Being in the mood for Maggie Cheung..,
It was 1983 and during the casting session for a new and pretty ambitious McDonald’s commercial titled “Steppin’ Out”. Michael Jackson...
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Hans Ebert
Dec 27, 20218 min read
Once Upon A Time In Our Heads
It certainly looks like 2022 is going to be another strange year for the world when, like that Jimmy Cliff song, we seem destined to be...
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Hans Ebert
Dec 22, 20211 min read
21 December 2021
You stayed with her cos she smelled so good And you loved her every touch Music played every time she talked in And through her smile you...
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Hans Ebert
Dec 20, 20214 min read
And so this is Christmas...
“And so this is Christmas, and what have you done? Another year over, a new one just begun”. John and Yoko/Plastic Ono Band, the Harlem...
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Hans Ebert
Dec 13, 20214 min read
And then there’s Zac...
It’s not writer’s block, but some things, like the Longines Hong Kong International Races yesterday at Shatin, are almost impossible to...
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Hans Ebert
Dec 12, 20213 min read
Of birthdays, rebirth days and Hong Kong coming together
Maybe it’s just me, but the Road Runner and Wile E Coyote have been giving us life lessons for decades. Beep beep. So have Porky Pig and...
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Hans Ebert
Dec 9, 20213 min read
Getting back to John Lennon
I was in advertising and writing some copy when there was a call from (Cantopop pioneer) Sam Hui. “Have you heard about John Lennon?” he...
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Hans Ebert
Dec 8, 20213 min read
Learning to live again without fear
It’s unfortunate that growing up often means losing one’s imagination and no longer believing in magic and all that’s associated with...
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Hans Ebert
Dec 7, 20213 min read
When a picture paints a thousand memories...
Sometimes we need to be reminded about what Hong Kong once was to see the journey this barren rock has taken to become one of the most...
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Hans Ebert
Dec 5, 20215 min read
Making sense of an upside down fruitcake world
You don’t choose Christmas to break off a relationship. Actually there’s no “good time” to break off anything. Things just happen,...
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Hans Ebert
Nov 28, 20215 min read
Getting Back with the Beatles
Around twenty minutes into the second episode of “The Beatles: Get Back”, though I still hadn’t been able to watch the first episode, I...
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Hans Ebert
Nov 26, 20212 min read
Breaking with tradition
There’s always a need to break with tradition and stop being a creature of habit. Every woman who has lived with me would hardly describe...
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Hans Ebert
Nov 26, 20215 min read
The meaningless of awards shows
As a wide eyed kid and watching television with my parents and also when first married, there was a certain excitement in knowing who the...
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Hans Ebert
Nov 24, 20213 min read
But who and what’s going to make Hong Kong rattle and hum again?
It’s going to be a very tough task for the Mauritian Magician Karis Teetan to ride three winners tonight. This is what he needs to do to...
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Hans Ebert
Nov 21, 20214 min read
Getting back to the Beatles...and the magic of music
It refuses to play second fiddle to anything and anyone. It will never ever go away, and it cannot be silenced. That’s because Music...
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Hans Ebert
Nov 18, 20211 min read
18 November 2021
You’ll always be my baby girl No matter how old you are Flesh and blood never disappears Though you always carry the scars Words said...
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Hans Ebert
Nov 18, 20212 min read
15 November 2021
I am a very lucky man Seeing where I was and where I am today It’s not a place that can be described Life stories with twists and turns...
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Hans Ebert
Nov 18, 20211 min read
11 November 2021
Saw a band performing tonight They were following a gag order But music should be liberating and free Full of fun and joy and le vida...
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Hans Ebert
Nov 18, 20214 min read
Adrenaline is...cool??? Are you serious???
It was Rock critic Jon Landau who famously or infamously declared in Rolling Stone many decades ago how he had seen the future of Rock...
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