Posts by Russell Brown
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That is breathtaking.
It also casts an interesting light on Jane Clifton's "it's all because Annette King is such a cow" explanation of events.
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Director Taika Waititi and Samuel Flynn Scott of the Phoenix Foundation discuss working together on the former's first feature film, Eagle vs Shark, hanging out in New York with their Wellington mates, and whether Taika is the most laid-back man in cinema.
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Just looked at the number of page views generated by this thread. 27116 and counting. Crikey.
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And meanwhile, Simon Grigg has procured -- with some difficulty -- a copy of We Are the L.E.D.s on his trip back to NZ last week, and says
I’m in love. I love this album more than I can possibly say, or at least, put into words. This is legacy stuff. I understand this. Any album which references so well early NZ electronica (Car Crash Set and Body Electric), jangly almost early Flying Nun-ish, (although slightly more McGuinn-ish than that) guitar sheen, and yet sounds so absolutely, but simply, contemporary, works well for me. Soft, resigned, melodic and yet, at times, it’s gets resolutely noisy as well. It’s the first perfectly formed pop album I’ve heard from New Zealand this decade. Another album, I understand, is due soon and I’m craving it already.
The L.E.D.S are a garage band, they do it all themselves and almost nobody notices them in the establishment. And then I note that most of those awful records on that Kiwi Hit Disc are getting full signed releases by someone and I understand exactly why, at its most obvious level, NZ’s recording industry is in such dire trouble, and yet if you dig deeper, it most assuredly is not.
We're bringin' the L.E.D.s to the people. Great Blend events, Thursday August 30 in Wellington and Saturday Sept 1 Auckland. Details soon. Stay tuned.
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Read into that what you will.
Thanks Felix. Very useful. I'll update the post in the morning.
Meanwhile, Jordan makes the expected post and his regular hostile commentators get completely bizarre. Certainly entertaining.
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I think everyone (and that includes Cullen and King) needs to take a deep breath and just chill out.
I agree.
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I saw it not so much as unrealistic but evidence of a real break in Van's mental state.
Or as the comic storyline of his marijuana withdrawal turning dark.
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Hi folks. Given previous discussions here, I thought this deserved prompt consideration by y'all.
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Iceland had 3 under 5yr deaths per 1000
Finland, Norway, Sweden had 4 & Denmark 5.All pretty close and the best in the world.
All of which have banned smacking. You still there ron?
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Does anyone know what Hamish McKay's background in broadcasting or journalism is?
Troublingly, he trained for four years to teach your children.
You can't knock his enthusiasm though:
Throughout his student years McKay had applied to numerous media organisations . He had even taken himself off midway for a six-month polytech journalism course. For practical broadcasting experience, he commentated “into an empty jug at the Fitz for years”.
One day his friends had had enough. They egged him into going down to the local radio station to see about a job. Later, McKay discovered he was known at 2XS as the “Can I see the manager boy” for his boldness. But they gave him local club rugby to cover that weekend, and, after a few weeks, the commentating of provincial games. He stayed three years at 2XS and learnt general, council, court reporting: in other words, the lot, ending up news editor in the two-person newsroom. “Get a job in the provinces” is his advice to up and coming journos, “because you get to do everything”.
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