I was one of them for about five minutes, until I asked myself this question: "Is passively enabling a mentally-unstable drug addict with a history of domestic violence really on your bucket list?" the computer said no.

At least?

Last time, I was all over the Twitter, taking photos, etc. This time – not so much. Bunkered down in the burbs, working at EOC.

As a city?

But what is this talk I hear of TVNZ7 facing the end (as in John Drinnan this morning)??

As things stand, it's true. I'll try and write about it for Monday.

Craig Y ;)

ETA. And now I see RB confirmed above. :(( :((

Hmmm

Asked yesterday why TVNZ remained in public ownership with no social obligations, Broadcasting Minister Jonathan Coleman said it had a valuable role in returning profits to the Government.

Wonder how he feels about state-owned electricity operators?

But political insiders said Coleman had been unable to?

And if TVNZ7 is on the way out, what a LOSS!

Wow. Thank you. Seriously.

@ Steve. I share your disgust of this current
Govt but?

Anything, even a rancid wombat with herpes would be a vast improvement...

Turn up to branch meetings. Donate modestly. Deliver pamphlets. Recruit new members. Agitate. None of us can do much on our own, but if we lose our cynicism we can do a lot together. There?

But what will they get? by then, unless we get rid of these guys who think that New Zealand inc. is?

About 10 tv channels, plus some radio stations. NZ has a pretty strong market for FTA tv, so I can't see them all disappearing in the next couple of years.

There will never be better people in politics than we have now if we don't try to put them there (or keep them, as the case may be).

How democratic do you feel the Labour Party is?

I have in the past had the impression that being a member of?

It doesn't cost $70/month to get your TV?

Seriously, ask me in a week. I will have acquired a lot more first-hand wotsit after a conference on Saturday.

In principle, though, it's easy to capture democratic structures when participation is low. So the challenge is to encourage participation.

Oh how I?

Ah, but I pay to *not* watch any ads: MySky.

I often think these sorts of things about George and Bill Hicks. It's a bit disturbing how many of Bill's bits are still completely relevant.

Problem there, of course, is that by reducing the revenue stream and therefore profits, the TV industry may be forced into the same dilemma that the recording industry found itself in. The recording industry came down hard on those that?

Innit. But I've been reading a lot of history recently, and it's a bit disturbing how often the same shit keeps cropping up.

You mean customers who decided not to continue buying albums? Mr Grigg has provided the supporting evidence here many times.

If they did not continue to buy then they are not "customers" anymore, they are lost customers and I don't think prosecution has ever gained loyal customers..
Mr Grigg has provided the supporting evidence here many times.Hmmm, what thread was?

No, it's not a zero-sum game; they just switched back to buying mainly singles. Performance and merchandise sales stay strong and licensing for soundtracks and suchlike grows.

The 'other side' of that story is the RIAA and their fellow travellers trying to persuade copyright legislators that?

Speaking of which, anyone seen Enter the Void? I haven?t even seen it yet (why didn?t they show it in Wellington during the festival?) but I have seen the lauded opening credit sequence.

[[http://popcrush.com/kanye-west-ripping-off-enter-the-void-film-all-of-the-lights-video/|Kenye West/Hype Willaims rip off Gasper?