tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179162682011-07-29T00:12:38.337+10:00BOLDLY GOINGLeon of Sydneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137743846797837659noreply@blogger.comBlogger751100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17916268.post-8997326950042773622010-05-30T22:21:00.000+10:002010-05-30T22:22:52.982+10:00

I am still alive. But haven't posted for 18 months... Maybe Facebook took over? Well I'll have a little think about the future of blogging for me... many friends have interesting ones and I do some half interesting stuff from time to time. But will I stay here? Move it? Try a new idea...Hmmmmmm

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Yes I have returned. So much went on over the xmas break I don't know where to start. It was great to have fair amount of time off after a pretty much straight run of 18 months work. Not that I'm complaining. Far from it. But every now and then you just need to switch it off. 2008 had a fair few decent projects, docos and dramas, even a bit of music. So no complaints. Here's hoping this year will

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Hello readers,Yes it's been a million years since I posted anything on this blog. Mainly because 2008 has been head down bum up working away in the salt mines of the Australian Audio Post Industry. It's been a great year for work, but sadly not much else. For those interested in what I have been doing check out www.leonhorrockssound.com I am now on my xmas break so more time for spending time

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And decides to buy a Zoo!

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Follow this link for a cool article on the first ever recording, made in France over 140 years ago. There's even a sample of the recording for you to listen to. We've come a long way!

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So now I am back from work, and will be up for a few hours. Just finished a nice glass of Lowenbrau. Marie has gone to bed as she has to be up early. It's 11:20pm and this is the life of Leon at the moment. Up round 9am. Start work round 1 to 3pm until 9 or 11pm then home. Been like this for the last 6 weeks or more. Quite a weird lifestyle. Currently listening to some Klaus Schulze sequences

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I am relaxing at home this morning, listening to some music, checking the mix of a composition written over Easter and reprogramming a lead sound on my JP8000 Synthesizer that I originally used on a Roland D70. Off to work to mix promos at Ch TEN in Sydney soon. Been working nights a lot, which has lead to a pretty wacky sleeping pattern. Looking forward to some time off on Friday to meet up with

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THE DAILY LEON WILL RETURN

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No it's not the title of the next George Lucas film, but how I'm starting to feel about the proliferation of web lifestyle type things I'm running these days. Aside from this blog, I have started a photo site, a podcast, an online CV a Myspace and now a Facebook. When will it end? Social networking, amatuer journalism, radio station and coffee table book in digital format gone wild. Finding the

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Paprika Paradise by James Jeffrey Esq.Last wednesday I had the privilege of popping along with the missus to the launch of my good mate Jim's first book, Paprika Paradise, at Gleebooks in Glebe. A fairly solid event, followed by a fairly large amount of booze at the Nag's Head (James Squire, your Amber Ale is quite reasonable, but please go to England for a bit and learn how to make a real one).

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This weeks beer of the week comes from a few weeks back. It's a Coopers Dark Ale. This is an Australian beer. But don't hold that against it, it's actually up there with some of the best euro beers. It's a dark ale and very, very tasty. First discovered on tap at a pub in Camperdown called the Hampshire, and recently bought in bottle format. Highly recommended.

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This is pretty much all I've been seeing in the last few weeks. Computer keyboard. Been pretty busy starting off wedding video, mixing some music from last year (which should turn up on the podcast in a week or two), and then starting a long drama job making all the sound effects, including some of a comet flying through space and hitting the earth, and then other work on top of that. Been pretty

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Layin' down some fonky toons! Sometime in 2005...

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Trying a Morrocan Beer. London 2007. Verdict: Not bad!

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I was surprised to read this article online at the Guardian website by music cirtic Simon Reynolds . It's a piece about the early electronic musicians that seem to have been ignored by modern electronic dance music culture. He covers the musical developments in the 1970's of electronic music that had it's roots in Germany and then later went global, covering such artists as Tangerine Dream ,

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This entry is of a serious note, as I am celebrating the life of my uncle Roy. Last year while on my honeymoon, I had some terrible news from home. My uncle had lost his life in a motorcycle accident on his Sunday morning ride. This was October last year, a week after my wedding. It took a while to sink in, but with the support of the family we continued our honeymoon and working holiday in

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I haven't been doing much on the blog lately for various reasons. I'll get back to it. Meanwhile have a look at:www.leonmusiconline.com to have a listen to some music I have written through the years. It's high time I got it out there a bit more.More soon.

