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from melbourne indymedia:
Oh Mum, won't you buy me a new mobile phone? My friends all have Nokia's, I feel so alone. Nobody to text me, no help from my friends, So, Mum, won't you buy me a brand new Seimens?
Oh Dad, won't you buy me a new NEC? Dialling For Dollars is trying to find me. I'll wait for delivery each day until three, So Dad, won't you buy me a new NEC?
Oh Mum, won't you buy me a brand new hands free? I'm counting on you, Mum, just do it for me. Prove that you love me with a Handspring Treo, Oh Mum, won't you buy me a six double o?
Oh Dad, won't you buy me a glittery pooh mobile? My friends all have Samsungs, can't wait for a while, We sit with each other but stare at our text, United by mobiles, what will happen next?
So I'm currently in melbourne and still on the internet (not really appreciating the amazing place i'm in) Oh well. I'm staying with nice people so at least some of the time i'm appreciating them.
I was browsing wikipedia and came up with several interesting articles-
-on Syndicalism
-on Susan Sontag, who Jane raves about- she learnt about her at art school. I then found a fascinating article Sontag wrote in 1964 about Camp and its aesthetics, history etc.
Finally, some media:
Letters in the SMH:
and an article on privatising cityrail, which has ALWAYS in my opinion been the state govt's motive... they now have a pattern of running down services to crisis point, and then wheeling in privatisation as the 'solution'.
Finally, alternative media:
on Darwin Indymedia, an article about the railway to Darwin being used (as people have been saying for a while) for uranium export.
And also, alternative radio Australia and their analysis of the GUNNS SLAPP against green groups
and I was also looking at Michael Mobbs' low cost sustainable house designing... although you cant see the plans.
will be home tomorrow.
