I'm going to be busy at the SPADA conference for most of the day, leading up to a special Media7 show on the future of screen, and life during the credit crunch, that closes proceedings. But I'm such a dude that I've compiled a bunch of cool stuff so you won't miss me.
Recently added to NZ On Screen: an excerpt from the Denis Glover doco Between the Lines, in which the poet explains his decision as a student that "I would not work for printing machines -- printing machines would work for me".
Also: all four episodes of Moa's Ark, the four-part 1990 series on New Zealand natural history, fronted by David Bellamy and produced by the old Natural History Unit.
Damian and I interviewed Colin Mitchell, one of the creators of AucklandFuckingCity.com, for tomorrow's Public Address Radio (5pm, Radio Live). The website is tasteless and irresponsible. I rather like it.
The website for Luke Buda's Special Surprise album is the kind of over-the-top Flash creation we're all supposed to hate. But it's really very well done -- funny and lovely.
Ana Samways has yet another blog of diversions and distractions drawn from the internet. This one's Not Really News.
Leo found this for me at I Can Has Cheezburger:
That's one cool kitty.
Also, a very droll video in which the surviving Monty Python members explain their response to being widely pirated on YouTube -- putting up their own damn YouTube channel, with better-quality clips:
And last but not least, Andrew Spraggon, aka Sola Rosa, has completed a new album, Get It Together (after three and a half years' work!). It's not due for release until February, but the first single, 'Del Ray' (which is kinda Ennio Morricone-on-a-Caribbean-holiday cool) went out to DJs and radio stations this week.
It also goes out to you.
Just pop over to the new Sola Rosa website and click on the "Check it here" link in the blog. That takes you to the Sola Rosa bandcamp page, where you can download 'Del Ray' in a variety of formats: MP3, AAC, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC and Apple Lossless. That's pretty nice. If you grab the track, maybe you could leave Andrew a word of thanks at his blog.