Comments on: Pig City – The symposium http://homecookedtheory.com/archives/2007/06/26/pig-city-the-symposium/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:20:04 +1000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: David Fitzpatrick http://homecookedtheory.com/archives/2007/06/26/pig-city-the-symposium/comment-page-1/#comment-84086 David Fitzpatrick Thu, 19 Jun 2008 06:43:43 +0000 http://homecookedtheory.com/archives/2007/06/26/pig-city-the-symposium/#comment-84086 I was in Brisbane in the nineteen seventies. I remember the brutality vividly. I was beaten by the police and hospitalized as a consequence, effectively ending my sojourn in the deep north. As the years passed and Bjelke’s grip weakened, I would tell my friends I would throw a party when he lost office, then when he was arraigned I said I would throw a party when he was sent to jail. More years passed and finally he died and someone demanded laughingly said party. My only response was to quietly think to myself that I would throw a party when someone with sufficient authority confirmed that he was safely burning in hell. I was in Brisbane in the nineteen seventies. I remember the brutality vividly.
I was beaten by the police and hospitalized as a consequence, effectively ending my sojourn in the deep north. As the years passed and Bjelke’s grip weakened, I would tell my friends I would throw a party when he lost office, then when he was arraigned I said I would throw a party when he was sent to jail. More years passed and finally he died and someone demanded laughingly said party. My only response was to quietly think to myself that I would throw a party when someone with sufficient authority confirmed that he was safely burning in hell.

]]> By: Some musical musings on Black Friday » The Bartlett Diaries http://homecookedtheory.com/archives/2007/06/26/pig-city-the-symposium/comment-page-1/#comment-55774 Some musical musings on Black Friday » The Bartlett Diaries Fri, 13 Jul 2007 13:43:44 +0000 http://homecookedtheory.com/archives/2007/06/26/pig-city-the-symposium/#comment-55774 [...] In the afternoon, I went to the Pig City Symposium to hear some people talk about some of the mythologising of the Brisbane music (and related) scene/s of bygone decades.  As the song Pig City, which underpins the whole thing, demonstrates, you can’t really talk about the music (and other parts of Brisbane’s culture of the time) without talking about politics.  (Seeing I’ve already mentioned John Tracey once, go read this piece on his blog for one sample). [...] [...] In the afternoon, I went to the Pig City Symposium to hear some people talk about some of the mythologising of the Brisbane music (and related) scene/s of bygone decades.  As the song Pig City, which underpins the whole thing, demonstrates, you can’t really talk about the music (and other parts of Brisbane’s culture of the time) without talking about politics.  (Seeing I’ve already mentioned John Tracey once, go read this piece on his blog for one sample). [...]

]]> By: Larvatus Prodeo http://homecookedtheory.com/archives/2007/06/26/pig-city-the-symposium/comment-page-1/#comment-55685 Larvatus Prodeo Wed, 11 Jul 2007 08:42:48 +0000 http://homecookedtheory.com/archives/2007/06/26/pig-city-the-symposium/#comment-55685 <strong>Pig City the Symposium...</strong> Long time LP readers would be aware I’m a fan of Andrew Stafford’s excellent book on the history of music and politics in Brisvegas, Pig City. People around town may have also heard about the concert of the same name taking place on Saturda... Pig City the Symposium…

Long time LP readers would be aware I’m a fan of Andrew Stafford’s excellent book on the history of music and politics in Brisvegas, Pig City. People around town may have also heard about the concert of the same name taking place on Saturda…

]]> By: Club Troppo » Missing Link - 27 June 2007 http://homecookedtheory.com/archives/2007/06/26/pig-city-the-symposium/comment-page-1/#comment-55380 Club Troppo » Missing Link - 27 June 2007 Wed, 27 Jun 2007 11:17:06 +0000 http://homecookedtheory.com/archives/2007/06/26/pig-city-the-symposium/#comment-55380 [...] Home Cooked Theory has a great backgrounder on the upcoming ‘Pig City’ symposium (named for both the city of Brisbane and music writer Andrew Stafford’s book). 22. SL: Since I went to uni with Andrew (and told him that he should be writing about music before he wrote about anything else), I’d better give the event a plug. [↩] [...] [...] Home Cooked Theory has a great backgrounder on the upcoming ‘Pig City’ symposium (named for both the city of Brisbane and music writer Andrew Stafford’s book). 22. SL: Since I went to uni with Andrew (and told him that he should be writing about music before he wrote about anything else), I’d better give the event a plug. [↩] [...]

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