40. Popular Culture

CRAB, PETER “SPIDER”.—( 1914 - 1999 ) b. Callamooloo. A short story writer and novelist, based his work on his personal experience of the 1930s Depression in Aust. suburbia and then on his own depression during his 30s.

GO THE WEASELS.—Eddy “The Penis” Cornwall and Hamish “McSnotty” Lowland’s The LMG are the unforeseen by - product of a musical experiment that went horribly wrong. The Australist public voted in 1989 as there was an election. This activity, like almost every other in Aust., had very little to do with The LMG... I just wanted to mention it.

CHEAP AS PEEPERS.—Alfreda Galant presents remarkable stories of the impact of video and surveillance cameras on the lives of female celebrities.

WHEELS OF FORTUNE.—Series profiling some of the most dangerous sporting celebrity drivers on the road.

PYRAMID POWER.—Five Egyptian Pharoahs vie for eternal life. Who can build the biggest pyramid and win favour with Horace?

Fact: 8 out of 10 Australists (that’s a whopping 32%!) are Innumerate.