Brand Strategist, Dad & Old DJ. I tweet a bit about brands, marketing, footy, racing, music and things make me go hmmm.
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I wondered whether Tim Smith would return for this campaign.
I'm not saying he’s driving the 'Jess Express' Liberal bus, but watching it literally crash into a small business does suggest someone’s studied his driving technique.
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This is impressive because a) It’s not a ‘typical Dem’ answer b) The praise makes the criticisms more devastating
Asked what he thinks of Trump as a person, James Talarico lists the president's strengths, then his weaknesses.
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The Guardian says 68% of Australians have low or no interest in the Melbourne Cup. Here’s what it left out.
First, the poll jumps around massively from year to year. It asked just 1,003 people, and low or no interest went from 52% in 2022 to 62% in 2023, then back to 52% in 2024. Without a major crisis, public opinion doesn’t swing 16 points up and back down in two years. Small polls do.
Even taking it as fact, the Cup is right where you’d expect. If 68% aren’t interested then 32% of Australians have an interest in the Cup. When the same pollster asked about other major events:
Australian Open: 45%
Cricket World Cup: 42%
Melbourne Cup: 32%
Australian F1 Grand Prix: 23%
Bathurst 1000: 14%
Nobody is writing headlines about the Grand Prix losing the nation’s interest...
Even the footy codes don’t reach most of the country. 42% of Australians call themselves AFL fans and 30% call themselves NRL fans. The AFL and NRL grand finals are two of the most watched programs of the year, and each was watched by less than 25% of Australians.
And the people who care still showed up. 97,112 people went to Flemington yesterday. That’s the biggest Cup Day crowd since 2016.
No sporting event in this country has most of the population on board and The Cup is no different. The same numbers could’ve read “Almost 1 in 3 Australians show an interest in the Cup” but there’s no prizes for guessing why they didn’t 😂
Most iconic music video of Britpop, in my opinion: the architecture, the music, the optimism
“Lucky Man” was written by Richard Ashcroft for The Verve’s 1997 album Urban Hymns. Released on 24 November 1997 as the album’s third single, it reached No. 7 on the UK Singles Chart and No. 16 on Billboard’s Modern Rock Tracks chart.
The UK video, directed by Andy Baybutt, was filmed at Thames Reach in Hammersmith, with Ashcroft on acoustic guitar and the band ending up on the roof. A separate US version was shot in New York and on a mountaintop. Bono later named “Lucky Man” as one of six songs from 1986 to 2006 that he wished he had written.
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Surely one of the most quotable movies of all time ❤️
Chevy Chase (83 today) is perfect as Dr Rosenpenis... Fletch.
Fletch works because everyone else plays the mystery straight, letting Chase’s effortless shtick shine as the main source of comedy. He was on fire here.
Someone get me a steak sandwich, and a steak sandwich, please
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