In Episode 5 of The Intersection, we make it into the 21st Century. Millennium Blues looks at that fraught period in Australia – Howard, Hanson, Tampa, 9/11, War on Terror, a rise in xenophobia and a backlash against First Nations’ people’s claims to justice. In particular we look at a 2003 song from Sydney hiphop band The Herd which addressed these issues in the most emphatic of ways.
Playlist
The Herd: 77%
Unkle Ho: Spaghetti Eastern
Pasobionic: Empty Beat
Pasobionic: Echoes of Blue
Combat Wombat: Asylum
Naretha Willaims: Chaos Country
The Herd: I Was Only 19
Jane Tyrrell: Echoes In The Aviery
Sampa The Great: Final Form
AB Original: January 26
Ziggy Ramo: April 25
Barkaa: Our Lives Matter
Jalal Mahamede and Keyna Wilkins: Set Me Free