Posted on January 23, 2009
by Shahar Golan ·
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Maggi, Pierce And E.J. aka MPE Band – Linda’s Red Button – lyrics
Sittin’ here in Linda’s bed
Tryin to listen to the things inside my head
I was gonna write a song
But I turned the TV on instead
Woke up with some ideas
Went down to make some tea
I had no strength I just had to see
Any creativity
That was once inside of me
Is now sucked away by MTV,
VH1, HBO, CNN, Cinemax
My brain melts like wax
I know it would have been a hit
If I’d have gotten down to it
But no, instead I know
That my role model’s queer
The trial’s nowhere near
Moe Lester’s skin is clear
The world will end this year
If all that matters is untrue
Hey what does this red button do?
I don’t have a clue
I was gonna write a song
But I turned the TV on instead
Sittin’ here in Linda’s bed
Tryin to listen to the things inside my head
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Posted on January 14, 2009
by Shahar Golan ·
Tags: Channel Two, channel2, Eretz Nehederet, Gaza, Gaza strip, Israel Channel 2, Israel Channel Two, Israel-Gaza conflict, satire, satirical show, tele, television, TV, Wonderful Country
Posted on December 29, 2008
by Shahar Golan ·
Wars don’t happen in winter anymore
Even for us it is a bit too cold to hate
Wars don’t happen in winter anymore
Even for us it’s a bit too cold to conquer
– - “Big Hero” by Si Himan (translated from Hebrew)

I have already written on Israeli journalists playing dress-up, but that was during peacetime. Now that a new war might be imminent, it seems our journalists collectively decided to wear uniform in the form of leather jackets. I have been glued to the TV screen during the past few days, zapping between Channel One, Channel Two and Channel Ten – and it looks like one hideous leatherwear catalog from the 1990’s that magically came to life:
We already knew soldiers have their standard operating procedures – but now we know TV newsmen have them too.
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Posted on December 7, 2008
by Shahar Golan ·
While I realize the entire world is slowly going into a recession, and I do acknowledge that publicly funded broadcast television has always been on the brink of bankruptcy – still, it seems Israel’s IBA News has really gone too far this time:
This past Thursday I was watching Channel 1’s evening news, when the anchorman turned to culture correspondent Dana Herman and I noticed there was something under the back of her shirt, an object that looked eerily similar to a price tag:
Is this a major faux pas on Herman’s part, or does Channel 1 force their reporters to perform the ol’ wear-once-then-return-for-a-refund trick? …and if that is the case, can someone tell the director not to shoot the reporters in the back from the back?
While we’re at it, could someone at Channel 10 talk to the cleaning people? Tell them that you may turn a blind eye when they occasionally do not clean the dust from the studios, but they cannot ignore a big rope lying around on the floor. This is from this past Thursday’s London & Kirschenbaum:
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