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Edward Scissorhands the stage spectacular hits Melbourne

July 24th 2008 18:08
EDWARD SCISSORHANDS

A gothic fairytale.
A moving love story.
The magical stage adaptation of the classic motion picture.

This enchanting, uplifting, record-breaking stage adaptation of the classic motion picture swept UK and US audiences off their feet, turning a film favourite into a theatrical triumph.

Following in the footsteps of his smash hit Swan Lake, Matthew Bourne uses music, movement and stage magic to tell the story of a boy left alone and unfinished by the eccentric inventor who created him.

Transforming tired gardens into triumphs of topiary, treating desperate housewives to haircuts with a difference, and shaping spectacular ice sculptures out of snowstorms, Edward quickly becomes the local hero. But not everyone can see past the scars and scissors to the beauty and innocence within . . .

A magical fairytale. A moving love story. A major stage spectacular, Edward Scissorhands comes to life!

"Truly magical. A show for lovers of dance, musicals, film and everything in between." The Scotsman

"The Matthew Bourne / Tim Burton chemistry is fizzing." The Guardian UK

Edward Scissorhands theatrical production


Venue: Arts Centre, State Theatre, Melbourne VIC

Boof thru: TicketMaster7

Season: 25th July - 3 August

Fri 25/07/08 @ 7:30 PM
Sat 26/07/08 @ 2:00 PM & 7:30 PM
Sun 27/07/08 @ 2:00 PM
Tue 29/07/08 @ 7:30 PM
Wed 30/07/08 @ 7:30 PM
Thu 31/07/08 @ 7:30 PM
Fri 01/08/08 @ 7:30 PM
Sat 02/08/08 @ 2:00 PM & 7:30 PM
Sun 03/08/08 @ 2:00 PM


Edward Scissorhands theatrical production






In 1990, film director Tim Burton created a character for Johnny Depp that touched the hearts of millions. Now, through the magic of Matthew Bourne, Edward Scissorhands is back to make your spirits soar.









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NEW Cornell album - Timbaland RnB dub - due Sep 08

July 22nd 2008 18:18
Here are some preview snippets from the upcoming Chris Cornell album, due for release in September 2008. Cornell is collaborating with RnB producer Timbaland for a fresh new sound.

A friendly YouTube user has sliced the preview snippets of the new songs together in a slideshow.

The songs in order are:
Watch Out
Long Gone
Ground Zero
Part Of Me

The album has not yet been completed or titled.

This musical style may seem a bit out of left field for fans accustomed to the hits of Audioslave or post 1994 Soundgarden hits, but Chris' interest in dub and sound layering has existed from Soundgardens 80s origins . . . does anyone remember Fopp?






From the 1988 EP of the same name, i give you Fopp:



Chris Cornell new 2008 Timbaland album promo pic


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Bob Brown photographs tazzy

July 9th 2008 17:48
Did you know Tasmanian Senator Bob Brown is a wilderness photographer?

Bob Brown


Bob's photography site is called Green Art and has held a photographic exhibition in Hobart.

Bob Brown is a life-long campaigner and the Leader of the Australian Greens.

Bob Brown was born in NSW in 1944. Bob is a twin and a medical doctor. Bob moved to Tasmania in 1972 to work as a GP in Launceston. He soon became involved in the state's environmentalist movement, in particular the campaign to save Lake Pedder, and was a member of the United Tasmania Group in 1972 (Australia's first "green" party).

I was working in the casualty ward of St Mary Abbott’s Hospital in London, when an ambulance screamed to the door at 11.20am on September 18, 1970. I didn’t have the time to pay much attention – I was attending to a man who had been run over by a train - when I went over to see the new patient, it was legendary rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix, who was pronounced dead shortly thereafter.

Bob Brown on his Myspace page



Bob Brown was the first openly gay member of the Parliament of Australia. In a newspaper interview in 1972 Bob announced to the country that he was homosexual.

Since becoming a Senator in 1996 Bob Brown introduced bills on a range of humanitarian and environmental issues, such as banning mandatory sentencing of Aboriginal children, supporting death with dignity laws, calling for truth in food labeling, for forest protection, blocking radioactive waste dumping, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and increasing the use of solar energy in Australia.