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I'm now back in Sydney after the infamous long-haul flight from London. We had a pretty busy time checking out of our flat in London and then grabbing the flight. I didn't sleep a wink. Caught four pretty cool movies though. The Queen, The Last King of Scotland, The Departed, Kenny. Kenny made me laugh the most. Very aussie and very and very funny. All four films were great. The flight was long

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Hello readers! Been a while. I'd like to share with you a few beers I have been trying while still here in London.In the UK, alcohol can be bought in a regular supermarket. They tend to stock a great deal of booze, almost on par with a bottle shop back in Oz. They also have a far superior choice of beers, particularly real ale. Australians don't really drink ale that much, but this one does and

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I'm sitting here at 2:58am, experiencing another bout of insomnia in London. What caused this? Two weeks of working at night at a facility here in London. The main side effect seems to be an inability to reset my bodyclock. I kind of feel like I have jetlag. So what better thing to do than breathe life back into my moribund Blog.I've been in Europe now for about 3 months, since October 13. We

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It's been that time in our lives again over the last three weeks. The dreaded accomodation search in London. Due to some fit of insanity we thought, let's stay in London and work after our honeymoon for a few months. Fine in theory. Not so easy in practice. The working part is fine. We are both employed. Getting settled is another matter. When we arrived we were very graciously put up in the flat

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ALIVELOCATION: LONDONTEMPERATURE: COLDACTIVITIES: WORKINGUPDATES TO BE POSTED SOONOVER AND OUT

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Go to this site for updates of what I have been up to lately. No time to blog!http://web.mac.com/leon_horrocks/iWeb/marieandleon/Welcome.html

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Just a quick one to say I'm now married! Our wedding was great, we had a fantastic time and all our guests seemed very happy and relaxed. Good food and music, a good time was had by all. I'll be putting up much more onto the web about this soon. Stay tooned.

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Had a strange sensation of butterflies in the stomach today. Not because of work, that was quite cruisy today, but the feeling that there a million things all coming to head at once. In two weeks i'll have completed my wedding, and be getting ready to go OS for my honeymoon and a stay in London, which will throw the deck of cards up in the air a bit. A million details. Today I had the sensation

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Another week has zoomed past, I'm now two weeks away from being married. Next week is my last week of work until November. There will be a nice interlude in Europe in between the wedding and starting work again. I'm feeling kind of fried as the project I'm working on has had a few delays, which means I can't sign off on it 100% before I have to move on, kind of frustrating for me, but I'll let it

Leon of Sydneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137743846797837659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17916268.post-1158578382266777782006-09-18T21:19:00.000+10:002006-09-18T21:20:38.266+10:00

Mellow.Maybe it's the Merlot?Or was it the nice warm day?

Leon of Sydneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137743846797837659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17916268.post-1158319390228071932006-09-15T21:23:00.000+10:002006-09-15T21:23:10.296+10:00

It's Friday!!!Avagoodweekend.:-P

Leon of Sydneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137743846797837659noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17916268.post-1158223933214479672006-09-14T18:52:00.000+10:002006-09-14T18:52:13.290+10:00

Is the norm these days.

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Was better than yesterday.Will tomorrow be better than today?

Leon of Sydneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137743846797837659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17916268.post-1158060539320421702006-09-12T21:28:00.000+10:002006-09-12T21:28:59.400+10:00

Should chill out and listen.

Leon of Sydneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137743846797837659noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17916268.post-1157630178463211392006-09-07T21:56:00.000+10:002006-09-07T21:56:20.346+10:00

There's never enough of it.

Leon of Sydneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137743846797837659noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17916268.post-1157016310084464692006-08-31T19:25:00.000+10:002006-08-31T19:29:33.763+10:00

Muse again. Their new album Black Holes & Revelations has been on constant rotation. Have a listen to some tracks here. It's a more inspiring upbeat effort than their last one. Still pompous and over the top, but we like that sort of thing when it's done like this.Go and buy it.

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I see that May 29 was my last post.Boy have I been SLACK.Did I get trapped in a black hole for three months while attepting to fly my spaceship to alpha centauri? Did I lapse into a coma? Did I get caught in the middle of a war while innocently travelling abroad?Nope.I'm too boring for any of those explanations.Short answer to what I've been doing:WorkWorld CupTour de FranceWedding plansMore

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I live in Sydney, Australia. And here is a photo of Sydney harbour at dusk I snapped a while ago. Enjoy.

