by podblack on April 5, 2010
Tim Minchin: Well we promised you an exclusive Easter Monday treat for you, and boy what a treat it is! The producer of ITV’s Comedy Cuts, Rohan Acharya, has kindly allowed us to upload to YouTube, for your viewing pleasure, the video for ‘If You Really Loved Me’, which is taken from the forthcoming series [...]
by podblack on March 26, 2010
Well done to Sam Leach, with his great portrait of a local skeptical-legend, Tim Minchin! The Archibald Prize is is one of Australia’s oldest and most prestigious art awards. “Sam Leach says he approached Minchin ‘primarily because I really like his style of comedy. The topics he deals with – social commentary, the appeal to [...]
by podblack on February 17, 2010
Those in the London area – enjoy! Stars of UK Comedy and Science Stand Up Against Unfair Libel Laws in West End Show The Big Libel Gig on Sunday 14 March 2010 at the London’s Palace Theatre will raise funds to support the Coalition for Libel Reform. An eclectic line-up, including Dara Ó Briain, Tim [...]
by podblack on January 16, 2010
It’s an essay in a book! There’s an “Australian Book of Atheism” (don’t quote me on the title!) being compiled by Warren Bonnet of Embiggen Books! [If you're confused, I'm the 'Podblack' on Twitter that's next to the 'TimMinchin' who is also on the Twitter - wahhhhhhh!!! KristyVensson is a big part of the 'Rise [...]
by podblack on January 8, 2010
A less important finding online… here’s quite a different sort of achievement. Oh — the Perth Skeptics are hoping to hold a ‘White Wine in the Sun’ picnic — check out the details for January 16th, 1pm at Skeptics in the Park.
by podblack on January 5, 2010
Oh — new Token Skeptic podcast episode should be out now — ‘On Women and Paranormal Belief (Part One)’
by podblack on December 17, 2009
First, just a quick reminder to everyone out there regarding Tim Minchin’s White Wine in the Sun and how it’s now going to help an autism charity. Regarding skeptics and climate change, I am immediately reminded of the Australian Skeptics National conference in Adelaide, 2008, which featured a ‘climate debate’ between professors Ian Plimer and [...]
by podblack on December 15, 2009
After posting Help Get Tim Minchin’s White Wine In The Sun Into The Top Forty This Season – some news! Tim is at NUMBER 29 on the overall UK downloads charts! Hopefully this continues to improve. The iTunes link for Tim Minchin’s Single ‘White Wine in the Sun’ is here. Don’t forget to check out [...]