Everywhere you turn these days, Waleed Aly. He’s forming
young minds at Monash, holding forth every afternoon on Radio National, gracing
the opinion pages of the Fairfax press and forever available to occupy space
on shows like Q&A if producers need a tame Muslim to explain why, when his
co-religionists blow the legs off folks, it
is no more than an irritation to be taken in our stride (allowing, of
course, that lower limbs remain intact). To this roster of recognitions can now
be added a seat on the board of the Australia Council, where it is to be hoped he
will limit the furtherance of his career to nothing more energetic than playing the Prophet's innocuous little pal. This is a job that requires no
more than a light beard and the capacity to insist with straight face that
keeping your wife in a sack is very progressive and endearingly multi-culti.
If Wally actual decides to exert an influence on the arts, well that would not be good, not good at all, because the former host of SBS’s short-lived The Late Session apparently believes obscenity in the name of political partisanship is what a fine performance is all about.
On the show’s very first episode, one of the featured guests was singer Dan Kelly, a noxious weed who trades on better-known uncle Paul Kelly’s reputation, and who treated the audience to a little number called “Drunk on Election Night,” the sad tale of an inner-city hipster who resolves to quit the country after one of John Howard’s election victories. The lyrics feature a chorus that boils down to three words, “you co#^sucking moth#$%ucker”. SBS no longer has the performance available for viewing, but the song can be heard in its entirety below.
If Wally actual decides to exert an influence on the arts, well that would not be good, not good at all, because the former host of SBS’s short-lived The Late Session apparently believes obscenity in the name of political partisanship is what a fine performance is all about.
On the show’s very first episode, one of the featured guests was singer Dan Kelly, a noxious weed who trades on better-known uncle Paul Kelly’s reputation, and who treated the audience to a little number called “Drunk on Election Night,” the sad tale of an inner-city hipster who resolves to quit the country after one of John Howard’s election victories. The lyrics feature a chorus that boils down to three words, “you co#^sucking moth#$%ucker”. SBS no longer has the performance available for viewing, but the song can be heard in its entirety below.
The Australian Council has already demonstrated a bizarre
affection for a lady artist who diddles
herself with a skinned rabbit, so what projects might Wally choose to
advance? If he thinks language like Dan Kelly’s is fit for a mainstream
audience, what on earth might he fund for the amusement of black-clad pseuds?
Investment advice: Go long on co#^sucking, moth#$%ucker bunny futures. There’s a good chance demand is about to soar.
Investment advice: Go long on co#^sucking, moth#$%ucker bunny futures. There’s a good chance demand is about to soar.
