Wed 12 Jul 2006
This is just a short show with stuff we didn’t cover in episode 30. Zan talks about Indonesian Playboy and Hindu T&A, then Jana gets in touch with her sacred feminine in Things that are Dumb.
Wed 12 Jul 2006
This is just a short show with stuff we didn’t cover in episode 30. Zan talks about Indonesian Playboy and Hindu T&A, then Jana gets in touch with her sacred feminine in Things that are Dumb.
July 12th, 2006 at 2:32 pm
Hi Zan & Jana,
Great show. I like the lengths–just enough for a typical trip ’round town.
Um, Tom Hanks seems to be held in rather high regard here in the States. Not everyone will agree, of course, so there’s no need for folks to reply in the negative. Personally, I liked “Forrest Gump,” “Big,” “Sleepless in Seattle,” and a few others I can’t recall now. I never watched his early TV show “Bosom Buddies,” and I know he’s had a flop or two along the way. But Jana, I have learned to respect your opinion. Perhaps it’s a difference in national perspective, but I must respectfully disagree. I haven’t seen “The Da Vinci Code,” nor does it particularly interest me, so I can’t say much there.
One other thing worth conveying: I know at least one woman who thinks the whole Mother Earth thing is anything but misogynist. She seems to have a lot of (what we here would call) “crunchy granola” friends who agree. She’s my ex-wife, so I’d best not editorialize on her sanity, or lack thereof. Suffice it to say there there is an archetype here, particularly involving middle-aged women who wonder if there isn’t something bigger at play in the Universe, who really resonate with the Mother Earth concept as an empowering vision.
While we’re on the topic, are you familiar with “misandry?” It’s not in every dictionary, but it’s the gender-opposite of “misogyny.” It is (in my opinion) a silent epidemic. When I was newly single, I used to read Cosmopolitan magazine, just to see how the other half was thinking. I was shocked at the disparaging, even bigoted things women can say about men in print!!! Even in the advertising! If one were to reverse the roles, lawsuits would surely result. Such is the selective-attention domain of PC thinking.
One last example: How many TV shows feature as main characters a strong, intelligent, emotionally mature male and a dependent, relatively stupid, childish female? None I know of. But, switch the genders, and the picture changes. We do see good shows where the genders are equals, such as the Star Trek shows of recent vintage, but they are rare, in my opinion. More common are shows where the man is a man-child, frequently a petty liar, and questionably charming in his boyishness; and his partner is more mature, smarter, and (here’s the TV formula again, though not univerally true) kind of bitchy. I’m thinking of Homer Simpson, Leela and Fry in “Futurama”, Ray and Debra Barone in “Everyone Loves Raymond”, the couple in “Married with Children,” the couple in “King of Queens,” and so on. Even way back in time, for example “All In The Family.” Archie was a bigoted buffoon with a superiority complex, while his timid wife Edith was, more often than not, [i]right.[/i] OK, so TV isn’t reality, but it has a major voice in socializing most all children with their gender roles.
Hmmm. I seem to have gone off on my own little rant. I guess there’s an endless supply of Things That Are Dumb.
-Vibeeen
July 12th, 2006 at 11:51 pm
Ah, the “da Vinci Cod”, as it is often referred to. I read the novel, thought it a pedestrian pot-boiler (although I’ve read worse), and consequently couldn’t be bothered to see the movie.
If I start a book but find I don’t like the first few chapters much, I usually press on in the hopes it will get better. Isn’t that stupid? Ditto movies - I have never walked out of one yet. As a result I sat through Forrest Gump. I did enjoy Sleepless in Seattle, though.
July 13th, 2006 at 8:15 am
Things that are really dumb: The Catholic Church and their claim of the “truth”. Things that are less dumb: fiction that niggles, mocks and denies The Church.
Something really dumb: a short, celebate man in a dress and beanie condemning Spain’s legalization of gay marriage as undermining God’s plan for “the family”. Something less dumb: a guy from the Bible may have been married to a woman. One is a movie, the other is a news report.
IMDB.com ranks Forrest Gump as #90 of the top 250. Out of 119300 votes, 86.3% gave it a 7 or better. I’m with them.
I don’t think I follow you’re sacred feminine argument. I always thought it was a great counter balance to male domnation. Could you please elaborate, I’m obviously missing something.
July 13th, 2006 at 3:29 pm
Hello Everybody,
First of Zan and Jana as Australians I would like to send you my apologies for my behavior on my last podcast, he he.
Secondly, I was wondering if you guys are going to create a profile for yourselves on podshow.com?
All the best,
Sam
July 16th, 2006 at 12:34 am
Larrikin is from Trinidad and Tobago the most southerly Island in the Caribbean, just off Venezuela.
Larrikin spent 1½ at School in England in the 70’s, and the Brits thought he was Welch
Larrikin later lived in California, USA for a year in early 1990’s
From there Larrikin moved to Australia where he lived for 6 years. The Aussies always thought he was Irish.
When he came back to Trinidad, people thought he was Australian
The reason people think that Larrikin is welsh or Irish is that he obviously has mixed up accent
To further Confuse the issue, Larrakin does not look like some one from the West Indies.
His mother was from Venezuela, so a mixture of Amerindian and Spanish
His father was a mixture of Italian, Sicilian, Corcican and Greek.
So Larrakin, does not look like what someone from Trinidad should look like and he sounds like a mongrel with many different accents.
