Ok, I wasn't going to post about this given that Tanya already had, but it really was the most phenomenal concert. Take a look at these pics. There's only three of them, but the sound, the complexity of the music is just amazing. Its all done on either guitar, bass, drums, or piano, base, drums, but with all the pedals and foldbacks, and they way Matt's fingers move, its some of the most amazing music you'll ever hear. I still can't believe that the amazingly complex sounds cycling non-stop on my mp3 player (see here for proof - the weekly and overall stats especially) comes from out of just three guys, one of whom is a drummer!
And since we've seen it a few people we've mentioned it to have asked "who's Muse?". So right, now, go to sanity.com.au and buy their three previous albums for $9.99 each. The best $30 you will ever spend (well, on music). Trust me.
Tuesday, 27 November 2007
Friday, 2 November 2007
Anti-Business
Everywhere I go I see the '70% of Labour front-bench are unionists' ads. Um, hello, its the Labour party.
What fascinates me is that the way the government is portraying it we should all be scared of the unions because,... um,..., because, well,... just because. Maybe something about militant unions 20 years ago. Its a scare campaign without a boogeyman.
Ah, but they do try a bit. 'Anti-business'. I'm sure a bunch of people see unions as evil (militant, obstructionist) and business as good (progressive, employment), but they probably wouldn't vote labour. And i'm sure a bunch of people see the unions as good (defend the little guy, anti-IR laws) and business as bad (greed, fat cats), but they probably wouldn't vote liberal.
Surely most people are ambivalent to both sides - unions do some good work, but get over aggressive and hold more power than they deserve - but, then business answers to money rather than people or best-interest of the country, even though we all need jobs and pay. It just seems like a rather pointless exercise to spend all this advertising on an ideological battle thats not shared by most of the swing-voting population.
Bring on Nov 24th so I don't have to wait for my disappointment.
What fascinates me is that the way the government is portraying it we should all be scared of the unions because,... um,..., because, well,... just because. Maybe something about militant unions 20 years ago. Its a scare campaign without a boogeyman.
Ah, but they do try a bit. 'Anti-business'. I'm sure a bunch of people see unions as evil (militant, obstructionist) and business as good (progressive, employment), but they probably wouldn't vote labour. And i'm sure a bunch of people see the unions as good (defend the little guy, anti-IR laws) and business as bad (greed, fat cats), but they probably wouldn't vote liberal.
Surely most people are ambivalent to both sides - unions do some good work, but get over aggressive and hold more power than they deserve - but, then business answers to money rather than people or best-interest of the country, even though we all need jobs and pay. It just seems like a rather pointless exercise to spend all this advertising on an ideological battle thats not shared by most of the swing-voting population.
Bring on Nov 24th so I don't have to wait for my disappointment.
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