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Las Vegas Shooting Update: At Least 59 People Are Dead After Gunman Attacks Concert
A gunman holed up in a hotel room high above the Las Vegas Strip fired down upon thousands of people attending a music festival Sunday night, in a brutal attack blamed for at least 59 deaths, a law enforcement official says. In the mass shooting and panic that ensued, 527 people were injured.
Thousands Flee Bali's Mount Agung After Volcano Threat Level Is Raised
Residents, tourists and climbers are being told to stay far away from Mount Agung, a large volcano in Bali where hundreds of shallow volcanic earthquakes have been recorded in recent days. The volcano's last eruption, in 1963, killed more than 1,000 people.
The Indonesian Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation raised the alarm on Friday.
'Rolling Stone' Magazine Is Put Up For Sale
Wenner Media, the company founded by publisher Jann Wenner, is selling its controlling stake in the iconic music and culture magazine Rolling Stone, citing a desire "to best position the brand for future growth."
The news comes one year after Wenner Media sold 49 percent of Rolling Stone to BandLab Technologies, a digital music company based in Singapore.
Frank Vincent, Actor Who Portrayed Dapper Mobsters, Dies
Frank Vincent, whose portrayal of New York mob boss Phil Leotardo made him a mainstay on HBO's The Sopranos, has died. His career included films from Raging Bull and Goodfellas to Do the Right Thing.
"Our family will never forget the Leotardo legacy," HBO wrote Wednesday night, posting a photo of Vincent smiling and smoking a cigar.
Hurricane Irma Blasts Into The Record Books With Lasting Intensity
Hurricane Irma was the longest-lasting powerful hurricane or typhoon ever recorded, worldwide.
Irma sustained its 185-mph winds for 37 hours – "the longest any cyclone around the globe has maintained that intensity on record," according to Phil Klotzbach, a research scientist at Colorado State University. The previous record was held by Typhoon Haiyan, also called Super Typhoon Yolanda, which hit the Philippines in 2013.
YouTube Star Jake Paul's Neighbors Tell Him: We're Not Jake Paulers
"It's terrible; it's a bad situation." That is how the creator of that situation, YouTube star Jake Paul, describes what his neighbors in West Hollywood are going through because of his rowdy lifestyle and made-for-video antics.
Doctor Who Is A Woman: Jodie Whittaker Announced As 13th Time Lord In BBC Series
Actress Jodie Whittaker will portray the Doctor in the next season of the beloved BBC series Doctor Who, becoming the first woman to play the role. The BBC announced the move after Sunday's Wimbledon men's final.
"It's more than an honor to play the Doctor," Whittaker said in a news release. "It means remembering everyone I used to be, while stepping forward to embrace everything the Doctor stands for: hope. I can't wait."
Emmy Nominations 2017: 'Saturday Night Live' And 'Westworld' Lead The Way
With 22 Emmy nominations each, NBC's Saturday Night Live and HBO's Westworld tied for the most mentions in the Television Academy's list of contenders for the 2016-2017 season.
Saturday Night Live saw three of its cast members — Vanessa Bayer, Leslie Jones, and previous winner Kate McKinnon — nominated for best supporting actress in a comedy.
Judge Overturns Utah's 'Ag-Gag' Ban On Undercover Filming At Farms
A federal judge has ruled Utah's ban on secretly filming farm and slaughterhouse operations is unconstitutional, striking down what critics call an "ag-gag" law that Utah enacted in 2012.
The ban violates the First Amendment's free-speech protections, U.S. District Judge Robert Shelby said.
Shelby rejected the state's defense of the law, saying Utah had failed to show the ban was intended to ensure the safety of animals and farm workers from disease or injury.
'G19' Nations Affirm Climate Plan, Acknowledging U.S. Withdrawal
The G20 Summit ended in Hamburg with affirmation to pursue the Paris climate accord by leaders of the world's strongest economies, minus President Trump.
"The leaders of the other G20 members state that the Paris Agreement is irreversible," reads a declaration adopted on the final day of meetings Saturday, by a group that includes Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China, and which some are now calling the "G19," at least when it comes to the question of climate change.
Montana Earthquake Is Felt For Hundreds Of Miles Early Thursday
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 startled many people out of their sleep in western Montana early Thursday. The shallow quake was felt for hundreds of miles from its epicenter southeast of Lincoln, including in parts of neighboring states and in Canada.
"We have no reports of injuries due to the earthquake at this time," member station Montana Public Radio reports. "Shockwaves are still being felt with decreasing intensity in parts of western Montana."
Alive Since The 1600s, An Oak Tree Is Taken Down In Washington, D.C.
By Bill Chappell • Jun 29, 2017
Generations have come and gone under its branches. Its leaves soaked up rays from the sun that shone on the American Colonies. But after an estimated 325 years of life, an oak tree in a residential neighborhood in Washington, D.C., has now fallen victim to time.
Dana Ju, whose young family had been the latest to play under the tree's broad canopy on Washington's Floral Street, says they're "very sad about the tree but feel very fortunate we were not inside our home when it fell."
Sony Will Start Making Vinyl Records Again In Japan, After A Nearly 30-Year Hiatus
Sony Music is preparing to make its own vinyl records again in Japan, in another sign that albums are back from the brink of being obsolete. The company says it's installing record-cutting equipment and enlisting the help of older engineers who know how to reproduce the best sound.
Diageo Buys George Clooney's Tequila Company For Up To $1 Billion
Spirits company Diageo is buying Casamigos, the tequila company co-founded by George Clooney, in a deal that values the company at up to $1 billion. The actor founded the company in 2013 with longtime friend Rande Gerber.
Diageo will make an upfront payment of $700 million for Casamigos, with another $300 million to follow if it hits sales targets.
Casamigos "has delivered impressive growth," Diageo says in a news release, "reaching 120,000 cases in 2016, primarily in the U.S." The company says the tequila brand is expected to top 170,000 cases by the end of this year.
The Slants Win Supreme Court Battle Over Band's Name In Trademark Dispute
Members of the Asian-American rock band The Slants have the right to call themselves by a disparaging name, the Supreme Court says, in a ruling that could have broad impact on how the First Amendment is applied in other trademark cases.
The Slants' frontman, Simon Tam, filed a lawsuit after the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office kept the band from registering its name and rejected its appeal, citing the Lanham Act, which prohibits any trademark that could "disparage ... or bring ... into contemp[t] or disrepute" any "persons, living or dead," as the court states.
Amazon Says It Will Buy Whole Foods In $13.7 Billion Deal
Updated at 9:20 a.m. ET on June 19
Amazon is buying Whole Foods, in a merger that values Whole Foods stock at $42 a share — a premium over the price of around $33 at the close of trading on Thursday. The Internet retailer says it's buying the brick-and-mortar fixture in a deal that is valued at $13.7 billion.
Whole Foods, which opened its first store in Austin, Texas, back in 1980, now has 465 stores in North America and the U.K.
Bloomberg Promises $15 Million To Help Make Up For U.S. Withdrawal From Climate Deal
Michael Bloomberg is pledging to fill a funding gap created by President Trump's decision to withdraw from the Paris climate accord, offering up to $15 million to support the U.N. agency that helps countries implement the agreement.