July 16th, 2006 at 12:35 am
Zan
pleas put the direct link to t5he assorted e-mail addresses on the CONTACT PAGE
July 16th, 2006 at 12:44 am
You mentioned foxes getting at the chooks.
When the pommies brought foxes, pigs, cats, and other hove animals to Australia, they really screwed things up. Many of these escaped and became feral in the wild
For starters many of the native Australian animals had no defences against some of the predatory animals.
Australian animals all have paws, so the animals with hooves (Sheep, Cows, Horses, Goats, Pigs) create havoc in they upset the fragile top soil in what is basically a very arid country. This is then blown away by the wind or washed away in heavy rainfall.
Rabbits are a big pest. I believe in Qld you have to get a license to own a rabbit. They will multiply quickly and devour the vegetation thus the native animals starve.
July 16th, 2006 at 1:12 am
Zan is right about the Indian Deities, but he actually understates it.
Statues on the temples depict various sexual acts. (Oral, anal, and group scenes)
The Indians were originally a very sensuous people and had no problem with sex and nudity. Where did the karma Sutra come from?
But trust the pommies to upset things. The British during their rule of India imposed their Victorian Morality.
The population of Trinidad is approximately 45% Indian, they came here in the mid 1800’s as indentured labourers to work the cane field after the African Slaves were freed.
The Indians worked hard and save. They are very much the leading economic power in Trinidad, and it would be hard to find a Doctor or Lawyer that is not Indian
Many of the religious holidays and culture in Trinidad come from the Hindus and Muslims, for the most part co-exist quite happily with the Christians.
I live in an area that is predominantly old cane fields and is populate mostly by Indians.
I do freelance photography and I cover many Indian Cultural events.
Check out these web links:
1. Chutney Soca Semi Finals 2006……….Look at last 5 or 6 rows for some really nice women
http://festivalsandfunctions.jgioannettiphotography.com/Chutney%20Soca%20Semi%20Finals%202006.htm
2. Bollywood Indian Music Awards
http://festivalsandfunctions.jgioannettiphotography.com/Bollywood%20Awards%202005.htm
3. Divali 2005
http://festivalsandfunctions.jgioannettiphotography.com/Bollywood%20Awards%202005.htm
4. Chutney Soca Semi Finals 2006 http://festivalsandfunctions.jgioannettiphotography.com/Chutney%20Soca%20Finals%202006.htm
The Indian women in Trinidad are absolutely gorgeous. With more intermarriage, they are pursued by the Blacks, Whites, Chinese and Syrian / Lebanese who make up the rest of the population.
Ps, my wife is Indian, beautiful luscious black hair, beautiful eyes. Until I met her I was an ass man, however I have now been converted to a tits man.
July 16th, 2006 at 1:55 am
I love it when American ask do you have so and so in wherever.
I have been asked if we have microwaves and toasters in the West Indies. I just reply that we sit on the bread to warm it up.
To answer your viewers the 2 big days in Australia are:
1. Australia Day
2. Anzac Day
In a sense Australia day is related to 4th July.
The Dutch were the first Europeans to realise that there was a large land mass there and Australia was originally called New Holland.
The pommies and the frogs (English & French), really did not give a shit about it as they were busy squabbling over USA and Canada and the West Indies.
When America got independence from England, the pommies suddenly realised that they had lost some major territory and that that was this BIG ISLAND in the pacific up for grabs. The realised that the French would be going after it as well. So they did the pommie thing. They arrested all the poor people in England and Ireland, trumped up all sorts of dubious crimes against these defenceless souls, sentenced them to “The Term of their natural life� and shipped them down under.
So had the Americans not become Independent, the British would have had no interest in Australia. So Australia Day came about because of the 4th July.
Fireworks:
The best fireworks display I have ever seen was in Brisbane in mid 1990’s. It was the night before some big footie finals (Explain to the yanks and the pommies that it’s a real mans game without any padding like in the American Football, and unlike Soccer, physical contact is the norm). It was on the river that runs through the middle of the city and it lasted for about 3 hours. Stupendous
I believe that the reason that it is so hard to get fireworks in Australia is because of the bush fires, not because some little ankle biter blew his fingers off.
It is illegal in parts of Australia to light an open fire in your own property to burn refuse or for a BBQ. Thus Australian BBQs both private and the multitude of ones supplied for the public use in Parks and Camp Grounds, are usually gas or electric with automatic cut off switches.
Federal Laws / ACT
The nice thing about the Federal Lands in Australia is that the States Laws don’t apply as Jana said:
1. I believe it is ok to have up to 5 marijuana joints in Canberra, as this is deemed for personal possession and not for trade
2. Many of the Nudist Beaches in Australia are on Military land and thus fall under Federal Laws. In the middle of Sydney there are at least 2 that I know of, one of which is right next to the world famous Doyles fish and chips shop, the other is at the opposite side of the bay somewhere by Balmain or Balmoral
July 17th, 2006 at 4:11 am
Hey..Ive liked some of Tom Hanks movies…the man has had stinkers..but has also displayed some range to his acting….but thats just my opinion….
I saw Da Vinci Code with out having read the book and found it engaging..at very least it made you think a bit ; which is better than the usual mass produced glop that passes as film these days…
wow ..content getting serious these days.
Maybe switch gears and have a silly string or water balloon fight “on air “…prank call someone ; or play ” guess that tune ” by slapping the beat of the song on each others legs….( no drum solos )
Yeah..I never bothered growing up…Lifes more fun that way.
Cheers..keep up the great shows
Dr John