Posts by Russell Brown
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Hard News: Monday Music! Outrageously right, in reply to waihekeislander,
Is there a link for buying those te reo record covers?
You might have to call Arcadia Bookshop and ask..
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This just in: Music 101 captured Lawrence Arabia playing 'A Lake' beside ... a lake!
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Hard News: Monday Music! Outrageously right, in reply to Sam Bradford,
The best thing for musicians would be a UBI. Which would also be great for parents, the disabled, the mentally ill, etc. So let's simplify things and just do that.
That would certainly help.
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Hard News: Back in Christchurch, in reply to Stephen Judd,
Also, what's the deal with Little Pom's? Are they set up as a breakfast venue for other hotels or tours? It was very busy, especially on Sunday morning.
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Hard News: Back in Christchurch, in reply to Stephen Judd,
Is it a coincidence that all these images are devoid of people? I still find Christchurch places horribly depopulated.
Sort of a coincidence and sort of not. The northeast CBD is weird.
Ironically, Fiona and I actually enjoyed the space – it made us think about how bloody crowded our part Auckland can seem, especially at the weekend. When I drove to the supermarket yesterday after we got back it seemed really intense.
It did come as a relief that the years of traffic jams in Christchurch seem to have passed.
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Hard News: Back in Christchurch, in reply to Emma Hart,
Going back up into the hills is something else we’ve been doing this year. When the weather is nice, the tracks are busy without being crowded
Next time, we'll make more time for walking. I might even have a crack at getting up that hill on a bike – lots of other people seem to manage it.
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Speaker: A Disorderly Brexit, in reply to Tom Semmens,
I am a remain supporter, but I have just about had enough of the entitled whining from the remain camp. There have been serious discussions in the quality press in the UK at the need to do away with the universal franchise, like a bunch of urban middle class yellow shirts in Bangkok bemoaning the stupid people to dumb to be allowed to vote.
I think you'll enjoy Jonathan Pie's latest, then!
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And a little bit of Leithfield Beach ...
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I should also note that Whisky Galore's return to Colombo Street is a delight. The shop is spacious and the new tasting room, The Howff, is as big again.
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Hard News: Media Take: Three decades on…, in reply to mnpound,
My brother John was so pleased that the bill passed before he died of AIDS 9 days later. It didn’t make up for the faeces and hate letters in the letterbox or the unknown, unannounced Drs coming to the door wanting to see him – one from Australia.
Fucking hell – AIDS was intense enough in the days before treatments without hateful creeps, baseless fears and doctors on the make. How bloody awful.
I've been thinking a bit lately about how brutal AIDS deaths were then. It's hard to grasp.
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