I do like Vangelis, but my sad abiding memory every time I hear his name, was backstage at a Nick Cave concert over 30 years ago, and a fan asking Blixa Bargeld about Vangelis. ‘Did u zay Vangelis? Zis conversation is over.”
@booboo Hard to say how tall that tree is given it's surrounded by relatively small trees.
Hyperion's precise location is a secret. Unless you have access to the internet and enter 'location of Hyperion'. In which case you will get the precise geo coordinates and a handy may to get there. Hint: You walk in from the end of Tall Trees Access Road...
Looks like a confrontation between Vader and Obi. That's really 💩
Any money that Inquisitor is about to kill Obi, but then gets a conscience and sacrifices herself for the greater good. But I did like that comment by Owen to Obi about "like you trained his father". Well played that man.
High hopes, low expectations. Hopefully it's more Mandolorian than Book of Boba.
Dr Strange....JESUS...we are a long way from a billionaire in a metal suit just trying to stop another bloke in a bigger metal suit taking over his company
Was fun but thought it was super dark...and not DC moody "dark"...actual jump scare and almost graphic violence
The director was Sam Raimi. Although I didn't find it too horror like, as I'm not a horror fan. Only the second best multiverse movie out at the moment though.
Are you meaning the Michelle Yeoh one? Cant think of the name.. both are on my watch list
Yep, Everything, Everywhere all at once (I think).
I really want to watch that... but I'm stuck travelling around, ah... "provincial" New Zealand... where the only screen-times are an hour travel away, and at night... and fuck riding a motorcycle home in the cold dark probably-wet.
And it looks like it's about to drop out of screenings at most cinemas in a couple of days.
I had talked the wife into seeing this and it was only showing in Queen Street. Super annoying.
You've heard of the definition of doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result?
So the Mary River has just had it's third flood in 2022. That's 3 floods in 4 months.
Thankfully this last one is nowhere near as as bad January and March.
Nor has Maryborough been hit at all this time (stayed below "minor" flood level).
But Gympie town centre has gone under again (at least parts of it).
FYI - cutting Gympie and Maryborough off may threaten toilet paper and alcohol supplies to Hervey Bay ...
... so potential catastrophic disaster
How often do you allow your business to flood and try and rebuild/re-establish in the same place?
Since we moved to Qld they've flooded AT LEAST in 2011, 2013, 3x this year ... and I'm pretty sure a few other times that I cant get results from google. (Pretty sure at least 2x additional floods ... ).
So why do you try and build back in the same place? It's just going to flood again!?!? And then expect is to feel sorry for you?
@Victor-Meldrew There's a terribly sad adjunct to his career.
He was very brave performing until the end, huge respect to him for doing that. There's a video on Youtube of him playing for people in his sheltered accommodation just before he died. He could still shred with the best of them, though lost it with pretty much else.
My own grandfather is succumbing to this hideous disease and my father's work ethic is a massive marker for it.
My sympathies. It's plain awful to watch. Mrs M's mother has dementia & Parkinsons and it's heart-breaking to watch a woman who once faced down a Soviet army officer in Mozambique turn increasingly frail and mentally lost.
In a comedy first, the late actor-comedian self-shot a final hour of new stand-up to be released in the event of his death: "The material's fantastic. … I hope people appreciate that he did this."
Yeah, that was one of the most mild, run off the mill photos I've ever seen, with no detectable cleavage. That guy must get overly excited on a trip to New World, by the standard of his weird comment.
Scene from the beach this a.m. Red sky in the morning ... plus ...Resized_20220506_051729.jpeg
Starting from the bottom...
Venus
Neptune you can't see
Jupiter
Mars (if you look closely at the top of the shot).
Neptune was further up and quite visible but not to the phone camera (And not in frame anywsy)
Amazing!
Shot with?
The photo is actually barely adequate. Taken with my phone. Samsung Galaxy S8. Which is like mumble years old. No special exposures or anything.
Just shows how awesome these planets are showing up at the moment.
Seriously peeps get up early and have a look (then go back to bed ... ).
This shot does not do it justice.
Timestamp for this at 5:17 a.m.
The fact that the stars ... planets ... show so clearly on the phone camera speaks volumes for how bright they are irl.
I have a Samsung 21 or 22 or something. The photo quality is great, super sharp with no effort. But I can't get it to capture colour like you have. I mean, I've never actually tried to figure it out, but the point and shoot method just delivers watered down colours at superb clarity
Sheer luck.
Thought it would be too dark but took a punt.
Often take snaps of the sunrise on my morning walks.
They don't always reflect what I'm seeing but this was good.
In portrait mode though (by necessity to get the planets in). (And I really didn't think they'd show up at all.)
Trojan Horse affair was a great listen although I'm still a bit wary about the main protagonist (Hamza) and the fact that they didn't really dig enough quite enough to make it more than a good theory. I loved it, but it was a bit of a let-down with the whole Australia trip to finish.
Just finished The Coming Storm (BBC) which was a fascinating look at QAnon (I think it may have been mentioned above but was recommended by a non-polish friend).
I'm looking for something new - longform 8 or so episodes, so recommendations are appreciated. I downloaded Things Fell Apart so will blame booboo if that sucks.
I also recommended The Coming Storm so I'm covered.
Recommend some more pls.
I think watching Things fell apart after The Coming Storm was the right way around. I saw Rabbit Hole as a suggestion and listened to that (which I think was also a recommendation from here).
Also listened to Serial (season 1) about Adnan Syed (I'd love to sit over a beer and discuss that one), so looking for a new series. For some reason season 2 of Serial hasn't held my interest.
Am looking for recconendations myself.
Will have to try Serial.
Edit: and Rabbit Hole.
FYI - can't recommend the Brady Heywood Podcast highly enough if you haven't already tried it.
@voodoo lol, so was this to fix your other tech TV problem? (with the apps) F*ck it buy a new one 😃 respect!
Ha, nah. The buggy tv is still our main tv in the lounge, The new one is for the rumpus room we are renovating, that will mean my retirement age has been pushed from 70 to 95
@voodoo by chance was this a Samsung? I had this situation, had to do a hard reset (as opposed to just turn off and on), eventually worked it out after a bit of googling, also had to unregister and re regisiter my TV with some apps but I had a couple of days or normal TV which was driving me crazy! Havent had the problem since, so cant remember exactly all the steps but hopefully the above tips might help
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