Posts by Craig Ranapia
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Of course, as Gavin Ellis noted on the show, that doesn't make up for all the bad things Murdoch did.
No, and I know we've been on this go round before but I'm pretty fucking sick of listening to people act like the Anglo-American media's shit didn't stink before those awful Australians showed up. Murdoch's no saint, and I'm not pretending he is, but I find it hard to see much evidence that media barons spend much time getting fitted for wing and halo sets.
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More seriously, I’m kind of embarrassed that the same bookstore (which, as far as I could tell was part of a chain a couple of notches up-market of Whitcoulls) carried a hell of a lot of non-German literature in translation. And not just the quote-unquote “classics” and transnational pop trash. (If I was so inclined, I could be staggering home with complete sets of the Hunger Games trilogy & A Song of Fire and Ice in German, French, Danish, Swedish, Dutch, Italian & Spanish.)
I wouldn’t have a clue how Alan Bennett goes over in Deutsche, but there’s copies of Die souveräne Leserin all over the place, and the English language section of the huge Dussmann KulturKaufhaus on Berlin’s Friedrichstrasse (think Borders that was on steroids) is better stocked than most stores in New Zealand.
Humbling, in a good way.
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Weiner Schnitzel for "lunch" at four in the afternoon is not wise, no matter what combination of churches, museums or art galleries you've done that day.
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All the best, Daivd - I get vicariously exhausted at the more conventional. less literal, kind of house moving so may the odds be ever in your favour!
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Muse: What The Frig, Police?, in reply to Pete,
Please don’t say that, Craig.
On reflection, I really shouldn't have. I've had off the record communications from folks who've said they had perfectly amiable relations with both the Police and Councils (and constructive engagement when problems do arise) -- so my snark isn't really just to folks who don't actually think a live music scene and street life is a "social problem".
But quite seriously, if I was a promoter thinking about bringing a hip-hop act to New Zealand I'd be running a serious cost-benefit analysis on any future dealings with Inspector Davison. Which, I guess, suits him fine. I'm not so sure.
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Muse: What The Frig, Police?, in reply to Matthew Littlewood,
Sounds like a bit of a communications stuff up all round.
Well, it should be rather easy to prove one way or t' other, though a dated application and the workings of Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act. The Council's own website isn't entirely clear on the subject of application deadlines though.
The processing time for an application for a special licence is 25 working days. This includes a period of 20 working days required by the Sale of Liquor Act 1989. Controversial applications or profit oriented commercial applications may need to be advertised through a public notice. Consequently, additional time is required to process these. In these cases 40 working days notice is required. [Emphasis and italics not in original - CR]
Call me a cynic if you must, but it sounds like Inspector Davison took the most convenient interpretation of the guidelines and ran with it. As Russell said, it might be interesting to see how many other applications have been opposed on identical grounds and whether any *cough* patterns emerge.
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I’m so busy with my shallow hedonism.
I prefer my hedonism deep, and with candy scented bubbles. Still, it’s really nice that Gordon does like women – as long as they behave themselves. I’m just hoping he’s going to pop up in a couple of months and reveal it’s all a meta-mantroll performance art piece.
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alcohol is a crime driver there are many licensed outlets in the CBD to which patrons could avail themselves before and after this event
Who’s planning to tell Inspector Davison that the CBD is full of licensed premises and he’s come up with a rationale for denying a special license to any event in metropolitan Auckland? I’m really trying to give the man the benefit of the doubt over not-very-subtle code for "scary brown people", but he’s just not working with me.
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Muse: What The Frig, Police?, in reply to peter mclennan,
KRS One performs in council-owned venue in Auckland (The Cloud), liquor licence issues and objections from the Police.
Le sigh... In future, I'm going to be increasingly inclined to be unsympathetic when people bitch about acts giving Auckland a swerve. I'd also respectfully suggest that if Auckland Council is going to effectively control a very large chunk of the city's cultural infrastructure they really really need to pick their game up. FFS, my hip-hop IQ is borderline brain-dead but even I could suspect that KRS-One is hardly the biggest wannabe gangsta magnet on the scene.
And just to auto-play devil's advocate, perhaps Inspector Davison wasn't dog-whistling when he said, "Rap draws on a certain group within society which cause problems for the community as a whole." Perhaps there is a clearly documented history of disproportionate levels of alcohol-related violence and criminal misconduct at rap/hip-hop gigs that don't apply to other musical genres. I can't say I've noticed it, but others may have grounds to disagree.
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