by podblack on November 21, 2010
So, what’s the story? SMH: A Chrismas CD aiming to raise funds for a Christian charity has been slammed for featuring an anti-Christian song. Faith and family groups have labelled the song, which includes the lyrics “I get freaked out by churches,” and “I’m not expecting a visit from Jesus”, as “disrespectful” and a “sick [...]
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 [...]
by podblack on December 13, 2009
As I mentioned on my post called Skeptic’s Guide To Getting Good Stuff This Holiday Season — ‘White Wine in the Sun’, the beautiful and sentimental encore to Tim’s ‘Ready For This?’ show has now been released as a single for the first time and can be downloaded from the following sites: Amazon HMV We7 [...]
by podblack on December 11, 2009
Let’s see how many ideas there are for you! Firstly – songs! Yes, Tim Minchin‘s song ‘White Wine in the Sun‘ is available as a single on iTunes from … gah, appears it’s available from 13th December according to ‘people in the know’. Darn Tim Minchin’s over-eager Twitter! If you don’t know the lyrics for [...]
by podblack on December 14, 2008
Well, today I went to the Perth Atheists / Western Australian Humanists joint BBQ on the Swan River! Whilst I’m yet to download the photos (came home after all the food and did a bit of couch-crashing) — what I do have for my fellow humanists and atheists are the following items of interest. First, [...]
by podblack on December 25, 2007
This is a song by Tim Minchin, designed especially for the season – White Wine in the Sun. My other present: Well, because it’s David Bowie, of course.