Belatedly due to a pointer from my New Zealand sister, I have become addicted to a duo of annoying New Zealand musicians and comics, Flight Of The Conchords.
The premise for this Emmy-nominated no-budget sitcom is a pair of New Zealanders trying to hit it big in New York.
Buried within a costume of weak humour is a truly engaging, dry wit, and a surprising depth of musicianship that could score all the points on its own.
I find it particularly funny that they see all Australians as their natural enemies.
Aggrevating and engaging, deceptively talented.
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Saturday, January 17, 2009
Friday, September 19, 2008
Lewis Black on creation; Bronowski on humans
Something to round off the week. A comedian gives a perspective on creationism that is quite apposite - and funny. Lewis Black doesn't need to engage from a rationalist point of view - but it's not a rationalist argument anyway.
In the process he has a dig at the lack of commitment to solar energy.
Don't know the bloke, but he seems all right on the whole. (Again, thanks to Bill for the reference.)
I also watched some of a BBC documentary series from 1973, Jacob Bronowski's The Ascent Of Man (sic). It's very specifically Dr Bronowski's perspective, and despite the date, I can't fault his take on the emergence of human civilisation. On the basis of what I've seen so far, well worth a wat
In the process he has a dig at the lack of commitment to solar energy.
Don't know the bloke, but he seems all right on the whole. (Again, thanks to Bill for the reference.)
I also watched some of a BBC documentary series from 1973, Jacob Bronowski's The Ascent Of Man (sic). It's very specifically Dr Bronowski's perspective, and despite the date, I can't fault his take on the emergence of human civilisation. On the basis of what I've seen so far, well worth a wat
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