Originally published at: The Wiggles "deeply disappointed" by the weaponization of their music | Boing Boing
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We loved the Wiggles when our kids were young. The songs are fun and instructive and there’s none of that overly sugary bullcrap you get with Barney and them.
- Now I want a hot potato.
- In the new series, red shirts are command structure, blue is science (including medical), and yellow indicates engineering and security. What division does purple indicate?
Sleep disorder research.
Have the Siren Kings in NZ picked it up yet?
OK this is a little off topic, but I never saw that sketch before now however I’ve known one of those four guys since grade school and didn’t expect to see his face in this context.
One of those guys is from the Key of Awesome!
I’m not sure I’d be overly bothered by the Wiggles. I heard it constantly when the kids were little. There’s a lovely documentary on them right now on Prime, I think.
According to Bunbury Mayor Jaysen Miguel, music is a widely established method of “discouraging people to congregate permanently in an area and to deter antisocial behaviour.”
Sure, Jan.
I’m just here to share this because it’s a flimsy enough excuse for me to do so. I didn’t even grow up with The Wiggles and even I know how joyful there are because of this:
Pass it on, pass it on.
Very much the same spirit, here:
http://www.neighborhoodarchive.com/misc/mr_rodney/index.html
Humanities (or the multi-species equivalent)?