Anthony Malloy

Someone really wants Kevin to win today.

I was curious how much this would cost so I did a little Googling. Apparently someone has round about $3800 to spend to get their message across to all of Melbourne.

I’ve been giving a lot of thought to the election this weekend. Indeed it’s been hard not to with advertisements wallpapering every ad break. Even for someone who really doesn’t watch that much television they have seemed inescapable. I wonder how they will influence my choice?

On one side you have the new boys, offering a fresh take. It seems more sideshow than politics and is a blatant populist plug. One of their rivals has taken notice and done a bit of ‘me tooing’ with ads that make them both look remarkably similar. It’s all flash, dash and no talk of content.

On the other hand there’s my preference. Old, some would say even staid, and seemingly comfortable in keeping with all that I’ve admired about them in the past. No groovy multimedia extravaganzas for them, just runs on the board and two strong incumbents comfortable in the knowledge that they can always depend upon we true supporters returning.

So, yes, I will be spurning the new approach of 7 and 9 and will be watching the ABC coverage on election night. Kerry and Antony get my vote every time.

One of the pleasures of watching television filmed in your city is looking at the background and trying to figure out where scenes were shot. “Hang on, that’s….” or “Oh! I know that….”

We were watching this week’s episode of the Melbourne based City Homicide when they stuck up a map of the murder scene on the evidence wall.

“Hang on…that’s our neighbourhood!” It was mapped out, street names and all. A little later Wolfe’s wife made a phone call from just outside an abandoned fish and chip shop we walk by all the time, which was all good and well,  but then what came next was a bit of a shock.

Apparently this week’s victim was bludgeoned to near death in front of the ice cream selection in our local milk bar. It’s going to be hard not to think of this as I lean over to get my next Bubble-O-Bill.

Two great discoveries yesterday, one of which has been one of my holy grails for almost two decades.

First up a comment on Andrew’s blog sent me in the direction of Fading Victoria where Rowan Crowe is documenting historical sites in danger of disappearing as Melbourne expands. I have a fascination with old signs so finding a site like this is just wonderful. I can’t wait to see what else Rowan comes up with, and I need to go and take photos of the signs he’s pointed out to me.

The second find is just amazing. For years I’ve wanted to track down a copy of the ABC’s station close from the late 1980s. I have great memories of staying up just that little bit longer to catch the close and can remember being incredibly disappointed when the ABC went 24 hours. I honestly thought I would never see it again until a chance discovery on a comment on YouTube lead me to Frankster – an amazingly helpful man who not only had a copy of the exact close I was after, he went to the trouble of uploading it for me. Anybody else out there remember with fondness how the ABC closed down for the night in 1988? Having watched it again I’d love to find out what the music is, any guesses?

Frankster, I can’t thank you enough. You’ve made this ’80s boy a very happy man.

It’s on Facebook, so now it’s really official.

Okay, I’m no Donna Hay but I loved the look of the pizza I made tonight.

It tasted even better.

Oh boy, I need a lot of money. I need a completely new video set up. Don’t tell Rae.

I’m just back from seeing Blade Runner – The Final Cut at the Astor. It was screened in glorious HD-Digital and I am a convert. It looked and sounded stunning. I’ve never seen a digital projection in a cinema before so didn’t know what to expect and now I’m a true believer.

So now I have to find a way to get a high def player in the house. I know I should put it off until there’s a clear winner between Blu-ray and HD but I don’t think I can wait that long. If I had the money I’d take punt on Blu-ray but thanks to wanting to build next year I guess I have the luxury of waiting to see if my bet pans out.

That’s the sound a red Holden Commodore makes when it kisses a stationary Mitsubishi Lancer on Queens Rd, just near Kings Way, at 4:30pm on a Friday afternoon.

I was gazing out the window at the time and didn’t see him coming up from behind. There was no screech of brakes and it was only a gentle touch but sounded pretty impressive from inside the car. From the outside it looks as if nothing happened but the leasing company want it checked out regardless.

What a great start to the weekend.

Just watching TT’s 15 minute story on how the Chaser lads trespassed at Channel 7. Channel 7 seemed very concerned about the law of trespass, maybe they should be as concerned about the laws of privacy – for most of the time you could clearly read names and mobile phone numbers on a white board behind the throng. I’m sure the people listed are really happy their mobile numbers are now on public record.

And yes, we were watching Today Tonight. No apologies there – it’s one of the funniest shows on television. The obviously paid very close attention to Front Line.