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I arrived back in melbourne last night after spending a week in sydney. it was wonderful catching up with old friends from my time in sydney as well as cousins. the highlight of my trip would have to be spending time with my cousin wayne on the central coast. I have never really met him, but my mum always used to speak very highly of him. really nice guy, we got along well together. its a consolation of my mothers passing to spend time with all the people that knew her well that I have never spent time with

The Chaser’s letter to the Queen

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Dear Australian Head of State,

We would like to place ourselves at your mercy and request a stay of execution for our television program, The Chaser’s Royal Wedding Commentary.

We, like Kate, are commoners, and were looking forward to celebrating her wedding to your exalted grandson with a few affectionate observations.

To ensure that our coverage was respectful, we were only planning to use jokes that Prince Phillip has previously made in public, or at least the ones that don’t violate racial vilification laws. We’ve also filmed a joke about hunting grouse which we think you might enjoy.

We Australians are a simple people who don’t often get to watch that kind of pomp. The last big wedding we had here was Scott and Charlene on Neighbours. We’ve asked around, and there are at least six people in this outpost of your empire who would quite like to watch our commentary.

Please consider our plea.

We have the honour to be, Madam, Your Majesty’s humble and obedient servants,

Cheers,

The Chaser

PS: How serious are you about treason laws?

arcade fire: mountains beyond mountains

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They heard me singing and they told me to stop
Quit these pretentious things and just punch the clock
These days my life I feel it has no purpose
But late at night the feelings swim towards the surface
‘Cause on the surface the city lights shine
They’re calling at me “Come and find your kind”
Sometimes I wonder if the world’s so small
That we can never get away from the sprawl
Living in the sprawl
The dead shopping malls rise like mountains beyond mountains
And there’s no end is sight
I need the darkness someone please cut the lights!
We rode our bikes to the nearest park
Sat under the swings and we kissed in the dark
You shield my eyes from the police lights
We run away, but we don’t know why
In the Black river, your city lights shine
They’re screaming at us “We don’t need your kind!”