A Music Video's Message Of Religious Tolerance Runs Into Criticism
By Bill Chappell • May 30, 2017
With lines like "Let's bomb hatred with love," a Kuwaiti company's new holiday video is earning praise for urging peace in an era of terrorism. But the music video is also being criticized for portraying a famous young victim of airstrikes in Syria alongside survivors of ISIS bomb attacks.
Manchester Bombing Suspect's Father, Brother Arrested In Libya
The father and younger brother of suspected Manchester Arena suicide bomber Salman Abedi have been arrested in Libya.
Manchester Concert Bombing: What We Know Tuesday
One day after a bombing at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England, killed at least 22 victims and wounded dozens more, police have identified a suspect: Salman Abedi, 22, who also died in the attack. The Greater Manchester Police says it's investigating whether anyone helped to carry out the attack.
John Clarke, Who Made Fake News Hilarious, Is Mourned In Australia And New Zealand
By Bill Chappell • Apr 10, 2017
Krispy Kreme Owner To Buy Panera Bread In $7.5 Billion Deal
By Bill Chappell • Apr 5, 2017
The investment firm that owns Krispy Kreme, Caribou Coffee and other enterprises, is purchasing the Panera Bread Co. for $315 per share in cash — a premium of roughly 30 percent over its recent average trading price.
The deal with JAB Holding Co. is valued at around $7.5 billion, Panera said Wednesday.
If the transaction is finalized in the third quarter of 2017 as planned, Panera would be privately held.
The Olympics' TV Time-Delay Is Going Away, NBC Says
By Bill Chappell • Mar 29, 2017
When it broadcasts the Winter Olympics from South Korea next year, NBC will do so with live programming across the U.S., bringing an end to the network's decades-old strategy of delaying coverage according to U.S. time zones.
U.S. Breweries Top 5,300 As Craft Beer Makers Ride Double-Digit Gains
The number of American breweries topped 5,000 for the first time last year, with craft beer makers accounting for 5,234 of 5,301 U.S. breweries, according to new figures from the Brewers Association.
Just five years ago, there were only about 2,000 U.S. craft brewers, which the Brewers Association defines as small or independent beer makers. Last year alone, more than 800 opened for business.
Beer Brewers Test A Taboo, Recycling Water After It Was Used In Homes
There are beers that can make headlines simply by existing, especially if they use unique ingredients. That's the case with Stone Brewing's Full Circle Pale Ale, whose key component — water — came from an advanced filtration system that recycles and purifies San Diego wastewater that had previously been used in taps, toilets and showers.
Utah Cuts DUI Alcohol Limit To Lowest Level In U.S.; Law Also Affects Gun Owners
Utah Gov. Gary Herbert has signed a bill into law that lowers the maximum blood alcohol limit for drivers to .05 percent from the current legal threshold of .08 percent — giving Utah the strictest drunken driving law in the nation.
In addition to drivers, the law applies to anyone carrying a dangerous weapon.
EPA Reopens U.S. Rules Setting Vehicle Efficiency Standards For 2025
U.S. automakers may not have to reach fuel efficiency standards that were set during President Obama's administration, as the Environmental Protection Agency says it's reopening a review of the rules.
President Trump is expected to make that announcement Wednesday in meetings with auto industry executives and workers in Michigan.
In Washington, a senior White House official said the president wants to "set standards that are technologically feasible, economically feasible and allow the auto industry to grow and create jobs."
Smog In Western U.S. Starts Out As Pollution In Asia, Researchers Say
By Bill Chappell • Mar 3, 2017
The U.S. is producing less air pollution, but smog levels are still rising in the western U.S. because of pollutants released in Asian countries that then drift over the Pacific Ocean. Researchers say their findings show the importance of a global approach to preserving air quality.
"Scientists found Asian air pollution contributed as much as 65 percent of an increase in Western ozone in recent years," NPR's Rob Schmitz reports from Shanghai. "China and India, where many consumer products are manufactured, are the worst offenders."
Seijun Suzuki, Director Of Delirious Thrillers, Dies At Age 93
Filmmaker Seijun Suzuki, whose blend of pop-art, noir crime and peculiar cool is credited with inspiring directors from John Woo and Quentin Tarantino to Jim Jarmusch, has died. These days, Suzuki's Branded to Kill is widely seen as a masterpiece; when he made the absurdist thriller in 1967, he was fired from Nikkatsu studios.
Singer And Actor David Cassidy Says He Has Dementia
Saying that he's been diagnosed with the same condition that struck his mother and grandfather, singer David Cassidy has revealed that he is fighting dementia. The star whose career was launched by 1970s TV show The Partridge Family had recently told fans that he was on a farewell tour.
"I was in denial, but a part of me always knew this was coming," Cassidy, 66, tells People magazine, in an interview about his condition.


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'I have always wanted my music to be authentic and true to my own experiences'
June 19, 2020 June 19, 2020 sayitwithgarageflowersLeave a comment
Picture by Nicola Davison-Reed
Matt Hill is the artist formerly known as Quiet Loner. For his new album, Savage Pilgrims – a collection of story / character songs told by different narrators – he's decided to put it out under his own name, rather than the moniker which his previous four records have been credited to.
"In 2020 I turned 50 – it seemed the right time to ditch the Quiet Loner name and to release this album under my own name. Finally, I'm Matt Hill again," he says.
Fittingly, it's an album that sees him returning to his roots – some of the songs, like the folky Bendigo, which is the tale of a celebrated prizefighter, and the country-blues of Four Corners, are set in Nottinghamshire, which is where he grew up. Hill was born and raised in the mining town of Eastwood – the hometown of DH Lawrence. The novelist and poet actually features in one of the songs on the album, the haunting and moody, Spaghetti Western-flavoured The Exile of DH Lawrence, although it concerns itself with the last few years of the protagonist's life, spent wandering the deserts of New Mexico, stricken with TB. The album's title, Savage Pilgrims, comes from a phrase Lawrence used to describe his time in voluntary exile – he called it his "savage pilgrimage."
Hill describes the album as "Americana rooted in British history and his own upbringing in a working class culture obsessed with America." Savage Pilgrims is also a rootsy album musically – it's influenced by country/Americana, folk, blues, spirituals and gospel.
It was recorded with producer/collaborator Sam Lench in an attic studio above a 19th century pub in Northern England, where George Orwell used to drink – The King's Arm, in Salford. Hill and Lench wanted the listener to feel like they were in the room, sat next to the storyteller, with people playing instruments all around them, so the performances were recorded live to analogue tape, using vintage microphones and with minimal overdubs.
This makes for a great and interesting sounding record – intimate and immersive, but rhythmic, raw and rough around the edges. Hill's vocals take centrestage – it's like he's singing in your ear – accompanied by traditional folk or Americana instruments, including acoustic and electric guitars, (James Youngjohns and Lench), double bass, banjo, mandolin and percussion.
