Posts by Russell Brown
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Hard News: About the King's Arms (updated), in reply to
When did the dedicated venue at Galatos first open?
The property was built in the early 1900s and was originally the lodge for the United Ancient Order of Druids. It was subsequently used as a dance venue and boutique function centre. In the dancing era, its native timber parquet floor was reputed to be “the fastest” among patrons of Auckland ballroom dancing clubs. It was also owned and used by the New Zealand All Golds Cosmopolitan Club as their clubrooms.
The modern day Galatos Bar and Venue was relaunched in 1999 as a live music venue and MIC bought the property in May 2005. MIC Toi Rerehiko is a non-profit interdisciplinary media-arts organisation.
The current owners bought it in 2012.
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Hard News: Friday Music: Screen gigs, in reply to
Auckland needs to make k road it’s music street. Like a south pacific sunset strip, so begging for cool venues. K road is our most musically perfect street. And when it has a station , look out.
I definitely agree.
And the return of Newton gully to residential – after 30,000 people were expelled in the 1960s so the motorways could be built – makes some sense too.
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Hard News: Labour's medical cannabis…, in reply to
Silly question… who is the report’s author, Dr Michael McFadden of the “McFadden Consultancy”. Google doesn’t turn up anything in NZ for either the man or the company.
He's Australian :-)
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Hard News: Friday Music: Screen gigs, in reply to
And I’m sure you’ll have no shortage of things to do in NYC Russell, but if in East Village and strolling along 5th ave keep an eye out for Good Records
Thanks! I have three days in Brooklyn and a list of shops to visit there before I move to a hotel near the UN, but I'm sure I'll have time for that too. Record shops, they are nice.
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Hard News: Friday Music: Screen gigs, in reply to
That Mary Jane Girls 12” pickup is a score. Dang.
I thought so!
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9000138936 - Homeless Budget - Customer Response.p.pdf
The council document relating to Six’s adjunct.
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Chaps, if you've concluded your learned discussion here, could you pop over to today's post and assess the new New Zealand Drug Harm Index for me?
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Hard News: Approved by lunchtime, in reply to
in much the same way as
“being competent to understand and adjudicate uses and results of magic” does not imply “being able to cast spells”.I am enjoying this argument.
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