Oingo Boingo Dilbert  #
Tuesday, 16 Dec 2008 01:41PM
I'm sure this is old news to many but I'm slow.

I listened to a live Oingo Boingo recording today and one of the songs, Forbidden Zone reminded me strongly of a theme. It's the Dilbert theme I thought.

So I looked it up. Forbidden Zone on Wikipedia explains all.

I knew the Danny Elfman connection with Oingo Boingo and Dilbert but never suspected the Dilbert theme is a new version of a theme from an obscure absurd 80's movie based on the stage performances of the "Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo".

I live a sheltered life.

I love the Dilbert theme.

It was one of the first MP3s I downloaded via Napster.

I intend now to dig up the Forbidden Zone soundtrack.


Lort Smith loses it's pound status  #
Tuesday, 16 Dec 2008 08:42AM
Council pounces, stripping Lort Smith of its pound status:

After helping to rehouse abandoned pets for the past 75 years, Lort Smith Animal Hospital has suddenly been ordered by Melbourne City Council to transfer all seized animals to a North Melbourne pound.

[...]

"Lost animals seized by council rangers or members of the public and brought to Lort Smith will be treated and cared for in the first instance and then transferred as soon as practicable to the appropriate facility," Ms Hoban said.

All via Damien who has many extra details on who to contact to complain and links to further details.

We found and rescued our dog Mogwai at Lort Smith.

Here she is the day we picked her up, late March 2005:
Mogwai