Published 28 April 200928 April 2009 · Main Posts the contemptous-rock-stars-versus-idiotic-journalists Youtube war is on Jeff Sparrow At its new ‘Spike’ blog, Meanjin has launched a fresh provocation (ostensibly by way of promoting the Meanjin–Overland discounted sub deal, of which you may have heard some mention here). They’ve posted a clip of a fantastically debauched-looking Lou Reed treating some moronic Australian reporters with utter contempt. Well, we yield to no-one when it comes to uncovering contemptuous rock stars. Thus we present Iggy Pop dealing (‘Hi ya, dog face!) with Molly Meldrum — with bonus footage of a deranged Iggy capering around the Countdown stage. Top that, Meanjin! [Update]: So they’ve pulled out the Norman Gunston. That is pretty awesome — but, wait, here comes Paula Abdul. [More]: No-one can withstand Sly Stone. That costume! That bizarre walk! That spaced out manner! Bear in mind, too, that despite being, shall we say, a little otherworldly, he still managed to sound like this. Jeff Sparrow Jeff Sparrow is a Walkley Award-winning writer, broadcaster and former editor of Overland. More by Jeff Sparrow › Overland is a not-for-profit magazine with a proud history of supporting writers, and publishing ideas and voices often excluded from other places. If you like this piece, or support Overland’s work in general, please subscribe or donate. Related articles & Essays First published in Overland Issue 228 28 March 202428 March 2024 · Main Posts Why we should value not only lived experience, but also lived expertise Sukhmani Khorana In the wake of this year’s International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, I want to extend the central idea of El Gibbs’s 2022 essay on 'lived expertise' and argue that in media accounts of racism, analytical expertise and lived experience ought to be valued together and even in the same body. First published in Overland Issue 228 5 March 2024 · Main Posts Andrew Charlton’s school assignment Alex McKinnon Australia's Pivot to India exists for three reasons: so that when Andrew Charlton is interviewed on the radio or introduced on Q+A, his bio includes the phrase "he has written a book about Indian-Australian relations"; to fend off accusations that he is another Kristina Keneally engaging in electoral colonialism in western Sydney; and to help the Albanese government strengthen economic and military ties with Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party.