It's reset time
G'day bloggers,
Just about time for the next server reset - grab anything you haven't grabbed yet as it'll all be gone to make way for newer material on
Thursday September 3rd at 12.01am. Shortly afterwards, a fresh AV update will be in place.
Download away folks!
Congrats to a radio mate of mine
G'day bloggers,
Radioinfo is reporting this today:
"
Michael Pachi has left Sky News to join Fairfax Radio's Canberra bureau, replacing Alison Carabine, who moved to Radio National to produce Fran Kelly."
I just wanna say congratulations to Michael - he and I worked together at 2RDJ in the early to late 90's and has now scored himself a gig working within Fairfax Radio's Canberra bureau! Nice one Michael!
AV Update - August 19th 2009
All clips are available for download from 10:00pm AEST Wednesday August 19th 2009Video ClipsAll clips compatible with Quicktime and the iPod VideoMP4, 320x240, 192kbps vision, 128kbps audio
TVC: St George Building Society - "We Do!" Dur: 60 sec, 5.7 MB**I wonder what the faded voiceover at the end is all about! Maybe something that was supposed to be removed before the final mix was sent to the networks?**
TVC: 2DAY-FM - In Tune With Today Dur: 31 sec, 2.8 MB
TVC: Hycraft Carpets - Jacki Weaver Dur: 32 sec, 2.4 MB**The Hycraft Carpets factory was around the corner from me in the 80's - it's now home to Kings Bay residential apartments!**
9 Newsbreak with George Donikian Dur: 42 sec, 3.8 MB
TVC: Vicks Vapodrops with Graeme Blundell Dur: 31 sec, 1.3 MB
TVC: Decore Shampoos - Decore, De, De, Decore, De, De Dur: 60 sec, 5.1 MB
10 Promo: Late Night Australia with Don Lane Dur: 31 sec, 1.5 MB
TVC: Daily Mirror - Get more league, get the Mirror! Dur: 30 sec, 3.6 MB
10 Promo: Good Morning Australia - Tim Webster/Kerri-Anne Kennerley Dur: 29 sec, 2.1 MB**I've got no idea where the hell the ticking sound in this came from!**
10 Station ID: We're For You! Dur: 30 sec, 2.8 MB**The ticking sound continues in this cut - presumably a fault with the disc, don't know**Audio ClipsCompatible with most if not all MP3 devices!Top Spots Master #65: Part 2All tracks are MP3 format @ 128kbps 44kHz Stereo unless notedMello Yello - 4 tracks - 4:05, 3.8 MB
Fox Columbia: Aliens (Movie) - 1 track - 50 sec, 791 KB
National Party: Nerang Electorate (Tom Hind) - 1 track - 48 sec, 751 KB
Fox Columbia: Aliens (Movie) - Raw voiceover session tape (Several takes with guidance from recording engineers) - 57 sec, 892 KB
Brisbane Entertainment Centre: Simple Minds concert - 2 track mix, followed by bed-only track (left channel only) - 1:07, 1.0 MB
B.U.G.A.U.P.
G'day bloggers,
Well, do these letters in the heading of this post mean anything to you? If not, let me explain.
B.U.G.A.U.P. are a group of people who went around in the late 70's and early 80's defacing billboards, under their banner of "Billboard Utilising Graffitists Against Unhealthy Promotions". They crossed my mind earlier today and so I googled the name, and came up with their site
here.
I remember seeing lots of their work in and around various train stations in Sydney when I used to go for drives with my dad in 1983, 1984 when I was 10 or 11 years old. I distinctly remember one Winfield billboard which they altered from "Anyhow, have a winfield", to "Man, how I hate Winfield" and the like. Although it was illegal (still is), as I got older I kept seeing them more so at train stations like Sydenham and Ashfield, and they certainly gave me a good laugh!
They came to mind as I crossed Sydenham station not long ago and wondered what happened to the BUGAUP folks. They're still around and have their own website now with a gallery of some of their stuff, and I love these in particular:
I wouldn't mind seeing more of their stuff so if the guys from BUGAUP are reading this, I'd love it if you could add more to your current gallery - as I said, although illegal, it does bring back memories of that time period mentioned above for me. I still remember the how I hate winfield one distinctly!
Thanks and appreciation for the use of these images to:
B.U.G.A.U.P - Billboard Utilising Graffitists Against Unhealthy Promotions
Franco Cozzo - another version of his TVC surfaces!
G'day bloggers,
On Youtube in the last year or two a Franco Cozzo TVC had surfaced - well two did - one of them was mine (the version with the clipped "comprate da franco co..." ending, courtesy of the DVD recorder I was using at the time) and another was apparently shown on Channel 9 Melbourne last New Year's Eve.
Well, I'm pleased to report I've found another version tonight from a betamax tape! The last version was I think from 1985/1986 - tonight's discovery looks to be earlier...and due to people coming by this site, downloading the videos and re-uploading them to Youtube without credit or acknowledgement, it comes with a watermark.
