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Post by isaacs on Jun 16, 2007 8:08:46 GMT 10
I've said it before, but recent enforced encounters oblige me to say it again.
There are two home-grown items that are wildly overrated by Australians.
They are: Tim-Tams and Michael Leunig.
The former a fucking ordinary chocolate biscuit. The latter a faux-whimsical vacuous windbag.
As far as that which Australians wildly underrate: let's say just about anybody here.
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Post by isaacs on Jun 16, 2007 11:37:06 GMT 10
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Post by ironguts on Jun 16, 2007 13:08:34 GMT 10
Yeah, thanks Mark, I'm pleased with that one for sure, now y'all, go buy it!!
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Post by aj on Jun 16, 2007 16:37:25 GMT 10
Congrats Tinky ; I'll shout you a tim-tam next time I see you !
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Post by punter on Jun 16, 2007 19:38:03 GMT 10
Fuck yeah...
I reckon John Clare is spot on about Scott's album it's a really important document of a seriously heavy artist.
The review itself is also really good. Love the way Clare takes a risk and tries to actually give his readers some insight into what the listening experience is like for him. And I agree he does miss at times but not in this review. He doesn't hide behind pompous technical waffle, and he doesn't hide behind florid adjectives - he goes for it. Just love this para: "Tinkler creates an uncanny one-man duet. The partly open notes at first mewl and croon like an aroused cat. Soon the muted lines begin to race and into these the open notes are inserted so deftly and improbably that it is almost impossible to believe there are no overdubs. There are not. It is aural sleight of hand."
And I'll take the bait with regard to Michael Leunig: Mark you just wouldn't understand; you're from Sydney!
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Post by ironguts on Jun 17, 2007 9:25:14 GMT 10
I like chocolate teddy bears.
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Post by mim on Jun 18, 2007 16:19:04 GMT 10
And they like you. They told me.
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Post by alimcg on Jun 18, 2007 18:30:09 GMT 10
I've said it before, but recent enforced encounters oblige me to say it again. There are two home-grown items that are wildly overrated by Australians. They are: Tim-Tams and Michael Leunig. The former a fucking ordinary chocolate biscuit. The latter a faux-whimsical vacuous windbag. As far as that which Australians wildly underrate: let's say just about anybody here. Only two?!?!?! |
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Post by mim on Jun 18, 2007 23:12:08 GMT 10
In this context, what's the difference between faux-whimsical and whimsical?
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Post by isaacs on Jun 19, 2007 2:53:05 GMT 10
You can't expect me to concentrate on answering that while you keep sticking your tongue out and pulling it back in over and over again in a steady rhythm.
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Post by andrewh on Jun 19, 2007 3:29:36 GMT 10
In this context, what's the difference between faux-whimsical and whimsical? 1. Spelling 2. Pronunciation |
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Post by isaacs on Jun 19, 2007 12:59:57 GMT 10
I've said it before, but recent enforced encounters oblige me to say it again. There are two home-grown items that are wildly overrated by Australians. Only two?!?!?! OK two more things wildly overrated. Sport. Melbourne. |
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Post by alimcg on Jun 19, 2007 16:48:43 GMT 10
Oooo, dem's fightin' words.
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Post by punter on Jun 19, 2007 21:24:40 GMT 10
Sport and Melbourne...?
So I s'pose you reckon Sam Newman's not funny either huh?
Yeah and what about "faux whimsical" and "whimsical"
Bit like a kind of new age quasi buddhist conundrum... very Sydney of you Mark
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Post by ironguts on Jun 19, 2007 22:07:43 GMT 10
Sydney is not overrated in Melbourne, we all know it's fucked.
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