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This week I had a nice dark German beer called Franziskaner. Very dark and malty. Lovely. Had two. You can drink one at Una's in Sydney, or like me, drink two!Auf Wiedersehen!

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Quick update to say I'm alive and kicking. The year is progressing OK. Although with a third of it already gone, it seems like it's going by in flash. Wedding plans are progressing. With five months to go it seems very close now, with lots still to do, so we're going to be busy with that.Work wise I'm busy, and so are quite a few other people, so things seem to be OK. Aussie's are a tough bunch.

Leon of Sydneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137743846797837659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17916268.post-1144645614913329202006-04-10T15:06:00.000+10:002006-04-10T21:46:57.543+10:00

Recently I read this article about the dire state of Australia's Film & Television industry in Sydney Morning Herald. Not encouraging reading. Of course working in the industry I'm all too aware of how shocking it's gotten, but the information that the ABC alone is producing a 7th of the drama it had been really brought it home. Working in Australia has, on the whole, become a very very

Leon of Sydneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137743846797837659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17916268.post-1144580392351592622006-04-09T20:58:00.001+10:002006-04-09T20:59:52.373+10:00

Derrick May classic The Dance.Still great after all these years...www.derrickmay.com

Leon of Sydneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137743846797837659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17916268.post-1143149704769814402006-03-24T08:35:00.000+11:002006-03-25T11:52:22.883+11:00

Been away recently to Tasmania. Had a trip down there for my close friend Pete's wedding. Seems to be a very laid back unspoiled place, but not without some of the trappings of civilization. We stayed in Hobart, the capital in a lovely serviced apartment called Somerset on the Pier on the water. I was surprised at how colonial the city feels, with so many Victorian era buildings still standing.

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I've become obsessed with Muse again after buying their new Absolution Tour DVD. It's all there, riduculour falstetto vocals singing apocalyptic melodrama over the top of ripping guiitars, arpeiggiated synths and bombastic piano, not to mention the flat out heavy drumming and fat distorted basslines.I saw Muse live in September 2004 in Sydney without having heard them and was floored by it. Love

Leon of Sydneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137743846797837659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17916268.post-1140690359715060352006-02-23T21:25:00.000+11:002006-02-23T21:29:25.310+11:00

Picked up a cd by a New Zealand Drum & Bass act called Shapeshifter. The album is called Riddim Wise from 2004. I missed their crowd pleaser of a gig last year due to a cold. The CD is quite hard to find, but I managed to pick a copy up at the local Fish Records. So what's it like? Mind blowing. A great album. High enegry, soulful and fresh sounding. And from local talent. This kicks ass boys.

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I picked up a CD by German composer Klaus Schulze last year called Moonlake that has seemed to stay on constant rotation. I bought it after I heard a radio interview with Klaus, which featured some of the tracks, which you can listen to here. The interview is in German, but the music is there too. Growing up I was into what is now called the "masters of electronic music" ie the first people to

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Tonight I'm enjoying a Coopers Original Pale Ale (the green one) after a day learning a new clients studio. Always a mind bender learning a new job, and an overcast day today, so I felt that a Coopers green was the way to go for a refreshing bevvie to wind down before meeting up with missus tonight for valentines day. One cannot describe pale ale in words, so follow The Daily Leon's instructions:

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It's been a while since an update on The Daily Leon. That's because I've been organising my engagement party with my fiancee Marie. The night was the 4th of Feb and it went down really well with all the family and friends having a good time. The night had a relaxed enjoyable feel and all our little plans and details seemed to work. It was like a trial run for the big day later thso year. Life is

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Last night I popped out to catch the film The Constant Gardener before it ends its lengthy run at the Palace Cinemas here on Norton Street, and I'm glad I did. A great film. It was made by City of God director Fernando Meirelles, and like that film didn't hold back in any way. The story was about the corruption between high levels of western and African governments and the pharmacutical companies

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Just a quick one to say I'm still kicking. Not sure if there is any blog edicate in terms of how often it should be updated, and I don't really care if there is, but here's something to say I'm still breathin'.Year so far in one word: Hectic. It's hit the ground running and has been busy, which is great, and hopefully will stay that way. Been meeting some great new people professionally and I'm

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So here we are in 2006. It's the third day of the year and I'm already at work. And I'm happy about it. I am personally taking a postive tack and hoping 2006 will be a positive and fruitful year, but the truth will be known much later. Years are funny things. They all seem to have distinct a character of their own. Some fall into place perfectly (like my 1993, 1995 and 1998, 2001 etc) some start

