Posts by "chris"
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Cracker: Johnny Foreigner & the Auckland…, in reply to Chris Waugh,
[ducking for cover]
Yeah that's a can 'o worms. It sounds like it would be well worth a visit.
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I totally go a bit overboard on occasion, sorry Russell.
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From the link I posted on the previous page; there are exemptions to the Beijing law for foreigners purchasing property:
"Residents from China's Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions, Taiwan and overseas Chinese should also be in possession of proper certificates when buying a house. "
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This law does not apply to Overseas Chinese, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau residents, who are automatically eligible. The laws dictate that foreigners should only use and dwell in the house themselves and not buy a house for other purposes.
http://www.easyexpat.com/en/guides/china/beijing/accommodation/buy-house-flat.htm
What's to stop New Zealand from joining that game, leading with 'Australia is a renegade province of New Zealand', has always been part of New Zealand. Because it's like, totally true, you know; this being the world we live in now.
anorak/chapeau
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Cracker: Johnny Foreigner & the Auckland…, in reply to Chris Waugh,
I'm not sure if it still applies, but I found this a little unreasonable, at least compared to what New Zealand has to offer in return:
Foreigners who intend to buy a house in Beijing need a certificate issued by the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau to prove that they have stayed in China for at least one year for reasons of work or study, according to a statement jointly issued by six ministries led by the Construction Ministry.
The rule required that foreigners only use and dwell in the house themselves and not buy a house for other purposes.
Foreigners were also required to use their real names when buying a house in China.
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Hard News: Friday Music: Outwards and Upwards, in reply to Sacha,
Sacha I really don’t have the time. You called me out the day I had my rant and I stopped as suggested. You kept referencing the chicken, it’s not that big a deal. We’ve covered her not being able to afford a cab or Subway,1 digit in the bank account. obviously not my ideal reading material, and not to be entirely dismissive, I’ll leave you one more:
Peace brother. I love you.
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Hard News: Friday Music: Outwards and Upwards, in reply to Simon Grigg,
Plus, she’s likely on per diems and a weekly sub from Universal at the moment.
Thanks Simon, that sounds immeasurably better.
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Hard News: Friday Music: Outwards and Upwards, in reply to Simon Grigg,
Thank you for clarifying all those processes Simon, I appreciate your time as an industry insider, I was under the impression that these practices are generally pretty standard in the pop music business. As I mentioned UMG have not uploaded the video themselves but passed it to Houmu for promotion, Houmu being better positioned for this role, as evidenced by the 71,031 views for the Tennis Court, and various rumblings about take-downs of identical videos from other users. All unsubstantiated from this corner, I might add.
As for my knowledge of the ins and outs of the business arrangement, most certainly I’m not qualified to comment. What hooked me into this discussion on this website wasn’t so much the music or business side of it as much as Ella repeatedly pleading poverty in interviews and the periphery to that.
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Hard News: Friday Music: Outwards and Upwards, in reply to Russell Brown,
Sorry I was busy with work Russell, but since you asked, I can answer the first question. Youku appears to have a contract with Yummy! so that's the Fried Chicken reference. The video has a number of hosts, with views from the teens up to the very low thousands, except for the posting by Houmu where it has 70,000 views. Houmu is the front for a music journalist in Shandong, has requests to conduct business in the comments, and has uploaded 16,000 (almost entirely foreign?) music videos since 2008, and a viewership of about 6,000,000. My understanding of it is that Houmu is used as a middle man to break foreign music in China. Universal Music Group also has a Youku channel, have not hosted Lordes video, and clearly haven't issued a take down notice to Houmu. It's a reciprocal business relationship. but that's where the chicken is being sold and also the music hopefully, the exploitation is simply that she's still not getting paid.
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You need to get over this.
I thought we put that discussion to bed on Friday.
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Hard News: Friday Music: Outwards and Upwards, in reply to Caleb D'Anvers,
Thanks for the True Widow link Caleb, tasty stuff. wrt to the above I'd possibly have just gone with The Wiggles. Not being privy to the kind of numbers Sacha will bring to this Sacha/"chris" power couple, it's hard to know but I'm guessing at this juncture we'd be hard pressed to top the influence of Ken Ring, personally I could provide....realistically, no one. It's on your shoulders Sacha.
I stumbled on this headline in the interim: Lorde: 'I have a single digit in my bank account'. Ideal if you want a career in being asked if you're getting paid yet.