Video will never do my home justice. Hi-def captures of the balcony view (which stretches halfway across Sydney, in parts) don't even come close. This is "more Myopia, than iMax" - being filmed as quick background for an unfinished music video. Now it's indexed and stands alone.
0:05 - 1979-1997 solo/group cassette-albums;
0:23 - incense n' bells n' stuff (not a daily thing);
0:30 - an atypical Tantric statue... found in Bali;
0:53 - Tantric art print (can't begin to explain it);
1:03 - multi-Buddha print (for computer area);
1:10 - current PCs (w' new video SD card pack);
1:22 - Padma Sambhava: original Tibetan thanka;
1:40 - kitchen w' fabricated Buddha candle-holder;
2:04 - hand-woven Iranian cloth & window-view;
2:29 - craft-items & current (April 2009) calendar;
2:49 - personal art effects (no explanation here);
2:59 - my personal library... mostly 1980s books;
3:25 - dedications: Richard Neville & Nevill Drury;
4:03 - South-East aerial view: Miranda & beyond;
4:15 - West to East balcony view (see start note);
4:46 - music video collection (part of general lot);
5:05 - Law Degree (UTS) and various textbooks;
5:27 - Shakespeare once wrote "the law is an ass";
5:36 - 3-D etched crystal Buddha image;
5:47 - graduation teddy with fully-signed Tales CD (Roger Dean + band), and mid-1980s glasses (possibly the actual inspiration for Harry Potter's);
5:55 - Starr"X" bottle opener, w' Fender insignia;
6:02 - Tibetan scroll ("Om Mani Padme Hum");
6:13 - NASA certificate: 2 DVDs with my name (and about a million others), now on Mars;
6:46 - lavalamp, wall-hanging & bedroom view;
7:29 - Tibetan "temple cover" (approx 1m sq.);
7:44 - the music-room (formerly main bedroom);
7:56 - various left-handed (or converted) guitars;
8:33 - various T-shirts from concerts I've been to;
8:51 - Yamaha keyboard (new) & recording stuff;
9:09 - Music books - texts and sheet-music;
9:18 - amp, old cassette recorders & views.
Google Earth: 34° 1'52.26"S - 151° 5'56.35"E - let's just leave aside all the 9/11 connections...
My (digital) home: http://www.myspace.com/starrex
Here's how anyone can check the veracity of the Harry Potter nonsense - see whether Rowlinbg was in Sydney in February of 1984.
If she was, then I'll start charging for the story...
avs002 2 years ago