Posts by Russell Brown
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Hard News: Friday Music: Reduction…, in reply to
For those interested in late 70s New York, this is great if you haven’t seen it already
It's great, isn't it?
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Just to note that I've updated the post with live links to buy both the Reduction Agents vinyl and the tribute album (which is great!) – I'm not sure whether they were always set for release today or Gareth Shute saw the post and thought, hey, why not :-)
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Hard News: Friday Music: Reduction…, in reply to
On the history tip, Dan Charnas’ book might of interest.
I read part of it and really liked it, but the West Coast stuff lost me – I'm not really so invested in that music.
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Hard News: Friday Music: Reduction…, in reply to
” is it even a thing to be in your own tribute band?” Heh, ask Bruce Foxton & Rick Buckler
BURN.
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Hard News: Orcon IRL 5: Media and Journalism, in reply to
Old man question...
... what's a RAM DANCEHALL?It's a reggae colloquialism for a crowded and popular venue :-)
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Oh, if you're wondering where that pic comes from, it's John Oliver's 20-minute epic epic from last week about the state of journalism. The two journalists in our house were just lying on the floor moaning by the end of it ...
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Hard News: "Meth contamination": the…, in reply to
Someone might like to enquire how much Housing NZ money has been wasted on unnecessary refits/cleanup operations. I suspect it is many millions. Obviously the human cost of turfing people on the street is pretty terrible, but there is also the cost of houses not built or repaired because money was wasted on the meth scare.
Yes, it's my understanding that HNZ's $22m meth-related budget for 2016 is already in ruins.
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Hard News: "Meth contamination": the…, in reply to
So there are drug testing businesses, real estate agents, and others all collecting fees from the moral panic, a panic which they help reinforce and perpetuate for profit.
I didn't have room to cover it, but there are quite a few real estate agents setting up a side-business in meth-testing. It's a shocking industry.
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Hard News: All right, then – take me to Rio, in reply to
Horse Parking. Great description. Still cackling over it.
I confess to stealing it from Eddie Izzard.
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