Bob Brown successfully campaigned for a large increase in the protected wilderness areas. Bob Brown has led the Australian Greens during a period of growth from a party on the political fringe, to one which now polls at around 10% at state and federal level

Bob was the first official Leader of Tasmanian Greens after being their unofficial leader for years. Bob was Australian of the Year (1983), and houred with the UNEP Global 500 Award (1987), and the Goldman Environmental Award Prize (1990)

Bob now has a house on the Liffey River beneath snowy Drys Bluff in central Tasmania.

Bob's photography of the natural environment is nothing short of spectacular. Using some of Australia's most unique fauna and flora as subjects, Bob has captured the breath-taking unspoilt beauty of these rare pockets of the Tasmanian wild.

Going. going..gone by Bob Brown





Lichen-encrusted boulders - Bay of Fires by Bob Brown

Stream and sand - Ocean Beach, near Strahan by Bob Brown

Pond-side rushes - Randalls Bay by Bob Brown

Rock Lichen - Bruny Island by Bob Brown

Five hues of Tasmanian mountain berries - May, Central Plateau by Bob Brown

Paper Daisies - Raglan Range by Bob Brown

Looking up into the sun-dappled fronds of a rare soft-leafed treefern at Liffey by Bob Brown

Tasmanian Devil footprints on a dried tarn's mud pan - Upper Ouse valley, Central Plateau by Bob Brown

Tasmanian Devil - Tarkine Coast by Bob Brown

Morning glow in the Western Arthurs by Bob Brown


Bob Brown's photographs are for sale

All funds raised will go towards Senator Bob Brown's re-election campaign

Framed prints
Print size 250mmx380mm $390
Print size 510mmx700mm $890

Unframed prints
Print size 250mmx380mm $290
Print size 510mmx700mm $690
Limited to only ten reproductions per print.

Print on canvas stretcher
Print size 510mmx700mm $850

Payment by Cheque, Visa, Mastercard, Cash.

Enquiries Paul Thomas 0419 839157

http://www.greenart.com.au/

Bob Brown

Bob Brown being arrested during the Franklin River blockade
Bob Brown being arrested during the Franklin River blockade


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CURIOUSER and curiouser!

July 8th 2008 06:45
The Polixeni Papapetrou photograph featured on the cover of the controversial “protest” edition of Australian magazine Art Monthly is actually a tribute to the early photography of Lewis Carroll, the legendary creator of Alice in Wonderland.

The Federal Police have once again been called in to investigate and the publication will be reviewed by the Classification Board. The same Classification Board that rated Bill Henson's photographs G with the most “explicit” image of the confiscated works earning a PG rating


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Sylvette eclipses the millions made before her

July 6th 2008 17:20
In June 2008 a new record high price was set for artwork bought at auction in Australia.

The painting was titled "Sylvette" by Pablo Picasso


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Reefer Madness hits the theatre in Sydney (LINK)

June 28th 2008 08:00
REEFER MADNESS! The Musical
The Australasian Premiere Production

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Sigourney: choosing a name with historical strength

June 15th 2008 10:04
Sigourney Weaver was born Susan Alexandra Weaver in New York City in 1949 and began using the stage name "Sigourney Weaver" in 1963, aged fourteen, after a character in F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby.

Sigourney Weaver

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the amazing macro photography of Lennart Nilsson

June 8th 2008 12:56
Lennart Nilsson is a Swedish photographer and scientist. Born in 1922 he is one of Swedens first photojournalists and has become famous for groundbreaking macro medical photos of subjects once considered unphotographable.

In 1969 Lennart Nilsson began using a scanning electron microscope to depict the body’s functions. He is generally credited with taking the first images of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus, and in 2003, he took the first image of the SARS virus


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no wonder all the girls from 1970 loved David Cassidy

June 5th 2008 17:40
David Cassidy


what an androgynous looking little boy singing the most lovely lyrics . . . if i was kicking around the music scene in 1970 i would have surely been infatuated with him too


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feminine tattoos on celebrity women

May 31st 2008 11:34


Do you remember when having a tattoo used to be strictly taboo


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