'til no-fault-divorce do us part

You may have seen an Austar commercial reappear on TV recently:

The commercial depicts a wedding ceremony with the celebrant asking the groom “Do
you Richard, take Alicia to be your lawfully wedded wife, knowing you have 60 days to
reconsider?” The celebrant then asks the bride “Do you Alicia, take Richard to be your lawfully wedded husband, knowing you can leave at any time?”

The voiceover:

 “If you have trouble committing, try Austar for 60 days.”

 I have this to say, in response to the commercial, and today's attitude to marriage:

"Geeee-aaaargh-a-za-frig-shi-rrraaargh!!!"

Thanks for listening. Comments welcome.

Carbon Tax: The Musical!

It's the most controversial issue on the lips of Australians at the moment. And it's an inevitability. There'll be a musical reproduction.

Here's my prediction for how it will pan out.

The show opens with our lead, PM Julia Gillard's rendition of U2's Sunday, Bloody (Carbon) Sunday, followed by the all-Australian public chorus singing Fleetwood Mac's (Tell me) Sweet Little Lies.


The show will also feature Climate Commissioner Tim Flannery performing Crying in the rain by the Everly Brothers, as he reflects on his dud predictions over the years, and Greens Senator Bob Brown belting out the Rolling Stones' Blinded by Rainbows, because, frankly, he is.

The choreography will be tricky: lots of mechanical hand movements and moving forward.

And lastly, Gillard closes the show with Bacharach's Promises, Promises, all to thunderous applause as the chorus hauls her out of Parliament after the 2013 election and deports her back to Wales on a solar-powered freighter. Carrying live-export cattle.

Bravissimo!

What relaxation sounds like

I was introduced to this delight on YouTube by my favourite composer the other day (he had a link on his FaceBook page - it wasn't a personal introduction, alas...)

The video features six male voices: the harmonic 'cloud' they create, particularly in the latter half of the piece, is simply breathtaking.