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22nd
April
2005
I know I’ve been harping on a bit lately about the old pope and the new pope and what not, but there’s just so much interesting stuff out there to read about it all at the moment. This article is no exception : Pope Gave Evangelicals the Moral Impetus We Didn’t Have – Christianity Today Magazine. The author tries to put JPII in a historical perspective and says that future generations are likely to look back on him as one of the greatest Popes in the last few hundred years. It also talks about the influence John Paul had on the Protestant evangelical churches and areas where he made an impact. Finally he declares Pope John Paul II and Billy Graham to be the two most important Christian leaders of the 20th century and I don’t think too many people would argue with that. Anyway it’s a great article so have a read of it for yourself.
Categories : Religion |
22nd
April
2005
Australian IT – Hybrid disc for new Springsteen album (Correspondents in New York, APRIL 22, 2005) – this seems to me to be an interesting idea. Bruce Sprinsgteen’s new album is being released as a Dual Disc format with normal CD audio on one side and then DVD video on the other side. I’m surprised it took them this long to come up with this idea since double sided DVDs have been around for ages. The only concern I have is that if this becomes widespread what will happen to the traditional concept of a music album – will video content become obligatory and thus will music artists end up being made more and more into video/movie stars?
Also why did we never see double sided audio CDs? For many years we’ve been getting double albums with 2 CDs in the one case. If this sort of thing is possible why did no-one ever invent a double sided CD, or if they did, why didn’t it take off?
Categories : DVD, Technology, music |
22nd
April
2005
During the long wait while my car was being serviced yesterday I happened to walk past Music Force in Mandurah (that’s in the mall near the foreshore opposite where Edwards Restraunt for anyone who might want to go there – I believe they also have a store in Rockingham near Hungry Jacks) Whilst there I had a play with this guitar, an Ashton SL29/12CEQ. which is an electric acoustic 12 string guitar. Sure it’s no Maton ECW80/12 but for a pretty cheap guitar the sound wasn’t bad. The onboard equalizer controls also featured a built in tuner which was a cool feature I haven’t come across before. It also had 2 inputs, one for a standard guitar jack, and another to plug a 3 pin mic lead into it, which is a good idea for the stage. All in all it seems like a pretty good instrument at a very cheap price, and ideal for someone like me who wants to dabble in a bit of 12 string stuff alongside regular electric and 6 string acoustic stuff. In fact I’d imagine it would make a great birthday present as well… In case you didn’t catch it the first time, the store I saw it in was Music Force Mandurah 
Categories : Guitar |
