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Hard News: The truth about "Party Central"

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  • giovanni tiso,

    I don't know about Kawaka, but his buildings in Vienna were notoriously cheap to build, so I'd be inclined to think that a stadium of his would have too - gilded bits or no.

    The undulating field might have been a problem though.

    Wellington • Since Jun 2007 • 7473 posts Report Reply

  • Steve Barnes,

    The undulating field might have been a problem though

    Although I think Hudewasser would do a better job than Escher.
    ;-)

    Peria • Since Dec 2006 • 5521 posts Report Reply

  • giovanni tiso,

    Escher could design Tour de France stages that only go uphill and never come down.

    Wellington • Since Jun 2007 • 7473 posts Report Reply

  • dyan campbell,

    Hi all. Didn't blog today, owing to me buying an iPad and it being my birthday.

    Happy Birthday (yesterday) - and you have the same birthday as my brother.

    What do you think of the iPad?

    auckland • Since Dec 2006 • 595 posts Report Reply

  • Steve Barnes,

    Escher could design Tour de France stages that only go uphill and never come down.

    Or and here's a killer idea. We could replace Steven Joyce with M.C.Escher and have all of our roads go downhill. That would save a fortune in fuel costs. (thinks, Will this crop up in one of John Key's speeches soon?)

    Peria • Since Dec 2006 • 5521 posts Report Reply

  • giovanni tiso,

    They're way ahead of you: the whole of government policy is geared towards spiralling downwards.

    Wellington • Since Jun 2007 • 7473 posts Report Reply

  • Ian Dalziel,

    W C fields...

    Ah ha, but... There's KawaKawa

    sadly this first flush of creative community
    facilities was to be a flush in the pan and is
    now just a part of life's rich tap history...

    Imagine if Hundertwasser had designed a stadium. How cool would that be?

    it'd probably look like this
    if it's good enough for John Lydon
    (a classic secessionist musician if ever...)
    it'd be good enough for us...

    Speaking of towering visions...
    I've just watched the trailer for Predicament
    and they have got the "tower" in that way wrong
    - and if this is the NZ trailer why is the Ronald Hugh Morrieson connection relegated to the fine print credits..
    Jemaine Clement & Tim Finn seem to be the selling point for pete's sake!!
    how come no "from the author of Came a Hot Friday and Scarecrow", no intimation that this is from the father of small town NZ Gothic unease that Sam Neill championed - NZ funding but nothing to indicate its antipodean origins - what a missed opportunity...

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report Reply

  • Danielle,

    Did he sleep with the iPad under his pillow?

    Is it like wedding cake? If you sleep with an iPad under your pillow, do you dream of the Apple-designed robot you're going to marry one day?

    Charo World. Cuchi-cuchi!… • Since Nov 2006 • 3828 posts Report Reply

  • Sacha,

    life's rich tap history

    gold

    small town NZ Gothic unease that Sam Neill championed

    I thought he hated it?

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report Reply

  • giovanni tiso,

    do you dream of the Apple-designed robot you're going to marry one day?

    You dream what the Apple board of directors has mandated that you should dream. It's right there in the terms and conditions.

    Wellington • Since Jun 2007 • 7473 posts Report Reply

  • Ian Dalziel,

    small town NZ Gothic unease that Sam Neill championed

    I thought he hated it?

    publicised then...

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report Reply

  • Pete Sime,

    Dunedin • Since Apr 2008 • 171 posts Report Reply

  • Russell Brown,

    Did he sleep with the iPad under his pillow? That's what I want to know.

    No, I actually left it behind to go out to the Italian restaurant we're going to when you get to Auckland.

    That being the loudest restaurant in the universe, where it's always at least three people's birthday.

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 22850 posts Report Reply

  • giovanni tiso,

    My kind of Italian restaurant!

    (Although the one in Wellington where I'd take you is not like that. But the food is fabulous.)

    Wellington • Since Jun 2007 • 7473 posts Report Reply

  • Russell Brown,

    So it's 3 News that sees a story in Snedden's comments to Media7 about Party Central:

    here.

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 22850 posts Report Reply

  • Lucy Stewart,

    Or and here's a killer idea. We could replace Steven Joyce with M.C.Escher and have all of our roads go downhill. That would save a fortune in fuel costs. (thinks, Will this crop up in one of John Key's speeches soon?)

    This whole line of thinking reminds me of a colleague who demanded to know whether this Kafka guy was some sort of famously bad architect, because he seemed to have designed so many confusing buildings. (I had just described the Charles de Gaulle airport as "Kafkaesque".)

    Come to think of it, sometimes it's not a bad adjective for aspects of the current government, either.

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 2105 posts Report Reply

  • Andre Alessi,

    Has anyone asked whether there was a requirement that we have a terribly bad cover of a terribly bad song by a terribly bad band, then?

    Because if not, we should also try to quietly drop that.

    Devonport, New Zealand • Since Nov 2006 • 864 posts Report Reply

  • Andre Alessi,

    That being the loudest restaurant in the universe, where it's always at least three people's birthday.

    Gina's?

    Last time I was there there was one birthday and two hen's nights on top of our Christmas work dinner..

    Devonport, New Zealand • Since Nov 2006 • 864 posts Report Reply

  • Whoops,

    Re: chucks/chocks away....

    Given that the topic includes a barefoot skateboarder, it is most definately chucks away.

    (google chuck taylors if you disagree)

    here • Since Apr 2007 • 105 posts Report Reply

  • Ben Austin,

    I'm mildly embarrassed to admit that I hadn't heard of Hundertwasser until I was wandering around Vienna. I shall make up for this shame by making a pilgrimage to the toilets

    London • Since Nov 2006 • 1027 posts Report Reply

  • Sacha,

    expect a queue

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report Reply

  • Ben Austin,

    We pilgrims find that queues enhance the experience

    London • Since Nov 2006 • 1027 posts Report Reply

  • Sacha,

    most prefer drugs

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report Reply

  • Ben Austin,

    It certainly was a hard lesson for me to learn that not everyone enjoys ceramic tiles

    London • Since Nov 2006 • 1027 posts Report Reply

  • Hilary Stace,

    Unfortunately, although beautiful, the toilet block pre-dates the requirement to be wheelchair accessible.

    Wgtn • Since Jun 2008 • 3229 posts Report Reply

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