Maybe it’s a biodome we’re looking over
Maybe it’s a cold year we’re waiting for
And we wonder where everyone is

You’re thinking that you’re thinking too much

See, I love you so much
That the bet is okay
I would give up all my possesions
To have your kids

A new anti-depressant
Increase self esteem
Decreases the feeling of loneliness
Increases appetite
A touch of pick me up

Most nights of the week I do fine
I don’t worry about the Friday nights

I spent lots of money putting the universe together
But they were part of the ones who tore it apart.

As Bernard Zuel’s article mentions, there were many flag bearers at the BDO, but not I don’t agree with Zuel that this was a postive statement of unity. I saw lots of frightening behaviour at the Big Day Out, including flag wearers pushing into an ATM line, and people berating them for being ‘unaustralian’ and them saying that they were more Australian than any of us. one person was asking people to kiss the flag he was wearing, and people who refused got a punch in the face for their troubles.

My whole like I’ve looked at US culture’s overblown love for a flag, and pinning it to everything they got…and found it funny. Homes that I’ve known who have Flags on display are declaring their deep ties to that country’s core, usually through fighting and the military. It is not a fashion accesory, and you’re better than no one for wearing it as a t-shirt. When you start seeing flags, that’s when nationalism is getting out of control.

And I’d like to think those kids who were wearing the flag are politically active people and are thinking about what this country CAN BE, COULD BE and SHOULD BE, and not loving what this country HAS BEEN or IS NOW. Henry Rollins was almost the only person to address this onstage. Why do the majority of Australia’s young people accept a vision of made by Australia’s old people?

When you start seeing flags
Is when facism’s getting bad

The upside of loneliness
Is you realise what you miss
And it makes you go out and be your best

Black cats get out of my way!
Becase today is my day