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Looking back and moving forward…
A friend of mine was explaining to me that Hong Kong could never have a Steven Spielberg or a Jim Henson or pretty much anything to do...

Hans Ebert
Jan 173 min read


DAVID LYNCH AND A NICE CUPPA JAVA
In the midst of writing about something or another that can wait, or better yet, be forgotten about altogether instead of sinking into...

Hans Ebert
Jan 171 min read


JUICY AND PRICKLY RAMBUTANS
Before the world “WOKE” up! Many moons ago and before the world became AWOKE and awash and tripping over itself to be inclusive and...

Hans Ebert
Jan 163 min read


We’re all complete unknowns until we find ourselves
It’s hard to explain or figure out the enigma that is Bob Dylan, because he created a product AND the content. Here’s something and...

Hans Ebert
Jan 124 min read


LESSONS LEARNED FROM BOB DYLAN: BEING LIKE A ROLLING SONG AND DANCE MAN
“He who ain’t busy born is busy dyin’.” Bob Dylan wrote that line in the mid Sixties and it made the bats and other stuff in the belfry...

Hans Ebert
Jan 113 min read


There’s West World and then there’s Zac World
I’ve pretty much heard it all about Zac Purton- everything from how he was an unharnessed and undisciplined young rat bag talent when in...

Hans Ebert
Jan 94 min read


THE CHANGING FACE OF CRICKET AND THE GIFT OF GIVING
They were two magnificent cricket matches, but also very much needed life lessons and, if they haven’t already, other sports can learn...

Hans Ebert
Jan 72 min read


DANCING SHEIKH TO SHEIKH
Seriously now, sometimes we wonder why the Hong Kong government should keep tripping over itself trying to attract tourism when the city...

Hans Ebert
Jan 72 min read


DOES HORSE RACING HAVE THE DRIVE TO SURVIVE?
It’s a business and not exactly where one giveth and the other taketh away though it can be. It’s also where one side can win and the...

Hans Ebert
Jan 65 min read


MUSIC MADE IN HONG KONG THAT IS NOT YOUR USUAL CHOW FAN
What happened on Saturday afternoon while watching India’s Rishabh Pant’s unorthodox but helluva entertaining batting display in the...

Hans Ebert
Jan 54 min read


WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS, FOLLOW YOUR HEART STEPS…
A couple of years ago, a friend of mine mentioned being on something called Tinder, and was somewhat aghast that I wasn’t up enough on...

Hans Ebert
Jan 24 min read


ALL HAIL CRICKET, AND PROBABLY THE GREATEST TEST MATCH EVER!
Some in horse racing talk about “sports entertainment”, and the importance on “emotional attachment”, but it’s almost always the blahs...

Hans Ebert
Jan 13 min read


ZAC PURTON AND THAT RINGING SENSATION!
If there was any doubt that Zac Purton was in a mighty big hurry to break the record for the most number of winners ridden by a jockey in...

Hans Ebert
Jan 13 min read


Why “A Complete Unknown” Should Matter.
Making me pretty much put my life on Hold and think back to how I arrived at this point in time, has been the almost nonstop news feeds...

Hans Ebert
Dec 31, 20247 min read


WHY WINFRIED ENGELBRECHT-BRESGES NEEDS HIS OWN WORLD POOL OF TALENT
To many, it will be difficult to separate him from the world of horse racing. He lives and breathes it and often choreographs the next...

Hans Ebert
Dec 26, 20245 min read


“HOW DO YOU FEEEEEEEL?”
It’s like no other recording that I know of. It inspires you, fakes you out, makes many around you seem stiff and boring, and takes you...

Hans Ebert
Dec 24, 20243 min read


RACINGBITCH: THE STINKY ISSUE
SIZE MATTERS By now, those who follow horse racing religiously and are kinda like Jesus’s followers, but without that party pooper Judas...

Racing B!tch
Dec 23, 20243 min read


COULD SOCIAL MEDIA BE STRUGGLING TO BE RELEVANT?
Remember MySpace? If you do, it might age you, but time changes everything and everyone and is something that defines who you are and the...

Hans Ebert
Dec 23, 20244 min read


THE ART OF REMAINING A COMPLETE UNKNOWN
“Don’t follow leaders and watch your parking meters”, warned Bob Dylan on “Subterranean Homesick Blues”. Some people are intuitive and...

Hans Ebert
Dec 19, 20243 min read


The Magic Bus
The older you get, tastes change. You’re now attracted to Ingrid Bergman or Meg Ryan, maybe Diane Lane and not Jayne Mansfield though...

Hans Ebert
Dec 18, 20241 min read
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