By Hans Ebert
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There might be many things holding horse racing back, but hypocrisy should not be one of them.
Then desperately trying to hide this hypocrisy, makes things worse when revealed and one is forced to eat humble pie and their original offending tweet.
Continue reading “WHEN HORSE RACING AND TWITTER GO OFF THE RAILS…”
By Hans Ebert
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It’s tough explaining horse racing to non-believers. Or to sceptics. You know, those who have already labelled horse racing as “cruel” and make you riddled with guilt for enjoying the pastime. How horse racing is a guilty pleasure. Something that cannot be enjoyed without there being strings attached. Something to keep under wraps. That doesn’t always work out. One gets found out.
Guess it’s like music. Those who refuse to admit that they’re swimming against the tide and not embracing the singers, bands and songs that one is supposed to just to be accepted. It’s like movies, too. Did I enjoy “Bohemian Rhapsody” and remake of the remake of “A Star Is Born”? No. And cannot stomach the song “Shallow” just as much as never having been a Dead Head nor part of the Woodstock Generation. It’s called individuality. Freedom of choice. Don’t follow leaders and watch your parking meters.
Continue reading “THE NEW HONG KONG MIX. FOLLOW THE RECIPE AND STIR, HKJC…”
By Hans Ebert
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Ever get the feeling that you’ve pretty much done it all? Or at least seen it all? Jeez, that reminds me of an Adele song.
These feelings are happening more and more often to friends. And to myself. Not to be a downer, but there are those days when one wonders if there’s any point waking up.
By Hans Ebert
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It’s not LIKE starting with a clean slate. It IS starting with a clean slate. And a different mindset. About using everything you already know, sometimes the hard way which are the best life lessons, but adding new ingredients into the mix. Breaking from tradition. Moving away from déjà vu. Moving into déjà nouveau. Leaving Juarez when it’s Easter time, too. When gravity falls and negativity won’t pull you through.
Hong Kong today is finding it hard to move forward. Too often, its own past keeps it from letting go of what once was. It’s like a long term relationship.
By Hans Ebert
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He needn’t have done it. But he did. Made the time to come up to Adrenaline after the races on Wednesday night with two owner-friends to just give me a gift he had promised.
Well, it wasn’t “just” anything. It was a great gesture of friendship, thanks and said much about Douglas Whyte- to make the time and effort to personally hand me his saddle and goggles from his last day as a rider. And being Douglas, he insisted on wrapping the goggles around my eyes to create a weird Robocop vibe.
By Hans Ebert
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It’s not how he plays it, it’s what he plays. He keeps things to a minimum. Like that sustained one note that goes right through you like a journey to the centre of the earth. It’s like how one picture is worth a thousand words. It’s always been about the simplicity of what he sends out- vibes, love, pictures for the mind.
Guess one can say the same thing about any of the great, especially Rock, guitarists, but there’s still only one Carlos Santana because he’s really in his own sphere. Even when going Pop in 1999 to give his career the commercial boost it needed following advice from Arista label chief and the very influential Clive Davis with “Supernatural”, it was that trademark guitar sound which carried a track like the hit “Smooth”.
Continue reading “Looking back and moving forward with Carlos Santana.”
By Hans Ebert
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The first reaction is one of panic. Good Gawd, both my iPhones are not recharging! The batteries aren’t going to last for much longer! I have to tell people that this is happening! What if my phones have died on me? What about all my drafts?!!! My photos!!!
So, while having a Yeezy moment, the girlfriend looks at my meltdown and calmly says, “Baby, you’re not breathing. You must breathe. You’re having an anxiety attack about nothing. And can you buy yourself some new underpants? There are holes in what you’re wearing. Never mind. I’ll buy them for you.”
Continue reading “THE MOBILE PHONE: YOU REALLY CAN LIVE WITHOUT IT. PROMISE.”
By Hans Ebert
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Sometimes there’s a hit- not the kind where you’re smacked- staring you in the face, but for some reason, many being paid the Big Bucks to identify these are looking elsewhere. Again, it’s more proof of a world continuing to be dumbed down. But thinking it’s being smart.
One has to only look at social media and the silliness that goes on in this pretty faked up world. Forget the numbers that don’t add up. No, let’s not.
Continue reading “IF IT’S STARING YOU IN THE FACE, THAT’S THE ANSWER”
By Hans Ebert
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It’s become show biz shtick throughout most of Asia: have a non-Chinese perform “The Moon Is Like My Heart,” also known as “The Moon Represents My Heart”, the mega-hit for the late Taiwanese singer Teresa Teng, undoubtedly the most revered Chinese recording artist ever.
The popularity of Teresa Teng transcends generations- as does “The Moon Is Like My Heart”. As a non-Chinese, but an Asian, all one can say is that Teresa Teng is the Chinese answer to India’s Asha Bhosle, the grandmother of Hindi music- iconic, and legendary. But with a far more complex personal life with strong political beliefs.