Lench plays cello on Billy's Prayer, which was written about a fairground boxer – Billy Marchant – who turned professional and became a sensation in America, while singer-songwriter Kirsty McGee provides backing vocals on several songs. For the bluesy and upbeat opener, Stone & Bone, in which the undead rise from their graves in an ancient cemetery to terrorise the Stock Exchange in the City of London, she plays a musical saw in a stairwell, which creates an eerie and ghostly effect. She also adds flute to the gorgeous, pastoral, folk ballad, If Love Should Rise, which was inspired by the stunning landscapes of the Peak District, which is where Hill now lives.
Diehard Quiet Loner fans will be glad to know that Hill has resurrected one of his old songs, Get Me Johnny Cash On The Phone, for the new record, although it's now called Gary Gilmore's Last Request – a country song about a convicted murderer on death row getting a phone call from his hero, the Man In Black.
Here at Say It With Garage Flowers, sadly, we couldn't get Johnny Cash on the phone, but we did manage to have a chat with Hill about his new album, which we think is his best yet, his musical influences, his love of Elvis Presley, his upbringing and, er, his appearances on daytime TV…
You have described Savage Pilgrims as "Americana rooted in British history, based on your own upbringing in a working class culture obsessed with America." Why do you think US culture played such an important role in your younger years and in the lives of some of the people in the area where you grew up?
Matt Hill: It's undoubtedly true that American culture dominated working class culture – it still does, except now it's hip-hop and gaming. Growing up in the '70s and '80s, country music was still a strong influence. I think Western movies played a big part in that too. It wasn't unusual to see blokes dressed up as cowboys. I don't think it was just in the coal mining areas – it was right across the UK. But it seemed particularly strong in Nottinghamshire – we even had nodding donkeys, like on Dallas. People probably don't know, but Nottinghamshire actually had its own oilfield. We had a long-running Americana festival in Newark and there was even a theme park just up the road from me, called the American Adventure. Notts is the Texas of the UK.
While we're on the subject of classic US culture, you're an Elvis fanatic, aren't you? How and why did your obsession with the King come about?
MH: I became obsessed with him when I was about eight years old. It was just after he died and his films were on TV a lot. All I wanted to do was listen to him and read about him. It sounds crazy, but there was actually an Elvis shop about three miles from my house. It turned out it was the only one in the UK and it was in a Derbyshire mining town! The guy who set it up ran the British Elvis fan club too and had a direct line to Elvis and The Colonel [Tom Parker – Elvis's manager] from his Derbyshire home!
At the very end of your song Gary Gilmore's Last Request, it sounds like you're doing a slight Elvis croon. Was that intentional?
MH: As for the Elvis inflection in my voice, people usually spot Costello, but, yeah, Presley is in there too.
Gary Gilmore's Last Request is one of the more Americana / country tracks on the new record. It's a very old song – it used to be called Get Me Johnny Cash On The Phone – and is a Quiet Loner cult classic and live favourite. Why did you resurrect it for the new album?
MH: I wrote that song in the late '90s, after reading Norman Mailer's book The Executioner's Song. Here was a guy on death row and the one thing he asked for was to speak to Johnny Cash. That one detail blew me away. I did record it around 2001 – for one of those very early Matt Hill EPs. I recorded it again for my aborted second album in 2004, and it was on the shortlist for my Spectrology album in 2010, but it just never seemed to fit on anything. Once the songs for this new record started to come together, as being more narrative and story-based, then it was really clear that Gary Gilmore belonged on this record.
If you were on death row, what would be your last request?
MH: A phone call from Johnny Cash would be right up there on my list too. But he's not with us, so I'd probably ask for a phone call from Kris Kristofferson or Willie Nelson. They're probably the closest we've got to Johnny.
'The songs that most appealed to me as a kid were all about middle-aged people getting divorced. I was clearly a strange child'
Did you get into country music and then Americana from Elvis? Was it a natural step?
MH: Elvis is such a good person to listen to for a musician because he has so many different elements in his music. You will find country, bluegrass, blues, gospel, folk and soul. He really did create a kind of "cosmic American music" of his own in the late '60s and early '70s. I think country music came to me around the same time I start listening to Elvis.
Once I knew about Sun Records, that introduced me to Johnny Cash. I also watched The Dukes of Hazzard and loved the theme song. And then Dr. Hook and Don Williams were two formative influences because that's what my dad was listening to. I loved the stories in the songs – I hear things very visually, so those songs painted pictures in my head. It's fascinating to me how the songs that most appealed to me as a 10 or 11 year-old-kid were all about middle-aged people getting divorced. I was clearly a strange child.
You've published a zine to accompany the launch of your new album. In one of the articles in it, you say that an English folk singer once said he couldn't understand why you sang in an American accent and played country. Ironically, you were being authentic to your English roots by playing music that's come from the US – the stuff you grew up with.
You also say that English folk music wasn't on your radar until you were in your 20s. Over the past few years, you've embraced more folk music though, haven't you? Songs like If Love Should Rise, Bendigo and Billy's Prayer feel like they come more from the English folk tradition than US roots music…
MH: I feel like I've embraced a lot of different influences on this album and, yes, some of it is more rooted in English folk, but very loosely, because I don't have much grounding in it. Other than Nick Drake I've not listened to a lot. In the early '90s I was briefly in a band called Seven Little Sisters that did a lot of Irish folk, as well as bluegrass, so I learned a lot from that.
'American culture is authentic to where I'm from. No one sang traditional English folk songs in my upbringing'
You mentioned that folk person who said I wasn't being authentic. That really troubled me for a long time, because it's true that I don't sing in a Nottingham accent. In fact I've moved around so much in my life I don't even speak with a Nottingham accent anymore. But I have always wanted my music to be authentic and true to my own experiences, so that comment really did bother me at first. But that person was wrong – American culture is authentic to where I'm from. No one sang traditional English folk songs in my upbringing.
I've worked in prisons – all the lads there rap in American accents but it's real to their lives. They can identify with the whole 'gangsta' thing because it's about crime, money, family and tough working class upbringings. Just like country music was for a previous generation. To me, authenticity comes from the purity of your intention. The sound of a voice, like the sound of a guitar, or the way you rap, are all just stylistic. The substance of music comes from purity of intention and opening up a channel to the heart.
There are two songs about boxers /fighters on the new album: Bendigo and Billy's Prayer. Are you trying to tell us something? Morrissey went through a phase where he was obsessed with boxers. Is it a melancholy, Northern singer-songwriter thing? Are you handy in the ring?
MH: To be honest, I'm not a fan of boxing. I find it brutal and I see a class aspect to it that I really don't like. It's controlled by very rich people, paying ridiculous amounts of money to watch working class men and women beat each other up. But, on the other hand, boxing gyms play an important role in working class communities. A gym can give kids hope and discipline and self-belief in environments where that stuff is in short supply. So I have mixed feelings about it. But I'm always in search of a good story and Bendigo is a great story and connects to my family and roots. The story of Billy Marchant is fascinating, so I had to put that song on the album too.
Did you have a long list of songs for the new album?
MH: I started with about 25 songs. I worked with Kirsty McGee on the pre-production. She has such a good grasp of songwriting and I really value her opinion. We'd also done a fair bit of touring together, I'd been to Holland and Germany with her and so she knew my live set pretty well, so she helped me whittle down 25 songs into an album. For me, when I'm making an album I always have so many songs – it's not a case of picking the best 11, but of finding the songs that belong together. I'm passionate about albums for that reason and I get sad that technology formats are rendering them obsolete.
