Flames on the side of my face. That’s what I had last night as I watched ‘Australian Story’. Australian Story, if you don’t know, is a weekly documentary series on Australia’s public TV broadcaster, ABC. It features the stories of ‘real Australians’. Usually they are worthy people who have intriguing, emotional or complex life journies [...]
Stockholm By Morning….(I wish!)
Sarah Dawn Finer….my new flavour of the month….sings a song close to the heart of all Swedophiles around the world. I’d just love to be in Stockholm..by morning! It’s 2 am, at JFK Been waiting forever My flight was late But I’m alright, I’m OK, I guess Cause I know I’ll see you In a [...]
Two Melodifestivalen 2009 entries that have become my theme songs
I took more than a passing interest in Melodifestivalen this year – thanks to some enthusiastic brainwashing from Grant and James O’Brien. There were a lot of great songs this year but these two kind of summed up where I’m at in 2009. Sarah Dawn Finer and Jonathan Fagerlund have become the new soundtrack to [...]
Allow me to be the best judge of that!
The inspiration behind the title of this website, the legendary Thelma Scott. Thelma’s role in ‘Number 96′ was both hilarious and intimidating. She was always ‘the best judge’ of everyone and every situation. From her Wikipedia entry… ‘…Following this came the role of imperious Point Piper socialite Claire Houghton in the television soap opera Number [...]
