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  1. Kraftwerk have recently been told that they can't perform at a Chinese festival because they played Tibetan in 1998.
  2. Originally posted by LikeASong:[..]

    I could see them playing China perfectly. I think you mean this by the Russian disrespect towards Human Rights, but Human Rights are violated sistematically in the United States too (death penalty and torture anyone?) and no one says anything about it I don't want to get too political, but your statement is basically wrong.

    I personally don't have a problem with the death penalty if you've taken someone's life. Or with torture if you aren't revealing vital information.
  3. Originally posted by drewhiggins:[..]

    Even though it entirely sucks, sometimes if it's a band you truly want to see - you have to do a bit of traveling. Who else did Adelaide miss out on this year? Aerosmith, ZZ Top as two I can think of.

    Yeah travelling to see a band from Adelaide to Melbourne surely can't be that bad? I mean, I know it sucks that you don't get the bands, but at least you're close enough to places to travel to see bands. When I'm in Darwin it's not that easy/cheap to travel to see a band. When I was living there in January it was about $1000 all up for me to go to BDO on the Gold Coast... Adelaide to Melbourne must surely be cheaper than that haha!
  4. Originally posted by dylbagz:[..]

    Yeah travelling to see a band from Adelaide to Melbourne surely can't be that bad? I mean, I know it sucks that you don't get the bands, but at least you're close enough to places to travel to see bands. When I'm in Darwin it's not that easy/cheap to travel to see a band. When I was living there in January it was about $1000 all up for me to go to BDO on the Gold Coast... Adelaide to Melbourne must surely be cheaper than that haha!

    I don't really feel all that bad for you because there are a lot of other people in your shoes too. I live in Canada but no big acts come to Newfoundland. We are an island in the east Atlantic; so when I saw U2 twice we had to go to Toronto which cost a couple of thousand dollars by the time you take in air fare, tickets, hotel, spending money etc.
  5. Yeah good old newfoundland.. I remember reading about the old transatlantic cable and newfoundland. Sucks having to spend so much, but at least U2 in North America is closer to you than they are to us in Australia! It's a long way from Australia to go and see U2 if they don't tour out here.
  6. Originally posted by dylbagz:Yeah good old newfoundland.. I remember reading about the old transatlantic cable and newfoundland. Sucks having to spend so much, but at least U2 in North America is closer to you than they are to us in Australia! It's a long way from Australia to go and see U2 if they don't tour out here.

    Wow! Most people have NO idea where it is!
  7. Well I guess I'm not most people. The transatlantic cable was a huge deal back in the day and a really important technological feat. The book 'A Thread Across The Ocean' documents it very well. The people who did the cable are heroes. Very important people IMO
  10. I think U2 going to Russia was a good thing. I don't think isolating undemocratic countries works that well. I think it's much better when they can take part of western culture and perhaps get assimilated a bit. Just tell me whether it's China or North Korea that's made the most progress during the last decades.

    I also hope that Russia will have democracy sometime soon. Things don't look too well.
  11. Hahahaha. Russia and democracy. Hahahahaha. They never had any form of liberal values, not 300 years ago, not 100 years ago. Not now. Never.


    Actually, it's quite sad realising what's happening over there.
  12. Can say the same about EU and democracy: president isnt chosen. And the most important jobs are being 'negotiated'. How much different is that?

    We should move this to the politics forum
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