Savage Pilgrims is a musically diverse record: folk, blues, country/ Americana, gospel and spirituals. What kind of inspirations and influences were you drawing on?
MH: This comes back to what I was saying about Elvis – all those American music forms you mention. I've spent my life listening to those, so they come out in the way I perform. Some of that comes from the choices we made when recording too. Sam Lench is really knowledgeable about folk music, so when he added a guitar part on If Love Should Rise he chose a weird guitar tuning, so it sounds proper folky. Four Corners is about a crossroads, so I wrote blues influences into that from the very start. Those sort of musical choices really colour the music.
What inspired the striking album art? I really like the moody, black and white look you've gone for – the photos of you are great…
MH: I put out four albums as Quiet Loner and nowhere on any of those albums will you find a photograph of me – not even on the inside. That was a choice. So because this was a fresh start, I decided I would go in the opposite direction and stick a photo of myself on the cover. So then I had to find the right person to work with. I was really drawn to working with Nicola Davison-Reed, after seeing her portrait work online. I talked to her about the sound of the record and the vintage sounds we used – she did the rest. She's an incredible artist and I'm delighted with the results that she got.
As well as Savage Pilgrims, you've also put out a 'Greatest Hits' collection. It's called Twenty/Twenty – An Introduction To Matt Hill and is available as a free 20-track download from your website. How was it going through your back catalogue to put that together?
MH: Prior to lockdown I'd been rehearsing regularly with James Youngjohns, who I've been making music with for 20 odd years. James encouraged me to delve into the back catalogue and we were playing songs from that first album. So when it came to putting 20 tracks together, I'd already been looking back and deciding what I liked and what I didn't.
There are some rarities on it, like She Means Everything, which is Matt Hill does pop-soul! Do you have a lot of unreleased stuff in the vaults? Isn't there a 'lost' album? Will it ever see the light of day?
MH: There is indeed a lost album and that song, She Means Everything, is from it. I recorded it in 2004 – the year Secret Ruler of the World [debut album] came out. I wasn't a happy person at the time and my anxieties and insecurities got the better of me and I ended up shelving it. It's something I now regret. That album means a lot to me because it features my friend Chris Evans. He and Mike Harries put a tremendous amount of work into that album and it would be nice to get it released at some point. Chris took his own life in 2013. A few days before he died we had met up and were reminiscing about that lost album and making plans to work together on a new one. It was not to be.
Have you written any new songs recently? Has lockdown inspired you?
MH: I have written some new songs but I'm definitely not getting any inspiration from lockdown. I've got a few political songs and there are a couple that I think are decent – one about a soldier coming back from World War II and another about living with chronic illness. I probably only release about a third of all the songs I write.
'I can't see music venues reopening until next year. I'm trying to adapt and stay positive, but there is a very real chance I may not be able to make a living'
What are your plans for the rest of 2020?
MH: I'm hopefully releasing a new album with a band project called The Low Drift, but, aside from, that I really don't know. So much of how I make my living is tied up in delivering songwriting workshops. These are usually delivered in community settings, like at a homeless centre, in a prison, or at a dementia care home. None of those sessions have been able to continue, but I'm hoping to begin work on a songwriting project that's being done over the phone.
Picture by DMC Photographic
Longer term, I think we will see a massive crash in the economy and that always hurts funding for the arts and charities. I can't see music venues reopening until next year. I'm trying to adapt and stay positive, but there is a very real chance I may not be able to make a living this time next year. Sadly there will be many people in that position – not just musicians and artists.
Finally, you've had several brushes with fame – and infamy. You've appeared on daytime TV – Flog It! and The Jeremy Kyle Show – played at Glastonbury, thanks to Billy Bragg; you once had to shake Jacob Rees-Mogg's hand, and you spoke with Jimmy Savile about Elvis! How would you like to be remembered?
MH: Thanks for reminding me of some of my darkest days! Yes, it's true – I have met more than my fair share of villains! For many years I had to go to all the Party Conferences for my job, so I have met so many politicians and journalists, but I certainly wouldn't want to be remembered for meeting Jeremy Kyle, Jacob Rees-Mogg or Jimmy Savile! I would be happy to settle for simply being remembered fondly by my surviving friends and family.
Savage Pilgrims by Matt Hill is released on July 6 (Quiet Loner Records).
There will be an online album launch event on Sunday June 28, at 8pm: details on Matt Hill's Facebook page: https://m.facebook.com/matthillsongwriter/
https://matthillsongwriter.com/
https://quietloner.bandcamp.com/
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How the North West was won
June 1, 2020 January 13, 2021 sayitwithgarageflowersLeave a comment
Remember life before lockdown? At the start of the year, all we had to worry about was how to cope with a massive, post-Christmas comedown – little did we know what was around the corner…
Luckily, as 2020 kicked off, here at Say It With Garage Flowers, we had Choke Hold, the debut single by UK Americana band West on Colfax, from Preston, to cheer us up. As we said at the time: 'Influenced by Teenage Fanclub, Big Star, Wilco and Son Volt, it'll put a jangle in your January… two and a half minutes of life-affirming guitar pop that sounds like a long-lost Creation Records release from the early '90s. They may hail from Lancashire, but you'd be forgiven for thinking that West on Colfax grew up on a Glaswegian council estate, reared on a diet of Irn-Bru and Byrds records.'
West on Colfax – left to right: Pete Barnes (lead guitar and vocals), Alan Hay (vocals and guitar), Mike Lambert (drums) and Scott Carey (bass)
Now, five months later, after two more singles – the similarly jangly and equally irresistible Misty Morning Blue and the ragged country-rock of Barfly Flew By – as well as an impromptu EP called Lockdown Lowdown, which was hastily put together while the band members were in isolation and showcases a more mellow, acoustic side to their sound, including the gorgeous, banjo-assisted ballad, Back Out On The Run, West on Colfax are gearing up to release their first album Barfly Flew By.
It's already one of our favourite records of the year. From the '70s Rolling Stones country feel of The Line, with its bluesy guitar licks and warm Hammond organ, to the late-night barroom romance of Cowgirl of the County ("She was the cowgirl of the county – she leant into me gently. We chose the songs on the jukebox – I don't think I've been as happy"), the twangy Tinsel Heart, the rough and ready, battered and beaten-up road trip of Tyre Marks ("The tyre marks you left across my heart are all that's now left…") and the world-weary, yet, ultimately, optimistic, electric piano-led ballad, Light Again, which closes the album, it's clear West on Colfax wear their classic country, rock 'n' roll and Americana influences on the sleeves of their well-worn plaid shirts. These are songs that are best listened to while staring at the bottom of your glass, but they also have a reassuring warmth to them. The band describe their music as, 'tales of love, life and hard-lived lives but with hope.'
In an exclusive interview, we chat to Alan Hay (vocals and guitar); Scott Carey (bass) and Pete Barnes (lead guitar and vocals) about the roots of the band, get the inside story on the writing and recording of the new LP, find out how these barflys have been coping with the Covid-19 lockdown and ask them to tell us what music has been keeping them sane…
How did the band come together?
