The real cause of the economic crisis: AC/DC

By evolvingthoughts on October 27, 2008.

The Grauniad has a front page item pinpointing the real cause of the economic crises of the part 30 years: the Australian/British group, AC/DC, or Acker-dacker as we call them here. Because when pants hems move up, the FTSE moves down, you know...

I always knew Australia was the root cause of the decline of the west.

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I am horrified. The J Train tries to ruin Christmas Eve with this…abomination. Don't watch it if you value your eyes, ears, sense of equilibrium, and sanity. It's Celine Dion doing AC/DC. And here I've been using Cthulhu as a signifier for incomprehensibly monstrous alien horrors. There's a new…

"Hell's Bells, they're draggin' you down..." Gotta love the gong and that primal screaming. Only Whole Lotta Love does it better.

Decline of the west, indeed. AC/DC did release their latest CD only through Wal-Mart here, and Wal-Mart is evil.

My husband, who likes the band, said that it is a good thing he is not inspired to buy this latest album; we never (really never, ever) shop at Walmart. Have never spent $.01 there.

I'm with Susan's husband. I really would like the record, but won't spread my wealth around through Wal-Mart.

Isn't WM at the heart of the mall voting thing?

All those votes going... They are being couynted. Aren't they?

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