the last of the summer mongrels 2010

keep it in here, guys

old one mongrels for the winter 2010

why herro

so here we are in summer

it is 21 degrees and raining

h-man I had a dream about you last night

O_o

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continue

Nothing sinister iirc. I was bored one afternoon and decided to catch a bus to Warrandyte to buy video games, you got on the bus and we shot the breeze, the end.

(this is me btw)

hi trayce!

Wut!?

haha

i bought the first 'game' i've purchased all year on the weekend: nintendo ds art academy, lol

I actually had a very bizarre dream last night - in it everyone died, all at once. Like, a bomb went off I think? Anyway we all "died" but our minds/souls just popped into new bodies in a new area or plane or something. Like... the scene reset, basically, and we could start again, with the same minds, but as new people in a diff place.

A bit like Dark City I guess? Except not all gothy and confusing. Just... man, it was weird, but in a good way.

And then the scene resets started happening at random like in that Futursama episode with the random time skips and it got annoying.

On the topic of Futurama, I saw the first 2010 ep last week and loved it. Did not expect that.

Oh the new series is really on form. In fact the first couple of eps are the weakest! Tho I need to re-watch a few. The one where mom turns eveyrone into "eyePod" drones I didnt care for, it was a misstep but the rest was tops. Way better than the movies.

Still need to see the holiday special.

ACE.

fwiw we now have a full HD telly and 720p copies of all the new eps and they look utterly gorgeous. This show is the most attractive going atm.

fuck me this moving malarkey is expensive

need to come up w/ coherent strategy for impressing teh new receptionist at work

perhaps this will be my project for the summer

hello i am in ur country!

seen any kangaroos yet?

need to come up w/ coherent strategy for impressing teh new receptionist at work

get buff

Hi John! Hows the rain! hehe.

it is flogging down in BNE as well u__u

it was also flogging down when i was in v central australia last week u__u

There are guaranteed roo sightings in surprisingly accessible parts of Melbourne e.g. South Morang.

get a brain south morangs

man is it stormy here in sydney

glad that i'm not working to-day!!

The evil people at your local Murdoch tabloid have a fun tool to check out how homophobic your electorate is: http://www.news.com.au/national/gay-marriage-data-interactive/story-e6frfkw0-1225961445853

I got 62% for Grayndler, huzzah for progressive inner west types!

The first and only time I have knowingly clicked a Murdoch link in ~5 years. My electorate is 61% yes, 20% bigots and 19% apathetic.

'Marriage is between a man and a woman' is a euphemism for 'poofs are revolting' btw.

Mate, I've got nothing against poofs but they should be shot then burned and then their ashes need to be buried twenty kilometers under the surface of the Earth. It's for the good of the children.

I got 62% for Grayndler

more like gayndler, amirite

Going to soapbox for a minute. I can't believe this point is even up for discussion. The only people who want to prevent same-sex marriage are bigots. There is literally no excuse to get in the way of people minding their own business.

The Labor politicians' standard response is always 'I believe marriage is between a man and a woman' (which (a) isn't an answer to the question in any shape or form and (b) is straight-up bigotry) and then they try to prove they're not bigots by going on and on about all the rights they've given to gay people, which is exactly the same as saying 'blacks can work and vote and own property JUST LIKE US but they still have to ride at the back of the bus'.

I am so angry and appalled by this that I won't discuss it all with anyone anymore, because if I discover I'm talking to someone who opposes same-sex marriage I will immediately cut them out of my life.

basically i think labor is going to change policy (espec now the faceless bros have decided they need to get more progressive) but 'due process' (ie: doing it at that conference) 'must be followed' - p lame, but that's the way the party works i guess

indeed

labor would pretty much have to give me a faceful of cockney urine before i would support libs tho

^ str8 up

basically i think labor is going to change policy (espec now the faceless bros have decided they need to get more progressive) but 'due process' (ie: doing it at that conference) 'must be followed' - p lame, but that's the way the party works i guess

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I know it's part of the democratic process etc etc but I still cannot believe any 'free' country has to jump through hoops of this magnitude in order to remove some pretty straight-forward discrimination.

