Don't worry, after Tony Abbot is well into his second term, someone from the Labour party will finally promise to castrate Abbot and people will be mildly excited for 5 minutes, leading to the prospect of a less miserable election loss in the upcoming future. SUNNY WEATHER IS ON THE HORIZON.

New Zealand Cricket

If Roger Moore is loved, then it is not such a bad thing.

The Capering Giant!

Don't fret, it will be cricket season soon enough. 

The sentiments on Ireland I saw went between our manager is misusing our talent and don't fool yourself, you can't misuse what isn't there. 

Yeah, why hate a song that sucks, hipster. If you're so edgy different, why don't you hate some Radiohead?

In breaking news, I moved some files around on my computer. Calm down. I also watched some SPORT

Maybe not directly, but surely there'd be some killer surf songs or something right.

It should, but you'd probably have to find a way to game the vote to make sure people vote in accordance with the General Will, and not for Dave Dobbyn.

Well their classic stuff is First Four Years (this was before Rollins) and Damaged, although I actually like the later stuff like My War and In My Head quite a bit (but their reputation is really based on the first two, although My War was influential on Seattle bands later on).

"can a vast group of people really be represented by one song?"

Well clearly if it was for New Zealand as a whole, it would of course be Poi E, although of course that would be accompanied by a requirement that someone with only the best dance moves is needed for any recital.

Shit, really?  Is there a specific era that applies to as that sounds like something I could dig.     

@avclub-1572896563ee3d0d1269c8f7c9fe34cb:disqus  Yeah I definitely don't find it as off-putting in a "my earrrrrs" way, it's more like a stylistic choice (like gated drums or a particular synth sound or something) that just doesn't gel with me. I can be the same way with a lot of clean vocals too,  - if someone gets…

From what I understand, it seems to be thrown in the 'post-hardcore' catch-all category, so I think it's like maybe a degree or two removed - I quite like some bands kind of like ATDI, like These Arms Are Snakes (who I've found I prefer, although their name in "don't listen to this band" terrible), but to repeat what…

*zoom in on picture of Ringo*

How much hot necklacing action is there? 

Whoopie cushions!

Yeah, I've tried a couple of these bands before and Touche Amore as it is a degree or two removed from some stuff I do like, and it didn't take, but I'd still rather see articles out there like this suggesting "well you might find this interesting if you're looking for something else out there" and at the very least…