Applications Close Wednesday 3rd October, 2007
The Brian McCarthy Memorial Moosehead Awards started in 1987 as a way of remembering Brian McCarthy, a comedian, actor and fringecomedy producer who was tragically killed at the age of 23 in a car accident. The organisers of the benefit which kicked off the Mooseheads decided to call them “Awards”, but they very quickly turned into grants.
Brian was a motivator as well as a performer, someone who pulled together the disparate elements of a fringecomedy and performance scene into nights and events where anything went as long as it was new and interesting. This fusion of styles and the principle of taking on all comers has come to form the core of the Mooseheads. The Mooseheads are about funding shows and artists that are exciting – about getting behind an idea, and loving it a bit more because it is mental and overly ambitious.
The Mooseheads try to find new playgrounds for working comedians and performers – a chance to spotlight an idea rather than just turning out “another show”. And it pays off, in 2007 Moosehead Recipient Justin Hamilton was awarded the Comedy Festival Director’s Choice Award for his trilogy “Three Colours Hammo”.
Recipients of a Moosehead Award are supported in the production of their 2008 Melbourne Comedy Festival show with marketing support, photography, publicity and professional assistance through the minefield of producing your own show. With the assistance of The Comedy Channel recipients also get the creative support of a professional director.
For more details, info and application forms, email moosehead@comedy.com.au.
Naked on the Inside comes at a time when the Western world has never been more obsessed with body image. This fresh and unnerving feature-length documentary asks a simple, but audacious, question: Beyond our clothes and skin, who are we? And so it begins. Six extra-ordinary people from around the world reveal their bodies and share their secrets in a unique experiment in search of their inner selves.
The SBS Australian screening date for Kim Farrant’s documentary Naked on the Inside has been set! The 52 minute version will screen on Friday November 23rd, 2007 at 10pm in the sexy docs slot.
The website below is where people can view the latest news and press on the film, read about the story and the characters and post comments on the forum.
www.nakedontheinside.com
Is your desk looking a tad boring? Check out these 28 online shops for finding great, nerdy stuff to adorn your workspace. These stores sell everything from miniaturized medieval catapults to alien-themed motion detectors that let you know when your boss is on the way to your desk.
More…>>
Aeroplane Jelly celebrates its 80th Anniversary this year. From humble beginnings back in 1927 when the creator (who was a tram conductor) sold the crystals on his tram route, to a brand which now sells over 10 million packets a year, Aeroplane Jelly has much to celebrate.
Lauren Wood is a senior technical program manager at Sun Microsystems, concentrating on projects involving identity and privacy in the web world.
Standards have been an important part of my career for some years now. I’ve served on—and chaired—technical committees in a number of industry consortia (W3C, OASIS, IETF, and Liberty Alliance). Standards are important in technology: using them brings benefits to go along with the costs, even though, as the old cliché says, “The good thing
about standards is there are so many from which to choose.”
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/womenintech/2007/09/07/working-for-standards.html
