Myf and Zan bang on in front of a sold out crowd of Bang Fam, in Sydney. Former Facebook President Sean Parker has called out the social media giant for their exploitation of human vulnerability, while Zan wonders if Taylor’s new media strategy is doing the same. We actively choose to watch Bad Moms Christmas and have many thoughts on that, and it’s interesting how salty we can get when we have a crowd cheering us on. We definitely need to do this again.

SHOW NOTES:

Sean Parker on Facebook: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/nov/09/facebook-sean-parker-vulnerability-brain-psychology

Taylor Swift on Tumblr: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/08/arts/music/taylor-swift-reputation-swifties-tumblr.html

Bad Moms Christmas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJdNdMOblaM

Joel Creasey’s Thirsty: http://www.simonandschuster.com.au/books/Thirsty/Joel-Creasey/9781925310771

Slow TV: https://www.netflix.com/au/title/80119525

Myf and Zan rejoice at Sia taking control of her leaked naked photo, celebrate Britney Spears’ unleashing of her inner Monet with her foray into visual art and applaud Noel Gallagher’s crafty use of scissors as a musical instrument.

Show notes:

Sia nude fightback - https://www.theguardian.com/media/shortcuts/2017/nov/07/how-to-style-out-a-naked-photo-leak-sias-approach-is-just-one-of-a-few-options

Britney is an artist now - https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2017/11/britney-spears-art-sold-for-ten-thousand-dollars

RIP Paddles - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/08/paddles-first-cat-of-new-zealand-dies-hit-by-car-jacinda-ardern

Noel Gallagher’s scissors solo - http://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/noel-had-someone-playing-scissors-last-night-and-people-are-confused-2155344

Diddy is Love - https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/diddy-i-was-only-joking-about-that-name-change/

Working Class Man - http://www.harpercollins.com.au/9781460752142/working-class-man/#sm.0000m0fizbyprfgwyhh273jb26tc1

Barnsey memes - http://doublej.net.au/news/features/barnesy-on-becoming-a-meme-i-just-screamed-on-it-like-a-banshee-for-about-five-minutes

Joan Didion - https://www.netflix.com/au/title/80117454

Zan is stoked about the cast announcement for The Lion King but Myf seems more keen to talk about the impending butter shortage worldwide. The sexual harassment house of cards continues to fall in Hollywood, while airlines are filling aisles with live music. And Bjork’s highly vaginal artwork has us googling inappropriate things at work. Again.

Lion King cast announced: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-11-02/the-lion-king-beyonce-to-star-as-nala/9111180

Hollywood’s house of cards: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-11-02/hollywood-sex-accusations-now-levelled-at-ratner-hoffman/9110048

Butter crisis: http://www.smh.com.au/world/the-french-fear-for-their-pastries-amid-spreading-butter-crisis-20171025-gz8cq5.html

Bjork album art: https://www.spin.com/2017/10/bjork-utopia-release-date-cover-art/

George Maple album art: http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/featured-music/feature-albums/george-maple---lover/9070788

Mindhunter: https://www.netflix.com/au/title/80114855

Thor Ragnarok: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ue80QwXMRHg

Bang On Live Show: https://giantdwarf.com.au/events/bang-on-yack/

Myf and Zan can’t / don’t want to predict The Bachelorette finale, meanwhile hungry “hot content” creators are dismissing artists willy-nilly. There’s a farshun update from Tokyo Farshun week, and we’ve been devouring other podcasts about people who do bad things.

Malcolm Turnbull's Dog Blog: https://www.malcolmturnbull.com.au/dog-blog

Bang On Live: https://giantdwarf.com.au/events/bang-on-yack/

The Bachelorette Penultimate Power Ranking: http://junkee.com/bachelorette-power-ranking-straitjacket/132468

Kate Nash hits back: http://www.nme.com/news/music/kate-nash-buzzfeed-article-no-longer-exists-2152998

The Jong: http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/fashion/fashion-trends/thong-jeans-bizarre-designer-denim-trend-puts-your-entire-bum-on-display/news-story/f3a64517bf5305f902133abf08063813

How Do You Sleep At Night? http://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/how-do-you-sleep-at-night/

Dirty John: http://www.latimes.com/projects/la-me-dirty-john/

Myf and Zan catch up where wages don’t, on parity. An article about keeping or turfing their CD collections has them pondering the past again, and they bond over high school Italian for no reason whatsoever.

