Posts by Russell Brown
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Speaker: Happy Race Relations Day, in reply to mark taslov,
I liked this Vaughn, it’s well put and sincere, but I find it difficult to feel entirely comfortable with the experiences of ethnic minorities being presented through the portal of white. Obviously that’s not your fault – discussion point rather than criticism.
Given that the alternative is Vaughn remaining silent on racism, I'm not sure I agree.
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Speaker: Happy Race Relations Day, in reply to Tze Ming Mok,
(Her name is Wong Liu Sheng)
Thanks, fixed.
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And from David Kilgour on Facebook:
nice write up Russel, thankyou, one but- i think we all knew exactly what we were doing recording wise (as well as giving it to the man and recording and releasing ourselves via self help & friends)........just check odditties 2 track recordings, esp the good ones, ha!....., and the first tall dwarfs ep...all done well before boodle....if thats what you were getting at?
I take it all back :-)
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Hard News: E-cigarettes and the path of…, in reply to Walter Nicholls,
That doesn’t mean cafés and the like can’t keep or even enlarge ‘vaping permitted’ areas … but not on the bus, please.
Certainly not on the bus! But forbidding people to vape in their own dwellings isn't all that helpful.
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Hard News: E-cigarettes and the path of…, in reply to Alfie,
but the enjoyment of playing with and manipulating the smoke. Think smoke rings and the like. My vape gives me that same reward without any of the downsides.
That's why the kids vape zero!
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Hard News: Friday Music: Five Songs in a…, in reply to Doug Hood,
correct, there was always going to be some, somewhere.
Nice one. Thanks for the confirmation Doug.
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Hard News: Friday Music: Five Songs in a…, in reply to Ken Double,
Doctor says “No boy, you gotta learn
First I shoot up and then it’s your turn”That quack was never on the level.
Heh. The actual lyric is "First don't shoot up"
But your recollection does put an interesting spin on it ...
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Hard News: Friday Music: Five Songs in a…, in reply to Hebe,
I love the video even more now the city’s disappeared and, unlike most Christchurch nostalgia, there’s a happy snort of recognition of my life.
Let's watch it again!
Fun fact: it was directed by future TVNZ bigwig (and former kids TV host) Andrew Shaw.
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From Peter Darlington's text:
I got more interested in the genre as I got older though and, while the selection in New Zealand was limited, over time, reissue labels have made extensive amounts of classic roots reggae and dub music available to local buyers.
This reminds me that one of the few sources for non-major-label reggae releases in New Zealand for a while was Hoghton Hughes' Music World label, which alongside Golden Saxophones, also released the Wailers' African Herbsman and Trojan's excellent 20 Reggae Blockbusters compilation, among others.
Yes, I've just realised that Music World is in fact on Discogs. Necessarily incomplete, but interesting nonetheless.
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Hard News: E-cigarettes and the path of…, in reply to BenWilson,
What was his rationale there? Meth is already vaporized, just using a different method. I don’t know about opiates,
To be fair, I think he was referring mostly to opiates, where the benefits are clearer.
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