with pure envy. As unambitious as this sounds, even if we were able to win 1 in 3 games on a regular basis, we'd probably be relatively pleased (more so as a first step) When Roos was appointed my main ambition for him was for him to build a proper list ... in the last 4 or 5 years I'd be usually ruling a line through a dozen players or so - not this year though. I can only find 3 or 4 this year - that's gotta be a good thing
