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Music is sound displayed through the permanence of soul. As often as the sound of a generation will alter, there will be decades of musical history which have shaped the music we hear today. I use the term 'Japanese' to define a style measured through rhythm and melody. Some may say everything can be defined as electro-pop. I define the everything and the ether surrounding it as jazz-funk. With the classicism of flamenco and street sense of hiphop.

All the Rage

July 9th 2008 04:57
It's everywhere in this town. Just yesterday, while I was driving through, I saw two cars stopped at the middle of Taren Point bridge - with a man walking out from one looking ready to throw the other driver over the bridge.

Around Bondi way, it is more often than not limited to the European luxury car drivers and those big 4WD's. One may note that the big cars often limit their road rage to suttle cut-offs and tail-blazing, if only for the fact that they feel bigger and stronger just by being behind the drivers seat.

As for the money-burning, rather than fuel-burning (I'm kinda glad both are the same now), the Euro luxury guys tend to attack at will and on a whim. Their cars let you know that their egos are in full control and expect everything to go their way. If it doesn't, there'll be hell to pay.

The typical example would be where a Mercedes-Benz gets cut-off by a public bus, which is perfectly legal (on paper) and most drivers understand that we've got to give way to buses on the road. But the yuppy behind the wheel will most likely overtake the bus, just to stop in front of it, then get out of the car and attempt to seriously damage either the bus driver or the bus itself.

Such is life in the fast lane.

My father has had a situation where he was threatened by some other family man who didn't look happy about his wife not given special right to overtake us at a busy intersection. It is thinking back to times like this when I wonder how I would react in a similar situation.

I certainly wouldn't be the one to think I own the road and can threaten/beat up whosoever thinks otherwise. Call it my relaxed personality. But if a man cornered me, got out of his car all in a rage and attempted something stupid... well, I would be inclined to be a vigilante and make my own attempt at making an example for these road ragers to take note of. Call it a sense of social justice.

And maybe give them some samba or classical music to assist in their anger management.

Isn't it a shame that we are forced to such ideas when the powers that be don't bother to do otherwise? The current governing parliamentarians seem to be the type of people to do the road rage do in their own right. Picture Belinda Neal jumping out of her car, shaking her fist, and screaming "Don't you know who I am?!??!" after being overtaken by a bus changing lanes. You could almost say their attitude to governance encourages it.

If you're reading this, please, don't be a product of the violence and attitudes prevalent today. You deserve better.
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Lifelines

June 21st 2008 11:16
It happens in a heartbeat. When you begin to ponder, "Where would I be without this person?"

We begin our lifeline cycle with our immediate family, around the time we started going to preschool and realised we didn't want to let go of Mummy's hand when we first arrived.

As we progress through life we develop a connection with our study buddies. Going through a few years learning the same things with the same people, we may begin to take advantage of having them around to bounce ideas off, excel together - because we all know it can be hella lonely at the top - and even plagiarise with, disguising it to the point where not even we can tell whether it was faked or not.

Then comes the work colleagues. These guys are in the same place and for the same reason as you, whether it be championing a cause like volunteering overseas or purely mercenary reasons. Work, especially if it is full time, is like our home away from home - some people would make it their home if they could - and whether we like the work or not, everything is made so much easier when we get along with our workmates.

Around this time we begin to see the significance of the 'work/life balance'.

We begin to develop favourite places to frequent in our spare time. Bars, clubs, pubs, cafes, restaurants, cinemas, stuff it even public toilets (that's the front strip of your place in dogspeak). We meet workers from other workplaces, students from other institutes, people with the same hobbies/sexual orientation, and find ourselves stimulated and the situation somewhat therapeutic - dispersing the thought that the grass is probably greener on the other side of town.

Along with this comes the slow-burning realisation of just how far we are able to take the concept of 'choosing our friends'. As the world becomes more encompassed within our vision, we draw ourselves closer to those we feel the most comfortable around. We discover the workplace which we would be most satisfied in. In the Social Worker line of thought, we are seen to be 'self-actualised'.

