David M. Green: Purveyor of fine humour

Month: September 2012

  • Pale Blue Dot still inspires scientists and artists

    I made my first appearance on ABC Radio National last week with a story on The Science Show. It was a wonderful opportunity to talk about Carl Sagan and the Voyager missions, which I’ve been fascinated by for many years.

    Voyager 1 and 2 were launched by NASA in 1977 to explore the planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, carrying with them their famous Golden Records. They provided humanity with the first close up photos of the four gas giant planets and dozens of moons.

    But perhaps the most famous photo was taken in 1990 when the camera was turned around and pointed back towards the Earth. From 6 billion kilometres away, our home planet is just a Pale Blue Dot:

    This subject matter also inspired actor Lachlan Woods and the Optic Nerve Performance Group at Melbourne’s Malthouse Theatre to create their recent production “Pale Blue Dot”.

    You can listen to the story about Pale Blue Dot and how science inspires the arts on The Science Show’s website, or by clicking play on the player below:

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    Kind regards,
    David M. Green
    Probably the first time I’ve put my radio skills towards something useful.

  • Radio with Rex appeal

    Ahoy!

    After Melbourne Talk Radio shut down 6 months ago, I’ve been panelling weekends for Crocmedia, which broadcasts “AFL Live” around Australian regional radio stations and via the AFL 2012 iPhone app.

    It’s been a lot of fun and I’ve had the good fortune to work with football broadcasting legends Sandy Roberts, Peter Donegan and Rex Hunt.

    Here are some highlights of my work on the buttons:

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    See you this Saturday for the Grand Final!

    Kind regards,
    David M. Green
    Livin’ the panel op dream

  • Punch The Drum to summon David M. Green

    Greetings!

    I was all over the Internet last week, making my debut on two of Australia’s most read opinion blogs.

    Earlier in the week I made a stand against Australian five cent coins on The Punch.

    And on Wednesday, an event rarer than a total solar eclipse (and that took a while for me to work out, so I hope you appreciate that fun fact) inspired me to write a piece for The Drum on conscience votes in Australian federal politics.

    Click the links above to read my articles on those respective websites.

    Kind regards,
    David M. Green
    The Internet. It’s the way of the… present.

  • 31 Questions Ep #13: Season 1 Finale

    Well that’s it. The debut season of 31 Questions is DONE.

    It’s been quite a journey, but I wouldn’t trade it for anything.

    Someone who I can’t thank enough is Anthony McCormack. Not only did he crack me up week after week as the show’s Moderator, but for the last 3 months he’s been the poor sap editing all that footage and physically bringing it into Channel 31. All unpaid.

    I’m especially relieved we (and when I say “we”, I mean Anthony) got every episode to air and didn’t have to do repeat one.

    There were a few weeks where we (and when I say “we”, I mean Anthony) got it into Channel 31 literally the night before it was going to air.

    Though I hear those Chaser boys have previously handed their tape into the ABC with mere minutes to spare.

    So where to from here?

    Well I’ll tell you what you can look forward to… (and when I say “you”, I mean Anthony)

    As Anthony wound up editing the episodes the weeks they were to be broadcast, he didn’t have time to do anything with the bloopers and the stuff we (and when I say “we”…) had to cut out because we (Anthony) were overtime. Some of it was very painful to condemn to the cutting room floor.

    But Anthony tells me he put all this stuff to one side with the intention of later turning it into exclusive YouTube gold. So look out for a whole pile of low budget game show extras coming soon to an Internet near YOU!

    Stuff like THIS:

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    But the televisual fun continues around Australia in cities less liveable than Melbourne.

    While tweeting along to Ep #2 last night as it went to air in Perth, I discovered you can actually stream WestTV online! MIND = BLOWN!

    SA, I’ll see you tonight on 44 Adelaide. Ep #2 is on at 10.30PM.

    Still waiting on broadcast times and start dates for Sydney, Brisbane and Auckland. But you’ll be the first to know. Well, obviously after me and the people at the TV stations who are making those decisions. I mean, you’re hardly going to find out before them.

    That’s just ridiculous.

    Kind regards,
    David M. Green
    And accepting job offers… nnnnnnNow!