It’s Sunday night and I’m kind of half-watching the program, Outfoxed, screening on World Movies. It’s interesting enough, although the polemical nature of the program means I probably won’t watch it all that closely. Why watch a program that’s sole role is to reinforce a viewpoint, rather than open up a debate, unless of course it’s entertaining? I’m not sure if watching it will tell me anything I didn’t already know or suspect. I’ve also…
It’s Saturday night and I’m half watching a German film on “World Movies” which is quite good. I’ve also been chatting with Sue on the phone. I’m off to Melbourne again, briefly, this week which I’m looking forward to. Before she phoned I was half way through writing about seeing Death In Venice this week, the latest production by Opera Australia at the Sydney Opera House. I first read “Death In Venice” over twenty years…
I first read “Death In Venice” over twenty years ago. It was a university text in first year, I think. I seem to remember quite enjoying it because it was reasonably short and I thought the themes were quite interesting, although of course, there’s some a bit pervy about an old bloke who falls in love with a teenage boy. As part of our studies, we also watched the famous 1971 movie version, Morte a…
On Saturday I went to the ABBAMAIL convention, Mad 05 (mini ABBA Day 05), which was great fun. This was about the fourth or fifth ABBA convention that I’ve been to and perhaps the most interesting. Previous ones I’ve been to have had clearly defined themes, whereas this one was a little more general. To coincide with a visit to Australia by ABBAmailers, Ryan and Andrew, this was an ABBA update, complete with recent video…