Instrumental Rock and Progressive Metal Reviews http://www.metaltheater.com http://www.metaltheater.com/mtsmall.jpg http://www.metaltheater.com http://www.metaltheater.com/code/article.asp?id=523 A whole bunch of pinball nerds extremely excited. http://www.metaltheater.com/code/article.asp?id=523 http://www.metaltheater.com/code/article.asp?id=522 Election soon. Who do I vote for? More importantly, how do I choose who I will vote for? Do I vote for the leader? Do I vote for a party because I think they reflect my values? Do I vote for a particular policy? Do I vote against a particular policy? I've found two good articles discussing this from a christian perspective - the first one is quite good for the non christian. Having said that I really want to vote against the internet filter because it's such a waste of time. So how do you choose who you will vote for? http://www.metaltheater.com/code/article.asp?id=522 http://www.metaltheater.com/code/article.asp?id=521 I hear it all the time: "Australia's infrastructure can't handle more people so we shouldn't allow for more people". NO. Here's an idea. FIX THE INFRASTRUCTURE. Saying "Australia can only handle 20 million people" is coming dangerously close to Hansonism http://www.metaltheater.com/code/article.asp?id=521 http://www.metaltheater.com/code/article.asp?id=520 Back from the NT. We went to Oenpelli for a week to do building maintenance. It was pretty hard yakka, especially with me getting bronchitis halfway through! Here it is on google maps. The road sign on the right is what greeted us on the way in. A gunshotted federal government sign saying "road to recovery" - the road was a heavily rutted dirt track that needed a 4WD to drive on. I can see their frustration. So we cleaned and painted the entire church hall, and also 2 rooms (an office and a storeroom). We definitely needed all nine of us there to do the work, it was a killer. Very high heat and all hands on deck. We ended up working 9-5 for five days and just barely got it all done. We had to drive in all of our supplies (food, sleeping gear, utensils) and it took about 6 months of planning to get it all organised. Even with a contact on the ground there was lots of meeting people and earning their trust. However it wasn't just a fly-by-night operation. The plan is to go back every year and see what we can do to help. The best thing we can do is just say "what do you need doing that would take 10 people to do?" and then give it a go, instead of rocking up and saying "we're going to do this!". Well that's the 5 minute version of the trip. To explain everything would take hours. Any questions click the "add a comment" link. http://www.metaltheater.com/code/article.asp?id=520 http://www.metaltheater.com/code/article.asp?id=519 I did some music for James Rolfe's latest video "The Dragon in my Dreams". I did the intro theme, and the music for the main scene at 5:26. This one was definitely a challenge but possibly the most rewarding I've ever done. and here's the credit: http://www.metaltheater.com/code/article.asp?id=519