I hate Noosa Heads and Surfing*
Today, this image came up on my facebook news feed, and it made me smile. Of course, images on facebook news feeds rarely come with any real contextual information, so I trawled around the net a bit and found some more information... This is an album cover for the ' Warumpi Band ', from the settlement of Papunya in Australia's Northern Territory**. It seems that this image was the cover for an EP of their song 'Jailanguru Pakarnu (Out of Jail)', which was the first ever rock song recorded in an indigenous language. It's a pretty jumping song. It's worth noting that on the Warumpi Band's wikipedia entry , the list of their musical genres includes 'anachro-rock'. *On a personal level, this is absolutely not true. I love Noosa Heads. And surfing! **Update: I had read that the man wearing the t-shirt is singer of the Warumpi Bane, George Burarrawanga. As Dave commented below however, it isn't George. Thanks for your comment, Dave!
I love it when baristas do this. I finally got around to reading Kook2 over a coffee the other week and thought your piece was the best thing in it. Totally summed surfing up perfectly, if you have that piece online somewhere let me know as I'd love to link to it.
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Rich
Hey Rich. Wow! Thanks so much for your kind words. I have a soft spot for that little piece too. Here's a link...
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Thanks, Rich.