Andy Martin's two most recent books are 'Beware Invisible Cows' and 'Stealing the Wave'. He is currently working on a project called 'What It Feels Like To Be Alive'. http://www.sbs.com.au/rss/Blog/113307 Surfing documentaries rectify a tragic gap between demand and supply. Without their guaranteed fix of wall-to-wall turquoise tubes there would be a lot of mad, bad, and dangerous-to-know surfers out there. Let me rephrase that: there would be even more of them. http://www.sbs.com.au/documentary/blogs/view/id/125281/t/Top-ten-surfing-documentaries http://www.sbs.com.au/documentary/blogs/view/id/125281/t/Top-ten-surfing-documentaries Sun, 27 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +1100 Americans are more likely to overplay their sexual orientation - be it genuine or not - than straddle the fence, argues part-time US resident Andy Martin. http://www.sbs.com.au/documentary/blogs/view/id/120651/t/Picking-sides http://www.sbs.com.au/documentary/blogs/view/id/120651/t/Picking-sides Thu, 07 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +1100 Andy Martin ponders the role families -- both real and imagined -- play in the evolution of our lives. http://www.sbs.com.au/documentary/blogs/view/id/119787/t/Parents-and-parallel-universes http://www.sbs.com.au/documentary/blogs/view/id/119787/t/Parents-and-parallel-universes Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +1000 Andy Martin watches the fascinating tale of Tanaka Tetsuro, a 'guitar-picking troubadour of unalikeness', and finds us a varied if harrowingly similar species. http://www.sbs.com.au/documentary/blogs/view/id/116762/t/Tanaka-San-Will-Not-Do-Callisthenics http://www.sbs.com.au/documentary/blogs/view/id/116762/t/Tanaka-San-Will-Not-Do-Callisthenics Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +1100 A horizontal and relaxed Andy Martin watches Marilyn Monroe on the couch and trips back to his own youth. http://www.sbs.com.au/documentary/blogs/view/id/115997/t/Marilyn-The-Last-Sessions http://www.sbs.com.au/documentary/blogs/view/id/115997/t/Marilyn-The-Last-Sessions Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +1100 Andy Martin considered life as a whistleblower but decided it's not for him until the perks improve. Still, he argues, we should probably all do more to help their cause. http://www.sbs.com.au/documentary/blogs/view/id/114292/t/Law-and-Disorder http://www.sbs.com.au/documentary/blogs/view/id/114292/t/Law-and-Disorder Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +1100 Andy Martin pleads with Australians to support the humble honeybee's fight against disease. And you never know, we may just save the planet... http://www.sbs.com.au/documentary/blogs/view/id/114121/t/Honeybee-Blues http://www.sbs.com.au/documentary/blogs/view/id/114121/t/Honeybee-Blues Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +1100