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Monthly Archives: June 2011
Imagine an alternative version of The Sound of Music…
The hills are alive… I really love The Sound of Music. Visiting the sets in Salzburg and taking the coach tour around the mountains was one of the highlights of my 2003 inter-railing experience. Most people would probably say getting … Continue reading
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Tagged auditions, Burt Reynolds, inter-railing, Mia Farrow, Salzburg, The Sound of Music, Tom Selleck
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I’m a scatman… // Scatman Crothers 1910-1986
It’s a scoobie oobie doobie scoobie doobie melody. So if I said to you one of my favourite actors is famous for appearing in two of cinema’s best-loved celebrations of madness, One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) and The … Continue reading
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Tagged attention bebe, Blackface, Chico and the Man, Disney, Jack Nicholson, Kubrick, NBC, One Flew over the cuckoo's nest, Orson Welles, Scatman Crothers, Scatman John, The Shining, Transformers
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Nice Winter! // Bon Iver, Bon Iver
Five dollar casio. The new Bon Iver album, “Bon Iver, Bon Iver“, is fantabulous and worthy member of my “best of the year so far” top 5. I think there are a number of reasons I feel this way. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Bon Iver, Jimmy Fallon, Justin Vernon, Kanye, late-night TV, Sound Academy, Stephen Colbert, The National.
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Gail from Corrie looks really like Kermit the Frog
It’s uncanny right? And I’m not the only one to think this either, check out the Facebook group “gail platt looks an awful lot like kermit the frog???“. For once, 50 people agree with me. So this silly revelation does … Continue reading
I AM ONE // Happy birthday blog
Birthday Bumps!!! So a year ago I was just arriving in South Africa for the 2010 FIFA world cup and figured it would be useful to have an online depository for travel writing, videos, photos and your typical self-effacing and … Continue reading
What a beautiful way to go… // Pringles are evil AND amazing
The Man Buried in a Pringles Can [time.com – June 04, 2008] “In 1966, Baur came up with a clever way for Procter & Gamble to stack chips uniformly rather than tossing them in a bag. He was so proud … Continue reading
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Tagged chips, crisps, food, funerals, Jackson Generals, potato chips, Pringles, Proctor and Gamble, snacks
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