TVC: Franco Cozzo Furniture - early version Dur: 60 sec, 4.6 MB
AV Update - August 11th 2009
All clips are available for download from 5:00pm AEST Tuesday August 11th 2009Video ClipsAll clips compatible with Quicktime and the iPod VideoMP4, 320x240, 256/192kbps vision, 128kbps audio**NB: I seem to have stuffed up on the icon sizes below - ah well. Taking a second look at them, it's like they have a videotape shipping case look to them! Not bad really.
TVC: Triple M - Mulray Pirate Transmission Dur: 16 sec, 6.0 MB
TVC: Bob Hawke for Australia's Future - $50 Wage Increases Dur: 60 sec, 12.1 MB
TVC: Sao Biscuits - You can't beat a sao! Dur: 30 sec, 8.5 MB**A version of this TVC was around which had as its slogan, "You can't beat a sao for a snack" - this version however has an updated slogan, thus "You can't beat a sao, that's a fact"
Channel 9 Station ID (metallic blue 9 logo) Dur: 20 sec, 2.1 MB**This cut has a vision bitrate of 192kbps for testing purposes - as you can see above, at 256kbps it produces higher than average file sizes. A 16 second cut is 6.0 MB!
TVC: City Ford - City Ford says yes more often Dur: 58 sec, 2.9 MB
10 promo: Good Morning Australia - Tim Webster & Kerri-Anne Kennerley Dur: 31 sec, 1.6 MB
10 "X" Ident 1988 Dur: 16 sec, 788 KB
7 Ident: Let's All Be There (1987?) Dur: 19 sec, 1.5 MB
TVC: NRMA - It Pays To Belong Dur: 1'01'', 5.5 MB
TVC: Cosmopolitan Magazine Dur: 31 sec, 2.2 MBAudio ClipsTop Spots Master #65: Part 1All tracks are MP3 format @ 128kbps 44kHz Stereo unless noted7 Keys Video: Touch And Go - 4 tracks - 2:52, 2.6 MB
ABC: The Pack Of Women - 4 tracks - 2:56, 2.7 MB
Art Carved Diamonds - 5 tracks - 3:20, 3.1 MB
Bing Lee - 4 tracks - 2:45, 2.5 MB
The Canberra Times - 7 tracks - 4:49, 2.7 MB
A treat for TV station nightly closedown fans!
G'day bloggers,
Nightly closedown fans, have I got a treat for you - a betamax tape surfaced today with the complete 1984 ABC-TV nightly closedown on it! This one's an interesting one as it seems it was done in the middle of some power dispute or something, as preceding it is an ABC News update with information that power usage is to be kept at an absolute minimum, which then proceeds to tell us that things like TV's are only allowed to be used from 6pm to 8pm the following day! As a result of that, ABC's closedown contains a lineup which details only 2 hours worth of programs!
ABC-TV (ABV?) Nightly Closedown 1984 with news updateDur: 3'41'', MP4 320 x 240, 12.1 MB, Mono
Channel 9 Sydney missing from digital tv set top boxes and tuners
G'day bloggers,
If you've suddenly found Channel 9 Sydney missing from your digital tv set top box, relax, you ain't going crazy - 9 have shifted frequencies in preparation for their new digital channel, "Go!". If you're currently receiving Channel 9 on Channel 350, do a re-scan of channels on your box and it should put all of 9's channels back in their proper positions (9, 90 and 99).
"Go!" starts sunday night august 9th at 6.30pm and at time of writing, a 3 minute loop is in place.
Update: Well the TV guides are out and from all accounts, it's just more of the same from the good ol' Nine Network..Seinfeld (AGAIN!! Bloody hell!), The Nanny, Australia's Funniest Home Video Show, Bewitched, I Dream Of Jeannie..and all this in the first few days.
Is this really what the new channels will hold from now on? Things that have been on endlessly except stuff in the stations vaults that was transferred some time ago to digital formats and therefore ready for airplay? (leaving things out like residuals etc)..you're kidding. What a con.
Digital Radio
G'day bloggers,
Well as you've probably heard by now, digital radio has finally commenced. Most of Australia's commercial radio stations set up shop in each respective capital city for this morning's launch and judging by this photo, Martin Place (Sydney) was absolutely packed!
Image Credit: RadioinfoAt 7.40am up and down the east coast (7.10am in Adelaide), an audio piece was played to launch the beginning of digital radio - and it's with many many thanks, acknowledgment and appreciation to
Radioinfo and
Commercial Radio Australia, that I now present that audio piece for you to enjoy if you missed it. This is the Sydney version - other versions for each state are also out there.
The Launch Of Digital Radio: 7.40am Thursday August 6th 2009Dur: 4'03'', MP3 192kbps 48kHz, 5.8 MB, Stereo**Note: Copyright in the image and audio is held by Radioinfo and Commercial Radio Australia and is reproduced here for review in line with the Copyright Act 1968, Section 41, "Fair Dealing" stating "A fair dealing with a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work, or with an adaptation of a literary, dramatic or musical work, does not constitute an infringement of the copyright in the work if it is for the purpose of criticism or review, whether of that work or of another work, and a sufficient acknowledgement of the work is made."
