Posts by Paul Litterick
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Whence comes this strange notion that works of art can be made by a special effects company? And do the people involved not realise that we are going to be mocked for this? It is five metres high and it is horrible. This is the sort of thing that should be a lot smaller and available for purchase in an easy plan of 24 monthly payments.
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Not so much a slogan, more a way of life: when you arrive at the terminal, all you see is Wild at Heart logos, with Wellington International Airport mentioned only in the small print. It looks like a rebranding to me. The intention is
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Although unlike Herr Fuhrer I don't mind the new terminal personally
He failed to get into architecture school, you know.
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Point of Information, Mr Cracker: I believe Wellington International Airport is now known as Wild at Heart, in celebration of 50 Wild Years.
I cringe by proxy for the locals.
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Way off topic, I know, but somebody had to say it.
Say it loud, brother. I was somewhat disconcerted to learn about this from the Independent in Ingerland. It is more than a little embarrassing on a global stage.
On the other hand, fools have been parted from their money, which has gone to the suffering animals. So it turned out nice again.
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It's the compilation album with the Ramones and Undertones on innit? Or was it a soundtrack?
It is the soundtrack to a film about two girls from t'North who work a summer in Torquay as chambermaids. The cast includes Ray Winstone.
I found a tracklisting on t'Internet:
A1 Ian Dury And The Blockheads Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
A2 Mink DeVille Spanish Stroll
A3 Elvis Costello (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea
A4 Boomtown Rats, The She's So Modern
A5 Zones (2) New Life
A6 Only Ones, The Another Girl, Another Planet
A7 Wreckless Eric Whole Wide World
A8 Patti Smith Group Because The Night
B1 Boomtown Rats, The Kicks
B2 Ramones Rockaway Beach
B3 Undertones, The Teenage Kicks
B4 Eddie And The Hot Rods Do Anything You Wanna Do
B5 Ian Dury And The Blockheads What A Waste
B6 Nick Lowe I Love The Sound Of Breaking Glass
B7 Elvis Costello Watching The Detectives
B8 Richard Hell & The Voidoids Blank Generation -
There's little to suggest that the journalists' visit was made in good faith. They were looking for spectacle.
I think they should be given the benefit of the doubt and treated as any other alleged victim of a sex crime should be treated. I find this talk of 'outing' them to be disturbing.
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What's interesting about someone being a lesbian?
Where I come from, that deserves nothing but a yawn and a reach for the remote.
You come from Lesbia?
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Cheer up everyone! At least dog control will be the responsibility of democratically elected bodies.
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We don't have Texaco in New Zealand; it has been Caltex since the early 1940s. It is not really advertising if you cannot buy the product. Even BBC Radio 3 re-broadcasts Live from the Met.