This makes me smile in so many ways…

by Matt Burgess on October 30, 2008

(if anyone knows the cartoonist of this piece, drop me a line and I’ll credit them… try as I might, I couldn’t find that information though. Also, I truly wish he hadn’t misspelled “truly”. Although, as a friend pointed out, (…)

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“Don’t Vote”… Round 2

by Matt Burgess on October 29, 2008

Hahaha… ok ok, sorry for the double up on video posts today, but I had to post this video. Not only do I really like the premise behind this series, but the Borat appearances sealed the deal for me… it’s (…)

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For my American readers… “American Stories, American Solutions”

by Matt Burgess on October 29, 2008

This video was embedded using the YouTuber plugin by Roy Tanck. Adobe Flash Player is required to view the video. I don’t feel the need to say anything more. But, I hope… after all, this all lies in your hands… (…)

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It’s official… I’m now an Australian Citizen

by Matt Burgess on October 29, 2008

As mentioned previously, I’ve been trying to become an Australian citizen. Well, today it finally happened… say hello to “Aussie Matt”…

Woodshed Films – One Track Mind

by Matt Burgess on October 27, 2008

Yet another reason why I love Woodshed Films (aka The Moonshine Conspiracy)… they just used Band Of Horses “Is There A Ghost” in their trailer for “One Track Mind”. Trailer embedded below. One Track Mind from Woodshed Films on Vimeo. (…)

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The DMCA, and some other random tidbits…

by Matt Burgess on October 27, 2008

Apparently, the DMCA extends to live, legal recordings. This is pretty big if this turns out to be true, and is some seriously bad news for music blogs folks (such as mine, Burgo’s Music Blog… yes, shameless plug). Hopefully this (…)

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I’m back from Vanuatu… prepare for a photo onslaught.

by Matt Burgess on October 22, 2008

So I’m back from my recent trip to the Vanuatu Islands… and although it rained (every. single. day… bar one, which was overcast anyway), it was still a fabulous trip. The people in Vanuatu are some of the friendliest I’ve (…)

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Where I’ll be in two days time…

by Matt Burgess on October 9, 2008

Iririki Island. Eat your heart out suckers. I’m offline from this afternoon, so be good kids. See you when I get back. (photo by Owen-JP)

Tegan and Sara “Call It Off”, live on Letterman

by Matt Burgess on October 8, 2008

So, easily my favourite song off Tegan & Sara’s “The Con” album is the track, “Call It Off”. And the girls recently performed a killer version of the song, live on Letterman… and the video was simply too good to (…)

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Terry Pratchett speaks out about his Alzheimer’s

by Matt Burgess on October 7, 2008

“I’m slipping away a bit at a time… and all I can do is watch it happen”. Terry Pratchett is speaking out about his Alzheimer’s (which I first mentioned on my other blog back here, so read that post if (…)

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I’m becoming an Australian Citizen.

by Matt Burgess on October 6, 2008

So, after about three years of living in this land down under, and after dealing with much red tape in the interim, the Australian government has finally decided to let me make it official. I’ll be taking my pledge on (…)

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