The Wowsers' Parade

Precious D

Thanks to my dear sister, I was at the Tenacious D show on Sunday night where they celebrated Kyle Gass' birthday. When presented with a cake and asked to make a wish, Kyle Gass quipped "Don't miss Trump next time". 

And now it's a furore as Jack Black threw Kyle under the bus and cancelled the tour.  

In a new development, Gass has also been dropped by his talent agency, Greene Talent, with rep Michael Greene telling TMZ they have parted ways due to the incident. 

In an Instagram post on Tuesday night, Black said the tour had been called off and suggested the incident had caused a major falling out with Gass. 

“I was blindsided by what was said at the show on Sunday. I would never condone hate speech or encourage political violence in any form,” Black stated. 

“After much reflection, I no longer feel it is appropriate to continue the Tenacious D tour, and all future creative plans are on hold. I am grateful to the fans for their support and understanding.”

Yikes. While I was there, I did not see that development coming. At the show, the moment came and went and some people guffawed and they just moved on to the next song. 

By the way, it was a really cool show, so I do feel for the good people of Newcastle who won't get to see it. 

Tendentious K

In all the fucked up commentary, the weirdest might be Kevin Rudd weighing in.

“It makes me feel sick someone would joke about violence. Physically ill,” he told news.com.au. 

“People might think it’s a bit of ‘funny haha’ at a concert to run off at the mouth off about this stuff.  

“It’s not,” he said.

That's really insane. Did we ask for his input? I guess that's what you get from news.com.au. He's in Minnesota, as Australia's ambassador to the USA. The gig was a bunch of Americans playing a show in Sydney. One of them makes a bad joke and it turns into this kind of commentary?:

“It’s about threats to physical life; it’s about the near assassination of a former and prospective President of the United States, depending on the votes of the American people.  

“It’s about the murder of innocent civilians and two people being seriously wounded. 

“These people need to grow up and find a decent job”.

Good heavens, right back at you Kev. Please - you go find a decent job, Kevin - for fuck's sake. 

God only knows why he was asked to comment. It seems to lack programmatic specificity if you ask me. If we all felt sick to the pits of our stomach every time somebody told a black-humoured joke, Gastroenterologists the world over would be rich as Steve Ballmer.

Then There Are Idiots Like These

   

Who the hell is Ralph Babet?  Turns out he's from the United Australia Party. God our democracy sucks sometimes. 

Senator Ralph Babet has demanded the federal government deport American rock band Tenacious D, after one of its members appeared to joke at a Sydney concert about Donald Trump’s attempted assassination.

"I call on the prime minister Anthony Albanese to join me in denouncing Tenacious D, Jack Black and band member Kyle Gass, and I call on the immigration minister Andrew Giles to revoke their visas and deport them immediately."

Stupid as 6 squirrels in a condom. Imagine going to the High Court arguing in front of the justices that somebody should get deported for telling an off-colour joke. 

I guess all the nut job rightists are currying favour with the incoming Donald Trump Administration they're imagining.