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Our paranoid Federal Government recently provided schools with “Radicalisation Awareness Kits” which advised of a possible (and rather tenuous) link between the “alternative music scene” and violent extremism as well as ideological violence.
The booklet entitled ‘Preventing Violent Extremism And Radicalisation In Australia’ was circulated late September and contains a case study that details the, I dunno, “downfall”, if you will, of a teenage girl from a loving family family who never participated in any activism of any sort. The girl in the case study falls into the alternative music scene and culture, then probably smokes bucket bongs, screws around, gets some dreads (all that is not actually in the booklet), becomes involved in left-wing activism then goes to f*cking drop out of Uni, go live in some type of forest camp (a la Charles Manson Family maybe?) then protests loggers at some type of forest!
All because she listened to Radiohead or The The or Ween or Tool or Regurgitator or f*cking Earth Crisis or Gojira!
So there you have it, don’t listen to “alternative music” (read: anything Fox FM doesn’t play) unless you want to wind up caring about your environment and doing something stupid in your 20s like protesting which, as the booklet also states, at the protest the girl is then arrested for trespass, damaging property (trees?), assault (trees, again?) and obstructing police, all of which are the most hostile examples ever of violent extremism and ideological violence, ever.
In other news
Sydney technical progressive death metal act Diminish The Gods have just released their debut EP which you can find by searching for them on the internet. Check ’em out because they’ll soon be touring the country.
TesseracT will play Max Watts in Melbourne on Friday October 16.
Abbath will be at Max Watt’s on Saturday October 17.
Spend an evening with Dave Lombardo at Allans Billy Hyde Melbourne on Tuesday October 20.
The Arbitrary Method will release their debut EP Augmentation on Friday October 23.
Devin Townsend Project and Periphery have sold out their Sunday October 25 show at 170 Russell. Second and final show added is Monday October 26 at 170 Russell.
At The Gates will play The Corner on Friday October 30.
Teramaze will release their fifth album Her Halo on Friday October 30.
Ryan “RVP” Van Poederooyan will be holding his Melbourne drumming masterclass workshop at Gasworks Theatre (Albert Park) on Friday November 6. RVP is the man with the sticks keeping be beat for the Devin Townsend Project.
Flying Colours will release a recording of their Z7 show in Switzerland, 2014 entitled Second Flight: Live At The Z7 on Friday November 13.
Nightwish will play only one show per capital city on their Endless Forms Most Beautiful Tour 2016 and the Melbourne show will be at The Forum Theatre on Monday January 11.
Soundwave 2016 will be held on Thursday January 26. Bands announced thus far are Bullet For My Valentine, Dead Letter Circus, Refused, Failure, Northlane, Bring Me The Horizon, Devil You Know and Hatebreed.
Between The Buried And Me will play 170 Russell on Monday February 29.
Iron Maiden will be flying into Oz on their Ed Force One (piloted, of course by Bruce Dickinson). Melbourne’s show will be at Rod Laver on Saturday May 9.
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Written by Paul S Taylor