Leon of Sydneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137743846797837659noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17916268.post-1135129582355937382005-12-21T12:46:00.000+11:002005-12-21T12:55:26.556+11:00

Well readers, my summer cold has been identified by our health care professionals as mild bronchitis. An absolute bummer for me. So far I have missed a kick arse concert by Shapeshifter. Another gig by our friends the Ride Ons and Three Pony, a boozy dinner at the Lowenbrau with a good mate and countless other things. I had been taking reasonable care of myself so how I got this is a mystery,

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Still being a bit under the weather with my cold, I've tried to make use of the time writing a bit of music. Fired up Logic on the computer and started playing around. Did a bit of piano practice and fender rhodes playing running through a few Albert The Good and Jamiroquai riffs. Then I fired up my favourtie synth Moog Modular and got a 70ish sequencer track going. Sounds good so far. I think

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Be warned: Strong views ahead.So this weekend we all wait with baited breath to see if the boofheads will be back out in force to beat the crap out of each other and any other poor suckers who get in their way. This week we have seen bashings, churches being burnt down, some shows of compassion, people being arrested for possesion of some pretty serious weapons, pleas for clam, seriously

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Why do we always get colds at the worst times? I have come down with a some kind of cold (nasty sore throat, phlegm, headaches etc) just as I finish some work and have time to do the other 50 million things I need to do eg Chissie shopping, a gig and rehearsals for that gig, bands to go see, studio to rebuild and a short film to start, music to finish etc. What gives? Is this natures way of

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Well, it's taken me a while. The blog now steps into current affairs for a post or two.John Howard has finally spoken but refuses-to-use-racist-tag.Howard has once again used clever semantics to basically give the mob responsible for all this a bit of a nod. Or at least that's what I think. Why not just come out and say it? It was a racist attack by drunken white yobbos on a Sunday afternoon,

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I grew up in the Sutherland Shire and frankly this weekends violence comes as no surprise to me. The fact that two lifeguards were attacked is bad enough, but the meathead vigilante response is disgusting. All ethnic groups all over the world have their good and bad elements. Why? Because they're human beings! And all human beings have good and bad in them, it just depends and what side of the

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After Saturday's huge Jamiroquai concert, on Sunday, Marie and I ducked off to see Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. I'm not really a Harry Potter fan, but I really enjoyed the previous film, so I was looking forward to this new one. It was pretty good. The stories and the performances are getting much deeper and interesting. The story is getting more and more complex and now, upon reaching

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This weekend was a hoot. Rolled down to Centennial Park in Sydney with about 20,000 odd other people to catch one of my favourite bands for over 10 years now, Jamiroquai. The night was fantastic. A beautiful, sunny but not too hot day in the park, listening to good tunes. Jamiroquai were supported by a few others, most notably The Avalanches, who tore it up with a pretty full on and comical mix

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About 3 and half years ago, I took a trip to Glasgow for a job interview at a sound post facility. While there I discretely snapped this innocuous looking blue box from afar. Is this proof that extra terrestrials are among us? Can you see what I'm talking about?

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Last night I popped out to catch Swedish singer/guitarist Jose Gonzales at Sydney venue @ Newtown. Jose puts on a pretty straightfoward show. Himself, a guitar, a chair, couple of mics, that's about it. I bought his album Veneer earlier in the year after hearing the song Crosses on the Peacefrog label website. He has quite a nice voice and penisve classical guitar technique. His performance last

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Well a lot of people don't think much of football in this country, but those of us that do are stoked that the Socceroos have pulled a rabbit out of the hat and finally made it to the World Cup. Australian football is finally coming of age once again. Well done boys!!!Read about it in the Sydney Morning Herald here

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Last night I played a gig with Sydney band Albert The Good, at the Cat & Fiddle pub in Balmain. It was a great gig for a Monday night. Playing live is in many ways the ultimate musical test. Given an audience of about 20 people and up it can be a very rewarding experience. You have to just get up there and do it. No excuses, just focus and play well. It's easier when you're in a relaxed frame of

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OK, I've altered comments so anyone can leave a message. It was set to registered users only, so if any of you silent Daily Leon readers have been trying to leave comments, now you can. Hopefully the sea of spam won't come my way...

