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ADAPTATION, REVISITATION = CULTURAL FALSIFICATION HEEEELLLLPPPPP!!! Welcome BLAK!!! Let me kick down the door of Y2K6 with a dash of cynicism, a pinch of tongue in cheek, a smidge of whatever MAAN, and throw down the gauntlet of change. As we look toward Blakfullas Survival day, known to the rest of the Country as - Australia Day - take a moment to think through where Australia’s artistic and cultural identity is headed. I mean while folks talk till they are red, white and bl
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