Comments on: Best and worst of 2008 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/12/31/best-and-worst-of-2008/ Life, Culture and Politics from BrisVegas Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:56:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: klaus k http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/12/31/best-and-worst-of-2008/#comment-188091 klaus k Fri, 02 Jan 2009 23:39:20 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/12/31/best-and-worst-of-2008/#comment-188091 Ah yes, the Dirty Three might make their way onto my top five list as well. And I do like a lot of You Am I songs, but they are hit and miss. I would also add Nick Cave to my 80s list when he was having a good day, and credit is due for consistency over the decades (with 2007-8 a particularly rich period IMHO). Ah yes, the Dirty Three might make their way onto my top five list as well. And I do like a lot of You Am I songs, but they are hit and miss. I would also add Nick Cave to my 80s list when he was having a good day, and credit is due for consistency over the decades (with 2007-8 a particularly rich period IMHO).

]]> By: skepticlawyer http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/12/31/best-and-worst-of-2008/#comment-188090 skepticlawyer Fri, 02 Jan 2009 17:55:08 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/12/31/best-and-worst-of-2008/#comment-188090 <blockquote>On the other hand he knows which way the oars should face and how to talk to the cox.</blockquote> Apart from numbering off, you shouldn't <i>be</i> talking to the cox.

On the other hand he knows which way the oars should face and how to talk to the cox.

Apart from numbering off, you shouldn’t be talking to the cox.

]]> By: furious balancing http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/12/31/best-and-worst-of-2008/#comment-188089 furious balancing Fri, 02 Jan 2009 06:25:48 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/12/31/best-and-worst-of-2008/#comment-188089 Klaus, the Dirty Three would be in the mix for me. You Am I ebb and flow, as do The Church, but I doubt there ever be a more eloquent voice than David McComb. Klaus, the Dirty Three would be in the mix for me. You Am I ebb and flow, as do The Church, but I doubt there ever be a more eloquent voice than David McComb.

]]> By: Jarrah (formerly fatfingers) http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/12/31/best-and-worst-of-2008/#comment-188088 Jarrah (formerly fatfingers) Fri, 02 Jan 2009 01:51:53 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/12/31/best-and-worst-of-2008/#comment-188088 "Another year the world didn’t warm." Another La Nina year, you mean. But still in the top 10 hottest ever. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/12/17/2448582.htm “Another year the world didn’t warm.”

Another La Nina year, you mean. But still in the top 10 hottest ever.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/12/17/2448582.htm

]]> By: klaus k http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/12/31/best-and-worst-of-2008/#comment-188087 klaus k Fri, 02 Jan 2009 01:14:27 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/12/31/best-and-worst-of-2008/#comment-188087 BlackMage @ 8: Barack Obama IS The Dark Knight! Triffids reissues: yay! There probably hasn't been an Aussie band as good since (though I'd welcome suggestions). The holy trinity of The Triffids, The Go-Betweens and The Lime Spiders are still something like the pinnacle of Australian indie rock for me. BlackMage @ 8: Barack Obama IS The Dark Knight!

Triffids reissues: yay! There probably hasn’t been an Aussie band as good since (though I’d welcome suggestions). The holy trinity of The Triffids, The Go-Betweens and The Lime Spiders are still something like the pinnacle of Australian indie rock for me.

]]> By: jo http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/12/31/best-and-worst-of-2008/#comment-188086 jo Thu, 01 Jan 2009 23:58:21 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/12/31/best-and-worst-of-2008/#comment-188086 Weeks old Palin goss: Bristol had the baby, Tripp or Twig or something and the son-outlaw dude Levi's old lady got arrested on a number of drug charges. Wasilla the iciest ice capital. Will have to refer to the wingnut outrage playbook for the entry on being related to, and palling around with, drug dealers. Weeks old Palin goss:

Bristol had the baby, Tripp or Twig or something and the son-outlaw dude Levi’s old lady got arrested on a number of drug charges. Wasilla the iciest ice capital.

Will have to refer to the wingnut outrage playbook for the entry on being related to, and palling around with, drug dealers.

]]> By: Katz http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/12/31/best-and-worst-of-2008/#comment-188085 Katz Thu, 01 Jan 2009 22:20:33 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/12/31/best-and-worst-of-2008/#comment-188085 <blockquote>The emergence of “Ronald Reagan in a dress” and the left side of politics rushing to build her into just that. Thankyou.</blockquote> Palin the Great White Hope of the Right?? If that's true then Wingnuts may as well slash their wrists right now. Given the quality of this political insight, Kingsley's other causes for optimism suddenly become more explicable.

