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X : ‘I Don’t Wanna Go Out’

From their debut album X-Aspirations, 1979. Produced by Lobby Lloyde [RIP]. Re-released on Amphetamine Reptile, ‘Aspirations Noise Archives Volume 1’ (AmRep 013, 1993). To be confused with the Yanqui band of the same name.

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Happy Invasion Day!

Celibate Rifles do ‘Killing Time’, live at Sedition Festival, Trade Union Club, Sydney, 1983. Introduced by Donnie Sutherland on the After Dark TV show, 1984(?). The Festival also featured Severed Heads, which noisy bastards run amok is quite taken with… … Continue reading →

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Invasion Day Rally // Share the Spirit

January 26, 1788 : The day Captain Arthur Phillip and the First Fleet arrived at Port Jackson (landing at Camp Cove), in order that King George III’s loyal servant might declare the establishment of a British penal settlement. Arfur arrived … Continue reading →

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Jump! You Fuckers!

Jump! You Fuckers! Dan Hind dcehind[at]hotmail[dot]com 19 January, 2009 [PDF] “…They will not jump, these people. They cannot easily accept that they are presiding over a system that must be replaced. They will not give way willingly to new ideas … Continue reading →

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Chumbawamba & Credit to the Nation : ‘The Day the Nazi Died’

Sue Bateman (One Nation Party WA / ex-Stormfront) & Paul Innes (Stormfront) | Martin Fletcher (Australian Protectionist Party / Downunder Newslinks) | Dr. James Saleam (Australia First Party / Stormfront) | Rhys McLean (ex-Stormfront) | New Zealand National Front, Wellington, … Continue reading →

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Oh Lordy! It’s…

BOUNCER : ‘Crime doesn’t pay’ “From behind the velvet rope of the Melbourne night club scene, two MCs, MervdaPerv^ and Benny “Bugzie” Sinclair, ‘tell it how it is’…” with a style of rhyming “unprecedented in its brutal reality”, and a … Continue reading →

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And on a brighter note…

Robert Wyatt & Bertrand Burgalat : ‘This Summer Night’: The Hold Steady : ‘Stay Positive’:

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Class War : ‘Rap ‘n’ Durge’

Wow. I hadn’t heard this track for like 20 years… It was a blast of fresh air through my suburban teenage wasteland. “In 1986, Class War released a 7” EP single entitled “Better Dead Than Wed”. The single was released … Continue reading →

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Flanagan & Allen : ‘Nice People’

Council Chancellor: The Hon. Mr Alex Chernov, AO QC BCom Melb. LLB Melb. Appointed to Council 1 January 1992. Elected Deputy Chancellor 8 March 2004. Re-elected 1 January 2008. Elected Chancellor 10 October 2008 to 31 December 2009 Vice-Chancellor: Professor … Continue reading →

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Papa Brittle : ‘Heist Your Mind’

Faceless politicians and people in positions who outrank you, they cannot hold you Don’t feel alone Don’t feel afraid Get outta this place and heist your mind Knowledge can be dangerous beautiful and hurtful Those who abuse it use it … Continue reading →

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