Public Address | Cafe | Hard News: Friday Music: Mixed Blessings https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/ en-us Copyright (c) 2026 Public Address Joe Wylie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-friday-music-mixed-blessings/?p=342744#post342744 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-friday-music-mixed-blessings/?p=342744#post342744 Muldoon wasn't actively corrupt in the way Sir Joh was – he just tended to surround himself with dimwitted cronies – and he didn't really have the Christian bigotry. He had more of a don't-frighten-the-horses take on sexual issues.

All true. There are numerous anecdotes of how Muldoon in private…

]]> Sat, 04 Jul 2015 21:14:35 +1200 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-friday-music-mixed-blessings/?p=342742#post342742 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-friday-music-mixed-blessings/?p=342742#post342742 Sat, 04 Jul 2015 18:32:56 +1200 Joe Wylie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-friday-music-mixed-blessings/?p=342741#post342741 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-friday-music-mixed-blessings/?p=342741#post342741 Around the same time Sir Joh ruled Queensland with an iron fist, Rob Muldoon was wearing the pants in NZ.

When former Whitlam Government Minister lJim Cairns visited NZ in the late 70s he noted that there appeared to be an "unhealthy fascination" with the likes of those two in…

]]> Sat, 04 Jul 2015 17:48:26 +1200 Kumara Republic https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-friday-music-mixed-blessings/?p=342739#post342739 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-friday-music-mixed-blessings/?p=342739#post342739 And a really great documentary on The Saints’ immortal first album (I’m) Stranded and what came before and after. There’s much to relate to for New Zealanders in its themes of distance and difference:

Hell yes. Around the same time Sir Joh ruled Queensland with an iron fist, Rob Muldoon…

]]> Sat, 04 Jul 2015 16:56:44 +1200 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-friday-music-mixed-blessings/?p=342717#post342717 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-friday-music-mixed-blessings/?p=342717#post342717 Really enjoyed the Saints doco. Thanks

No worries. Oddly enough, I was put onto it by the old, old friend who originally introduced me to The Saints, way back in high school.

]]> Fri, 03 Jul 2015 17:44:29 +1200 Andrew G https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-friday-music-mixed-blessings/?p=342714#post342714 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-friday-music-mixed-blessings/?p=342714#post342714 Fri, 03 Jul 2015 16:49:05 +1200 Moz https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-friday-music-mixed-blessings/?p=342711#post342711 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-friday-music-mixed-blessings/?p=342711#post342711 http://www.theguardian.com/music/video/2015/jul/03/briggs-children-came-back-gurrumul-archie-roach-hip-hop-video
Todays gem from The Guardian. They offer an iframe embed that doesn't work, sorry.

]]> Fri, 03 Jul 2015 16:05:15 +1200 parlane https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-friday-music-mixed-blessings/?p=342706#post342706 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-friday-music-mixed-blessings/?p=342706#post342706 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H20bnXIVtkQ ]]> Fri, 03 Jul 2015 14:46:03 +1200 Public Address https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-friday-music-mixed-blessings/?p=342705#post342705 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-friday-music-mixed-blessings/?p=342705#post342705 Discussion from blog post.

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