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Bernard Zuel @bernardzuel.bsky.social · 14h

Makes sense, I chose it for a reason. #morningpop #blackbirdsfc #desirelines

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Bernard Zuel @bernardzuel.bsky.social · 15h

Same year as Watertown. Kindred spirits? #morningpop #saturdayvinyl #kriskristofferson #kristoffersen

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Bernard Zuel @bernardzuel.bsky.social · 16h

Gorgeous sunny spring Saturday, so naturally one asks, make me cry Uncle Frank. #morningpop #franksinatra #watertown

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Bernard Zuel @bernardzuel.bsky.social · 16h

Saturday read (& listen) #2. Switch on this playlist, with its Curtis Harding, Maxwell & Three Degrees with Dry Cleaning, Meg Mac & Kinks, its Lighthouse Keepers, Neko Case & Loaded Honey with Mary J Blige, Tristen & Cardigans, & then Commodores, Carlita & Warmer.
open.spotify.com/playlist/4Vi...

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Bernard Zuel @bernardzuel.bsky.social · 16h

Saturday read #1. Make time for Harry Vanda. While you gear up to listen to a podcast tracing his career/Australian music since the early '60s (& you should), & a new song from his pen+guitar, WindBackWednesday dips in to a time when the devil was inside.
www.bernardzuel.net/post/harry-v...

HARRY VANDA LETS THE DEVIL LOOSE IN WIND BACK WEDNESDAY

One of the giants of Australian music, Harry Vanda, is old enough to know better than to release music these days. Not just because it’s a different world from when he was writing some of the biggest ...

www.bernardzuel.net

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Bernard Zuel @bernardzuel.bsky.social · 1d

It's touch David, it's touch, NOT TACKLE!!!

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Bernard Zuel @bernardzuel.bsky.social · 1d

It’s at times such as this she’d be tempted to spit if she wasn’t so ladylike. #morningpop #elviscostello #allthisuselessbeauty

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Bernard Zuel @bernardzuel.bsky.social · 1d

Perfectly normal dictatorship.
Nothing to see here.
www.threads.com/@yasharali/p...

Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yasharali) on Threads

BREAKING New York Attorney General Letitia James has been indicted by the US Department of Justice.

www.threads.com

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Bernard Zuel @bernardzuel.bsky.social · 1d

We must remember to be more careful this time. #morningpop #ronsexsmith #hangoverterrace

Bernard Zuel @bernardzuel.bsky.social · 2d

Which ABC News producer is sitting there grinning having sent Digby Werthmuller to do a story on the fish market?

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 2d

My column on tax, fairness and companies paying nothing.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

If we want a better, more equal society, we need more tax. But more tax only works if big business pays their fair share | Grogonomics

Trust in both the tax and political system will falter if people feel they are being punished for not paying tax while large companies legally get away with paying nothing

www.theguardian.com

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Bernard Zuel @bernardzuel.bsky.social · 2d

Burning in my hands. #morningpop #thursdayvinyl #tiftmerritt #tambourine

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Bernard Zuel @bernardzuel.bsky.social · 2d

Laying underneath the stars
And it can be so much fun
Especially when you’re feeling good
When you’re with the one you love #morningpop #thursdayvinyl #vanmorrison #saintdominicspreview

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Bernard Zuel @bernardzuel.bsky.social · 3d

About time.

www.smh.com.au/business/wor...

Merivale dropped from Good Food Guide

Australia’s largest hospitality company has been excluded from the Good Food Guide following claims it exploited workers and prioritised VIP treatment over staff safety.

www.smh.com.au

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Bernard Zuel @bernardzuel.bsky.social · 3d

Your midweek reminder of the current playlist is here. Hear Three Degrees, Maxwell & The Cardigans, Robert Plant, Warmer & Carlita, Dry Cleaning, Meg Mac & Curtis Harding, Jessie Ware, The Toys & Roger McGuinn. But wait, there's also SG Lewis, Kinks +more
open.spotify.com/playlist/4Vi...

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Bernard Zuel @bernardzuel.bsky.social · 3d

As you check out a new song & podcast on a life very well lived in Australian music - without him would we even have Australian music? - indulge WindBackWednesday as Harry Vanda gets loved. "It wasn’t cynical at all it was just enthusiastic. He's very inspiring.” www.bernardzuel.net/post/harry-v...

HARRY VANDA LETS THE DEVIL LOOSE IN WIND BACK WEDNESDAY

One of the giants of Australian music, Harry Vanda, is old enough to know better than to release music these days. Not just because it’s a different world from when he was writing some of the biggest ...

www.bernardzuel.net

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Bernard Zuel @bernardzuel.bsky.social · 3d

Talking Heads, with Remain In Light, and Prince, with Dirty Mind, released at the same time in 1980? That's one fine day.

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Bernard Zuel @bernardzuel.bsky.social · 3d

A new (& for the first time solo) single 60+ yrs since his first with a little group called The Easybeats, a podcast talking history - & lordy what a history - method & inspiration, & now a WindBackWednesday appearance. It's all happening for Harry Vanda.
www.bernardzuel.net/post/harry-v...

HARRY VANDA LETS THE DEVIL LOOSE IN WIND BACK WEDNESDAY

One of the giants of Australian music, Harry Vanda, is old enough to know better than to release music these days. Not just because it’s a different world from when he was writing some of the biggest ...

www.bernardzuel.net

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Ian Whitney @iancwhitney.bsky.social · 3d

As an Australian, I should not be obliged to know who Bari Weiss even is but this is like reading that Jay Rayner review of Le Cinq. You don't need to have first hand knowledge to enjoy such a filleting.

ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 3d

“To make matters worse, you have never reported, and they all know it. You don’t know anything about the challenges or judgment calls required for complicated stories.” www.theverge.com/business/793...

Memo to Bari Weiss Re: CBS News: You’re doomed

Bari Weiss has sold her company, The Free Press, to manage the decline of broadcast news at CBS. How many ways can it go wrong?

www.theverge.com

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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 3d

Canaries.
My @smh cartoon.

Two scenes. 1: advisor to Albo at his desk: “Sir, I must inform you that our canaries-in-the-coal-mines of climate change, transparency, accountability and social equity are all looking sickly…” PM: “Hmm…”
Scene 2: Albo at a lectern with press around: “…and that’s why my government is proud to announce the development of a new SUPER BREED of canaries…”

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Bernard Zuel @bernardzuel.bsky.social · 3d

Holds most decidedly unbarred. #morningpop #amandashires #nobodysgirl

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Bernard Zuel @bernardzuel.bsky.social · 3d

Ah, but we do Frank. We do. #morningpop #franksinatra #noonecares

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Bernard Zuel @bernardzuel.bsky.social · 4d

No doubt the freedom-of-the-press warriors in Canberra's gallery will be cancelling membership of the Press Club. Or criticising the club's decision on Chris Hedges. Or asking questions publicly. Or ... doing nothing at all.
Yeah, I think we know which.

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Bernard Zuel @bernardzuel.bsky.social · 4d

I and I could not live in a negative way. #morningpop #tuesdayvinyl #bobmarleyandthewailers #babylonbybus

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Bernard Zuel @bernardzuel.bsky.social · 5d

New week/new playlist. Has SG Lewis+Oliver Sim & Jessie Ware vs The Three Degrees & The Commodores; Touch Sensitive+Connie Mitchell & Stereolab vs Mary J Blige & Neko Case; Adrian Deutsch & Lighthouse Keepers vs Dry Cleaning & The Toys +15more
open.spotify.com/playlist/4Vi...