Literal take on terrible art

Posted: 16 Jul 09 | One thing Michael Jackson's untimely exit reminded me about was the preponderance of overblown and pretentious music videos in the 80s. |

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So Michael Jackson is dead

Posted: 01 Jul 09 | Year's biggest story not Iran, global warming or the global financial crisis - Wacko Jacko trumps them all, Dave Curry writes. |

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Rock stars that need to retire

Posted: 15 Apr 09 | There's a frightening phenomenon sweeping down from the UK and the US, which is just starting to bite in Australia. We'll be feeling the effects for months, possibly years, and nobody knows how bad it's going to get. |

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(Some) music makes you dumb

Posted: 25 Mar 09 | We've long been into the idea that the clothes maketh the man, but what about a man's music? If your tailored pin-stripe suit says you’re a suave, sophisticated go-getter, what do your Beyonce CDs say about you? |

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It's Midnight Oil, nothing else matters

Posted: 12 Mar 09 | Midnight Oil is the best live band Australia has ever produced, hands down. I saw them maybe 10 times over 20 years and they never delivered a show that was less than brilliant. |

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Malapopism: an introduction

Posted: 25 Feb 09 | I recently noticed Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah being played during coverage of the Victorian fires. A great song, but I'm still trying to work out how a song about the relationship between sex, music and God relates to the tragedy at Marysville. |

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Talkin' 'bout a generation bridge

Posted: 06 Feb 09 | According to a recent survey, most of today's teenagers actually enjoy listening to their parent's music. As a parent, my immediate reaction is, 'Duh – we have taste'. |

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Boring capital inspires great music

Posted: 03 Feb 09 | I've got some advice for Canberra Tourism: the way you've been marketing the city is all wrong. You have to stop hiding from the fact that Canberra is the most boring city on earth, and actually make a VIRTUE of it. |

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Kings of recycling get their crown

Posted: 27 Jan 09 | I'm just about speechless at how lame some of those songs are in Triple J's Top 10 for 2008, Dave Curry writes. |

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Confessions of a music fascist

Posted: 26 Jan 09 | It doesn't feel good to admit this, but I realised recently that I've become a music fascist. That's right. I'm the guy who, when you take a call on your mobile phone during a concert, gives you a look that says, 'What the HELL do you think you're doing?' |

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Speaking frankly on Aretha

Posted: 22 Jan 09 | Far be it from me to rain on the parade of the year, maybe the century ... but did Aretha Franklin tank or what? |

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The greatest axemen ever

Posted: 19 Jan 09 | Being a guitar addict has unfortunate side effects, like the uncontrollable urge to turn a pool cue into a guitar when a rip-snorting guitar solo comes blasting through a jukebox. In public, no less. |

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