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Claude & The (AI) Musical

Posted on September 28, 2026 by andrew

An AI-generated parody (music video in flamboyant glam/disco style – think Elton John + Liberace + 1970s variety show, cranked to maximum camp – “Hit The Breaks Except For Me” a play on “hit the brakes”) mocks the common pattern … Continue reading →

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Kill Jews – the summer camp musical

Posted on July 12, 2021 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban Lights, music … and guns, as dozens of school children armed with assault weapons enact a choreographed assault against imaginary Jews in an arena filled with many hundreds of spectators, comprising their parents, teachers and jihadists. The … Continue reading →

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Lasting peace is up to Palestinians – yet again

Posted on October 10, 2025 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban Lasting peace after the release of the Israeli hostages in Gaza is seen as fragile. Many commentators worry that peace won’t last after the initial burst of happiness and relief. “Polls suggest Israelis are desperate for the … Continue reading →

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Welcome to a country of crony capitalism

Posted on September 18, 2023 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban There’s a new welcome uttered around the Albanese government offices: ‘We acknowledge the fawning directors present and emerging of the corporations, sporting bodies, professional organisations and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, whose socio-political alignments with our Voice referendum … Continue reading →

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Post-referendum blues

Posted on March 7, 2023 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban Come the referendum and the Voice will be dead or alive. But the shouting will  continue. Post-referendum Australia will have been socially and politically poisoned by this debate, as illustrated by the vitriol and general nastiness of … Continue reading →

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Point of No Return – marking the 65th anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution

Posted on October 20, 2021 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban Marking the 65th anniversary of the Revolution, we delve into the pages of The Nineteen Days, ‘a broadcaster’s account of the Hungarian revolution’. That broadcaster was my father, George Urban. The book was written in the immediate … Continue reading →

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