Posts by Robyn Gallagher
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But there's also a time to dance, and there's Inner City's 'Good Life'. I hear those opening chords and I lift my head. It's a tune whose opening offer is to transport you somewhere else, to "a place I know you want to go," and then your bum starts wiggling. Well, mine does, anyway.
This is how it works for me too. I first heard the song in 1989, when I was a 14-year-old living in rural Hamilton, desperate for something more metropolitan. Even when there were cows outside my window, this song took me to that place. Music is magic.
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A couple of weeks ago Helen Clark guest-edited the BBC Newshour programme. As part of it she talks about the benefits of gender quotas in politics (this bit starts at about 5:00, but if you have time, you should listen to the whole thing).
BTW's the UN's global goal is 30% representation, something New Zealand only achieved in the mid-1990s. Politics is still a man's world.
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I wonder if the young men in question are shitting themselves now.
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Hard News: Narcissists and bullies, in reply to Tom Semmens,
Well, it is what I would do, and I could guarantee I could get 100 people to say i was with them the whole time.
This isn't "Murder on the Orient Express" where - spoiler alert! - everyone is in on it. This is the real world where not everyone will lie or perjure themselves to protect you from a criminal prosecution.
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Duncan Greive has expanded and updated his Metro profile of Lorde for Australian music website Faster Louder. So if you never got around to reading the Metro version, now's your chance.
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Neil Finn has released a new song, "Dive Bomber". It's not your typical Neil Finn/Crowded House tune, and even fans are having "WTF" reactions. It's a bit prog.
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The odd thing is that all of the above still know how to bring it when they take the stage. They're better, wiser musicians. But we're not there to hear their new songs.
Part of this might have to do with the human brain. As we get older, we lose the ability to enjoy new things as much as we did when we were younger. So when you're 25, a new Rolling Stones song will be exciting, but when you're 50 it's a lot easier to stick with the stuff you already know. There's a partial New Yorker article about it here.
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This is fab - choice people writing/talking about interesting topics. It feels really good that Radio NZ are doing this!
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Hard News: The Future of Television, in reply to Simon Bennett,
If they had a mind to, I'm sure Sky could use their free-to-air channel Prime to access NZOA funding in order to commission original content.
They already do, and a lot of good telly comes out of it. Back Benches, the Exponents doco, the Shearing Gang (which is the sort of awesome series One used to make), and many more. Have a search through the NZ On Air funding decisions.
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Hard News: The Future of Television, in reply to Russell Brown,
Which works well enough in larger markets. And for Sky, which has a hit with high-quality American drama on SOHO.
The closest thing to a local example? Jane Campion's Top of the Lake screened here on pay channel BBC UKTV as the channel helped fund the production.