Thats A Long Time

After an amazing 64 weeks, many many ARIA Awards and going 8 times platinum.
Missy Higgins' debut album " The Sound Of White" has finaly dropped out of the ARIA Chart top 20.

64 weeks!




she seriously has to grow her hair long again

Ken Harding To Retire

Ken Harding, the man who first signed Midnight Oil to a record deal, has announced his retirement.

Harding, currently CEO of Summit Technology Australia, will quit the industry on December 23, 2005.

Harding started his career in 1961 at RCA Records. In 1973 he joined start-up M7 Records where in 1978 he signed Midnight Oil to the label and licensed acts like The Tourists (who later became Eurythmics), Depeche Mode and Yazoo.

In 1981, after buying out 7 Records and changing the name to Powderworks, he released acts like Black Sabbath, Village People and Toni Basil.

Harding sold Powderworks in 1986 and joined EMI Records. He became General Manager of the Warner Muic/EMI joint venture DATA in 1992 which was sold to Summit Technology in 2004..

In his spare time, Ken also run the boutique label CMR Records, set up specifically to release Foster & Allen records in Australia.

Ken is also in partnership with John Evans and Ken Outch (Rajon MD) in a publishing company called Big Jo-Ke Music.

Take A Stand Barnaby!

The Rights At Work campaign is compiling an online petition to urge Barnaby Joyce to cross the floor on WorkChoices. It may not actually make any difference, but the 48,916 signatures to date is certainly an impressive statement. Sign up here to add your name.

Support The Long Walk

In November 2004 Aboriginal former Essendon champion and AFL legend Michael Long, and prominent Aboriginal Elders, embarked on an historic and remarkable journey, walking from Melbourne to Canberra to meet with Prime Minister John Howard. It was a statement of strength, leadership and inspiration. It was a step towards uniting all Australians.

The support from Indigenous and non-Indigenous people was overwhelming. Most wished they could have walked with him. Now everyone has the opportunity to join Michael in The Long Walk 2005 on Sunday 4 December at Princes Park, Carlton, Victoria.

Help bring about change. Walk with thousands of non-Indigenous and Indigenous Australians to improve everyone’s way of life.

Take the first step and REGISTER NOW! http://www.thelongwalk.com.au/

All Funds raised by The Long Walk will go to the Sir Douglas Nicholls Fellowship for Indigenous Leadership.

WHY WALK?

By simply registering and walking you can help bring about change.
Your financial contribution will support great Indigenous leaders and enable countless Australians to benefit from their work.

Funds raised by The Long Walk 2005 will go to the Sir Douglas Nicholls Fellowship for Indigenous Leadership. The Fellowship allows great Victorian Indigenous leaders to maintain programs for their communities and advocate for Indigenous issues across Australia. Fellowships will be awarded to leaders across a variety of areas, and can include salary contributions, study grants, travel, or specific project needs.

The first Fellowship was awarded to Yorta Yorta Elder, Paul Briggs. Sir Douglas Nicholls, Paul Briggs and Michael Long have all provided pathways for Aboriginal people to help themselves and their broader communities. They have provided much needed pathways for non-Indigenous Australians to learn from Indigenous culture and heritage. Many of the positive social changes already achieved by current Sir Douglas Nicholls Fellow Paul Briggs have helped thousands of Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.

11/11. Another thing to remember.

November 11 is Remembrance Day. The day we remember the poor buggers that went off to war and died all those years ago. We also remember it's the day our Prime Minister, Gough Whitlam got the sack thirty years ago.
Now we remember it as the day the Australian worker lost most of his rights.

One of the blogs I read daily is LeftVegDrunk. He says it perfectly-

Johnny and his good old boys have done it, and they had the

maturity to blow kisses at the opposition as they gagged debate

on the IR reform bill. What a despicable display.

Here's how ACTU President Sharon Burrows described the outcome.

"The sad irony is the Government could find $55 million

to promote their own propaganda over the last few weeks

and they could only find four days to listen to debate about

concerns for the lives of working people... Living

standards, Australian lifestyles, family life, all up in smoke."

Now I can go out and protest on Tuesday, shouting my

support for workers' rights at the top of my lungs, safe in

the knowledge that it won't make any difference at all.

Cold Chisel DVD Debuts at #1

Fresh from his induction into the ARIA Hall of Fame, Jimmy Barnes now has another reason to be celebrating. The recently released Cold Chisel DVD “Last Stand”, featuring one of their final performances in 1983, has debuted at number one on the charts and subsequently gone platinum.

Recorded and filmed at the Sydney Entertainment Centre in December 1983, the DVD includes interview footage with all band members, manager Rod Willis and Midnight Oil's Peter Garrett.

The track listing for ‘Last Stand’ DVD are as follows:
1/ Standing on the Outside
2/ Cheap Wine
3/ Rising Sun
4/ Janelle
5/ Khe Sanh
6/ Twentieth Century
7/ You Got Nothing I Want
8/ Tomorrow
9/ Star Hotel
10/ Choir Girl
11/ Bow River
12/ Flame Trees
13/ Saturday Night
14/ Wild Thing
15/ Goodbye
16/ Don’t Let Go

There is no doubt that Cold Chisel still stand as one of the most popular bands in Australia – “Last Stand” is not their first, but second DVD release to go platinum and the band’s record sales have passed the three million mark Down Under. The Cold Chisel “Best Of” collection is the highest selling compilation from an Australian band.

It's Worth Fighting For!

I've Got Diva Fever

I put $15 on her to win.

MAKYBE Diva created Melbourne Cup history today by winning Australia's greatest race for the third consecutive time. On A Jeune was second and Xcellent third.

She was halfway down the field mid-way through the race and muscled out other runners as she approached the finish line.Her jockey, Glen Boss, was choked with emotion after the race. "What a mare," he said, through tears.

Trainer Lee Freedman, who has shied away with comparisons to between Diva and the legendary Phar Lap in the run-up to today's race, said: "I don't want to talk down Phar Lap. But he never won three Melbourne Cups."