Pixelated Semantics

A schizotypical inventory

Surviving the season

Silly season has been a bit slow this year, with all those importantly pointless stories sidelined by a recent wave of political trivia - like Australia's Kristallnacht at Cronulla and Maroubra, GW Bush's adoption of despotic powers outside the law, the Federal government's abuse of Senate powers in ramming through ideologically unsound 'reforms'....

In keeping with the 'relaxed and comfortable Australia' that some politician invented (while feeling pleased with himself at finally scaring enough people into voting for him), instead of canvassing the usual 'top ten' word lists, new dictionary terms, and the linguistic detritus of another year in the media, for the next few weeks postings will concentrate on highly recommended 'holiday' reading (and I will try very hard to not mention Australian politics).

Beginning with two remarkable articles:

• The Making of the Enemy [Part Two] from Manuel Valenzuela


• Causachun coca! Wanuchun yanquis! (Long live coca! Yankee go home!) from the newly elected Bolivian President Evo Morales

Also recommended is Andy Rosen's private collection of his Punk photos from 1976-84. You could also visit the Thought Criminals' website and legally download a whole double-album's worth of some of the finest punk music made in Australia. (And their first gig in 25 years has been announced at the Annandale Hotel in Sydney on Feb 4, 2006!

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