Alan Hay: I came across some guys who were looking for a singer – Wilco were mentioned, so I was in! We were just doing cover versions and it was very casual, but, after a while, I approached Scott with the idea of doing some original stuff and taking things a bit more seriously.
Scott Carey: I met Alan when I was in a fledgling Americana covers band called The Low Highway and we needed a singer. Alan answered the ad and although he'd never sung in a band before there was something about him. We became friends very quickly, bonding over our love of Americana music. Someone suggested doing a couple of our own original songs. I was reticent at first, as it's hard pushing your own stones up a hill.
The covers we were doing were fairly obscure to your average pub punter – Wilco, The Jayhawks, Mudcrutch, Richard Hawley, The Band etc. Alan asked me if had any lyrics? I said, 'No – but leave it with me.' That night I sent him the words to The Line, which is the second track on our album, and he turned it into a song that we actually liked.
Alan Hay: vocals and guitar
That opened the floodgates and led to The Low Highway set becoming mostly originals. Since then we've written enough for four albums and we're still going. We had some line-up changes and then Alan and I decided to give it a go [as West on Colfax]. We then found a great lead guitar player, Pete Barnes, through an advert, and changed our drummer three times! We've just got together with a multi-instrumentalist called Ian Aylward-Barton, who has provided the final piece of the puzzle.
'I came across some guys who were looking for a singer – Wilco were mentioned, so I was in!'
Pete Barnes: I joined Alan and Scott in very early 2018. They already had the band name and were working on some originals of theirs with a drummer, Adrian, and keyboard player, Nick. I was looking for something to do musically and their ad caught my eye, as it was very different to the usual – it was specific, pretty straightforward and name-checked some lesser-known bands that I was into, like Whiskeytown. The problem was that the ad was for a drummer, not a guitar player. I answered it anyway, and I thought, 'well I can probably hire a kit for a bit and I know I can bash out a basic beat'.
As it transpired, the original drummer, Adrian, had re-joined the band in the meantime, so Scott, having discovered I was really a guitar player, asked me to come down and try out on guitar. I quickly relaxed and realised they were a good bunch of guys – the music came together really naturally. We played a few gigs and recorded a couple of songs, Stars and The Line, then, a bit later, Adrian decided playing originals wasn't really his thing so he left, followed by Nick a few months later. Eventually we found Mike to play the drums, and then Ian joined more recently.
The band name is a reference to the work of songwriter and author Willy Vlautin (Richmond Fontaine, The Delines), isn't it? The first album by The Delines is called Colfax…
SC: Yes. I had the phrase 'West on' for a couple of days and was playing Colfax by The Delines. I asked Alan if West on Colfax would be a cheesy name? He said it wouldn't. Shortly afterwards I went to a book reading and a performance by Willy Vlautin and The Delines. I told him about the name and he seemed genuinely chuffed. He signed my copy of his novel Don't Skip Out On Me: 'To West on Colfax – good luck with your band!'
You're based in Lancashire – the North West. What's the Americana scene like there?
SC: We all live about a 20-mile radius away from our base, which is Preston. We have been trying to start a scene there, putting on a quarterly Americana night at The New Continental, whose promoter, Rob Talbot, is really supportive of us.
We've built it up with regular people returning and we've been making friends along the way with local bands that we've put on : Red Moon Joe, The Amber List, Simon James and the River Pilots, and The JD Band, as well as artists from Manchester: Matt Grayson lead singer of The Swells, and Cornelius Crane.
We've played with Matt Hill [aka Quiet Loner] – I worked with him in London – and Nev Cottee, who I played with in Seventh House and also in the first line-up of his solo band. We'd like them to appear with us in Preston in the future.
You've had a busy year so far. You put out your debut single, Choke Hold, in January, then you followed it up with two more, plus the Lockdown Lowdown EP, and now your debut album is out soon. How has the Covid-19 lockdown affected you as a band? Obviously it's meant that you haven't been able to play any gigs…
SC: The album was going to have three different songs on it, but lockdown put that on hold, so we've been sending songs to each other during isolation. We've been able to look at a more acoustic sound, which we will be exploring more in the future, in tandem with the more upbeat material.
AH: The lockdown has probably affected the band more than any other part of my life – a lot of things have just carried on as normal, but with minor disruption. Yes, we've had to rethink our plans for 2020, but I suppose we're fortunate that we don't rely on our music to make a living. I'm lucky that I've been able to carry on going out to work as normal, so haven't had the psychological or financial worries that a lot of people have had during lockdown.
Scott Carey: bass
'We've been sending songs to each other during isolation. We've been able to look at a more acoustic sound'
PB: Lockdown has been strange for us, as it has for everyone. We are all key workers, so we've still been going to work, or working from home, but obviously, we've had no rehearsals or been meeting up. On the flip side, it has been quite productive, as we've produced the Lockdown Lowdown EP, which contains songs that may not have come out yet under normal circumstances. In fact they weren't originally planned for the LP, but we decided to put them together with some stuff we recorded late last year, to balance the album out.
I think it makes for an interesting listening experience overall. Also it's a good indication of where the band are at right now and where we may be heading in the future, as there is a broader mix of styles on there than we might have had if it were not for the lockdown changing everyone's circumstances.
Let's talk about your album, Barflew Flew By. How was it written and recorded?
SC: Alan and I wrote most of the songs on the album, but I wrote the lyrics for the track Barfly Flew By and Pete turned it into a song. He also wrote Back Out On The Run, which is wonderfully catchy and mellow – it's our Elizabeth My Dear.
The process is that I write the lyrics, which are mainly about lessons learnt through life and past experiences, or imaginary characters, like in Barfly Flew By and Cowgirl of the County. Then I give them to Alan, who has the hard job of making them into something we want people to hear. For every track that makes it, there are two that don't.
AH: We didn't have to write songs specifically for the album – a lot of the songs had been around in the live set for a few years, but some weren't intended for this record. We had about half the album recorded, but lockdown forced us to re-think. It's not the album we intended to make, it's born out of circumstance, but I'm glad about that. I think it's got more balance to it than it might have had.
PB: Whoever has an idea brings it to rehearsal and we all try to contribute and improve on it. It's a fairly democratic process and I have found there is a lot of room in Scott and Alan's songs for me to add things and play quite freely. The arrangements get shaken out a bit during rehearsals and, again, it's quite open. We seem to have a pretty natural chemistry, so it never feels like we have to force anything – it tends to come quite easily. We're just moving into me doing lead vocals for my own songs, like Back Out On The Run, which, hopefully, will broaden our sound a bit more.
'We recorded most of the album straight to tape, so we captured a live performance for the basis of each track – it's not perfect, but I think that's good. Imagine the Felice Brothers recorded to a click track – that would be awful!'
SC: We recorded the album with Matt Gallagher and his pal David Shurr, who are both really good artists in their own right, at The Premises in Preston. Wilco are one of Matt's favourite bands and Sky Blue Sky is his favourite LP – I agree with him on that, so I knew he was the right person to record with. We hit it off instantly.
We recorded most of the album straight to tape, so we captured a live performance for the basis of each track, like bands used to do. It means it's not perfect but I think that's good. Imagine the Felice Brothers recorded to a click track – that would be awful! They're a much better band than us, but we love that vibe.
