Sideshow Man casts his shadow on a bigger stage

SCOOP: The Shadow's favourite artist and movie maker has hit another milestone with Songs From Illawarra Road. Peter McGuiness's avant-garde debut film that introduced the enigmatic and now iconic figure 'Slideshow Man' to the world, will screened at the Newtown Flicks short film festival.

The Director describes the film in the following way:

“A groovy trippy journey into Marrickville and the Chinese signs that inspire my abstract paintings - think Koyananiqatsi meets Bruce Lee,” Peter McGuiness.

For more musings from Pedro, tune in to FBi 94.5FM at 8.20pm on Tuesday night.

The vital details for the Newtown Flicks screening are:

Time: 6pm (Documentary session)
Date: Saturday 31 March
Venue: Newtown Theatre
Cost: $20 (for one session)

Viva Slideshow Man!

Don't junk the junket II (Living on the edge)

I'm reporting from the sunny Gold Coast on another junket. I've got access to Fox Sports which mean I can watch the World Cup live and that's definitely a plus.

I got a new nickname this time. From now on, I'm Edge instead of Scoop (you can just stick to Tim or tdix if you prefer)

Also on the junket front, today the possibility emerged of a trip to Malta and the Netherlands later on this year. No more details at the moment but certainly not something to be junked!

Which is better: Scoop or Edge?

How are you?

Along with counting to ten, saying "How are you?" and "Well thanks" in a foreign language is not too difficult - and it can be quite fun to add to the list of languages in which you know how to make basic greetings.

Recently I've been Balkanizing myself by spending time with a Macedonian and an Albanian and, as you can probably tell, they've been teaching me snippets of their language.

I was feeling pretty chuffed to be able to 'communicate' in such 'random' languages and it got me thinking: how many more weird and wonderful languages could I add to my repertiore.

So dear reader, I'm turning to you. In which language(s) can you say "How are you?" and respond appropriately?

I'd especially like to hear from you if you have an unusual or a dead language, but all the well-known ones are welcome too. It's all about quantity as well as quality here.

To start the ball rolling, I'll share Macedonian and Albanian.

Macedonian: Kakosi? Doba

Albanian: Sijeni? Mir

Driving (you) crazy

I have a car again for the first time since poor old Richie was taken off to be scrapped.

It is the second car I have owned.

It is the second car built in the 1980s I have owned.

It is the second Mitsubishi I have owned.

It is the second manual car I have owned.

It is the second car I have owned but not bought.

It is brown with cream panels; the first car was cream with a brown panel.

It's numberplate is nowhere as good as the first car's, but it goes much better.

The challenge: what is a suitable nickname for the Magna? Any suggestions better than Richie Benaud II will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks to God, Paul and the people at St. John's Wilberforce.