And as the actualisation of self becomes fully developed, we think to ourselves:

"What did I need a lifeline for again?"

Henceforth we bail out on our connections, prematurely retire, deem our education as a form of brainwashing and unlearn everything, and the cycle repeats itself.

Game on.
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Skateboarding at the Olympics

June 13th 2008 08:03
About a decade ago I was seriously into skateboarding magazines. There was alot of talk in the late nineties about what it meant to be a professional skateboarder.

To be so, you had to have extraordinary hand and foot - eye co-ordination, a fair whack of skills and experience, as well as the discipline (what we would call dedication) to get out and skate whenever and wherever possible.

It wasn't long before the idea that skateboarding should be an olympic sport started being thrown around. A few key figures in the industry tried taking the idea seriously and attempted to make it so, but in the end it was just viewed as another extreme sport.

Damn yo


Whatever.

After all this time, is it possible to see the sport as one of olympic champions? If it was, the attitude towards skateboarding - from both the riders and spectators perspective - may need to be shifted a little.

First cab off the rank is no drugs, followed closely by the facilities in which to practice. If it were an olympic sport, there should certainly be a mixed bag of terrain for the riders to be judged on, from vertical transitions to gutter-sized ledges.

Hell yes
Foot-mouth co-ordination


Much like gymnastics or ice skating, the skateboarders sense of style needs to be appreciated. This has formed over time, and should be ensured by having the old veterans of the sport - you know, Lords of Dogtown and all that - judging the competition.... is competition the right word here? I mean in an olympic context?

Check out Danny Way ollieing over the Great Wall. Witness Rodney Mullen and Mark Gonzales play a game of S-K-A-T-E. You can see it is worthy of olympic attention, when you get close up and realise that although they are only human they provide more than entertainment. Forget cars and BMX, those dudes will never be PC - or should I say OC.

Bring on the Skateboarding Olympians.
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Entrepreneurial Flirtations

May 22nd 2008 08:11
The artistic flair is downpat.

For the fact that I haven't made it especially far in my flirtations with music, writing and film, its time to combine the three. Having been keeping myself in practice with these three hobbies, the skills have developed to a point of feeling a bit more like a professional


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There are times in life when we find ourselves over dressed for the occasion. At other times we are under dressed. At the best of times we find ourselves well-fitted for the occasion, although it is better to be safe than sorry and over dress just in case everyone else is too.

The finance world is one of those places where its best to over dress. Although one may find such a career too much capitalism for one lifetime and move to different avenues, such as community work


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Friendship Manifesto

February 15th 2008 06:04
Don't let the life of you...

I've had plenty of these problems in the past. My initial friend base started with three types of people: those with similar interests, those who I felt could do with a friend, and bad kids that were looking for someone to be seen with who will make their image a bit more positive


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Public Service Announcement

February 4th 2008 04:54
Do you remember the days of the horse and cart? If so, you are one in a million.

Do you remember the last road disaster you heard about? Well join the queue


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DebateBattle: Novelists vs. Journalists

January 20th 2008 23:39
Allow me to break this down.

Novelists would be those people who write based on


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The Dedication of a Blogger

January 2nd 2008 06:24
Over the past year of writing here on Orble, I have come to realise the level of patience, dedication, and the sense of instant gratification invloved with blogging. It is true that it may seem a strange and interesting proposition, to us here on Orble, in which one is able to make a living off blogging.

I think you would first need to be 'discovered' blogging before you can really become a paid-in-full blogger. I would personally like to see my stuff in the SMH blog pages, but there I go again hoping for instant gratification


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Parramatta's Little Italian Cafe

December 26th 2007 08:36
Out West, beyond Sydney's CBD, Little Italies, Olympic Stadiums and harbour, there is an interesting and mixed culture forever keeping pace with the rest of Sydney, known as Parramatta.


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