I went to see Bert Kreischer last Saturday night. I realised, once he came onstage and took off his shirt, that I had seen him before: he tells the story of his student trip to Russia in the viral video ‘The Machine.’ Continue reading
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Modern Love
Posted in Music, Pretensions toward cultural theory, Slayer with tags Appetite for Destruction, Axl Rose, Biffy Clyro, Black Sabbath, David Bowie, Howard Stern, Jackson Pollock, Modern Love, Sex Pistols, Slash, Slayer, The Stooges, Tom Araya, Tommy Iommi on April 10, 2019 by Jarrod Boyle
New needs need new techniques. And the modern artists have found new ways and new means of making their statements… the modern painter cannot express this age, the airplane, the atom bomb, the radio, in the old forms of the Renaissance or of any other past culture. ”
-Jackson Pollock
Biffy Clyro, Scottish alternative band, recently produced a cover version of David Bowie’s song ‘Modern Love’ for The Howard Stern David Bowie Tribute Album. The transformation is radical, and no doubt confronting for those who remember the original. Continue reading
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Jordan Peterson
Posted in Pretensions toward cultural theory, Real Men with tags Eurydice Dixon, GQ Magazine, Helen Lewis, Jordan Peterson, Nietzche, patriarchy on February 5, 2019 by Jarrod Boyle
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Perhaps this is a function of modern life; every time Peterson posts a lecture, it is watched by millions of people. This is a highly intelligent, eccentric and (by his own admission) fragile person. It is foolish to think this kind of attention would not be difficult to adjust to, and put a profound strain on his character. Continue reading
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Jordan Peterson
Posted in Pretensions toward cultural theory, Real Men with tags 12 Rules For Life, Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, Bikram Choudhury, Bikram yoga, Cathy Newman, Clementine Ford, Dale Carnegie, Dostoyevsky, Eurydice Dixon, How To Win Friends and Influence People, Jack Farmer, Jordan Peterson, Jung, Kafka, Lisa Wilkinson, Nietzche, Osho, Patanjali Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, Rilke, TED talk, Wild Wild Country, Yoga: The Science of the Soul on January 30, 2019 by Jarrod Boyle
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A friend of mine sent me a critique of Jordan Peterson yesterday in response to my encouragement of her to give him a listen. Originally published in an American journal called The Star, it’s the first decent criticism of Peterson I have read. Continue reading
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Wonder Woman Should Join the Lingerie Football League
Posted in Journalism, Love letters, Observation, Pretensions toward cultural theory, Real Men, Ridiculous curiosity with tags ball gag, bondage, facebook, homophobia, Lingerie Football League, Matt Samartzis, NFL, The Atlhttp://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/11/wonder-womans-kinky-feminist-roots/380788/antic online, William Marston, Wonder Woman on January 27, 2016 by Jarrod Boyle
I have come late to the Lingerie Football League. Like most things of this nature, it appeared on my Facebook feed courtesy of my good friend and arbiter of all things that ride the cutting edge of bad taste, Matt Samartzis. Continue reading
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Aamer Rahman
Posted in Pretensions toward cultural theory, Real Men with tags Aamer Rahman, Black Islam, Charlie Hebdo, Civil rights movement, Dr Yaaba, gun laws, John Howard, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Junior, Nikos Kazantzakis, Noam Chomsky, The Autobiography of Malcolm X, The Last Temptation, United States, Vice Magazine on January 13, 2016 by Jarrod Boyle
Ahmer Rahman wrote a deeply provocative essay for ‘Vice Magazine’ on the anniversary of the Cronulla riots, attributing them to the inherent racism of the Howard Government. Continue reading
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Adam Goodes: My Response
Posted in Journalism, Pretensions toward cultural theory, Real Men with tags Adam Goodes, AFL, booing, Malcolm X, Plymouth Rock, Stan Grant, The Age Newspaper, Tim Boyle on August 2, 2015 by Jarrod Boyle
Adam Goodes: The Other Side
Posted in Journalism, Pretensions toward cultural theory, Real Men with tags 1984, Adam Goodes, AFL, Australian of the Year, Bill Shorten, Football, George Orwell, Indigenous, racism, Stalin, Tony Abbott on August 2, 2015 by Jarrod Boyle
Mr Boyle,
Good sir, I have noticed your support for Adam Goodes via Facebook recently and thought I might offer my perspective.
I have not attended an AFL match this year, but if I did attend a Sydney match and Adam Goodes was playing I would most certainly ‘boo’ him. Here’s why: Continue reading
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Adam Goodes: A Great Australian
Posted in Journalism, Pretensions toward cultural theory, Real Men with tags aboriginal, Adam Goodes, AFL, All-Blacks, Ancient Greece, assassination, Auckland, Australian of the Year, Cassius Clay, Chris Chrisopoulides, facebook, Football, haka, Indigenous, John F. Kennedy, K1, Malcolm X, Maori, martin Luther King, Muhammad Ali, New Zealand, Stan Grant, trolling on August 1, 2015 by Jarrod Boyle
Men Versus Women in the Cage
Posted in fighting, Kickboxing, Martial Arts, Pretensions toward cultural theory, Real Men with tags cage MMA, Fernando Lemos, Larissa Schroeder on April 10, 2015 by Jarrod Boyle
It’s happened.
Larissa Schroeder fought and defeated Fernando Lemos in a single round, concluded by referee’s decision at first blood.
How long until we see it elsewhere?
What does it mean?
And how will it make us feel?
http://www.news.com.au/sport/boxing/woman-leaves-man-bloodied-beaten-in-mma-fight/story-fndkzthy-1227297148576 --
Theme Park at its Darkest 