Israel & Palestine: The Sandpit Chronicles

Two toddlers, let’s call them Israel and Palestine, were sitting in a sandpit. Palestine had a spade; Israel wanted the spade so it hit Palestine and took it. Palestine began to cry. An adult came running and demanded to know what happened. ‘Israel took my spade!’ Palestine cried. Israel began to cry. ‘It was my

Saturday 2.43pm thoughts

Saturday 2.43pm thoughts: Freedom and license aren’t the same thing. Freedom means doing what you want as long as you respect the equal rights of others. License is doing what you want regardless of the consequences for anyone else. Freedom is based on a limited notion of the self that acknowledges that others exist in

Turbojugend 1

Turbojugend, sometimes shortened to TJ, is the international fan club of the Norwegian rock band Turbonegro. A Turbojugend member can be recognised by their specially-made denim jackets with the Turbonegro logo and “Turbojugend [name of chapter]” stitched on the back. The logo of Turbojugend Oslo can be found on almost every album Turbonegro has made.

New Dub City

For the Melbourne band New Dub City. From their bio: “Producer and frontman Ali MC began New Dub City in early 2010 as a desire to combine his love of late 70’s reggae, dub and punk with musical and lyrical styles experienced while traveling through places such as Ethiopia, Tanzania, Haiti and the Middle East.