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Channel surfing last night in a hotel I watched a segment of the Channel Seven special featuring Kylie Minogue. “The Kylie Show” was a star-studded celebrity special broadcast in prime time. And like every red-blooded Australian I was pleased to see our little Kylie up there belting it out. Sadly it didn’t hold my attention too long.

It did make me remember a memorable night years ago when living outside Detroit. We’d taken my mother into one of the inner-city casinos launched to help revive downtown Detroit (it didn’t). While my Mum and partner gambled I sat in the bar not drinking. But then up on the giant plasma behind the bar a Kylie video started. “Come Into My World” boggled my mind then and now. It’s an inventive way to use new video technology and music mixing.

Kylie walks out a store and does a large circle around an interesction. When she gets back to the shop front the first Kylie emerges again - and now we have two voices singing the song. The pair interact, nearly collide and when they get back to the shop…you guessed it!

Creative writing won’t do it justice. Take a moment to enjoy - after all, if you’re Australian you’re predisposed to wasting a little bit of time at work cruising nifty sites on-line. And if you’re American, just turn down the speakers before you click the YouTube link.