Monday, 26th November.
Best. (Previously, previouser, previest.)
FB photo album. Compilation of my videos (and one of Moo’s):
Category Archives: Desperation
Wikileaks US Consulate Sit-In IV
Filed under Best, Desperation, Enemies Of The State, Occupy, Perseverence, Victory, Video, WACA, Whack, YouTube
Wikileaks US Consulate Sit-In III
Friday, 26th October.
It’s always about upping the ante – but due to unforseen circumstances, this one wound up being an unexpectedly massive clusterfuck.
WACA press release. Herald Sun coverage.
Bedlam’s vid of the main action:
Compilation of videos I shot in the Consulate lobby (my phone ran out of space just before we got dragged out):
FB post alluding to what happened after that:
And to close with some comic relief, here’s a video of Brother Lutz getting threatened with arrest out the front of the building for being an enemy of the state dropping a cigarette butt:
Wikileaks US Consulate Sit-In (Redux)
Enemies of the state, apparently.
My video tweets. FB photo album.
Sean’s video:
Lutz’s video (feat. special guest star Noam Chomsky):
Kenji’s video (the attention of concerned friends and/or state-violence-porn afficianados is particularly directed to about the nine minute mark):
(Previously.)
I Wrote A Poem Of Sorts
I was wondering
If I could get some kind of receipt
For all of the time and energy I have invested
In seeking to address and resolve
The bizarre interrelational dysfunctions of my family
And send it in to the universe for a refund.
Imagine what I could do
With all of that time and energy.
I could no doubt singlehandedly overthrow the 1%
And still have enough left over
To build a sizeable self-sustaining base on the moon
With my bare hands.
Oh, the things I could do.
And yet we must pursue the projects
Which are important and meaningful to us
Must we not.
*eye twitch*
Bradley Manning Actions At The US Consulate
Thursday 5th & Friday 6th September.
There’s nothing like being literally dragged out of a building by cops in the name of justice to take your mind off things.
Brief videos I shot of Thursday’s occupation out the front:
And of Sam and Sara getting dragged out on Friday (when nine of us actually got inside, thanks to the genius strategy of not discussing plans in advance on F#$book):
Bedlam’s take on the whole thing:
UPDATE – And Kenji’s:
Field Trip To Camp CHAG, Toolangi
Thursday 21st & Friday 22nd June.
Point of note: I totes met Bob Brown at a public CHAG meeting at the Healesville Community hall on the Friday. (This was the second time I’d met him. The first time was in about 1994, when I shared a taxi with him to a Wilderness Society fundraiser in Canberra whilst dressed in a koala suit.)
Filed under Awesome Trees, Desperation, Destruction, History, Occupy, People, Photos, Sadness, Shit Is Fucked And Bullshit, Travel
The Occuparty
Saturday, 31st March / Sunday, 1st April.
This long-awaited and much-anticipated function at James Muldoon’s house to celebrate the scheduled end of OM’s as-it-turned-out-not-actually-finished-yet Federal Court litigation against Melbourne City Council was – perhaps predictably – a clusterfuck. But perfectly so.
I was late and missed most of it except the disastrous conclusion and surreal, prolonged aftermath. Not much media was captured, or at least not by me.
(UPDATE (11th Sept 2015): I found two pieces of audio. This one, captured at 2:15am on my way to Muldoon’s, and the one at the foot of this post, captured at 5:33am at Golden Towers in the city:)
All I have is notes:
I’m particularly sad I didn’t manage, despite trying, to record Cobina’s unforgettable trashed mic check after everyone was chucked out of Muldoon’s house at around 3am (“DOES THE COLLECTIVE / WISH TO PRIORITIZE / FOOD, OR ALCOHOL? / WE SHOULD MAKE A DECISION / AND PROCEED ON THAT BASIS. / YOU ARE ALL FUCKED. / YOU ARE ALL. FUCKED.”) – leaving a horde of feral occupiers running amok on the streets of Brunswick unable to reach consensus, and ultimately sitting stubbornly for hours and hours by the side of Sydney Rd throughout the night for no particular reason except that, y’know, that’s what occupiers do.
Here’s a photo I took during said sit-in at around 5am (the sign at the top, which you can’t read due to overexposure, said “WHELAN: THE WRECKER”. This seemed profoundly meaningful or at least funny at the time):
And here’s a photo of chalkage done by Kenji at City Square, where the two of us ultimately wound up, compass-like, at 7am:
Filed under Adversity, Being A Cunt To Schmobos, Bittersweetness, Chalk, Chaos, Confority Is The Antitheis Of Freedom, Delirium, Desperation, Destruction, Discombobulation, Dreams, Drugs, Drunkenness, Evil, Exhaustion, Goodbyes, Hate, Mentalism, Night Time, Occupy, People, Perseverence, Photos, Sadness, The Liberator Who Destroyed My Property Has Realigned My Perceptions, Utopia, Fantasy & Reality In Radical Politics, Whack
TPPA Ch 7 News Hijack @ Fed Square
This all started when I received a call from Moo first thing in the morning advising that Channel 7 would be doing their evening news broadcast live from Federation Square, and suggesting that we quietly herd the cats for some snap TPPA-awareness-raising action.
Although in the end I personally missed the whole actual thing. Who knew it would turn out to be this epic? Wrong day to be taking a break. Oh well.
Amazing raw footage of Indi’s (1 gig). KenjiVision:
Occupy TPPA, Day 1
Filed under Being A Cunt To Schmobos, Desperation, Occupy, Photos
Overnighting On The State Library Lawns
Filed under :), Adversity, Chaos, Desperation, Discombobulation, Liable For Nothing, Occupy, People, Perseverence, Photos
New Notebook / Thursday Night
Filed under Art, Audio, Desperation, Discombobulation, Drunkenness, Liable For Everything, Liable For Nothing, People, Photos, Self Analysis, Weblogs, Whack
So, Things That Need Fixing:
- My eMac (can’t take audio input, even via an external mic; this is No Good At All)
- My TV (does not really need to be fixed; just needs a new adapter coz the old one got wet and died) (see also: DVD player)
- My camera, apparently
Amount of spare cash I have lying around: none.
Prostitution is looking real good right now. I think it would pay better than conducting legitimate social research, be more fun, and also do more to make the world a better place.
But how do you get into the industry? Is there a TAFE course or something?
Filed under Desperation, Domestica, Poverty