why does "Australian Labor Party" spell labour wrong?
― Heave Ho, Monday, 27 August 2007 22:50 (sixteen years ago) link
From teh Wiks:
While it is standard practice in Australian English to spell the word labour with a u, the Party has spelt it without since Labor cabinet minister King O'Malley thought he would "modernise" the name;[6] at the time, it seemed likely that Australia would move to American spellings.
― W4LTER, Monday, 27 August 2007 23:07 (sixteen years ago) link
^that was in 1912.
― W4LTER, Monday, 27 August 2007 23:08 (sixteen years ago) link
that is how we spell labor in the USA.
― gr8080, Monday, 27 August 2007 23:47 (sixteen years ago) link
Yep, hence the "Labor cabinet minister King O'Malley thought he would "modernise" the name;[6] at the time, it seemed likely that Australia would move to American spellings."
― W4LTER, Tuesday, 28 August 2007 00:14 (sixteen years ago) link
I know americans spell like that, but australians are our brothers in english spellings.
― Heave Ho, Tuesday, 28 August 2007 00:23 (sixteen years ago) link
Maybe King O'Malley should've tried modernizing the name.
― Pleasant Plains, Tuesday, 28 August 2007 00:58 (sixteen years ago) link
super karachi bros
― Curt1s Stephens, Tuesday, 28 August 2007 01:03 (sixteen years ago) link
touche xp.
― W4LTER, Tuesday, 28 August 2007 01:45 (sixteen years ago) link
I like that we had a minister called King O'Malley. He sounds like he should be Moomba king or some shit :D
― Trayce, Tuesday, 28 August 2007 02:34 (sixteen years ago) link
How do I fill a three hour DJ set for 50-70 Australians ages 21-45?
dont make me start an ILM thread.
― gr8080, Wednesday, 17 October 2007 23:41 (sixteen years ago) link
sorry, ages 27 to 45.
eagle rock!
― W4LTER, Wednesday, 17 October 2007 23:45 (sixteen years ago) link
?
― gr8080, Wednesday, 17 October 2007 23:45 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bpSnA3CCoM
― W4LTER, Wednesday, 17 October 2007 23:49 (sixteen years ago) link
omg! what a great trip down memory lane. This is one of those songs you can't help breaking into a boppy jig whenever you hear it, it's so great! Very much a classic.
!!
this is awesome!
― gr8080, Wednesday, 17 October 2007 23:50 (sixteen years ago) link
ysi?
― gr8080, Wednesday, 17 October 2007 23:51 (sixteen years ago) link
I don't have it,
I'll try to find it for you
― W4LTER, Wednesday, 17 October 2007 23:53 (sixteen years ago) link
not on oink ;_;
― gr8080, Wednesday, 17 October 2007 23:55 (sixteen years ago) link
I've got it queued in slsk. it may take a while tho
― W4LTER, Thursday, 18 October 2007 00:03 (sixteen years ago) link
352nd in line :/
But the downloads are going fairly quickly.
― W4LTER, Thursday, 18 October 2007 00:04 (sixteen years ago) link
Grads, the whole album (vinyl rip?) is here: http://ausrock.blogspot.com/
― W4LTER, Thursday, 18 October 2007 00:14 (sixteen years ago) link
;-)
― gr8080, Thursday, 18 October 2007 00:50 (sixteen years ago) link
ok, eagle rock is still in the pipeline, but here is another OZ ROCK CLAASIC that i downloaded for u.
Most People I Know (Think That I'm Crazy) - Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs
The older dudes will dig especially.
― W4LTER, Thursday, 18 October 2007 00:55 (sixteen years ago) link
KHE SAHN!!!!!!!!!111!!!!!
― King Boy Pato, Thursday, 18 October 2007 03:20 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.jeans4genes.com.au/images/useruploadedimages/92/barnes.jpg
― W4LTER, Thursday, 18 October 2007 03:25 (sixteen years ago) link
Surely that road to the holy grail song
― badg, Thursday, 18 October 2007 04:31 (sixteen years ago) link
Also, is it just a Queensland thing that when Eagle Rock comes on you dack yourself?
― W4LTER, Thursday, 18 October 2007 04:40 (sixteen years ago) link
If you play it, Grady (and if this shit finally downlaods), you'll have to let us kno.
