Radio Birdman and 65daysofstatic, Gaming Updates, Victorian Election

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It was a very rocknerd week. On Monday night took up an offer from The Dwarf to see and review Australian punk legends, Radio Birdman who were downright awesome. Also purchased their excellent CD-DVD collection which was reviewed on Rocknerd. Later in the week took the opportunity to review the last album by 65daysofstatic, Wild Light (who, incidentially, are touring next year). Alas the Rolling Stones cancelled their gig at Hanging Rock, which would have been quite a show.

It's been a few months since the RPG Review store was updated, courtesy of some bulk purchases. But have done so now with a small mountain of Twilight 2000 material which, at the very least, is one of the more remarkable collection of information for of 1980s military technology. Last Sunday was a remarkable session of Werewolf Yugoslav Wars which resulted in the death of a PC, due to another's botched healing attempt, and the capture of a major enemy in dramatic fashion. The players still have to work out how they're smuggling out a "Paleo-Eurasian" wolf from Sarajevo under UNESCO auspices. Thursday night was a session of Call of Cthulhu Masks of Nyarlathotep, with the player investigators ending up making all the rights choices and succeeding in all their checks at critical moments. As a result of their success they completely missed out on one of the most epic scenes in any published roleplaying adventure, which had to be described.

The Victorian state election approaches with most opinion polls at this point suggesting a clear win for the Labor Party. Whilst I am certain that Daniel Andrews will make a great premier, I have concerns that the Tories may yet snatch an undeserved victory. For my own part in the blue-ribbon seat of Kew, I am carrying out the thankless tasks of distributing thousands of DL election advocacy cards. A few days ago I also started the fundraising campaign for the Victorian Secular Lobby; as a small group we're only making a modest contribution to the election, but carefully targetted to be effective. If you support the separation of religious beliefs from civic governance, please consider donating to the campaign.

Comments

[zenicurean.livejournal.com]

I know of EAZA and others trying to fly animals out of the Sarajevo zoo by a relief plane. (But I think the UN specifically put a stop to that on the basis that it was too dangerous.)

[tcpip.livejournal.com]

Excellent plot device, thank you. We introduced the reporter who wrote a story on the rather sad state of affairs.