The first single, Choke Hold, reminds me of Teenage Fanclub…
SC: Yes – we're huge fans. Teenage Fanclub sound like Big Star, who in turn, wanted to be The Byrds – it's linear. We're all looking back to go forward. That said, we believe we have something to offer – we're more than a tribute act and we are proud of our songwriting. Our other influences are Drive-By Truckers, Richmond Fontaine, The Byrds, R.E.M, Golden Smog…
AH: We have some of the same influences as Teenage Fanclub – The Byrds, Big Star etc. I'm a big fan. Wilco are a huge influence as well – the list is endless, I think all the music you absorb during your lifetime has some influence, whether you realise it or not.
PB: Alan and Scott love Teenage Fanclub – that comparison has been made a lot. They never featured in my imagination much, to be honest, but since joining the band I've listened to them for the first time and appreciate them a bit more.
Pete Barnes: lead guitar and vocals
We all have different influences. Aside from the obvious Americana ones we share, like Neil Young, War On Drugs, Wilco, Whiskeytown, The Jayhawks, The Byrds etc, I also listen to other genres – all sorts. I think the other guys are the same. We like anything that's good, really – we're all massive music fans. Sixties stuff like Love, as well as folk music, like Bert Jansch and John Martyn, are influences.
'Guitars are where it's at for us, but we'll listen to anything within reason. Influences only get you so far I guess – it's when you start doing your own thing that it gets more interesting'
I'm getting into Townes Van Zandt and I also quite like some early '90s shoegaze-type bands like Slowdive – their most recent album is fantastic. Those very early Verve singles and their b-sides, Gravity Grave, She's A Superstar and Feel, as well as their first album, A Storm In Heaven, meant a lot to me growing up, along with some some '70s punk and New Wave. The Pogues and The Dubliners are in there too, as well as Miles Davis and Can, and some ambient/electronic music too. Guitars are where it's at for us, but we'll listen to anything within reason. Influences only get you so far I guess – it's when you start doing your own thing that it gets more interesting. I think, in truth, we're all probably more obsessed with our own band than any other.
I think your song The Line sounds like The Rolling Stones at times…
SC: I'll leave Alan to answer that, but being told we sound like The Stones and Teenage Fanclub is okay by me.
AH: It's a fair comment. I love The Stones and I wrote the music in an open G tuning, on a Telecaster, so maybe that was inevitable. The Line was the first song Scott and I wrote together. I love the lyrics – there are some great lines in there.
Back Out On The Run is one of my favourite songs on the album – it has a more stripped-down, traditional country/ Americana feel than some of the others. What can you tell me about it?
PB: The song is a pretty dark, small town love story about truth, retribution and freedom. It's about long-lost lovers brought back together by seismic events. It's quite a short track on the album, but it's like a mini movie in my head.
'I've gone through some bleak years, which I thought would crush me, but I'm still going. I've leant on songs my whole life. I hope we can prop someone up, if only for three minutes – that would mean everything'
I wrote the song pretty quickly and recorded it at home. It's really just me playing guitar and singing, with a bit of extra guitar and backing vocals, so it is simple and stripped-back. A bit later Ian put his banjo on and that was it. I really like the energy and simplicity of it. It does sound a bit different to the other songs and it's a new direction for us, which I'd like to take further and build on.
SC: Pete sings on it and he has just a natural ability to sound melancholy, but be darn catchy while doing it. I wake up with that song and Light Again in my head a lot.
Let's talk about Light Again, which is the final song on the album. It's about being world-weary – someone who is being dragged down by the toil of everyday life, but it's ultimately an optimistic song isn't it? It feels apt for these times.
SC: Yes – exactly. It's about depression and how it's circular. Dark times and good times. It's a message of hope, of saying: 'look you're down now, but hang on, you'll get through it'. I've gone through some bleak years recently, which I thought would crush me, but I'm still going. I've leant on songs my whole life. I hope we can prop someone up, if only for three minutes – that would mean everything.
In true Americana fashion, there's a fair amount of melancholy, heartbreak and drinking on the album. When it comes to the drinking, I'm particularly thinking of the title track and Cowgirl of the County. What can you tell me about those songs?
SC: Barfly and Cowgirl are two sides of one coin. They are about how men in general deal with problems from the bottom of a jar. The character in Cowgirl realises he's just like his dad but is rescued by love. The Barfly character has no such luck – he's damaged and broken and lives out his days in a perma-neon lit gloom, where hope is for others. The guy and his 'friends' who live this life aren't hopeless, but have resigned themselves to it – that is all there is for them.
Are you big drinkers?
SC: I used to drink heavily, but not now, as it doesn't help me.
AH: I'll give you the same answer I give my doctor – I enjoy a small sherry on the Queen's birthday.
PB: I think we all like to have a drink to unwind sometimes.
Have you written and recorded any new songs during lockdown?
SC: I've written five new lyrics, which I've sent to Alan. He's put them on the pile and I'm waiting to see how they'll turn out.
AH: We've always got songs on the go. We recorded our EP in lockdown but didn't write the songs at that time.
What are your plans for the rest of the year? Will there be another single from the album? Will you be playing gigs when the live music scene returns?
SC: We have some songs we've already worked on that are lined up for another album – we're getting them to a stage where we can record again. We want to play some gigs. There's a country music festival in Wrexham at the end of August – I just hope it happens. We were looking at doing an Americana all-dayer at The New Continental – it may now have be a Christmas special.
AH: I don't see another single coming from this album, so the next release will be something new. We had a couple of exciting gigs lined up that had to be postponed, so we're looking forward to new dates for those.
You're releasing your material on your own label, Greenhorse Records. Do you plan to sign any other artists to it?
SC: Yes. For now it's a vehicle for West on Colfax, but I want to put out a compilation of the bands that have played our Americana night. In the future we'd love to put someone else's record out, if we find the right album.
What's been your lockdown soundtrack? Any recommendations?
PB: I've quite liked the quieter lifestyle to be honest, and having some time to be more relaxed and not rushing about everywhere. Music-wise, I spend a lot of time listening to our band or my own songs that I'm working on. Other than that I've been listening to The Jayhawks' Tomorrow the Green Grass for the first time in a long while, and I've heard a bit of the new Jason Isbell album [Reunions], which is quite good. I've also been listening to Tennessee Square by Whiskeytown and I've really got into Sunflower Bean over the past couple of years. I think they're a brilliant group – a fantastic rock 'n' roll band and great musicians and songwriters.
'Our label, Greenhorse Records, is a vehicle for West on Colfax, but we'd love to put someone else's record out, if we find the right album'
I heard Elephant Tree on the radio recently for the first time and I really like their new album Habits – it's a bit like Alice In Chains meets Slowdive. It's not very Americana, but I'm into any genre really, as long as it is good music and moves me.
I briefly met Joana Serrat after she supported The Delines in Bury last year and I picked up a copy of her record Dripping Springs, which is a great album. The songs are simple but well arranged and accompanied. It sounds very natural and immersive – she has a beautiful voice.
