Radio 2GB Sydney's Australia Day broadcast
G'day bloggers,
I wanna
quick give a quick hoy to the gang at 2GB Sydney for putting together a really awesome broadcast today for Australia Day! These guys have done SO well today with it all and should be commended. Well done you guys, absolutely sensational!
Unfortunately this wonderful day is now marred by a few callers and 2GB's own Glenn Wheeler stating there's various groups in Cronulla being their usual selves, with these same callers stating they would not be surprised if we get a Cronulla Riot 2 tonight. I really hope not.
Anyway I digress - Alan Jones, Ray Hadley, Andrew Moore, Jason Morrison and associated behind the scenes folk, producers, techs and others, hold your heads high and be proud of yourselves for what you accomplished today. In a word - brilliant!
(fixed Quick to Give above...ugh...fingers too slow, brain too fast)
Happy Australia Day everyone!
Video Update - January 25th 2010
**Clips this update are sourced from a 1976 and 1977 half-inch videotape. Many thanks to John G for the transfers. Due to the number of clips available, and because I've got more time up my sleeve this update due to a public holiday, here's a few more videos than normal! Enjoy!Video ClipsAll clips compatible with Quicktime and the iPod VideoMP4, 320x240, 192kbps vision, 128kbps audio
TVC: Molly BushellDur: 0'31'', 3.4 MB
TVC: Quick-Eze Antacid Tablets Dur: 0'30'', 3.0 MB**Gotta love the interviewer's question. "What causes your indigestion?"..well, duhhhhhhhhhh - over-eating and drinking mostly! Gees...
TVC: The Advertiser - Sports Sedan Challenge Dur: 0'30'', 4.3 MB
TVC: Shell Super Motor Oil with John Goss Dur: 0'59'', 8.3 MB
TVC: Arnott's Yo-Yo Biscuits Dur: 0'31'', 4.5 MB
TVC: Canberra Home Centres Dur: 0'31'', 3.0 MB
TVC: The Discount Liquor King Dur: 0'31'', 4.7 MB
TVC: GEC Home Appliances - The living is easy! Dur: 0'30'', 3.0 MB**I love the thing advertised as the "Juicy Lucy" - lots of connotations there!
TVC: Schweppes Soda Water - "Expensive these days!" Dur: 0'31'', 2.6 MB
TVC: Wings Magazine Dur: 0'30'', 4.2 MB
7 ID: Who Colours Your World Dur: 0'06'', 449 KB
7 Promo: Nightmoves Special - Salute to Elvis Presley Dur: 0'46'', 5.1 MB
7 Promo: Some Mothers Do 'ave 'em Dur: 0'21'', 2.1 MB
7 ID: Who Colours Your World/The Colour Machine Dur: 0'22'', 4.9 MB
Video Update - 20th January 2010
**Clips this update are sourced from a 1976 half-inch videotape. Many thanks to John G for the transfer.Video ClipsAll clips compatible with Quicktime and the iPod VideoMP4, 320x240, 192kbps vision, 128kbps audio
TVC: General Electric "Stowaway" mobile washersDur: 0'26'', 3.7 MB
TVC: Fab washing powder Dur: 0'26'', 3.9 MB
TVC: Vicks Formula 44.C Dur: 0'29'', 3.2 MB
TVC: Vicks Sinex Dur: 0'31'', 2.7 MB
TVC: Coles - Women's clothing Dur: 0'31'', 3.3 MB
TVC: Kriesler TV's Dur: 0'31'', 2.2 MB
TVC: Philips reading globes Dur: 0'32'', 2.1 MB
TVC: Honda Civic Dur: 0'30'', 4.7 MB
TVC: Akta-Vite Dur: 0'31'', 3.2 MB
TVC: Kelly's Electrical Discounters Dur: 0'30'', 3.6 MB**More 1976 stuff in the next update!
2GB's Luke Bona possibly fed up/hates "How green was my cactus"?
G'day bloggers,
A regular segment that appears on 2GB and has been on air there for a few months now is the return of
"How green was my cactus". This series used to be on 2DAY-FM Sydney as far back as the early 1990's. Loved it then, and I love it now.
Such a shame 2GB's Luke Bona, in which this segment is played on his shift anywhere between 2.40pm and 3.00pm weekdays, either doesn't like it or is fed up with it - and I must say I'm getting a little bit sick and tired of him indicating his displeasure with it almost daily.
Day 1 at the conclusion of Cactus: "Oooooooookayyyyy..."
Day 2: "Oh is that it?...(gap)...that's all? (gap)...Oh good"
Day 3: "I didn't get any of that! *sighs* Okay..."
..and so it goes on. Repeated attempts on air as I say indicating his displeasure of it are really starting to piss me off. Luke, just shut up and play the damn segment. I don't wanna hear how much you hate it, nor do I wanna hear your displeasure about the bloody thing. Fair dinkum. You're really starting to get on my nerves.
