Posts by Russell Brown

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  • Michael Jackson: A Life?,

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 22850 posts Report

  • Hard News: Another entry in the Public…,

    The transition from having a 'telescopic device' inserted into your penis to what OS software you had on your iPhone surely now stands as the most quintessentially Russell-Brown-esque prose of all time.

    Heh.

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 22850 posts Report

  • Michael Jackson: A Life?,

    Current Twitter trend chart.

    Goldblum still there in urban myth stylee. Just above MTV: I understand it was MTV Australia that unleashed this latest round of "movie star dies after falling off Kauri Cliffs".

    Poor old Farrah's down the chart.

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 22850 posts Report

  • Michael Jackson: A Life?,

    Adding to Tom's list, for those who remember the NME in its glory years: Steven Wells. Sadly, I doubt a Jackson/Wells encounter ever took place.

    Shit, really? I actually met the guy up at NME once. Genuine no-airs-and-graces friendly bloke -- which you couldn't say for everyone who wrote for the music rags.

    Damn shame. He was younger than me.

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 22850 posts Report

  • Hard News: Another entry in the Public…,

    Every time some wanker describes it as "third world" I want to shake them and take them to a real thrid world hospital.

    Quite. The care I got was generally outstanding, and, as I indicated, it involved involved human qualities as well as technical skill on the part of those giving it.

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 22850 posts Report

  • Hard News: Another entry in the Public…,

    pain induced puking painful

    At one point I was asked if I'd been nauseous, and I said no, I just threw up from the pain ...

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 22850 posts Report

  • Michael Jackson: A Life?,

    The man has sold 750 million albums. Anybody want to bet how many he's going to sell in the next twelve months? I have a feeling the estate will pull through somehow

    Also a good point. But who knows how leveraged he was? I'm thinking, very.

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  • Michael Jackson: A Life?,

    Hasn't Jackson been deeply in the fiscal merde for a long time? If so, I have a funny feeling the kids aren't going to be inheriting much at all.

    Yeah, good point. He's been raising debt against those assets for years. It'll all have to be liquidated now. And it's going to be a hell of a mess.

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 22850 posts Report

  • Hard News: Another entry in the Public…,

    I am surprised to hear that you go to an osteopath. One of your links - onegoodmove.org - seems to tear that stuff apart all the time.

    I'm perplexed.

    Don't be. I'm aware of the theoretical elements of osteopathy that don't make sense, but as practical therapy, it's helped me immensely over the years. As in really fixing up the kind of chronic back problems that people who work in chairs can get.

    The guy that really nailed it for me was a former builder and British squaddie. There was nothing remotely new-age about him, but he was great with angles.

    I was gutted when he went off to climb Mt Everest.

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 22850 posts Report

  • Hard News: Another entry in the Public…,

    I know that all-the-muscles-are-clenched back pain agony - I had undiagnosed gall stones for a year - used to kick in at 2am without warning every week or so - people who've had both tell me it's the same as "back labour".

    Mine was more like 4am. Anybody who repeatedly has back pain manifest in the middle of the night should investigate the possibility of dem stones.

    It seems so obvious now.

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