AH: There's so much good, new music around and it's so accessible that it's hard to keep up. My daughter bought me the re-release of OK Computer on vinyl, which has rekindled my love of Radiohead so, yeah, I've been listening to a lot of Radiohead.
SC: Of late I've been listening to Dropkick – we want them to come to Preston, so we've discussed gig swapping in the future. I've been watching Peter Bruntnell's home gigs streams, as well as Wilco gigs on YouTube, and I've been listening to Jeff Parker's new LP, as well as various old stuff. I've made a Spotify playlist – some of the tunes that are helping us keep sane.
You can listen to West on Colfax's lockdown soundtrack here.
Barflew Flew By (Greenhorse Records) is released on June 17.
https://westoncolfax.bandcamp.com/
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The 33rd annual Invention Convention took place at the Memorial School on Wednesday.
CINNAMINSON, NJ. (CBS) — Students at the Memorial School in Cinnaminson, New Jersey spent Wednesday morning showing off inventions they created as part of an annual contest.
It's a 33-year tradition as judges look at dozens of student submissions.
This year, there were cup holders for beds, refrigerators for lockers, and a brilliant idea from the minds of a pair of fourth-graders, Christian and Cooper.
"You just have to press one button on your shoe and in the sole little spikes will come out," Christian explained.
They're similar to Heelys, except these kicks will give you traction on icy sidewalks, and their idea comes from real-life experience.
Students at the Memorial School in Cinnaminson show off their inventions as part of an annual competition.
"And it's not fun," Cooper said.
Faculty coordinator Elaine Mendelow says this competition brings out the very best in the students every year.
Mendelow says over the years, some students have made enough money from their ideas to put themselves through college.


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The Board of Directors of Lactalis Group appointed Giampaolo MANZONETTO as General Manager of Albalact Romania, effective April. Giampaolo Manzonetto, who also serves as General Manager of Lactalis Romania and Parmalat Romania, shall thus run the entire business of Lactalis Group in Romania.
Giampaolo started his management career in the Parmalat team deployed in Russia back in 1998, and since 2003 he has been working in Romania, where he eventually become General Manager of Parmalat in 2007. In 2014, Giampaolo took over the management of Lactalis Romania, Dorna and Parmalat. Giampaolo Manzonetto is 45 years old and holds a bachelor's degree in Economy and Business with the University of Parma.
Likewise, Irina MĂNDOIU, Commercial Manager of Albalact, takes over the position of Deputy General Manager of Albalact and shall run the businesses of the company under Giampaolo Manzonetto's direct coordination. Irina has been working in Albalact Team since 2005, when she started as Trade Marketing Manager. Since 2010, when she became the Commercial Manager of the company, Irina has building and steering the company's entire distribution, operations, sales and trade marketing strategy, taking active part also in brand positioning and successful product and innovation launch initiatives.


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Show Me Your Papers!
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Do you carry 'papers'? You know the sort of thing we saw in the movie Casablanca where Nazi SS officers would demand to see your papers and if you didn't have any or they weren't in order, you would be in big trouble. Generally speaking, we don't carry 'papers' in Australia but Peter Dutton is going to change all that.
You probably heard that the Federal Government wants to give police and the ABF the power to carry out random identity checks without cause at the nation's airports, with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull citing the "dangerous times" facing the nation as justification.
Mr Turnbull and Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton will unveil plans to roll out new legislation along with an already announced $294 million package to boost security at domestic airports and introduce new measures in regional centres.
The Prime Minister said anyone travelling through the nation's airports could be subject to the new powers.
"The justification for changing the law so that police at an airport can ask you to identify yourself, the justification is the safety of the Australian people," Mr Turnbull told reporters at Melbourne Airport.
Under current laws, police can only ask for proof of identity with reasonable cause if they suspect a person has or will commit a serious offence.
"There's certain conditions that need to be met at the moment before police can ask for that identification, which is an absurdity, and it is an issue the police have raised with us," Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton argued.
So, if you're off to the airport to pick up Aunt Maud and you just slip on a T-shirt and shorts and head off make sure you take your 'papers' with you because Peter Dutton wants to see them and he doesn't mean your Coffee Club loyalty card. He wants to know why you are at the airport, what your name is and where you come from; if you don't have photo ID with you, you will be escorted to one of those unmarked rooms at the airport for questioning … and it won't be the Qantas Club lounge. Mr Dutton would then like to waterboard you – you can never be too careful he says – until you confess to being a foreign agent or even a member of the Labor Party. Aunt Maud will probably also be taken down as she enters the arrivals lounge.
Do you remember back in August 2015 when Peter Dutton wanted Australian Border Force (ABF) officers to check people's papers on the streets of Melbourne? Officers were to be positioned at various locations around the city and would speak "with any individual we cross paths with", ABF regional commander for Victoria and Tasmania Don Smith said in a statement.
That little adventure was quickly knocked on the head when there was a massive public outcry about the creation of a police state and racial profiling. But Mr Dutton hasn't finished with us yet, he has a very singular view of Australians, possibly formed in the years when he was a Queensland copper; he thinks we are all shifty and unreliable and he will frequently support this view by reference to the fact that some of us vote for Labor and the minor parties.
The next move by Obergruppenführer Dutton will surely be the issue of Australia Cards with photo ID and to receive one of these you will need to know the names of all Liberal Prime Ministers since federation and the political hierarchy of the Downer dynasty including Georgina the most recent political aspirant from that family, fresh from the IPA indoctrination camp.
The introduction of the Australia Card with Iris recognition algorithms is inevitable in the brave new world of Duttomania. Let's just consider the aforementioned Aunt Maud who had been taken into an unmarked interrogation room at the airport and subjected to questioning and a strip-search but because she doesn't drive she doesn't have a photo ID driver's licence and whilst she proffered her Medicare Card and her Woolies orange Rewards Card these were insufficient proof of her indentity. The options for the ABF are to return her on the first available flight to Mildura or hold her in detention indefinitely until a third country claims her.
The question for you is, do you know where your maiden aunts are right now?
longwhitekid May 21, 2018 at 1:26 pm
Aren't supermarkets also busy places with lots of foreign people just milling around?
johno May 21, 2018 at 1:52 pm
Library card wouldn't do in a pinch then. This sure is going past ' be alert, not alarmed.'
Keitha Granville May 21, 2018 at 2:04 pm
Currently state police laws only allow police officers to ask for identification, or name and address, when they have a reason to suspect us of something. On the road, they can ask for a license and any of the above, but if they want further information we are entitled to refuse, and then to ask them for their name, badge number and station of duty. And they MUST provide these.
How is it that we are now in the realms of Nazi Germany where we can be expected to carry identification at all times in an airport ? It is totally out of order, a totalitarian regime would be proud of P Dutton.
It's ok for Tasmainians – the AFP were removed from our airports as unnecessary.
Keith May 21, 2018 at 2:23 pm
The LNP have nothing to show for the almost 5 years they have been elected and so are pushing fear to get over the line at the next election. They will tell you about having created more employment, they don't talk about the increase in population which requires more people employed. The percentage of unemployed has hardly moved. The entertainment has been the continual moves on Turnbull's leadership.
