An excerpt from an article I wrote in the 1980s about instruments ABBA hired for the concert.
During their March 1977 Australian tour, ABBA’s entourage was 40 musicians and 60 film crew who were making ABBA – The Movie. Scott Morgan of Billy Hyde Stage Systems, Sydney, said ABBA hired two Arbiter Auto-Tune drum kits for the Sydney concert.
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I’m on the float, brief glimpses, with short hair, usually looking away from the camera.
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Went to a talk and photo slideshow about Africa by Kate Geraghty of the Sydney Morning Herald and Thomas Mukoya of Reuters.
Kate showed photos of her trip to the Congo and Ethiopia with reporter Jonathan Pearlman, both of the SMH (JP has since moved on). The UNHCR invited them to stay in their compound in the Congo in Oct/Nov 2008 to look at the problem of one-in-four women being raped.
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The best of James Herriot
Lots of gentle reminiscing about the days of old, farming in Yorkshire. It’s about a vet in the 1940s (there was a TV series, All Creatures Great and Small.) When big draught horses were used before tractors, and it was pre-antibiotics. Also, his time spent serving inthe RAF during WWII. Many colour photos and line drawings. Amazing.
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Went to vote and a Liberal pamphleteer says to the Labor pamphleteer: “Why did you join the Labor Party?” Labor: “Because I hate the Liberal Party so much. Really, I do.” <end of conversation>
Arrived at C’s for election night viewing at 8pm.
He had already filled out part of his SMH liftout, ticking off which seats had been declared. Set the heater going and had a second TV on in another room, with the audio up so we could hear when to flick over (whenever we heard Richo’s distinctive voice cos he’s good value) and the internet attuned to the SMH and ABC sites. When we disagreed on which station to watch, just went to the other room and switched channel. Had access to all channels, but Sky looked a bit shoe-string, though David Speers is easy on the eye, but seemed like he was talking to himself, was there anyone else there?
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Why are butch women pushing femmes around in public places? Elbowing them in pubs and shoving past? When a femme reapplies make-up, some butches say: “You’re a whore. You’ve got too much shit on your face already.”
To address these issues, a “Butch and the Lost Art of Manners” workshop was convened by Nikki and Naomi, both with more than 20 years of experience on the scene.
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Mark Dapin, Malcolm Knox, Caroline Overington
Panel: WHAT CAN JOURNALISM AND FICTION LEARN FROM EACH OTHER?
MALCOLM KNOX (SMH, author): Writing fiction helped me to write fast. I’d written 7-8 complete novels before I’d walked into a newsroom, none of them published. Writing a million words without being published is a form of madness.
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David Marr, Paul Barry, Anna Broinowski, David Leser
Panel: Paul Barry (4 Corners, Media Watch), David Marr (SMH writer, 4 Corners, Media Watch), David Leser (Good Weekend profile writer, author). Topic: Truth is stranger than fiction.
DAVID MARR: “I love people who invent their life stories, they fascinate me. But if they put the same amount of energy into their real lives, instead of being constricted in a web of lies, they could really get somewhere.”
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