Posts by Ian Dalziel
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On the record...
as reported in Pitchfork the virtual John Peel repository is now on line it's quite neat, you can even see what the first 100 of each alphabetical shelf of Vinyl holds... though they have quite few to do yet - a work in progress -
another insult to intelligence...
The Press have tossed another editorial to the congenital idiot they must keep locked up nearby for generating tripe on demand - this time on TVN7's demise...TVNZ7 was always something of an anomalous relic in broadcasting. It was established by TVNZ to run "public service" programmes, which generally means worthy programming which only a few people want to watch. In this context it turned out to mean a mildly liberal agenda of plenty of stuff about novelists, sculptors, painters and the like, some routine Leftish navel-gazing about the media and formless chit-chat on politics, and nothing to speak of on, for instance, finance, business or singing the virtues of, or even explaining, the economic system that dominates so much political discourse nowadays.
I don't think they were regular viewers...
Their conclusion:If public-service programmes are worth making, NZ on Air is there to see they get made. Once that is done, programme makers will find no shortage of outlets on which they can be shown.
Oh, well thats all right then....
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Hard News: #JohnDotBanks and all, in reply to Gudrun Gisela,
while he aims to increase our rates by more than 7%
and now the push is on to sell Council assets - ensuring a future of diminished return on past investment - great forward thinking!
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Speaker: Damien Hirst: the dollars and sense?, in reply to Lilith __,
art reach...
Man, it’d be nice to have an art gallery to go to….
Don't forget about Chambers 241 in Moorhouse Ave - by the flyover between Durham and Colombo streets, and City Art in Disraeli Street, Sydenham end...
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is this how the MegaUpload saga will end?
Feds Seized Hip-Hop Site for a Year, Waiting for Proof of InfringementFederal authorities who seized a popular hip-hop music site based on assertions from the Recording Industry Association of America that it was linking to four “pre-release” music tracks gave it back more than a year later without filing civil or criminal charges because of apparent recording industry delays in confirming infringement, according to court records obtained by Wired.
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Hard News: #JohnDotBanks and all, in reply to 3410,
Pokie mon....
Mike Hosking weighs in
Oddly he doesn't mention the Sky City donation aspect - just doing his masters' bidding perhaps?
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and it is announced that TV7 will be replaced by a channel for people who can't operate their recording devices or tell the time...
Wow, I feel so well served by TVNZ...
I wonder if they get to charge their advertisers twice? -
What with talk of Canterbury Tales and bordellos
I'm thinking the time is ripe for some literary crossovers
perhaps Shakespeare and Bro Town = Brothello!What about someone rapping Blake's Proverbs of Hell
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Capture: Cats Love Cameras, in reply to Nora Leggs,
Carrie on regardless...
nice symmetry.
Speaking of Stephen King - I see an expletive filled article in today's Press (reprinted from The SMH) about King saying he should be taxed at a higher rate, I believe it is the first time I have read the phrase "dick-dousers" in The Press!
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Hard News: #JohnDotBanks and all, in reply to 3410,
Suite dreams…
…he negotiated the discount himself.
“Hi my good friend Kim Dotcom sent me to you and he said you’d look after me….”
<afterthought> wouldn't this be 'using a Dotcomument to obtain a pecuniary advantage'?