cultural studies
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After The And Band/Perfect Strangers: I met Mark at Pyrmont Squats in Sydney somewhere around 1982. He jumped through my window because he had heard Bob Marley’s “Satisfy My Soul” blasting out from my record player. That was the beginning of a wild adventure for the next 15 years. Mark was a wordsmith rather than…
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Reprinted from http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100218/ap_on_re_us/us_plane_crash_texas cf: https://theaxemen.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/ird-door-smasher-had-warned-of-terrorism/ Man angry at IRS crashes plane into building By JIM VERTUNO, Associated Press Writer Jim Vertuno, Associated Press Writer – Thu Feb 18, 6:57 pm ET AUSTIN, Texas – A software engineer furious with the Internal Revenue Service launched a suicide attack on the agency Thursday by crashing his small plane into an office…
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http://houselist.bowerypresents.com/2009/12/it’s-the-end-of-the-year-as-we-know-it/ As 2009 comes to a close, The House List’s writers and photographers (and editor) take a look back at the year that was. Check back tomorrow for our year-end photo gallery. My Top Five 7″ Tour Singles I’ve always loved that for the price of a drink, bands sometimes go the extra distance for their…
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This collection of objects is a small sample of some of the objects thrown to Stu Kawowski during the recent Axemen US tour, mostly by female fans. The collection is fascinating and is kindly on loan from Kawowski’s private library, and I feel it gives a revealing insight into the psyche of the typical American…
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Posted by: Tactic Beeves Millet We were slightly apprehensive about playing in Morgantown, West Virginia, a student town which didn’t seem particularly on our tour path, just before thanksgiving when many of the students would have gone home. We needn’t have worried. Great venue, great people, one of the most generous drink tabs we encountered…
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Reprinted From: http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/Event?oid=1241677 When: Sat., Nov. 28, 9:30 p.m. 2009 Price: $7 suggested donation If in the world of classic New Zealand underground rock the Chills’ earnest pop represents the north pole and the Dead C’s corrosive noise is the south, then the Axemen are the molten center of the earth—their shambling, stylistically promiscuous, and…
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“Nutsack” was written in Los Angeles by Dragan Stojanovic & Bob Brannigan October 2009, inspired by Ice Cube rapping about his nutsack and busting a nut blasting out of our KIA sound system on the LA freeways, oh and seeing squirrels in the parks all over USA, and the fact we lived out of nutsacks…
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(http://sushiking.co.nz) Post by Mecca Be Vets Living and working in a smaller space gives one the chance to evaluate many innovative and space saving tools, given the limited kitchen area and restricted prep-room, some economy and conservation of preparation area in the areas of both menu (Roast Turkey, Glazed Ham and Side of Lamb are…
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11.30.2009 Reprinted from: http://worldofwumme.blogspot.com/2009/11/thnxgvng-with-axemen.html Additional photos by Axemen THNXGVNG with AXEMEN There’s always something unimaginably comforting about heading home for Thanksgiving (or for that matter heading home on any number of select weekends throughout the year). But the gluttony and relaxation that persists on this particular holiday can not be overlooked. As soon as I…
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Reprinted from Kel E. Burnette’s pronouncement at: http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=191255993910 Note: CD material is available from http://sleekbott.com Artist: Axemen Title: Scary! Part III Label: Siltbreeze Long known underground stars from New Zealand, The Axemen are now gaining some well-deserved notoriety here in the States thanks to one of our finest labels, Siltbreeze. Tom Lax has again exhibited…
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Reprinted from: http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2009/11/new-zealands-axemen-at-wfmu.html Downloads and Links: Download Zip File of Live Audio Tracks 01. [Download] Be My Slave (McCabe) (03:21) 02. [Download] Nutsack (Brannigan/Stojanovic) (03:15) 03. [Download] Shacked Up In Yr Egypt[ian] Tomb (Brannigan/McCabe)(04:08) 04. [Download] Barney Rubble (Stojanovic) (03:20) 05. [Download] Church of the Loosely Brethren (Brannigan/McCabe) (02:54) 06. [Download] Carmen On Ice (Brannigan/McCabe) (03:10) 07. [Download] Baby Eater (Brannigan/McCabe)…
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Reprinted from: http://citypaper.net/blogs/criticalmass/2009/11/17/times-new-viking-the-axemen-the-mad-scene-nov-15-kung-fu-necktie/ posted by Brian Howard on Tuesday, November 17th, 2009 at 11:34 am CONCERT REVIEW: Times New Viking, The Axemen, The Mad Scene @ Kung Fu Necktie, 11/15 This is our second set, like Phish. Sunday night shows are always a tough sell, but the four-band bill including U.S. Girls (who we’ll be…
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Reprinted from: http://www.nzherald.co.nz The man who drove his car through glass doors at the Inland Revenue Department building in Christchurch says he warned the department about terrorism but it had no security measures in place. David Jerrold Theobald, 47, of St Albans, pleaded guilty in the Christchurch District Court today to charges of intentional damage…
