The Brown Note

Pakistan: The Curcifixion Of Imran Khan

The latest US regime change, in a country of 240 million people, that's the world's only nuclear armed Muslim nation, has happened in full view with barely a whimper from Western media.

Scott Morrison Leaves Politics: Good Riddance To Bad Rubbish

The worst human being to have ever led Australia has finally quit politics. A man synonymous with lying, bullying, incompetence, smugness, and a total lack of accountability (or ability) - a look back at a vile dark stain on Australia.

Israel Vs Palestine: The Truth About The One State Solution

Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has said what we all knew, he never supported the two-state solution anyway. What Western media isn't even engaging in is what this means. Not the absolving of the West Bank and Gaza Strip into the state of Israel, but what Israel would do with a Palestinian population that numerically matching its own Jewish one.

Anthony Albanese Genius Stage 3 Tax Cuts Show Down

After a grim year of rising interest rates, a cost of living crisis and The Voice referendum debacle, Albo has come out of the gates of 2024 firing, with a genius move. Not canning the wildly unpopular stage 3 tax cuts, even better, making them for all and not just the rich. Lets play this out Dutton. And Waleed Aly must be the biggest flog not to have a show on Sky at night.

Why, Like The Pope, I Oppose Commercial Surrogacy

Sure to be a popular piece... Something just doesn't sit right with me about poor women being paid to use their bodies as baby incubators of the rich.

The Decline And Fall Of Pitchfork Magazine: Or How Going Woke Really Did Go Broke

Pitchfork music magazine has apparently been executed, the century's most important music bible being folded into GQ magazine by its evil corporate overlord Conde Nast. As a devout consumer of Pitchfork since the turn of the century, I've been predicting this for the last five years - the post Fetch the Bolt Cutters years, but really the five years that editor in chief Puja Patel has been in charge, and until I hear otherwise, misguidedly shaped the direction of Pitchfork into oblivion. Conde Nast bought Pitchfork over a decade ago and it survived, it's the direction the publication took under Patel that killed it. Sidelining music that was it's core audience to promote music for people that never even read Pitchfork. A sad day.

Israel Vs Palestine: Netanyahu's Bet On World War Three

With only 15% of Israelis wanting Prime Minister Netanyahu in charge after the current war, him having so few friends, either internationally or at home, and his saying the quiet part part out loud - there was never to be a Palestinian state, is a wider conflicting his goal now? He has only ever craved saving his political career, is solely beholden to an ultra-extremist right wing in Israel and probably thinks World War 3 will suit him quite nicely thank you.

The Best And Worst Films Of 2023

In a banner year for big, great and terrible movies, my best and worst films of 2023.

Emperor's New Clothes award going to, Killers of the Flower Moon, sadly.

 

*Repost from the Brown Note Movie Review channel

Top 25 Albums Of 2023

My yearly list of the best albums, in a pretty decent but not great year in music, in a particularly poor era for music journalism. Movies to follow.

Emperors New Clothes award for most inexplicably, universally praised album of the year - Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want to Turn Into You

*Originally posted on the other channel - The Brown Note Movie Review

Full show with music - https://www.mixcloud.com/julian-brown/top-25-albums-of-2023/

 

Everton V Manchester City V Football

I can't read English Premier League side, Everton, being docked ten points for one count of financial irregularities as anything other than a shot across the bows of global soccer titans, Manchester City, currently accused of one hundred and fifteen counts. Though the right thing to do, with the global money men from FIFA to Saudi Arabia, looking to break apart football for their own interests, what will the impact of major punishment on the world's most important club be?