Yeah, weird also that Labor got in on the strength of not being John Howard and immediately abandoned its new supporters by taking a prejudiced stand on so many issues. Good that such a large chunk of the party (inc. the NT branch, surprisingly) now publicly supports marriage equality, and good that Penny Wong has also stopped being a dick and started saying what she actually thinks.

btw same-sex marriage wasn't expressly illegal until Howard went out of his way to make it illegal so yeah, bigoted Labor > big-L Liberals on a good day.

Also the 'conscience' vote is ridiculous. Essentially MPs go to their electorates to find out how many of the people they represent are bigots and formulate their official position accordingly. v clever of the Greens to introduce this conscience bill now, let the country ruminate long enough to reailse how (a) indefensible and (b) fucking stupid the debate is, then introduce the second bill calling for a change of the law.

agh see i knew this would happen

would like to have a dece leader of at least part of this country one day tbh

I know, Gillard emerges as an atheist and friend of the working class, wins leadership and immediately sticks her head up her own arse.

yeah as much as i hate to say it, it really seems like all she has going for her these days is not being abbott

100%

In fact if she had run against e.g. Turnbull there's no way she would have won that election imo. Abbott's so unsupportable that the fact that he almost won says more about Gillard than it does about him.

guys can we get off this and come up with more ways for me to get w/ the receptionist, she is really hottt

^ red button issues

it's like, i don't really go for the pale skin blonde ones, always thought that had a bit of a 'mirror image of yrself' vibe

otoh, she so pert

dont get too ahead of yourself h-man

1) find out if she supports gay marriage
2) find out if she is gay

3) find out if she is gay for marriage

heh

xxp yeah I saw that, about Apple not responding to the strong AU currency. To be fair Apple's one of the better players in hardware terms (goods here aren't as ludicrously overpriced as many other companies' offerings) but there's no excuse at all for the itunes racket. I buy apps but I buy the gift cards when they're heavily discounted.

It annoys me how arrogantly they all act about price, 'well that's what we're charging and we don't care if you're being screwed, get used to it'. It's like they don't know bt exists.

Speaking of bad apples I have a bag of apples from this week and a bag of apples from last week and I don't remember which is which. Have started eating one and am afraid I will die.

emusic is a good example of raeg whgen it comes to licensing. Thank you, show me all these awesome albums you wont let me download. Thats marvellous.

i just don't like the inconsistency - particularly when both labels involved have their non-licensed releases available, but when a record is licensed between the two labels (slumberland/fortuna pop for example) it is unavailable to australia through either label, which makes fuck all sense

Why do they still carry on like they have all the power? idgi

of course you get it, don't be faux-naif!!

hangon are you being sarky?

no!

i think i am confused by what you said!

there is music i will never ever buy because the dipshit local licensee don't want to make it available for a reasonably priced download

that other local licensees get digital as part of the rights doesn't nec mean that Spunk do in the cases you notice - I have exactly 0 idea whether it's down to Spunk or not, was wondering if you know for sure that it *is*

(also it's possible that Spunk do have the rights but don't have the infrastructure to handle it in a way that makes economic sense for them? again idk anything abt local specifics of this, I hate "buying" digital and have done it rarely and mostly direct from the artist)

yeah look tbh i don't know the specifics of what they do wrt digital. i think they stand out (p0pfr3nzy also frustrate me about this) as a label that via their local licensing mean my choices are reduced to physical cds or itunes, neither of which i am interested in. seems bitterly ironic that local licensing actually makes something more of a pain in the ass to buy than less...

anyway i realise my hobbyhorsing on this is p dull so

mostly direct from the artist

this is ideal

h-man nearly saw m&n "buzz band" st0n3field last night but joined me in seeing some fairly entertaining stooges ripoff at yah yahs instead

I have happily handed over my dime direct to bands for digital content recently. I feel weird buying CDs now - I just dont play them. But if little bands like Home Video can get my money then all the better.

