December 2011
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30 Albums for 2011
Y’know what, 2011 was a pretty good year in music. There was definitely some unadultered shit released this year - the fact that Katy Perry had another 3 massive hits, anything and everything done by Lana Del Rey, the stateless standing army that are the Beliebers, the faux-outrage and pseudo-cyber bullying that followed ‘Friday’, the ironic fame and fortune that followed...
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And My Album of the Year Is.....
Fucked Up - David Comes to Life
The third album from the Toronto punk band was, actually by far and away, my favourite album of 2011. The nearly 80 minute rock opera is as bold as it is brilliant. Fucked Up have been able to channel their classic early hardcore sounds into an expansive masterpiece without losing the genre’s characteristic raw energy or sense of purpose.
Beginning with...
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Comments
When I read comments on Drum articles, I usually take the edge of afterwards by head butting a wall for 17 straight minutes. Take for example today’s article by Michael Brull on the NT Intervention and the racist and paternalist policies around income management and school attendance. This is a comment by ‘Lorraine’:
If you were a mother and your spouse drank, smoked and or...
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25 Songs for 2011
Time to get in on this list thing. Here’s the 25 songs that made 2011 for me. Enjoy, y’all.
25. The Horrible Crowes - ‘Sugar’
Oh Brian Fallon, I’d love you.
24. Iceage - ‘You’re Blessed’
They’re only 17, does that make you feel insignificant?
23. Veronica Falls - ‘Come On Over’
This is just a sweet song. Nothing smart to...
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With Our Brothers and Our Sisters - Labour...
So first there was the lock out of unionised workers by Qantas, followed by the undercutting of strike action by Fair Work Australia. Then Baiada used Police and private security thugs in an attempt to break the workers picket line, but ultimately failed, with workers winning better pay and conditions. Not to forget that the Victorian Government were secretly planning to lock out Nurses in...
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“Those hailing Hitchens’ greatness are engaged in a very public, affirmative,...”
– Glenn Greenwald in ‘Christopher Hitchens and the protocol for public figures’.
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Jeff Sparrow has a great piece on The Drum today (that everyone should read) discussing right wing commentary and its ties to extreme right terror attacks.
One of the most interesting aspects to the piece was a series of comparisons between Islamicphobic commentary and the old anti-Semitic writings found in the Nazi journal, Der Stuermer. The list was compiled by journalist Colm O Broin over at...
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