The Fix / Revisited Vox 2007-04-18T13:41:08Z Jimbob http://jimbob.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00c2251fc84a8fdb/ How I became political tag:vox.com,2007-04-18:asset-6a00c2251fc84a8fdb00d09e64bcbebe2b 2007-04-18T13:39:38Z 2007-04-18T13:41:08Z Jimbob http://jimbob.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom I'm not sure how it happened. When I was in grade 2 at school, age 7, there was a state election going on. Labor was in power, but was struggling. The Liberal opposition leader came to the school for a policy statement and photo op, and our teac...

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]]> The Cafe Crowd tag:vox.com,2007-03-17:asset-6a00c2251fc84a8fdb00d09e5cac81be2b 2007-03-17T02:24:22Z 2007-03-19T03:25:25Z Jimbob http://jimbob.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom It's amazing what a bit of community and networking can do. For years, I've been trying to run various websites, community blogs, forums, mailing lists, on various topics (often local music) and never managed to attract more than a dozen members....

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]]> Croc in Pool tag:vox.com,2007-02-04:asset-6a00c2251fc84a8fdb00d09e529ac6be2b 2007-02-04T21:51:59Z 2007-02-06T09:39:13Z Jimbob http://jimbob.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Nightcliff Pool

At my local swimming pool this morning: Early morning swimmers at the Nightcliff Pool in Darwin's northern suburbs have been given a shock today - a crocodile has been found in the pool. Here's a panorama of the pool I took a few months back.

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]]> Albums at Amie Street tag:vox.com,2007-01-09:asset-6a00c2251fc84a8fdb00cdf7f280cb094f 2007-01-09T11:24:55Z 2007-01-09T11:30:12Z Jimbob http://jimbob.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

0xFFFF Drumnia The Empire Will Fall

I think I've found a new favourite place to put my music online for download. Amie Street. It works on an auction-like system, where songs you post as an artist start out free, then increase in price as more people listen to them, buy them, or "r...

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]]> Slumbertone tag:vox.com,2006-12-30:asset-6a00c2251fc84a8fdb00d10a79c1578bfa 2006-12-30T12:29:11Z 2006-12-30T12:29:11Z Jimbob http://jimbob.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom A new project I'm trying to build up - Slumbertone - ambient music for relaxation and sleeping. I'm selling CD-length compositions in non-DRM MP3 format - complex, smooth, interacting melodies and soundscapes, to put your mind at rest.

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]]> Sunset at Nightcliff tag:vox.com,2006-09-27:asset-6a00c2251fc84a8fdb00c2252944ec8e1d 2006-09-27T03:45:04Z 2006-09-27T20:09:55Z Jimbob http://jimbob.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Palm and Sunset

Nightcliff Swimming Pool, in Darwin, has to be the most beautiful swimming pool in Australia. Perched on the edge of a cliff, looking west over the Arafura sea, it's a great place to cool off in the evening. I took this photo from inside the fe...

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]]> Moon Lore from West Virginia... tag:vox.com,2006-09-12:asset-6a00c2251fc84a8fdb00c22525fdbe549d 2006-09-12T10:21:32Z 2006-09-12T11:05:58Z Jimbob http://jimbob.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Moon Folklore

Moon Lore from West Virginia W. E. Mockler Folklore, Vol. 50, No. 3. (Sep., 1939), pp. 310-314.The following moon superstitions are from America, colle cted in the semi-mountainous region of northern West Virginia, amoung people of English, We...

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]]> Cat Seizure tag:vox.com,2006-09-10:asset-6a00c2251fc84a8fdb00c22526a1ab8e1d 2006-09-10T00:44:36Z 2006-09-10T00:44:36Z Jimbob http://jimbob.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

CAT SEIZURE

That's one fucked up cat.

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]]> Doof Doof tag:vox.com,2006-08-24:asset-6a00c2251fc84a8fdb00c22523183df219 2006-08-24T13:32:20Z 2006-08-24T13:32:20Z Jimbob http://jimbob.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Atriplex - realnicetrance

Well looky here, Jimbob's been making some real boring trance.

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]]> QOTD: Favourite Cover Song. tag:vox.com,2006-08-08:asset-6a00c2251fc84a8fdb00c225205f5d604a 2006-08-08T13:37:24Z 2006-08-08T13:37:24Z Jimbob http://jimbob.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

The Pogues: Live Concert 1985

Favourite cover song? This one's an easy one. The Pogue's version of And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda, originally by Eric Bogle. Here's a video of some early Pogues, where they play the song.

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