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Shane Warne – National Champion

Posted on: Wednesday, April 16th, 2008 in: Australiana, Top Tens

[NOTE: ToK Blog is currently on Auto-Pilot while I am in India. Regular politics and ICT programming will resume in about a week.]

After two days of recounting Shane Warne’s hopelessness, girlfriends and other weak minded sorts may well be rolling their eyes in contempt. No, it’s not pretty.
Of course, REAL AUSTRALIANS will realise that the […]

Shane Warne – National Disgrace (Part 2)

Posted on: Tuesday, April 15th, 2008 in: Australiana, Top Tens

As promised, here’s Part 2 of the Top Ten Countdown of Shane Warne’s National Disgraces. Someone alert the New York Review of Books…..
5.“You F*****G Arsey C**T” – yes Warney, getting hit for six by a slogging Zimbabwean sucks. But there are some things you just can’t say over stump mike to a prime time national […]

Shane Warne – National Disgrace (Part 1)

Posted on: Monday, April 14th, 2008 in: Australiana, Top Tens

Just so you don’t think that auto-pilot Tim is too high-brow, here’s a top-ten to lower the tone a bit: Shane Warne’s Definitive Top Ten Best and Worst Performances for Australia.
I guarantee it - years into the future economists will be pondering the unexplained collective drop in Australian GDP that occurs while you consider this […]

ToK Blog - The Greatest Oz Rock Songs of All Time (Part 2)

Posted on: Friday, April 11th, 2008 in: Australiana, Pop Culture, Top Tens

Here’s Part 2 of the Greatest Oz Rock Songs of All Time Countdown (Part 1 is available here):
5. The Choirboys – Run to Paradise
Great Clip; big hair and denim on denim; the quality of the fashion was inversely proportionate to the music.

4. Dragon – April Sun in Cuba

The opening bassline has to be one of […]

ToK Blog - The Greatest Oz Rock Songs of All Time (Part 1)

Posted on: Thursday, April 10th, 2008 in: Australiana, Pop Culture, ToK Admin, Top Tens

So it’s university holidays at the moment and I’m taking off to India for a fortnight tomorrow morning. Anyway, I’m not sure whether I’ll have the time, ability or inclination to post while I’m travelling so I’ve automated a series of non-time sensitive posts so that things keep turning over while I’m gone one […]

Tok Blog Top Ten Political Speeches: Part 2

Posted on: Tuesday, March 25th, 2008 in: Top Tens, Video, Wonkery

It’s been brought to my attention that due to a technological snafu, Part 2 of the Top Ten Political Speeches (on Youtube) was never properly uploaded.
So, with a build up of anticipation appropriate to some of the greatest oratory in history, I present Part 2 of the Tok Blog Top Ten Political Speeches:
5.JFK Address to […]

Top Ten Political Speeches: Part 1

Posted on: Friday, March 7th, 2008 in: Top Tens, Video, Wankery

Since I was still catching up on posts from my time in the sick bay yesterday I’m a day behind this week’s online video top ten. But this one’s worth the wait – it’s a goodie.
In this top ten we’re counting down the ten best political speeches in history. Well, the ten best political speeches […]

Top Ten Aspirational Campaign Ads: Part 1

Posted on: Thursday, February 28th, 2008 in: Campaign Ads, Top Tens, Video

A few weeks ago I ran a top ten for campaign attack ads, so it’s only fair that I give the aspirational campaign ads a run.
Beyond a very solid top five however, it’s actually difficult to pinpoint great aspirational campaign ads. They just don’t seem to stick in the collective consciousness in the same […]

Top Ten User Generated Political Clips: Part 2

Posted on: Thursday, February 21st, 2008 in: The Blogosphere, Top Tens, Video

Part 2 of TOK’s Top Ten User Generated Political Clips countdown….
5.Waxgate – Anti-Kevin Rudd.
Kevin’s easily one of the smartest guys you’ll ever meet and a fearsome politician, but…..

Collectively more than a million viewers when each of this ads various online incarnations are tallied up.
4.Carol Sue Shields won’t be home for Christmas this Year – […]

User Generated Video Top Ten: Part 1

Posted on: Wednesday, February 20th, 2008 in: Campaign Ads, The Blogosphere, Top Tens, Video

Well it’s Thurdsay, so it’s time for another TOK Top Ten.
I had been planning on posting a top ten aspirational campaign ads countdown this week to follow up on last week’s negative campaign ads top ten. However, given that user generated video came up once or twice this week I thought it might be apt […]