Posts Tagged ‘UK election’
Sunday, June 27th, 2010
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Australia is going through a bit of an upheaval at the moment, but it’s still going to be shit. Dan and Dave reminisce about the Nats’ promises to stem the flow of Kiwis crossing the ditch, illustrated by this billboard of theirs which invoked that most Australian of political institutions: Kidnapping . Meanwhile, grumpy Brit voters are getting what they asked for . And at home, drink driving goes to the next level of ridiculousness with these two winners.
If you’re wondering about this donk business…
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Saturday, June 5th, 2010
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Mediterranean Cruises start at around nz$2000, but beware hidden costs such as drinks, the casino, onshore spending money and the IDF riddling your ass with 9mm bullets as they board your vessel.
Avast! PIRATES!
Turns out Dan was right for a change.
Tags: "Distorted Morality" , "Hegemony or Survival" , "Manufacturing Consent" , "The Great War For Civilisation" , activism , America , antisemitism , Asterix , audiobooks , blogs , bodybuilding , bootlegging , Brazil , Britain , busses , competitive eating , Dan has big hands , drugs , egonomist news , Egypt , elderly , F.H.M. , Freedom Flotilla , Gaza , god , Going Rogue , Gordon Brown , Hamas , Hezbollah , humanitarianism , I.D.F. , internet , Israel , Jesus , Jews , Jimmy Carter , Jordan , Labour Party UK , Loaded , Louis Theroux , Manchester United , masturbation , Middle East , military , Moshe Dayan , music , Nelson Mandela , Neville Chamberlain , Nikola Tesla , Noam Chomsky , Obama , Palestine , piracy , Playboy , pornography , profanity , Prussian Blue , Republican party , Ricky Gervais , Robert Fisk , Sandwiches (bar) , Sarah Palin , Seatoun , shrooms , snapper , Syria , Thai brides , Thailand , The Bible , Tony Blair , UK election , war , Wellington , Winston Churchill
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Saturday, May 15th, 2010
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The UK Election, 9/11, Cuban Missile Crisis and BOOBQUAKE! How’s that?
This was supposed to be a short and sweet episode. How did that turn out? Much like this:
Tags: 9/11 , 91ZM , adultery , Afghanistan , Afghanistan War , Afroman , alcohol , Altern-8 , America , American Pie , American politics , asthma , BBC , beer , Bill Clinton , Bill English , Bill O'Reilly , Boobquake , boycott , Britain , capitalism , Chicago , Cold War , communism , Conservative Party UK , conspiracy theory , Cricket , Cuba , Cuban Missle Crisis , Cybenetic Assisted Immortality Party , David Cameron , Democratic Party , Dick Cheney , Don Brash , Dr Dre , Dream Theatre , drinking , drugs , economics , emo , employment , Eton , Europe , facebook , fashion , France , George W Bush , Germany , Gerry Brownlee , global economic downturn , globalisation , Gordon Brown , government spending , grunge , Haliburton , Harold Macmillan , homosexuality , Hurricane Katrina , immigration , immortality , Iran , Ireland , Israel , Jamaica , Japan , Jerry Falwell , Jimmy Eat World , John F Kennedy , John Key , John Major , John McCain , Justin Bieber , Kabul , Karl Marx , Kevin Costner , Korea , Korean War , Kursk , Labour Party , Labour Party UK , leaks , Liam Gallagher , Liberal Democrats UK , local government , London , Los Angeles , Lucy Lawless , Margaret Thatcher , masterbation , Michael Moore , middle class , Middle East , military , mining , music , Naomi Klein , National Party , New York , Nigel Farage , nightlife , Nike , Nikita Khrushchev , No Logo , Noam Chomsky , Northern Ireland , nuclear weapons , Oasis , Obama , Osama Bin Laden , Palestine , Pat Robertson , philosophy , Poland , police , politics , pop , prog rock , prohibition , protests , Puerto Rico , punk , Queen Victoria , racism , rap , Religion , religious extremism , rock , romans , royalty , Rudy Giuliani , Saddam Hussein , San Fransisco , Sarah Palin , schedule 4 , School of Hard Knocks , science , September 10 , sex , sexism , sluts , Spike Lee , sweatshops , Taleban , technology , Ted Heath , Telecom , terrorism , The Onion , The Strokes , the UN , Tony Blair , Tory Horse , UK election , United Kingdom Independence Party , upper class , Vietnam , vodka , war , Wellington , World War I , World War II , World War Three , Y2K , Yugoslavia
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Thursday, May 13th, 2010
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In this episode we talk about K-Strass, a purported Yo-yo expert who has been pranking local news shows in America with is yo yo “act”. Also, the UK election results are in, Paula Bennett’s an idiot, and Dave unveils his own new single-issue, special interest political party, the CAIP.
