Here are the musings of Mondo Viagitore on current events, and the everyday happenings of family life in Monash ACT, Australia. The main purpose of this blog is to enable family and friends to follow the antics of the children, travel and activities of the adults and how much time MV wastes on the internet!
Wednesday night was Gala night for MLR's school as they finally ran the school concert. It was supposed to happen in the last week of second term, however too many people were sick and it was postponed until now. There are a lot of "gala events" this year at MLR's school as it closes at the end of this year as part of the ACT government education rationale and the 2020 vision.
TSS and I went to see the Boynton Beach Club as TSS had free tickets. When we got to the Dendy we found that Boynton Beach Club was not on so we went to see "This is England" instead.
This movie is about the punk era in Yorkshire, England. Set in 1983 about a 12 year old boy who joins a teenage group of skin heads in the long summer holidays. It is semi autobiographical for the director.
It is about Thatcherism and the Falklands war,
it is about immigration and fatherless children,
the haves and the have nots,
its a powerful movie and will stay with me for a long time.
I love this song, as it is "unusual" thank you Kath and Kim.
Mika says "I was born in lebanon and rasied in Paris and London, hopping from country to country like a footloose hippy with my four brothers and sisters.
Coming from different background to most I found no place at school and delved into music from an early age. I started writing songs as a kid, not because of grand ambitions but because it was an easy way to tell a story, a joke and often the truth. Tell the truth in a song and people are less pissed off than if you were to say it to their face.
I sent out my stories to anyone and everyone, not surprisingly I often got no reply. The further I got into music the more attention I was getting for my own song writing, I made a choice last year and decided to go for it."
'Life In Cartoon Motion' is my first record. It has a coming of age theme, and deals with my transition from childhood to now. What's my sound? I guess it's in the writing. I apologise in advance to the people whos stories and characters I have borrowed from. Remember, It's only a caricature. From Mika's myspace site.
Congratulations J, on achieving a wonderful outcome, completion of a masters is a great thing, I admire your determination, tenacity and perserverance.
Not only does J have a masters in IT, but he has an mcsd, mcad, mcp and a mcts!
I am looking forward to next May, which will see us both in Wagga for the graduation celebration.
There are a lot of "gala events" this year at MLR's school as it closes at the end of this year as part of the ACT government education rationale and the 2020 vision.