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Around this time last year (late October early November 2004) I took a trip to Berlin from London. It was a cold, overcast and atmospheric Saturday afternoon when I arrived in Berlin around 3pm, probably the sort of day Berlin residents wish they lived in Sydney on. I loved it.Berlin Schonefeld AirportI grew up listening to lot of moody German electronic music and have kept up with a lot of the

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This weeks fine beverage is called Leffe Brune. It's a fine Belgian beer that I first consumed in Belgium many years ago and it's become a favourite. A little tricky to find, but I got this one from a booze shop on Parramatta Road in Camperdown. I've also seen it in Balmain on Darling St somewhere. It's a dark beer and has a strong powerful flavour, about 6.5% alcohol content. Of course, like all

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Hello readers! As you probably remember, a few weeks ago I was hanging out for a new Powerbook. Well this Tuesday I finally got one and a fine machine it is too. Even though it's not as fast as a G5, it seems to be handling my musical work pretty well. Should be fine for editing as well. Also the tests for using it live at gigs went well too. All in all a good buy. Also Apple are very thoughtful

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Meet London Pride, a favourite Ale of mine. I discovered this fine ale whilst working in the UK on a film out at Shepperton. I started this film in September 02 and my boss Dennis and I would take a pleasant drive in his trusty Milano and have spot of lunch at some of the fine pubs by the western end of the Thames. This was the first time I tried London Pride, and I was hooked. The one pictured

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Here's some photos from various Moscow Metro stations that I took in June 2002, while visiting my friend and roving travel reporter James Jeffrey. Many of the metro stations in Moscow (and St. Petersberg) are incredible works of art, designed to show the superiority of Soviet communism. I think the construction of these mass transit systems started in the mid-1930's and was one of the first great

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Yep, they're here. Not much of an update in many ways but still a much better deal than if I'd bought one a couple of weeks ago. The new Powerbook has a higher res screen, more graphics memory, better battery and a $500 price drop. Not bad. And there's a build to order option for a 7200rpm drive, which is great for audio related work. So a new mac will be heading my way soon. Powerbooks are a

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Well this week Apple users are waiting with baited breath to see if Apple will finally drop some G5 and Powerbook updates. I'm personally dying for a new Powerbook, and the suspense is killing me. Wednesday is the day in NYC for the next in a series of Apple "Special events". There are all sorts of rumors flying around about what configurations the new Powerbook will have, and even if there will

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For those interested in Electronic music, and more specifically Detroit Techno, check out Jeff Mills blog.Jeff is experimenting with mixing films/visuals now, using some old Jospehine Baker clips and Buster Keaton movies. Interesting. He's also playing in Japan right now.I recently bought Jeffs DVD The Exhibitionist which was pretty interesting to watch, as it showed Jeffs DJ techniques and

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Well on my days off, I like to have a brew about now (6pm or so) and todays beer of choice is a fine glass of Holsten Premium, the beer formerly known as Holsten Pilsener from Hamburg, Germany. I started drinking this beer last time I was working in London, round about this time last year, when I discovered it at the local off license on Wandsworth Bridge Road. It was only a quid a tin but turned

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Just started reading Dogs and Demons: Tales from the dark side of Japan (2001) by Alex Kerr. I read Alex Kerr's first book on Japan called Lost Japan (1996), which was very interesting, quite an insight in to Japanese culture. His second book concerns the decline of Japan in the 1990s and details Japan's loss of culture and direction and the devastation being done to Japan's once stunning beauty.

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Well 25 mins have gone by since my last post and so have 2 wickets. Lara and Dravid are gone. Lara looked like he was just getting moving after a six and a few fours... is this series worth it? The ashes was gripping. This is more like a butt kicking.

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I have a free day today and have made the mistake of turning on the cricket, Australia vs the World XI first test, fourth day, World XI second innings, Lara and Dravid at the crease. Score 2/48. This tour by the World XI has been pretty poor so far. The World XI were completely cleaned up by Australia in the One Day Series last week. Hopefully they can get it together in this test series. As a

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I'm a Sydney based Audio Post guy, which means I edit, record and/or mix soundtracks for film and TV. This is pretty wide ranging field, which I'm sure I'll write about as time goes on. I also play synths and keys writing my own music and performing and songwriting with sydney band Albert The Good. www.albertthegood.com. I've travelled quite a bit, while living in London for a few years (I was

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This is my first post in this blog. I hope to keep it updated with whatever's going on, so lets see how we goLeon

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