It Shouldn’t Happen… But It Did: The Folder and the Delivery Van #lawyerlytales

I spent a career in the law, trying to convince myself that I was competent, then skilled and then, when finally I was offered a partnership, worthy of such promotion. Imposter Syndrome they call it and I had it, indeed still have it in spades.

Qualifying was the single most terrifying moment in that career; the idea that somehow I was now capable of advising someone on the legal pros and cons…

Cats, Rats and Cane Toad Plagues. Whoops-a-daisy!

Australian customs officials destroy irreplaceable biological samples.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-39777196

Australia has some of the world’s strictest bio-security laws as a result of past incidents but the officers concerned seem to be a little enthusiastic in that in the last few months priceless scientific samples on loan from New Zealand and France have been destroyed, and lending to Australian Institutes stopped.

In the latest, a 170 year old, type specie sample, of a particular daisy was on loan from an institution in France to an Australian institute so that it could be shown and studied.  Its monetary value was marked as A$1.5 but its scientific value is enormous.

After the boring life that was the digital image making work flow i made the conscious effort to go back and embrace the work flow and skill involved in shooting 5x4, So the uni would not trust me with the 5x4 dunno why i'm a good boy but after the boredom of digital files and the lack of quantifiable process and end result that was not a digital file that will languish on my hard drive for eternity i went out and picked up a 5X4 camera.

a few calls and hunts online i came accross a good condition crown graphic press camera from the 1960's era of press photography so that was promply paid for and dispatched

Wait a few days to my weekend off, ok it was a clear blue sky and not idea for shooting landscape work by any stage but i gave it a go and came back with 6 exposures that i sent for processing.

WOOPS monster light leak across the images turns out the bellows of the camera had a hole in it and this fogged the film. Now anybody knows this film is far from cheap, and i was less than happy to find the images ruined by a light leak. So its now looking like the lovely little 5x4 i bought was a bit of a dud so glad i did not go out shooting again on sunday and waste another few sheets of film. 

Note the lush bit of backwards scanning this is serving me right for trusting high street monkey kids 

as good a roundup of where things are at (compiled from AJ Maddah's tweets @iamnotshouting) - various sources, not compiled by me.

AJ Maddah has tweeted that he has "Just finished all the various packages and sending to bands for approval.  Hopefully will be able to announce all shows in the next 48 hours."

What we know so far according to Maddah...

There will be signings at all of these "mini festivals."

Brisbane, Melbourne and Adelaide will get outdoor mini revs with 15 to 17 bands, 2 stages, no clashes.  Adelaide has been moved to Sunday 25 September to avoid the AFL Grand Final clash.

Melbourne venue is most likely to be the Myer Music Bowl on Friday 23 September.

Working on format for Sydney and Perth now.

Sydney venue will either stay at Parramatta or move to Homebush.

Sydney mini festival will still be on 25 September with club shows during the week.

The expected price of the mini rev tickets are $97.00.

DEVIN TOWNSEND will come here for Soundwave Festival 2012.

WE ARE THE OCEAN will be here for the mini festivals.

ALICE COOPER will not headline or play at these shows. He'll be performing his own shows in most cities.

SUM 41 will end up doing a headline tour later this year.

VAN HALEN is definitely not performing. Maddah says that their fans wanted a headline tour and maybe they'll get one now.

MADINA LAKE will perform at Soundwave Festival 2012.

D.R.U.G.S will perform at the mini revs, as are PANIC! AT THE DISCO, THE USED, SET YOUR GOALS and FOUR YEAR STRONG.

ALTER BRIDGE look likely to be playing headline shows.

WHITECHAPEL and WATAIN to play double bill club shows.

HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD look likely for Soundwave Festival 2012.

About 30 bands will come out for the mini festivals but at the time of writing, not all had reconfirmed.