Posts by Ian Dalziel
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aaah! so that's where the edit button is now!
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St Bob knows your innermost desires...
By forswearing the Press you'll also miss this:
Even though us ratepayers didn't know it, we have been pining, nay, gagging for a combined centre for our hallowed provincial musical institutions.
Enter St Bob who has in one fell swoop put an end to our insistent nagging with this coup de grace:The Christchurch City Council will pay $2 million to help buy the Salvation Army Citadel for a trust that will run the facility for the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, Southern Opera and the Christchurch Choir.
Mayor Bob Parker said yesterday it was "simply too good for the council to turn down". ...
...It would have an administrative centre, and a 350-seat auditorium meant it was ideal for a range of performances.
"The three musical groups can move into this community facility together, creating synergies and saving overhead costs," Parker said.
"This is definitely in the best interests of the city, both for cultural and economic reasons."
The council would borrow its share, he said.
It did not publicly consult on the deal because there was not enough time, Parker said.
sigh... it is deja vu all over again, again!
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Liqueur is worse than le melody...
A new study by a Christchurch research unit has proven conclusively that the rising number of liquor outlets is having a beneficial effect on neighbourhoods and communities, and have more cost benefits for the taxpayer.
Coupled with a constant barrage of Classical music, the Chch inner city mall areas have become a far safer place to be, say the Chch Press - in a laughable front page article that sets a new high in the fine art of selective statistics, they compare the month of October in 2008, 2009 and 2010.
The number of anti-social incidents attended by city centre security guards, known as ambassadors, fell from 77 a week in October 2008 to two for the same week this year.
(and there were 16 reported in 2009 I believe), nowhere in the article do they give any comparative foot traffic, or usage numbers for the same periods, nor mention that in 2009 the area was a no go area due to "beautification and tram track laying" nor do they mention that this year the inner city is a virtual ghost town since the Earthquake, or that bus fares have now risen to $3.20. Nope, it's all down to Mozart!
aaah, April Fools in Spring, how quaint...
Oh and they don't mention the extra liquor outlets in the 'burbs as helping at all, ingrates!
Hopefully the mooted new service combining home milk delivery and discounted liquor will mop up any further problems...
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a Mayor male trying to cope...Supermayor Brown has promised to be “hands-on” when it comes to the small matters “and that way the big matters will look after themselves”.
Oh that we had someone of this calibre as mayor of Chch...
...after coasting back into office, by saying nothing about his intentions, Bob "sleeves rolled up" Parker (or his keeper Tony Marryatt) has now decided that he can't handle his day-to-day affairs and he needs an executive managerThe job description says the manager will help Parker "in all aspects of his official life that relate to council business". That included giving initial advice on papers, letters and questions directed to Parker, attending meetings with him and accompanying him to official functions.
The manager will also manage Parker's diary, aim to reduce his "administrative workload" and ensure he and the mayoress are prepared for meetings and functions.
The successful applicant will be responsible for managing a $200,000 budget, but the council would not reveal what salary the job offered.
Gee, so now we pay twice for getting the same job done - I am not a happy camper!
Bob, if you can't do the job, get out of the kitchen! - we don't need another cook!
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dying on the vine... they stoop to canker
What about that other union that has lots of journalist members, oh that's right the PSA....
...and the Gov't is working to eradicate PSA* in Tepuke, even as I type!
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Languishing in language...
....and let's not forget all those Russian Doll words - like shoot - with multiple meanings and Yin Yan words - like cleave - which means both split and join! -
OTOH, we New Zealanders could learn a lot about keeping homes warm from the northern hemisphere.
Indeed! and if we want to help wipe all that egg off Bill English's face (re the billion dollar budget shortfall) could we all go out now and buy a heap of expensive appliances, please...
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Tony Renouf
I'm assuming this is the same Tony Renouf who is a stalwart of the NZ comic scene, and illustrator of Sam the Tram
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the desert errata for a new age...
but really it's all Greek to me...aporia = imponderable indigestion
mythos = an epic operating system
dianoia = being paranoid about Scientology (Dianetics)
perepeteia = father fizzles
opsis = it's not too far from there to oopsies (spectacular fail)
melos = going for a song
anagnorisis = the inability to spell Ragnarok
pathos = Peanuts Envy? good grief Charlie Brown
catharsis = pure purgery
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But yes, pop music for the boomers - indeed an interesting article, the Beatles/Love Me Do exploding on the scene at the same time as the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962.
Reminds me of a compilation CD I picked up at the recent Chch Library book sale - Songs of Peacemakers, Protesters and Potheads, with tracks by The Byrds, the Yardbirds, Scott McKenzie, Electric Flag, Sly & the Family Stone, The Peanut Butter Conspiracy, Steppenwolf, Country Joe and others...
I also got Shrew'd, a compilation of NZ women's music which is a wee gem. -
the end of the vinyl front ear...
Dunedin's Records Records is open for its last day tomorrow.
That is the end of era indeed, I hadn't realised that Roi had sold it, and I'd wondered where Patrick Faigan had disappeared to...
I also wonder what will happen to that original Colin Wilson Records Records sign?