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Reprinted from: http://www.stuff.co.nz A disgruntled Inland Revenue employee who quit spectacularly by driving his car through the doors of the tax department’s Christchurch building has been handed a hefty sentence of community work and ordered to pay $13,000 in reparations. David Theobald, 48, took his dissatisfaction with his employer of 25 years straight to the…
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November 17, 2009 Reprinted from: http://still-single.tumblr.com/ Axemen – Scary! Pt. III 2xLP (Siltbreeze/Sleekbott) So the Axemen finally make it to the United States to tour, and one of the local weeklies lists them as “Axeman.” Figures, right? Nobody who’s in a position to know has influence enough to care. Tom Lax coulda bought a very…
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Axemen do TNV’s “Sick ‘n tyred” and their “Rocks In My Heart” tune done to death by Times Neu Vikin’ – wicked 7” (ONLY AVAILABLE AT GIGS) and a limited eedition of 350 discs – each one individually enhanced by the artist band members. Ultra collectable sh*t. Check out some evidence below. See you at…
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Playing in Elvis’s old dojo was always gonna be a tall order. For a bunch of middle-class kiwis with a passion for rock’n’roll, Memphis is a trigger-word for what can be so right and also so wrong in the genre – the full spectrum of green lily-livered-nigger-music-lovin southern boy with just the right amount mixture…
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As the mythics in Valhalla prophesied, the four axemen were once again reunited in the new world, with all the dignity and indignities which applied. Slowly but surely coming sharply into focus, as if from a dream Bob and Dragan emerged from the highly pressurised, sterile environment of he plane into the highly pressurized, puerile…
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Reprinted from: http://thecrepeplace.com/ 30 October 2009 Santa Cruz Gig pre-nup Times New Viking, The Axemen, The Happy Hollows Times New Viking The Axemen The Axemen is a New Zealand band formed around 1981 in protest against the South African Springbok rugby team tour of New Zealand, a tour which created great controversy, especially as was…
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A lot happening since last post. We got the touring wagon sorted, a late model (2010 even) KIA minivan with 6 seats and a GPS unit we are calling ‘Suzie’. Went down to the garment district and picked out some fluro lime green t-shirts to get printed up for tour with a facsimile of one…
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Well we got the touring wagon today, no Siennas available but we got a KIA 2010 model with 1400 Miles on it and a GPS – now thats what I call golden! Having got that sorted out we took it for a spin out to Hollywood Forever to see Johnny Ramone’s grave and the Hollywood…
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All Souls Having now taken command of Los Angeles, and whilst allowing trade to continue as normal albeit under ein military regime, this is 2000 and some harrowing but major exceptions to the rule have decided, independent of the fully sanctioned and streets away, predictably, from where the real action was happening. Notably, Stu and…
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After yet another sleepless nite the time was finally here to get on board the U.S. ass-kicking train, destination Kick Some Ass, USA, with just long enough a stopover in Aussie to knock back a coupla cold ones. Stu and Steve, forward scouts for the touring party proper headed off one week in advance to…
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LAX, Los Angeles, CA Mon-Oct-26 391 mi – about 5 hours 55 mins (up to 7 hours 20 mins in traffic) Sacramento, CA Tue-Oct-27, Sacramento, CA – Luigi’s Fungarden 86.7 mi – about 1 hour 30 mins (up to 2 hours 10 mins in traffic) San Francisco, CA Thu-Oct-29 San Francisco, CA Bottom of the Hill confirmed 72.8 mi –…
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Chicks – October 2009 If anyone was laying bets on to see who could be chosen to charm this gloomy yet cheerful neck of the woods the odds would probably not have had good pile of winnings had they invested in the dynamic pairing of those vehemently and unapologetically wizened old geezers [The Axemen] with…
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Upon arrival in Christchurch we were whisked off to our waiting vehicle, then before you know it, we were thru the tunnel and at Lyttelton gasbagging with Maree and Keith on their Volcano Radio Show ‘Pale Green Things’ (see http://volcanoradio.co.nz/ for schedule, http://worldtimezones.com/ for time translation), then off to Roz’s for the traditional sumptuous pre-show…
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Posted by: Cab Ice Mettle Vilest AXEMEN, HAIRDOS, NOBBQ – WHAMMY BAR, AUCKLAND NZ, NOVEMBER 16 2009 The AXEMEN, or in keeping with their ‘Fair Trade’ and Consumer Guarantees Act commitments more correctly adopting the AXEMIN moniker due to the last minute substitution of teen heartthrob Liz Hairdo on drums in Stu’s place for these…
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UPDATED OCT 24 2009! NEW DATES SEE BELOW…. The Axemen, in cahoots with Times New Viking /Ground Control Touring /Silt Breeze / Matador / Sleek Bott Records proudly announce the much vaunted US TOUR has now been confirmed! View Latest Itinerary / Buy Tickets… View Tour Map Tue-Oct-27 Sacramento, CA Luigi’s Fungarden Thu-Oct-29 San Francisco,…
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Show Your Support… join MICK ELBORADO IS INNOCENT now! Reprinted From: http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/2764914/IRD-drove-me-to-this IRD drove me to this By STACEY WOOD – The Dominion Post 19 August 2009 A taxman driven around the bend by continuing work woes drove his car through the building where he had worked for 25 years. David Jerrold Theobald, 47, drove…
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