― W4LTER, Thursday, 18 October 2007 04:47 (sixteen years ago) link
EEAGLE RROCK:D
I will stop posting on this thread now.
― W4LTER, Thursday, 18 October 2007 06:15 (sixteen years ago) link
Am I gonna see your face again?
No, no way, get fucked, fuck off.
― King Boy Pato, Thursday, 18 October 2007 08:32 (sixteen years ago) link
Where can I get those BARNSEY jeans? I'd srsly wear them with a Central Districts jumper and a pack of Winny Blues around Elizabeth.
― King Boy Pato, Thursday, 18 October 2007 08:33 (sixteen years ago) link
"don't change" by INXS!!!
― electricsound, Thursday, 18 October 2007 11:47 (sixteen years ago) link
"change in mood" by kids in the kitchen
also: everything in the PSEUDO ECHO THREAD FUXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXORS
Note: you'll have to wait until everyone is drunk to play khe sahn so everyone can sing along with a tear in their eye even though they were probably born well after vietnam.
also: FARNZIE
― sunny successor, Thursday, 18 October 2007 17:47 (sixteen years ago) link
oh i just remembered my mums sent pp a cd called "AUSTRALIAN LEGENDS" with a lot of these songs on it. Want me to ysi?
― sunny successor, Thursday, 18 October 2007 17:52 (sixteen years ago) link
plz.
― gr8080, Thursday, 18 October 2007 18:03 (sixteen years ago) link
Also, these all seem like great suggestions so far and I'm very appreciative, but its not like an Aussie party or anything. It's just a club gig in a place that usually doesn't have a dj. And on this particular night there will be an abundance of Australians. So, non-aussie suggestions that might go over well is encouraged.
― gr8080, Thursday, 18 October 2007 18:05 (sixteen years ago) link
that age group? anything 80s.
― sunny successor, Thursday, 18 October 2007 18:07 (sixteen years ago) link
― gr8080, Thursday, 18 October 2007 18:07 (sixteen years ago) link
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said: "Winning the right to host the 2018 Fifa World Cup is a Herculean task, but overcoming tough odds is what Australian football does best."
Australians, can you please provide me with some examples of these tough odds being overcome because I sure as fuck can't think of any.
― Limoncello Carlin (The stickman from the hilarious "xkcd" comics), Friday, 6 February 2009 01:29 (fifteen years ago) link
here is one: when i tried out for macquarie university soccer it was january and i'd been in the country for four days. i was jetlagged and it was 36C. after ten minutes i threw up under the shade of a eucalyptus tree, but i still made the team. that is true grit.
― caek, Friday, 6 February 2009 01:33 (fifteen years ago) link
admittedly i made the sixth team (of six), but i was their second best player!
― caek, Friday, 6 February 2009 01:34 (fifteen years ago) link
getting an entire state obsessed with one of the most tedious sports in history is pretty tough odds
― carbonara not glue (electricsound), Friday, 6 February 2009 01:39 (fifteen years ago) link
victoria and afl?
― caek, Friday, 6 February 2009 01:40 (fifteen years ago) link
― Limoncello Carlin (The stickman from the hilarious "xkcd" comics), Friday, 6 February 2009 01:29 (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
Not starting a riot on Lygon street after this http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2006/4991534.stm
― W4LTER, Thursday, 18 October 2007 04:40 (1 year ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
WFT?
― Bored of Canada (S-), Friday, 6 February 2009 01:53 (fifteen years ago) link
Calling AFL tedious is pretty rich if you come from the US or UK/Europe.
xpost
― Bored of Canada (S-), Friday, 6 February 2009 01:56 (fifteen years ago) link
or anywhere in the world pretty much.
except melbourne
― carbonara not glue (electricsound), Friday, 6 February 2009 01:58 (fifteen years ago) link
Bring some northwestern beers and local artisanal doughnuts imo
― glandular lansbury (sic), Friday, 8 April 2016 07:52 (eight years ago) link
Veg has an Australian friend visiting. She might have some good ideas.
― “I hate my wife. She doesn’t even have a dick” (sunny successor), Friday, 8 April 2016 13:10 (eight years ago) link