Domestic violence is the area where people are likely to meet their doom, rather than from terrorists. Other ways people are in danger is falling out of bed or off a chair, those dangers are also greater than being involved in a terrorist attack!!
Carolyn Janson May 21, 2018 at 3:06 pm
There is every hope that these nasty Nazi-like types will be out of office, and in Dutton's case, out of a job, before this stupid crap can be rolled out. It would require a big change in the law, and happily, we still have an Opposition and Senate. This, I believe, is yet another fear mongering idea, just before the election which will be announced soon, in order to keep the bottom feeders close. It will not work. The LNP is becoming more and more stupid by the day. Frankly, I would go to prison before I bowed to such undemocratic nonsense. Civil disobedience will become the duty of all if the election is not called very soon.
JohnF May 21, 2018 at 3:07 pm
A cryptofascist hiding behind populist nationalism.
Anyone tried replacing an expired passport lately? Talk about jumping through hoops!
And without a passport you can't buy or sell a house.
David Bruce May 21, 2018 at 3:08 pm
There is a very realistic online game based on the scenario the Nazi's won World War II. Seems it is not a game here, so I always carry my passport now!
Then I read this! Our politicians are failing us!
NO Wonder Putin was selected by Forbes as the most powerful person in the world.
This is one time our elected leaders should pay attention to the advice of Vladimir Putin.
I would suggest that not only our leaders but every citizen should pay attention to this advice.
How scary is that?
It is a sad day when a Communist Leader makes more sense than our LEADERS, but here it is!
Vladimir Putin's speech – SHORTEST SPEECH EVER. As the Russian president, addressed the Duma, (Russian Parliament), and gave a speech about the tensions with minorities in Russia:
"In Russia, live like Russians. Any minority, from anywhere, if it wants to live in Russia, to work and eat in Russia, it should speak Russian, and should respect the Russian laws. If they prefer Sharia Law, and live the life of Muslim's, then we now clearly advise them to go and live in those places where that's the state law.
"Russia does not need Muslim minorities. Minorities need Russia, and we will not grant them special privileges, or try to change our laws to fit their desires, no matter how loud they yell 'discrimination'. We will not tolerate disrespect of our Russian culture.
We had better learn from the suicides of so-called democracies – America, England, Holland, and France, if we are to survive as a nation. The Muslims are taking over those countries and they will not take over Russia. The Russian customs and traditions are not compatible with the lack of culture or the primitive ways of Sharia Law and Muslims.
"When this honorable legislative body thinks of creating new laws, it should have in mind the Russian national interest first, observing that the Muslims Minorities Are Not Russians."
The politicians in the Duma gave Putin a five minute standing ovation.
· I don't know where it came from and didn't fact check it but I agree with it 100%
Kronomex May 21, 2018 at 3:51 pm
When Il Duttonuci speaks Malfeasance spreads his cheeks in supplication to the deity that keeps him in as "leader" and PM. No matter which way you look at it Trembles is on borrowed time. We are also getting ever closer to becoming a authoritarian dictatorship with Heinrich Dutton in charge or with Trembles as the puppet ruler.
etnorb May 21, 2018 at 6:34 pm
Bloody Dustonia should be put in a chaff bag & taken out to sea & dumped overboard! After all, if it was "good enough" (?) for Julia Gillard to have this sort of sadistic monstrosity talked about by that nutcase, flat earth inept so-called radio shock jock Jonestown, then it MUST be "good enough" to suggest Dustonia has the same treatment! Watch out citizens of our "free & fair" (WTF??) country, rest assured this egomaniac is coming for us all!
Stephen G B May 21, 2018 at 7:00 pm
It is certainly clear that Turnbull is a titular pm with Dutton calling most of the shots.
Andrew Smith May 21, 2018 at 7:02 pm
Australian airports' security is compromised by non passengers being able to access departure and arrival lounges/gates for domestic flights; in the EU for example only those with boarding passes can pass security to departures.
Further, one would need to be persuaded that Australians would resist any attempts asking for ID.
Twenty years ago German Turkish social science students dressed in SS uniforms in central Istanbul conducted an experiment when those passing by were asked for papers in German and/or Turkish; 9/10 complied.
Cool Pete May 21, 2018 at 7:46 pm
Himmler Gestapotato is an evil bastard who must be removed! This has NOTHING TO DO WITH KEEPING PEOPLE SAFE! We need to be kept safe, all right, from this fascist bastard!
To etnorb, the only humanity the evil Dutton deserves is the Pierpoint Tables (i.e. matching his weight to the length of the drop needed to break his neck) and then the rubber bungs to stop the trapdoors belting him in the head as he is suspended!
Phil May 21, 2018 at 8:02 pm
Dear Obergruppenführer Dutton, I don't want your safety. I don't want your security. I do want my country back. I want my civil society back.
I want you Obergruppenführer Dutton, out of government – for good. I want you never to darken this decent nation again with your black politics of fear, division, loathing and anger.
A most fitting title is Obergruppenführer for Dutton, a grubby politician who has risen way above his station and whose goal is to make all Australians fear him.
Putin is not a communist, but he is an elected dictator. His views are repulsive to any level-headed person. As a minority, myself, I say, us minorities have to stand together against the Right-wing!
Wam May 21, 2018 at 10:43 pm
Labor tried the card in 85 but there was outrage.
Now my facebook is alive with ' If you have nothing to hide…'.
They are not fazed by profiling or every security officer demanding ID because they are WASP/WASC or left school at 14ers.
Politicians claim and are often, by the media, allocated individual credit for collective decisions but captain's picks are rare.
Ergo, Dutton is not alone in blame, arguably, he is just doing a job, albeit with great zeal.
Zathras May 21, 2018 at 10:55 pm
There was a line in the Rowan Atkinson comedy "The Thin Blue Line" years ago from a dedicated police Detective.
He suggested that everybody should be locked up and only released if they can prove they've done nothing wrong.
As a fellow policeman at the time, Dutton must have watched the same show but thought it was a documentary.
Lawrence Winder @shanewombat) May 21, 2018 at 11:06 pm
The only saving grace in all this is that the ruling rabble are so incompetent that they'll stuff this up like everything else they've stuffed.
http://shanewombat.blogspot.com.au/2018/05/the-days-are-getting-dark-and-its-not.html
Kronomex May 22, 2018 at 8:31 am
Where's Il Duttonuci when we really need him? How dare this immigrant try to enter our solar system! Does it have papers, is it illegal…oops, a irregular spacetime arrival or did alien asteroid smugglers try to sneak it in? How many others have tried to enter ? Save us Potato Man!
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/asteroid-scientists-spot-interstellar-immigrant-oumuamua-latest-alien-a8361496.html
245179 May 22, 2018 at 10:33 am
How this proposal by mutton etc, has not created an outcry of serious magnitude by the general public the liberties groups esteemed folks about this country, just beggers belief.
The silence will see this through, and at some point down this track folks will be saying WTF.
Zathras,
Have you used centrelink or read about Aborigines in WA? Prove your innocence has been in Australia for years.
I liked that show and can see dutton as DI derek grim
Cool Pete May 24, 2018 at 2:35 am
To Wam, I could see Himmler Gestapotato as a more deranged PC Gabriel Kent from The Bill.