Gotye’s Somebody That I Used to Know is undoubtedly one of the stand-out Australian releases of 2011. However it seems that it is getting attention overseas as well if the cover below by Canadian band Walk Off the Earth is anything to go by.

The video features the band covering Gotye’s song  whilst all five of them play the one guitar. It is pretty impressive!

And just because it is a brilliant music clip, I’ve included the original Gotye video, which has been watched a whopping 33 million times!:

This is so informative that I intend to print this out and post it on my office wall.

I originally posted this over on my Posterous page, but it has received such interest I thought I would post it here also.

I found the diagram on GreatWhiteShark.com

Monday night marked the launch of The Apprentice Australia, which I watched and enjoyed thoroughly. Though according to Mumbrella, disappointingly for Nine, only 691,999 other people joined me.

One Tim’s post there was a lot of discussion about why this failed. Some people thought the show was on too late, others that The Apprentice concept was tired and more than a few who thought that Mark Bouris was simply not up to the task. None of this was an issue for me. The late-ish slot works for me, I like The Apprentice series (having been a big fan in the UK) and I thought Mark was fine. Though what I thought was lacking was the PR!

I am a fairly big consumer of media, being a PR guy, but the show hardly touched me. This was completely the opposite in the UK at series launch. The Apprentice was absolutely everywhere! Profiles of the contestants appeared in the papers, the radio stations talked about it, the morning current affairs programs cut to scenes of it, celebs were asked their opinion, last year’s contestants gave their insights. There appeared to be little of that here, which is disappointing.

Of course in the UK the show was on BBC, so benefited from the power of its news and influence network. However, Nine, its affiliated online partner ninemsn and magazine stable ACP for all the poor decisions they have made over the last decade are still a media powerhouse.

Maybe I am getting this wrong, I was moving last weekend so didn’t consume the same amount of weekend media that I normally do, but a quick straw poll of some of my friends suggests the same. The PR simply didn’t register.

As momentum around the show heats up perhaps it will all change? I hope so, I really enjoy The Apprentice series and want others to talk with about it.

Just heard via Julian Cole on Twitter that Beached Whale, the hugely popular Youtube video featuring a beached Kiwi accented whale and a friendly seagull is to be made into an 11 part series with new characters. It will be shown first online and then aired on ABC1 and ABC2.

Read the full details about the Beached Whale series on the ABC blog.

If you’re not familiar with the video watch it below. If you are familiar with it – watch it again anyways – you know you want to.

Choice bro.

As soon as I move back to Aus and have enough room to store the yodel pipe I am getting this game. Looks amazing…

How good is Hugh Jackman’s opening sequence to the 2009 Oscar ceremony. One talented fellow.

Just saw this on Steve Clayton’s blog and thought I would get in on the fun. He reckons it is a spoof and I tend to agree, but time will tell I guess.

UPDATE 23/2/09 – Well we now know this was clearly a hoax. No surprises really.