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David Dale The Tribal Mind
THE RATINGS RACE: Week 7
David Dale How Australia watched in the week ending February 16, when Masterchef: The Professionals bingled down to half a million while My Kitchen Rules soared above 2 million.
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From Psycho to Blade Runner -- How W.O.M. can beat the Hollywood H.Y.P.E.
David Dale At last, a way to measure whether a film is getting good worth of mouth, and a chart of best and worst recent WOMs. Hobbit? Les Mis? Life of Pi? Jack Reacher? Yes, info on all of the above.
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WHO WE ARE: The songs Australia loved in 2012
David Dale What do our musical choices in 2012 say about the psychology of Australians, and our mysterious connection with the other end of the planet
Music, a refuge from these times
Warwick McFadyen There’s a place to go when the news is despair. Just listen.
WHO WE ARE: Australia is the perfect host for Star Wars
David Dale The picture shows the new Organa hairstyle, worn by the top Aussie candidate for heroine of SWVII, which would also be written, directed and filmed in Australia.
Robots and Revolutions
Warwick McFadyen So, the secret is out. It was a robot that played the decisive metallic hand in the Russian Revolution.
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WHO WE ARE: Give us a bit of hope, pleads HSC student in a world without meaning
David Dale When you're a teenager, learning about a character like Hamlet or Frankenstein DOES NOT help develop you into a better person ...
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WHO WE ARE: The next texts to make HSC students happy
David Dale What movies and TV shows should be part of the HSC English syllabus, helping to turn our kids into confident, creative, and thoughtful adults?
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WHO WE ARE: When the words matter more than the music
David Dale Gangnam Style has been praised as a "brilliant satire". But it's in Korean! Have we reached the point when lyrics are of no value any more?
WHO WE ARE: What do most Australians love most
David Dale These are the candidates: The wedding of Kate Middleton and William Windsor; John Farnham’s Whispering Jack; The Sound of Music; Abba; the funeral of Diana Spencer; Avatar; the 2000 Olympics.
THE RATINGS RACE: Week 24
David Dale It was the week when Lara Bingle could not make the top 40, and it's all downhill from here.
THE RATINGS RACE: Week 27
David Dale Regular readers will know that this column considers sport to be an annoying distraction from real television programming, but sometimes attention needs to be paid -- like when all-time records are...
WHO WE ARE: Who'd be a better Reacher
David Dale Tom Cruise has tainted the brand, so who should replace him as the next great loner hero?
David Dale's OzQuiz: How well do you know Australia?
David Dale As dry as a ...? Test your knowledge of your nation, then write a limerick containing the words "bludger" and "spag bol".
The OzQuiz Answers
David Dale These are the answers to the OzQuiz. Before you read them, go to The OzQuiz and look at the questions.
WHO WE ARE: Which deodorant makes you less un-Australian
David Dale The Welcome To Australia kit: a biography of Don Bradman, a pair of budgie smugglers, a Chiko roll and a can of antiperspirant.
Goiter or Gotcha: How Australia bought music in 2011
David Dale In 2011, Australians bought 50 million singles and 37 million albums -- but did you join them? What sounds got you bopping?
The benefit of hindsight I: What the HSC teaches the rest of us
David Dale This was the first Tribal Mind column published online, on September 23, 2005.
How Australia went to the movies in 2011
David Dale Did you share the tastes of the masses or the discerning minority? How many of these flicks did you get to? And which will you catch on DVD?
WHO WE ARE: Aussie slang, real and imagined
David Dale PLEASE take a moment to ponder three alleged Australianisms: 1 “She’s got kangaroos mad in the top paddock”; 2 “He’s got candles in his top hat”; 3 “Not a ...
