May 26, 2003
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The Eurovision 2003 Song Contest was on TV last night and we were mesmerized against our will to sit through the whole damn thing. This is what jetlag does to you. Two words about Eurovision: Very WHITE and very UNFUNKY.
Eddie’s choice was Austria: “Just because it was so bad it was actually funny. And it was very anti-Eurovision because it wasn’t a slick, choreographed act. Don’t ask me to remember the tune, though”.
There was also no doubt that the voting was rigged. So Greece gives full points for Cyprus; Slovenia for Russia, Norway for Finland, France for Belgium, and Britain for Ireland…
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Back at Work
Good to see the guys again!
Eddie, Jonathan Snow, Gavin Christensen, Michael DunnStarted back at work today on Cosmic Baby and Mucha Lucha designs. For the first time in a long time, I looked forward to the Sussex Street foodcourt for lunch. Ah… and it’s great to be back on this computer…
It has been raining non-stop in Sydney and the rain will continue throughout the week. (And we will be wearing giant plastic ponchos on the scooter) What a shock to the system after sunny California.
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Link: The SARS mask phenomenon (picture gallery)
The Sydney Film Festival program is here. We’re all going to see The Sweatbox. We’ve been told – a warts ‘n all documentary on the making of Disney’s Emperors New Groove. 13th June, 5.30pm Dendy Opera Quays.
In 1997, Sting was asked by the Walt Disney Company to write the music for a new animated feature called Kingdom of the Sun; to be directed by Roger Allers, on the heels of his huge hit, The Lion King. Sting agreed, on the condition that his wife, Trudie Styler, could document the Disney mode of production. With unprecedented access to the notoriously sheltered animation studio, this film follows the making of Kingdom of the Sun – eventually released as The Emperor’s New Groove – recounting the gruelling five-year schedule that consumed two directors, three titles, six songs, millions of animation cels and countless egos.