Tags: 1980s , 1981 Tour , ads , Afghanistan , alcohol , Aldous Huxley , Altern-8 , American politics , Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis party , archeology , Auckland , Bill Clinton , Bill O'Reilly , blogs , Bob Jones , Branch Davidians , Britain , Bro' Town , California , Cambodia , capitalism , Catherine Delahunty , child abuse , Christchurch , Christianity , Christine Rankin , class , colonialism , comedians , comedy , communism , conscription , Conservative Party UK , conspiracy theory , corruption , Crazy Frog , Cybenetic Assisted Immortality Party , dance music , David Icke , democracy , Democratic Party , DPB , drinking age , drugs , drunk driving , ecstasy , education , elderly , Essex , facism , facists , Fat Freddy's Drop , Fox News , FPP , fraternities , general election , George Bush snr , George W Bush , George Washington , girls , Glen Beck , government spending , Greece , Green Party , guns , Highlander , history , immigrants , immigration , immortality , infomercials , internet , internet advertising , Japan , Jenny Shipley , Jews , John Key , John McCain , journalism , Judith Collins , K-Strass , KGB , Kyle Chapman , LA riots , Labour Party , language , Liberal Democrats UK , lizard people , Louis XIV , Maori , marijuana , Masterton , McGillicuddy Serious Party , mental illness , methamphetamine , Michael Appleby , military , MMP , Molotov Mitchell , Montana , morning television , mortality , motivational speaking , Mr Excuse Me/Geoff The Maori , music , My Chemical Romance , NAMBLA , Nandor Tanczos , National Front , National Party , National Radio , Nazis , Netherlands , New Zealand First , news , Nick Clegg , NORML , Obama , Oliver Driver , Otago , Paul Henry , Paula Bennett , pedophiles , pedophillia , Peter Dunne , poi , police , poos , Professor Peter Saunders - Centre for Independent Studies , Professor Peter Saunders - University of New South Wales , prostitution , protests , punk , Punkfest , R.E.M. , racism , rap , rave , Religion , religious extremism , Republican party , retards , retro , Sarah Palin , School of Hard Knocks , science , Scottish National Party , Sega , seperatism , September 10 , sex , single-issue parties , Skulls and Bones , Steven Joyce , Superman , tax , Te Urewera National Park , tea party movement , technology , tertiary education , texting , The Apprentice NZ , The Bible , The Economist , The Electoral College , The KLF , the society paged , The Sopranos , The Sun (newspaper) , The Wellingtonian , time travel , Timothy McVeigh , Tory Horse , Treaty of Waitangi , Treaty Settlements , Tuhoe , Turkey , TV , TV3 , TVNZ , twitter , UK election , United Future , USA deficit , Waco , Wanganui , war , Washington DC , welfare , Wellington , white supremacists , wine , Winston Peters , WINZ , Wolverines , women , WorldNetDaily , yo-yo
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Sunday, May 2nd, 2010
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Conservative messages in popular music never seem to work on an artistic level, but as unintentional comedy they are absolute gold. We take a peek at this phenomenon via examples such as The Right Brothers , Wolverines, and some poor girl who will surely grow up to regret posting videos of herself singing over a Michael Jackson song about health care reform and Glen Beck .
We got wise to some of this stuff due to the awesome blog “Et tu, Mr Destructo? ”
The first video we talk about is this, from Wolverines.
If that somehow wasn’t to your tastes, you might enjoy Satellite High’s dis-track in response to it (you will)
Also talked about is The Right Brothers’ “Bush Was Right”.
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Saturday, May 1st, 2010
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Normally, we here at the Egonomist set aside Thursday nights for our tracking sessions. We have our day jobs to go to the next morning, so we tend to limit ourselves to having a moderate amount to drink and tend to record as early in the evening as is possible.
This week we recorded on a Friday. While we had friends over.
So join us for a musical adventure as we gripe and yarn over protest/political music, bloated prog and 1980s aural electro-abortions. Also a look at the fight going down between the writers of the soap opera Shortland Street and the city of Tauranga.
Tags: 1980s , 1990s , 80s music , acid house , alternative music , antisemitism , Auckland , Bad Religion , beer , Bon Jovi , cellphones , Chuck D , Cuba , David Cameron , Dream Theatre , drinking , Duran Duran , Eastern Bloc , elderly , electronic music , emo , fashion , Flava Flav , Florida , Fox News , gay rights , gays , Genesis , girls , Gordon Brown , Grandmaster Flash , Green Day , grunge , guests , hair metal , Henry Rollins , hip hop , homophobia , Hugh Grant , Ian Mackaye , immigrants , Ireland , Jethro Tull , Jews , Justin Bieber , Kenya , Kevin Smith , KRS-One , La Roux , labour movement , Led Zeppelin , lesbians , Los Angeles , Louis Farrakhan , Marilyn Manson , Mark Lanegan , McCarthyism , Mexico , Minuit , morals , Mount Maunganui , MTV , music , music industry , N.W.A. , NAACP , Nas , Nation of Islam , New Jersey , nightlife , Nirvana , Northern Ireland , nu-metal , One Day As A Lion , online dating , Pennywise , Phil Collins , pickups , Pirates , political music , pop , prog rock , Public Enemy , Puerto Rico , punk , R. Kelly , R.E.M. , RADA , Rage Against The Machine , rap , Religion , rock , Ronald Reagan , Russell Brand , Ruth Carr , Satellite High , science , Screaming Trees , Sevendust , Shortland Street , Skunk Anansie , Stalin , swearing , Tauranga , The Beatles , The Cranberries , The Replacements , The Rolling Stones , tourism , Trivium , TV , U2 , UK election , unions , Wanganui , war , weather , Wikileaks , Winston Peters , World War I , World War II , Zack de la Rocha
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Monday, April 26th, 2010
To the mailbag! In this episode we take a look at some stories that have been emailed to us, and then settle down on a nice long rant about the music industry.
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Saturday, April 10th, 2010
In this episode Dave gets really angry about the Iraq war, and we forget to be funny.
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This is the continuation of our discussion around the Wikileaks video that’s (kinda) been in the news recently. For more info see Collateral Murder .
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