Posts by stephen walker
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patronising 'r' us
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@giovanni:
you just don't understand, giovanni. anyone who seeks and receives effective treatment from someone that mr. mason does not approve of is an idiot, a dupe, someone who deserves to lose their money, blah, blah, because they are unable to detect bullshit when they see it. anything not approved by mr. mason is a placebo, see? because he said so. because he is the Master Bullshit Detector-General (tm). no need to argue. he knows. knowlegde bro, natch.
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@Ian
News Stand
Yes! You seem to have a less cloudy recollection of the 70s...no mean feat...
PS: Meanwhile, as the Michael Jackson cortege winds its way around the world's collective consciousness, the Israeli Army amasses troops and military hardware along the Lebanese border... and Obama continues, and strengthens, the outrages of Empire... nothing to see here folks...
move along, move along...thanks Ian for the reminder. nothing to see at all.
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Fourth Estate? i watched it religiously. before that he had a shorter programme of a similar format, the first media criticism programme NZBC had on TV, i think. can't remember the name, though.
oh, and i'm so old they didn't even have "media studies" when i was at school.
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I still predict this government will be remembered not for what it did, but for what it failed to do.
and for what it un-did.
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a stack of Function-Ones in each corner of each of the sheds, one shed for chillout and one for mad stomp, well that could be a goer with some interesting selectors and musicians, but DON'T CALL IT PARTY CENTRAL, FFS.
eighty million buckeroos? that'll subsidise a fair few years' worth of low-priced gigs. donate the bar profits to a deserving charity.
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actually, the tunnel is the trademarked property of the proprietor
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it's a wharf. what is a wharf for?
to cater to the comings and goings of reasonably large maritime vessels. freight. passengers. ships supplies.
straightforward.
it's a fairly decent amount of space facing the harbour on the edge of central Auckland. not being fully used as a traditional wharf?
ok. put a public square, some grassy areas, trees, sculptures, kids' playground, some mobile food stalls, picnic tables, a canopy on part of it for shade and to keep off the rain. some NICE public loos. even a basic sound shell for concerts, etc., and a place to put a bloody great video screen, should the need arise. and don't ban people form drinking nicely and sensibly. have a kōban, why not, just in case.
if there is money to be spent, put a kids' miniature train ride around the perimeter. have the council put on small-scale free events featuring local performers.
oh, and if there is some serious dosh to be doled out, there is the small matter of a unique world-class attraction to be contsructed in the form of a see-through submarine tunnel with a travelator each way and a two-lane cycle track connecting to Stanley Point.but, eighty-something million dollars to do up two sheds? wooo, party on dudes.
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Emma, just lie back and think of Engl...on second thoughts, maybe you could just look at the pictures in Wisdens while sitting upright?