The emergence of “Ronald Reagan in a dress” and the left side of politics rushing to build her into just that. Thankyou.

Palin the Great White Hope of the Right?? If that’s true then Wingnuts may as well slash their wrists right now.

Given the quality of this political insight, Kingsley’s other causes for optimism suddenly become more explicable.

]]> By: Peter Kemp http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/12/31/best-and-worst-of-2008/#comment-188084 Peter Kemp Thu, 01 Jan 2009 20:50:24 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/12/31/best-and-worst-of-2008/#comment-188084 The UK's Independent, quotes of the year: a better 2008 result for the LA police it seems. <blockquote>Since Britney started wearing clothes and behaving, Paris is out of town not bothering anybody any more, thank God. And evidently Lindsay Lohan has gone gay; we don't seem to have much of an issue" - <em>William Bratton, Los Angeles police chief, isn't too upset by the disappearance of the paparazzi on his beat.</em></blockquote> The UK’s Independent, quotes of the year: a better 2008 result for the LA police it seems.

Since Britney started wearing clothes and behaving, Paris is out of town not bothering anybody any more, thank God. And evidently Lindsay Lohan has gone gay; we don’t seem to have much of an issue” – William Bratton, Los Angeles police chief, isn’t too upset by the disappearance of the paparazzi on his beat.

]]> By: Nabakov http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/12/31/best-and-worst-of-2008/#comment-188083 Nabakov Thu, 01 Jan 2009 15:51:30 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/12/31/best-and-worst-of-2008/#comment-188083 "The stunning progress in Iraq and the ascendancy of COIN. Odierno promoted MNF- I commander and Petraeus on to Centcom." Ho-ho. That's exactly the kinda statement that'll come to back to haunt you. By the way <a href="http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/09/03/the-life-of-palin-or-health-care-and-justice-and-climate-change-or-stuff/#comment-502087" rel="nofollow">what should I be watching out for at the polls</a> Another Kim? Kingsley, your sweeping pronouncements, like AK and the rest of us, are as all dust in the ned. Or "end". Bloody thick drinken fingers, "The very great relief that Obama is far more likely to be a centrist than I feared." Oh for fuck's sake. He always was a ruthless and very smart pollie running for the biggest job in the world. Only dim and ideologically arteriosclerotic hard core lefties and righties could possibly assume he'd be a real boat rocker. On the other hand he knows which way the oars should face and how to talk to the cox. Which should make a refreshing change from the last administration - up the creek, pulling barbed wire out of their cracks and frantically looking for the few paddles they haven't sold off. “The stunning progress in Iraq and the ascendancy of COIN. Odierno promoted MNF- I commander and Petraeus on to Centcom.”

Ho-ho. That’s exactly the kinda statement that’ll come to back to haunt you.

By the way what should I be watching out for at the polls Another Kim?

Kingsley, your sweeping pronouncements, like AK and the rest of us, are as all dust in the ned.

Or “end”. Bloody thick drinken fingers,

“The very great relief that Obama is far more likely to be a centrist than I feared.”

Oh for fuck’s sake. He always was a ruthless and very smart pollie running for the biggest job in the world. Only dim and ideologically arteriosclerotic hard core lefties and righties could possibly assume he’d be a real boat rocker.

On the other hand he knows which way the oars should face and how to talk to the cox. Which should make a refreshing change from the last administration – up the creek, pulling barbed wire out of their cracks and frantically looking for the few paddles they haven’t sold off.

]]> By: Craig Mc http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/12/31/best-and-worst-of-2008/#comment-188082 Craig Mc Thu, 01 Jan 2009 09:46:35 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/12/31/best-and-worst-of-2008/#comment-188082 <blockquote>Also surprised by how much more I liked Julia Gillard than I ever thought possible.</blockquote> Agree with everything Kingsley, and this surprised me too. Far from being Jim Cairns reincarnated, she's setting herself up as Rudd's natural successor in a way that should provide a lesson to the likes of Peter Costello and even Paul Keating before him. As Holt was to Menzies, or Chifley was to Curtin perhaps.

Also surprised by how much more I liked Julia Gillard than I ever thought possible.

Agree with everything Kingsley, and this surprised me too. Far from being Jim Cairns reincarnated, she’s setting herself up as Rudd’s natural successor in a way that should provide a lesson to the likes of Peter Costello and even Paul Keating before him.

As Holt was to Menzies, or Chifley was to Curtin perhaps.

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