It really is not about what the listener wants or likes anymore is it folks.
Video Update - January 15th 2009
G'day bloggers,
Welcome to our latest video update! Answering an email by Greg who said he visits frequently and enjoys the site (many thanks Greg!) but wonders why the clips are mp4 format.
Greg, they're done in this format as I not only wanted ipod video owners to be able to download and play these clips on the move, but for cross-compatibility between Windows and Mac as well as any other systems able to play mp4 files. It would be quite limiting if I encoded the clips in only a form that Windows could decode.
Video ClipsAll clips compatible with Quicktime and the iPod VideoMP4, 320x240, 192kbps vision, 128kbps audio
TVC: Atari 2600 with free gamesDur: 0'31'', 2.7 MB
TVC: GIO Insurance - Big, safe and friendly Dur: 0'45'', 5.0 MB
TVC: Spangles Shoes Dur: 0'31'', 1.9 MB**Done in one shot by the looks of things. Keep the camera in one spot and then add graphics. Simple eh?
TVC: Centrepoint - The heart of the city Dur: 0'31'', 2.6 MB**Holgar Brockmann takes the voiceover on this cut
7 Sydney nightly closedown sequence Dur: 5'22'', 29 MB**Starts with 7's "Watch us now" ident, cuts to shots of Sydney with "My city of Sydney" playing, then to the old clip of a kangaroo putting joey to bed, drawing a "good night" curtain, then the national anthem before the obligatory fade to black. From there, a test pattern, then a slight "shhhhp!" as 7 turn their tx off for the evening. Unfortunately the year of this one escapes me so if anyone can help me remember, drop us a line so the title of this and the info in the archive can be updated. Thanks!**Large download - may take some time if you're on anything less than broadband**
10 Eyewitness News Update with Claudia Emery Dur: 1'07'', 4.0 MB
10 Promo: Eyewitness News Dur: 0'31'', 3.7 MB
10 ID: Ten Out Of Ten Australia Dur: 1'01'', 7.2 MB**The other version of this ident which had a glitch in it was downloaded from here and re-uploaded onto Youtube, without any credit or acknowledgment, complete with the glitch. This isn't the same version but it's from beta just the same. Look out for Wayne Pearce milking a cow! Go Wayney!
TVC: Bing Lee Discounts Dur: 0'30'', 3.2 MB
TVC: Family Circle - 1976 Dur: 0'31'', 4.1 MB**This one and a few others appearing in the next update are coming off a half-inch open reel videotape from 1976
Lame joke just crossed the triple m sydney airwaves
Who's the announcer on triple m sydney at 11.20 am doing lame jokes? Commenting on Peter Garrett's appearance in 'pirates of the carribean', it was mentioned he'd be a buccaneer. Which caused said announcer to blurt out:
"...what a buckin' thing to do!"
Laugh? I nearly shat. Haw haw haw...how incredibly lame. Ratings 2% eh? Case closed...
Welcome back to the archive for 2010!/Video update January 10th 2010
Welcome folks! We're back for 2010 and to kick off, here's a fresh video update!Video ClipsAll clips compatible with Quicktime and the iPod VideoMP4, 320x240, 192kbps vision, 128kbps audio
TVC: Band Aid with schoolkid "it hurts!"Dur: 0'17'', 1.4 MB**Wonder if this needed to be re-shot. The way the band-aid is applied is only half over the cut shown!
TVC: 0055/00555 Sexlines - Cut 1 Dur: 0'30'', 1.8 MB**From the days when you spent 24c per 20 seconds. Now it's up to $4.95 a minute on 1900/1902 numbers!
TVC: 0055/00555 Sexlines - Cut 2 Dur: 0'30'', 1.6 MB
TVC: Diet Pepsi with Ray Charles - You got the right one baby, uh huh! Dur: 0'30'', 3.4 MB
The Ernie 'n' Denise Show (1991/1992) partial Dur: 1'57'', 8.2 MB**The portion available to us is actually 4 minutes in length but here's half anyway. Features good ol' Ernie Sigley and Denise Drysdale, Ernie of course unable to resist commenting on the length of Denise's black shorts.
TVC: Woman's Day Magazine Dur: 0'30'', 3.0 MB
TVC: Cold Gold KB (beach/athletes version) Dur: 1'01'', 10.7 MB
TVC: Export Light Beer with Warwick Moss Dur: 0'31'', 3.5 MB
TVC: Leichhardt Markettown (now Leichhardt Marketplace) Dur: 0'30'', 3.5 MB
7 ID: Watch Us Now! Dur: 0'23'', 2.3 MB
Iiiiiiiiiiit's reset time!
G'day bloggers,
Well there we go, Christmas and New Year break is almost officially over - at least for me it is. Our first AV update for the year will be available on Monday January 11th, but please note there'll be our next reset before then.
Grab anything you can before
12:01am Monday January 11th 2010 if you haven't already before it disappears. Go for it!
