Music defines the times

The music of every era represents those times. The 1940’s was one of hope in darkness when so many faced certain death. Particularly if you were on the front line. Soldiers were determined to be able to be in battle for 240 days before their minds were totally destroyed. The good news was most of

Propoganda Now

If one thing from the past couple of years is plain to anyone with an ounce of common-sense is the heavy-handed and clumsy use of propoganda to push a narrative by which people can be encouraged to follow a desired path. Okay I just mansplained that, so I’ll do it for the rest of this

That didn’t age well

Caroonists have a special way of putting across a point of view. Some are blatantly biased while others seem to be a vision of the future. Either way this is a trip down memory lane from 2020 to present on how these times were seen by some.

2022 The Year of Discontent

I had several titles for this article. Top of the list initially was, “Lying Bastards” but that may be insensitive to bastards. Here we are halfway through the first month of the new year and around the world leaders are doubling down on their respective populations with mandates and restrictions that despite being about pandemic

Fake News Alert

Okay I should have titled this “Shameless Self Promotion” as I am going to promote a little project I started a few weeks back. Lots of people have experienced strange feelings of rage, anxiety, or depression at times when watching, reading, or listening to news over the past few years. I know I have and

Ironic

Something that has probably been questioned by people who are endowed with a modicum of critical thinking. When did vaccination status override testing negative for covid? Personally, I would be more comfortable with people who tested negative rather than positive, regardless of if they are vaccinated or not. The data and media reports of how

My Covid Things

I have a warped sense of humour which would be apparent to any who have read anything I have written. I recently wrote my first ever rap song and from that decided that perhaps music is the key to finding sanity in the world we now live in. I re-wrote the lyrics to the Sound

Subversion as a tool

Sun-Tzu outline the principles of subversion around 500BC as it was part of his writings on the art of war. He found that if you had time and patience then you could defeat your enemy without firing a single shot. He detailed these principles as follows. Cover with ridicule all the valid traditions in your

Antipodean Angst – conclusion

Anyone who writes with conviction does so from the heart and in that they experience a journey of self. It matters little if it is fiction or non-fiction. What matters is the content and the intent of what is written. Writing this essay has taken a journey that spans my entire life and involves research

Antipodean Angst – part 11

War Like it or not humans are violent, and war is a part of our species and our civilisations down through history. Recorded history details this over and over. The further back in time, the less relevance we place on war and its impacts on people and societies and how it perhaps was somehow simpler