Show notes:

Lisa Wilkinson and the gender pay gap: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-10-19/lisa-wilkinson-gender-pay-gap-your-stories/9063812

Is It Time To Get Rid of Your CD Collection: http://doublej.net.au/news/features/that-cd-collection-youve-got-time-to-sell

Their Grotesque Indifference: https://meanjin.com.au/blog/their-grotesque-indifference/

Pretty For An Aboriginal: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/pretty-for-an-aboriginal/id1282132573?mt=2

Myf and Zan weigh in on the Harvey Weinstein sexual harassment case, and the discussions around complicity, power and abuse. Myf has seen Bladerunner 2049 and has thoughts, and Zan is charmed by elderly Italian women seeing the ocean for the first time.

New Yorker’s Jia Tolentino on Harvey Weinstein: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/jia-tolentino/how-men-like-harvey-weinstein-implicate-their-victims-in-their-acts

New York Times coverage on Harvey Weinstein: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/11/movies/harvey-weinstein-hollywood.html

Sharks in a pool: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-10-11/cronulla-real-estate-agent-port-jackson-shark-sydney-ocean-pools/9037372

Blade Runner 2049: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCcx85zbxz4

Sea Dreaming Girls: https://www.italianfilmfestival.com.au/films/sea-dreaming-girls

Myf and Zan talk about how the world remembers Hef, in the wake of his death. Kim Cattrall has killed off any hope of another Sex and the City movie, in a beautifully boss way, and Myf is inhaling a new French series while Zan has mixed feelings about Top of the Lake.

Hugh Hefner: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/sep/28/hugh-hefner-pimp-sue-playboy-mansion

Kim Cattrall on SATC: https://www.pedestrian.tv/entertainment/kim-cattrall-just-spilled-tea-on-satc-3-sarah-jessica-parker-everything/

Call My Agent: https://www.netflix.com/au/title/80133335

Top of the Lake: http://www.bbcaustralia.com/shows/top-of-the-lake-china-girl/

Bang On Live: https://giantdwarf.com.au/events/bang-on-yack/

Zan is popping her Bachie cherry and Sophie Monk is the gateway drug. In America and Australia, the place of politics in sport is being hotly debated, but why? And the passing of a musical legend, and the story of a legendary band, is what is filling our screens.

The Bachelorette Power Rankings: http://junkee.com/bachelorette-recap-power-ranking-dad/125534

The Awakening of Colin Kaepernick: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/07/sports/colin-kaepernick-nfl-protests.html

Tony Abbott and Macklemore: http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/tony-abbott-backs-call-to-ban-samesex-anthem-from-nrl-grand-final-20170927-gyq1ja.html

Charles Bradley – Soul of America: http://iview.abc.net.au/programs/charles-bradley-soul-of-america/ZW1077A001S00

The Go-Betweens – Right Here: https://www.facebook.com/TheGoBetweensRightHereFeatureFilm/

Myf and Zan debrief on the innocuous acoustic covers heard poolside in Bali, and talk politics at the Emmy’s. Rebel Wilson’s defamation payout has us considering class warfare in Australia, and Liam Gallagher is causing a storm in a teacup.

9-5 at The Emmy’s: https://www.vox.com/2017/9/18/16324564/emmys-2017-9-to-5-dolly-parton-tomlin-fonda-trump

Rebel Wilson’s defamation case: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/global-opinions/wp/2017/09/19/australias-hilariously-odd-defamation-case-against-rebel-wilson/

Liam Gallagher talks tea: http://www.vulture.com/2017/09/liam-gallagher-talking-about-tea-is-perfect.html

Crimson Tide: https://www.timeout.com/melbourne/dance/crimson-tide

Rosie Waterland: https://rosiewaterland.com/

Bang On Live: https://giantdwarf.com.au/events/bang-on-yack/

Zan’s away for a week so Myf is joined by special guest, ABC RN Drive presenter Patricia Karvelas! They talk George Michael’s new song and the merits of the posthumous release (hint, PK is obsessed), first concerts and girls finally being allowed to wear the pants...at primary school.

George Michael -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdOSUIXlI0I

Girls wear pants - http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-09-13/victorian-schools-to-let-girls-wear-shorts-or-pants/8939934

Bojack Horseman - https://www.netflix.com/au/title/70300800

The Good Fight - https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/program/the-good-fight

Bang On LIVE: http://doublej.net.au/news/features/myf-and-zan-announce-first-ever-bang-on-live-show-for-this-november