For those of you who keep up with pop culture, Triple J’s 2011 hottest 100 featured Gotye’s Somebody That I Used To Know (featuring Kimbra) as #1. A song about different perspectives on a relationship breakdown. Here’s the official film clip. As a bonus here’s a cover of the song by Walk Off The Earth. …
The Civil Wars as a sublime country/folk duo whose debut album Barton Hollow was essential 2011 listening. Here, during a concert in Nashville they introduce a special guest, generously giving a young singer/song-writer a bit of a break. (That’s a joke) Anyway, here’s Taylor Swift and the Civil Wars singing Safe & Sound.
Keeping an eye on a record-breaking day at the Adelaide Oval and hearing names from the past consigned to history as Clarke and Ponting set new levels for a partnership, it was interesting to read this piece from Michael Jensen in which he (I think) observes how sport commentary has been (and continues to be) …
This article takes a stab at identifying forty everyday items that will be superseded by various tech advancements by the end of this decade. Some will probably survive, but all of these seem plausible candidates to disappear. Among them are car keys, cheque books, wrist watches and alarm clocks, and others. Can’t happen? Remember Kodak?
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