Still procrastinating before the 5pm e-tutorial rush, so I’ll whip around the newspapers as well:
- How long will it take Tim Blair to start slagging Bruce “The Boss” Springsteen following the announcement of a series of anti-Bush concerts with other noteworthies like Pearl Jam, R.E.M., Dave Matthews Band, James Taylor and John Mellencamp (and Tim’s favourite the Dixie Chicks)? I’m taking nominations in the comment box. I reckon 12 hours at the outside. I wonder if Tim’s bought tickets yet, given that he’s in Boston at the moment? I also wonder why Linda Ronstadt isn’t on the bill? You’re really past it when you can’t even get on the bill at a leftie benefit concert.
- The Sydney Morning Herald wraps up its excellent investigative series on waste, mismanagement and corruption in NSW Aboriginal land councils with an editorial and an opinion piece by a university anthropologist. Both argue that:
(a) it’s mostly the government’s fault (and the white shoe brigade) that the land councils wasted mega-millions; and
(b) it’s a terribly difficult problem, but best start by giving them even more money and getting rid of all those culturally inappropriate bureaucratic accountability measures. That’s bound to work. - Finally, News Online has a story about an Austrian health spa filled with chocolate. The spa’s cosmetologist (whatever that is) explained that “we don’t let them eat any – it’s too fattening“. But can you take a spa bath with your partner and then lick each other clean?
Cosmetologists tell your future with lipstick and face cream.
Paul and Carl have bitten on The Boss Against Bush.
More importantly, My Morning Jacket = awesome band.
PS, on a completely unrelated note, John Butler Trio are the chlamydia of the Australian music scene.