anthem
I can’t run no more
with that lawless crowd
while the killers in high places
say their prayers out loud.
But they’ve summoned, they’ve summoned up
a thundercloud
and they’re going to hear from me.
Leonard Cohen, Anthem
The Van Halen Reunion That Was
“We have fragile politics in Van Halen, please accept that as a partial answer.†says David Lee Roth.
These guys are a joke. A reunion between Stanic and I would have even lasted longer than that.
Coming up next week on G’Day World
Next week I’ve got a few interesting interviews lined up that you can submit ideas for.
The first is a round table debate between Phil Burgess, public policy and communication general manager at Telstra, and Garry Barker from The Age, and myself, about all matters Telstra. If you have any questions you’d like us to put to Phil, let me know.
The second is an interview I’m doing with Bill Rowlings, CEO, Civil Liberties Australia, about the Nitschke book banning and the general state of civil liberty in Australia. Again, if you have any questions you’d like me to put to Bill, let me know.
I’ve also got Brian Flemming, director of “The God Who Wasn’t There” coming on to discuss Christian mythology. Same goes for Brian.
The VC King
We don’t have many technology venture capitalists in Australia but it’s generally agreed that Mike Zimmerman from TVP is one of the good ones. And such good taste in eyewear!!
The Movie Show Podcast #40 – The Good Shepherd
I did a new Movie Show podcast today, reviewing “The Good Shepherd”, Robert De Niro’s latest directorial effort. Listen here.
Optus: Too Little, Too Late
I got a cold call from an Optus account rep today wanting to know why I canceled my service with them late last year. I told her it was a combination of them not having the wifi/3G phone I wanted and their poor customer service. She told me they now have a wifi/3G phone and that to ensure better future customer service, they would appoint an account representative to look after my needs. She tried to assumptively close (“So which day would be better for you next week for a visit, Wednesday or Thursday?”) a meeting with me to “discuss my needs” but I told her it was too late. I’m already with Three and I’m locked into a two-year contract.
“No worries” she said, “we’ll buy you out of the contract.”
But I again told her “no thanks”.
If someone from Optus had been keeping an eye on blogs late last year they might have picked up my post on my disappointment with Optus and perhaps then they could have kept me as a customer. But they didn’t and they didn’t.