63 days ago by Jo-Anne Berthelsen

I have to admit I’m quite a fan of Michael Leunig’s writings. To my mind, he has a quirky gift of getting to the heart of issues and showing the absurdity of some of our ways of thinking and acting. I particularly love his observation, via the pen of Mr Curly to Vasco Pyjama in ‘The Curly-Pyjama Let ...

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68 days ago by iamlillian

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98 days ago by homepaddock

Monday’s questions were: 1. Who said: “ There are no conditions of life to which a man cannot get accustomed if he sees them accepted by everyone about him”? 2. What’s a gillie (sometimes written as ghillie)? 3. Which is Italy’s biggest lake? 4. Which sheep breed resulted from crossing Cheviots and ...

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118 days ago by Jason Goroncy

‘I suppose it dates back to an early childhood feeling that people weren’t really saying what they were thinking. I think a lot of children grow up thinking, “Hang on, more is going on here, but people aren’t saying it.” I wanted to know what they really thought, what they were saying to themselves ...

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135 days ago by madeline

By News Online’s Amy Simmons, Thu Jun 25, 2009 Michael Leunig says the tough economic times will plant seeds of change and happiness. (Michael Leunig) // For all the pain and suffering the financial crisis is inflicting, the philosophical among us say there is a plus side – a happier, richer side. A ...

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158 days ago by Jason Goroncy

‘The individual is overwhelmed by the magnitude. We have embraced technology and economic systems that are just unfathomable and massive and all-powerful. I think television is a totally destructive and corrosive medium. People are living lives though television and films and the media rather than t ...

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158 days ago by ausjazz

Michael Leunig at Victoria University This does not qualify as a jazz gig at all, but I’m posting a few thoughts despite the fact that I have some jazz gig posts (for Howard Cairns at Paris Cat, Adam Simmons at 45 Downstairs) to add that should precede this — if I am totally anal about the order of ...

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158 days ago by ausjazz

Michael Leunig at Victoria University on June 4, 2009 This does not qualify as a jazz gig at all, but I’m posting a few thoughts despite the fact that I have some jazz gig posts (for Howard Cairns at Paris Cat, Adam Simmons at 45 Downstairs) to add that should precede this — if I am totally anal abo ...

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166 days ago by Jason Goroncy

‘You see a society that’s provided for by television is a society that says it doesn’t need too many parks or natural situations for children to play in because television will look after them. So I think we, we start to construct the shape of our cities and our suburbs is built around this fact tha ...

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168 days ago by Jason Goroncy

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