The Brown Note

Nov 29 2024 330 ep. 10 mins 260
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Thoughts from the abyss on politics, current affairs, culture, news and other ephemera from The Brown Note radio show presented by Julian Brown, recorded unscripted, unedited and live. Full show with music at https://www.mixcloud.com/julian-brown/ YouTube version - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSju31TDdZd7KZWwbwOwg4A

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Sheeran Vs Geldof: In Defence of Do They Know it's Christmas?

Nov 29 2024
Ed Sheeran is the latest in a long line of well meaning folk, to put the boot into Band Aid's song, Do They Know it's Christmas? For its condescending lyrics. Prompting its co-writer Bob Geldof to fire back at "an abstract wealthy-world argument". The lyrics, near written on a beer mat over a couple of days, were never meant to be examined as a treatise on Africa for the next forty

The Disgrace of Joe Biden and the Democrats

Nov 26 2024 11 mins  
After being everyone's favorite, decrepit uncle in the face of fascism, Joe Biden has had a horrific final two years in public office. He is shaping as public enemy number one in returning Trump to power - for two main reasons, his deeply unpopular wars - especially Gaza with progressive democrats, and his handling of his own succession. The party too are equally to blame for ignor

MAGALOPOLIS - Trump's Cabinet Picks

Nov 23 2024 13 mins  
Anyone thinking this time would be like the last time, is living in delusional alley. Nothing screams that louder than the insane picks for the highest offices in the land. *since this was broadcast live, the cheery, lovable Matt Gaetz has "quit".

World's Media Whitewashes the Racist Thugs of Maccabi Tel Aviv

Nov 19 2024 9 mins  
According to the World's media, politicians and even the King of Denmark for some reason, Amsterdam descended into a pogrom like wave of anti-Jewish violence, after a soccer game between an Israeli club and Dutch Titans Ajax. The media narrative was set. It's just they missed out a few facts, like how the whole thing started with Maccabi fans - know for racism and violence back in

Aftermath: 13 Takeaways From the Trump Election Victory

Nov 10 2024 33 mins  
It's been eight years since I got an election wrong, and the irony of the last time being Trump winning in 2016 is not lost on me. One thing I didn't get wrong is that Democrat voter apathy would decide this election and by a mile it did. With Trump's vote near unchanged from his massive 2020 defeat, over 10 million Biden voters failed to turn up for Harris. 13 takeaways from this

America's Hitler Moment

Nov 02 2024 11 mins  
The parallels between Donald Trump in the 2024 US presidential election and Adolf Hitler in the Germany 1933 election are overwhelming. From the treatment of vote counters, to the judiciary, to opposition politicians to the media to the weaponization of race. This time though it's with the benefit of hindsight. The outcome could shape the Western world for a generation, lead to civ

QLD Elections: Great News for Albo, Bad News for Queensland

Oct 31 2024 6 mins  
After being promised a landslide victory in Queensland, once again, the Liberal vote fell way short of both the polls and the media predictions. Aussie PM Anthony Albanese would've been smiling broadly at the result. If this were repeated at next years federal election, Albo will walk it. Sadly for the people of Queensland, with a lackluster win, the right-wing, onward Christian so

How to Survive Modern Elections

Oct 20 2024 6 mins  
In a modern world crushed by anxiety, election cycles are unbearable. But that's because the news media and polling companies need to sell a lie - that things are really close and changing every day. But they aren't, they just wouldn't have anything to sell if they didn't say that. I've got elections right for eight years now, and here's my stress free way to do so - with the benef

Australian Elections: Dutton's Road to Nowhere

Oct 20 2024 8 mins  
The news media and polls in Australia, will tell you opposition leader, Peter Dutton, is leading a resurgent right wing Liberal party on the road to victory. The public and the elections do not. Two overnight results in show if anything he's going backwards with the electorate.

Anthony Albanese Vs Negative Gearing

Oct 10 2024 8 mins  
Australian prime minister, Anthony Albanese has honorably launched the fight against the appalling, economy trashing welfare cheque for the wealthy, negative gearing. Predictably the Australian news media, particularly the usual suspect the Sydney Morning Herald, has come out swinging in defense of all their delicious money. What will you do this time Australia? Wake the hell up or