The Battler

This week the wh*te d*gs don’t have much to talk about in the news, so they talk about the Fremantle Dockers bris-based goal celebrations, Sopranos dolewave, Paul Kelly’s italian heritage erasure, Sergeant Johnson’s Purple Heart award, slurs for white people, The Safran Defence, KRudd’s Eunuch aesthetics, Martin Sharp and the ghost train fire, the Mining Boom as foundation of auspol, the Ocker Gump in history, Classic Israeli Bits, Australian Racism’s Immunity to Woke, Irish Rebel Wilson Ballads.Thanks as always to “Dictator” Dan Dare for production.Song is No Strain by Southend Rainbows. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thebattler.substack.com

This week the g**ners chat with poet and flaneuse Zarah Butcher-McGunnigle, about the release of her two new-old books, Autobiography of a Marguerite and Leaves Fall Off to Create Drama. They talk about the legacy of L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E poetry; the changes in verse in the last couple of decades; Autofiction and fragmentary writing; cracking open old works and the vicissitudes of life on the scene.Before that, Putrid Pat and Tumescent Tim discuss JJJ and Raw Comedy aesthetics; revivalism in noughties music; the death of music press; Australian political memoirs; CTE-lit; magic realism v fabulism; the nature of the middlebrow; playfulness in comedy; Masculinity: a gay conspiracy; the BRS Read-a-thon. Production by “Dictator” Dan Dare.Song: No Strain by The Southend Rainbows. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thebattler.substack.com

This week, the adl*ys chat with Michael Winkler, author of 2021’s Grimmish and the recently-published Griefdogg. Between Pat’s heavy breathing and voluminous outpourings of admiration, they chat about the stakes of aussie lit, the nature of literary style, the lack of it in much of our local literature, and the terror of criticism in a small country.Before that, the lads talk about their good friend and hero of regular Australia Ben Robert Smith, the inertia of Australian politics and the aesthetics of Trump 2.0.Glory as always to supreme leader Dan Dare. Song is “No Strain” by the Southend Rainbows. Go follow Straying for the Morsel and Patrick Marlborough . This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thebattler.substack.com

This week the fr*telli talk about the strike wave lapping the shores of the island continent, from teachers to uni staff to ABC employees. They also talk about the SA election and Iran, and get caught in a spiral complaining yet again about the state of literature. They take particular umbrage with a particular Melbournian outlet and some of its particular critics. Thanks as always to “dictator” Dan Dare for production.Follow Straying for the Morsel and The Yeah Nah Review.Song is No Strain by Southend Rainbows This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thebattler.substack.com

This week the fellxs talk the ozymandian collapse of Kyle and Jackie O, David Littleproud and Pornhub. They also chat (a lot) about adult content, the changing face of misogyny and the state of play in the war on Iran. True to form, they call the rise of Matt Canavan-San before it happened.Next “At Large” event in Sydney is on the 25th of March at Sean and Dolly’s, 730pm.Thanks as always to “Dictator” Dan Dare for his tireless production work on the pod. Song is “no strain” by southend rainbows. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thebattler.substack.com

This week, the l*ds talk about the stupid, dumb and idiotic reporting on the CFMEU by king rat Nick McKenzie and Geoffrey “Wages Are a Gift” Watson. They also talk about Sega World Green Bans; the Eternal Howard and his enduring influence, the cultural hooliganism of older Australians, disagree about Patrick “Name and Nature” White, and why you should join the Socialists :) If you’re interested in the “Bread and Roses” NSW caucus, slide into DMs or emails.Thanks as always to “Dictator” Dan Dare for wonderful production. Song is No Strain by the Southend Rainbows. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thebattler.substack.com

This week the fell*s talk about the violent Pali Rally that put police officers in an impossible situation, and the heroic efforts of the cops to restore order. They talk about the poise and gallantry of Isaac Herzog, President of the Jews, as he fronts his people. They also talk about the impressive intellectual facility of our ruling class, the KISSocracy; Starmer’s upstanding group of friends and the glorious victory of the Liberal Democratic Party in Japan. And meatlovers sushi. Production as always by “Dictator” Dan Dare. Song is “No Strain” by the Southend Rainbows. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thebattler.substack.com

This week, Pat and Tim talk about the disgusting act of violence attempted by a nazi fuckstick on invasion day in Perth. In more responsible moments, they also talk about Hamas crocodiles, autistic magneto. the long tail of the Howardocene. indigenous culture and snowflake conservatives; and the political talent Nullarbor.Thanks as always to producer “Dictator” Dan Dare for his tireless efforts at making us sound less criminally insane.Song is No Strain by the Southend Rainbows. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thebattler.substack.com

This week the fellxs talk to Lexi Freiman, author of Inappropriation and The Book of Ayn. They talk NEW YORK vs Sydney vs Hungary, the nature of satire, and the problems besetting Australian literary culture. Lexi tells us about At Large, the reading series she is putting on in Sydney with an unnamed legend of the field, the first session of which is taken place on the 22nd of January at Sean and Dolly’s on the Cross, with Jen Craig, Steve Toltz, Lauren Curtis, Dan Hogan and Mannix Thomson.Before that, the lxds talk Iran and the Royal Comish, and destroy the Adelaide festival in real time, live. They also talk about the need for a “Star Wogs” production with Nick Giannopoulos. Thanks as always to Dictator Dan Dare for his loving production. Song is “No Strain” by the Southend Rainbows. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thebattler.substack.com

This week The Battlers process the events of the last week, starting with the antisemitic attack in bondi on Sunday. Tim talks about the atmosphere at bondi over the week, they discuss the cynical response by the universe of grifters on the Right. We also chat about it the geopolitical context and the mistakes that our noble fourth estate have made in reporting on the issue. It’s the last episode of the year, and The Battler sends out its secular festive greetings and solidarities to one and all.May it be a season of comradeship and care. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thebattler.substack.com

Tim is back from Nippon, where he destroyed Tokyo in a fight to save Mothra from George “Hands” Christensen. The B*ttlers talk about the Great Land of Wa; kids TV and capitalism in the 1990s; Tony Abbott’s new collab with James Murphy and the glorious reversion of Pauline Hanson to the One True Faith. They also talk about Albo’s great Craft Beer Wedding and the AUKUS aesthetics of its Ben Folds playlist; and the prospects for the Australian–Lebanese Hezbollahbies at the next Rugby World Cup.Sorry for the late drop on this one; various parts moving autonomously of one another.Music as always is Southend Rainbows- No Strain.Thanks as always to “Dictator” Dan Dare for production. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thebattler.substack.com

This week, the fell*s discuss the death of Graham “Richo” Richardson and John “Sponsor” Laws, and what this means for the era of “bloke” politics and aesthetics that they represented. We also chat about the coup of 1975, probably garbling some of the nuanced history that makes it such an interesting event. We chat a little about the Greens and the NSW Socialists Conference, which Tim went to over the weekend. Song is No Strain by The Southend Rainbows. Thanks as always to “Dictator” Dan Dare for production. Subscribe to Straying for the Morsel and Patrick MarlboroughWell may we say Subscribe to the Battler. Because nobody will subscribe to The Par…. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thebattler.substack.com