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Strange Random Presentation Quote:

“Ask a heckler to identify himself and his company. They usually prefer to be anonymous.” – Judy Moreo

Men at Work – Down Under (1983) – Video & Lyrics

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Currently at the centre of an ugly royalty and copyright dispute (which you can read more about here), this was one of the catchiest songs of the 80s, as well as being responsible for introducing Vegemite to many people outside Australia. Keep in mind that there are a number of specific Australian English words in the lyrics, but help is at hand with these online dictionaries:

Australian National Dictionary

Slang Dictionary

So sing along, enjoy and let us know what other songs you’d like to see here!

Travelling in a fried-out combie

On a hippie trail, head full of zombie

I met a strange lady, she made me nervous

She took me in and gave me breakfast

And she said,

“Do you come from a land down under?

Where women glow and men plunder?

Can’t you hear, can’t you hear the thunder?

You’d better run, you’d better take cover.”

Buying bread from a man in Brussels

He was six-foot-four and full of muscles

I said, “Do you speak-a my language?”

He just smiled and gave me a Vegemite sandwich

And he said,

“I come from a land down under

Where beer does flow and men chunder

Can’t you hear, can’t you hear the thunder?

You’d better run, you’d better take cover.”

Lyin’ in a den in Bombay

With a slack jaw, and not much to say

I said to the man, “Are you trying to tempt me

Because I come from the land of plenty?”

And he said,

“Do you come from a land down under?

Where women glow and men plunder?

Can’t you hear, can’t you hear the thunder?

You ‘d better run, you’d better take cover.”

Yeah!

Living in a land down under

Where women glow and men plunder

Can’t you hear, can’t you hear the thunder?

You’d better run, you’d better take cover!

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Strange Random Australia Quote:

“God bless America. God save the Queen. God defend New Zealand and thank Christ for Australia.” – Russell Crowe

Magnum P.C.

Magnum, the international photography co-operative founded in 1947 by Robert Capa and Henri Cartier-Bresson, has sold its photo archive to the founder of Dell computers. Michael Dell’s investment firm, MSD Capital, will lend the collection – which includes more than 185,000 prints chronicling events in the past century – to the University of Texas, where it will be accessible to scholars and the public.

(from The Guardian UK)

You can find an example of the agency’s photos in this sideshow at the Guardian newspaper. It includes classic pictures of James Dean, Marilyn Monroe, Martin Luther King and Muhammad Ali. Also recommended is a trip to the Magnum website, where you can find special “essays” on specific subjects and you can subscribe to or download their impressive photo podcasts, available in .mov format and with an average size of about 20 MB.

Strange Random Photography Quote:

Actually, I’m not all that interested in the subject of photography. Once the picture is in the box, I’m not all that interested in what happens next. Hunters, after all, aren’t cooks – Henri Cartier-Bresson

Batman & Robin voted worst film ever (Empire Magazine)

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What’s the worst movie ever made? The kind of film that makes you want to get up and ask for your money back and is so bad, it isn’t even funny? According to the readers of Empire Magazine, it’s Batman & Robin, with George Clooney as the hero and Arnold Schwarzenegger as the Ice Man.

The first thing you notice about this list is that none of the 50  films is older than about 30 years, with the exception of Ed Wood’s, for example. What you will find are “classics” like Battleground Earth, Swept Away, Plan 9 from Outer Space or Gigli, alongside  sequels Matrix Revolutions and Spiderman 3. On each item page, you’ll see a short description of Who’s Responsible, Why it’s On The List, and any positive points it may have.

The Top 10 looks like this:

1. Batman and Robin

2. Battlefield Earth

3. The Love Guru

4. Raise The Titanic

5. Epic Movie

6. Heaven’s Gate

7. Sex Lives Of The Potato Men

8. The Happening

9. Highlander II: The Quickening

10. The Room

Among the films that are missing from the list, according to the comments on the site, are Avatar, anything by Quentin Tarantino, Mannequin, Pearl Harbour, Forrest Gump and anything made in Croatia!

Empire Magazine article.

Strange Random Cheesy (Bad) Film Quote:

“You’re a godsend, a saviour.”

“No, I’m a postman.”

- A BLIND WOMAN to the POSTMAN (Kevin Costner) in The Postman (1997)