Yeah, CDs just take up space. You're paying for a licence to use the music rather than the music itself so not having a physical copy isn't too big a deal. Where I draw the line is when they charge more for the digital version despite the complete lack of manufacturing, distribution, warehousing &c; there's no justifying that.

Yep.

I'll still buy records. I love records.

trayce wai u not like the pr1ds vid i fb'd ;_;

I saw it! I'd seen it before! I did appresh! Sorry i did not say so

They also posted another new vid on their fb page 2day fwiw btw

u need to click 'like' *is needy*

ooh new video

whoa @ the morriss3y tatt

Its a great clip that one you posted tho! v clever.

:D

mistina is hawt

Other new vid here:

http://www.myoldkentuckyblog.com/?p=16355

Lovely song this one.

Need 2 get the Prids, VVV and Home Video touring here stat.

is that the woman from the cover in the video? whoa

yes yes xpost

prog odyssey = every crimson album + the same pork tree record 500 times

lol awesome. Stop calling them pork tree tho! It sounds like a primus album or something hahaha.

Ah, cider and couchtime. Bless you friday.

So what are we all up to tonightah/this weekendah? I think I have talked dom into taking me to IKEA tomorrow to buy a giant expidit shelf, which could end in tears (of rage).

tonight: recording
tomoz: 4ppl3core and y1s album launch

beach tomorrow morning/arvo
gig night
karaoke late night

working Sunday
free Ewan Pearson DJ set in beergarden evening

Still beach weather in sydders? I think summer's well and truly packed up and buggered off, here, which is annoying cos it was a piss of a summer all up.

http://www.itnews.com.au/News/249230,iitrial-a-green-light-to-disconnect-pirates.aspx

iiTrial: A green light to disconnect pirates

Today’s judgement by the Full Bench of the Federal Court could clear the way for internet service providers to disconnect subscribers accused of copyright infringement.

The majority ruling in the split judgement handed down today gives internet service providers no absolute protection over the actions of their subscribers.

The judgement also determined that, should the film industry improve the way it delivers infringement notices and pay for ISPs to vet them, it would be a “reasonable step” for ISPs to disconnect customers accused of infringement in these notices.

Wait, huh? I thought the appeal was dimissed, am I missing soething?

(PS a lot of ISPs already block you if yr spamming etc anyway)

Ah thats just a speculative article.

last nite, moonlight cinema
today, study
tomorrow, study

i am considering an element of karaoke for my b-day celebrations in the not too distant future btw

Ha, I was gonna have mine at a fancy bar but decided i cbf so am having a big bbq pissup at home instead.

Oh man lowtide are fucking great! Trayce you would love these guys so much

i have a feeling ive seen/heard them before why am i thinking this?

Nfi, though they used to be called three month sunset. Total dreampop shoegaze shiz. Wonderful.

Oh wait i know, i think rob was gonna play with them.

He should be so lucky!

Ah no, I am wrong, it is C3dar R1dge who he's possibly working with. Hm whay is it i know about lowtide then weird.

hi dere mongs

Sorry I haven't been in touch Melbournites. I got into Melb on Tuesday, got into a taxi, arrived at work and promptly collapsed. So this week has been a complete write-off. Oh, as they say, well.

re: iinet, happy to explain all this a bit more, my housemate works as an associate for Justice 3mm3tt so was able to explain what this means, but basically, the finding is not a good one if you do enjoy downloading things. Do not celebrate.

yeah I heard, oh well

Hey if you still have time to catch up let us kno ed!

omg i intro'ed myself to hot bottle shop boy and now I am all spazmo with happiness from one short convo about swervedriver and a handshake and omg.

next thurs eve might be good if someone has a sofa I can crash on.

wtf I seem to have just received a picture of kit with angel wings...

I got that too

new fred

mongrel life will be forever autumn 2011