Posts by JacksonP
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We made it to page two in a matters of hours. Is it wrong that this makes me wildly happy?
Anyhoo, thanks Jackie, and everyone else for your kind contributions.
The last time I developed my own film was at a little room off Cuba Mall, that you could ‘rent’ for a nominal fee. That was in 1989. Before that I had used the Akl Uni darkroom in the Student Union. It is a process I loved, but not one I had a lot of time to pursue.
Would I do it again? Probably not. Should budding photographers learn about it and the use of film cameras? How long have you got?
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Capture: Capture One, in reply to Lilith __,
Ok here's something from Chch. Ballantynes at lunchtime.
Excellent! Our fist photo reply. As a reward, I'll tell you about this attachment for the G9 which allows you to attach a polariser, although only under zoom, or else you get the corners cut off. I have one, but don't use it as much as I should.
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Capture: Capture One, in reply to Alastair Thompson,
Auckland Uni health and safety nightmare
I have more in that series I might share later. There were people on every corner of the Quad hanging off the roof. It would be shut down in seconds now, for our own protection.
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Capture: Capture One, in reply to Russell Brown,
Thanks to you and Matt from us too Russell. Very happy with the result from our side.
Lots of posts planned before Christmas, including one this Friday on the musical front. You can never have too much Flying Nun love, right?
Capture away!!!
ETA: Having a first time poster as an initial comment is exciting too! Welcome Phil. Hoping we can bring a few new eyes to the page.
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Hard News: Grokking things by being places, in reply to linger,
Stop Plurality Abuse.
The only effective way to treat plural effusion involves a pentecostal drain. Baptism by fire.
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Hard News: Flying Nun: Thirtysomething, in reply to Russell Brown,
FN Obscurities compilation?
Maybe it doesn't rate as obscure after the Matador re-release, but there was a time that listening to Nelsh by Bailter Space required a tape cassette player, or knowing someone with the Vinyl. I've always loved Separate Circles. Not online anywhere I could find. Yet.
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Hard News: A week being a long time in politics, in reply to Sacha,
Hooten on the other hand..
It's a Hooton Nanny party.
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Muse: Friday Fluff: Shelf Life, in reply to Emma Hart,
Murakami’s The Wind Up Bird Chronicles.
No spoilers, but damn I love his work at the moment. Just got the three in one 1Q84. I'm stockpiling some sanity before reading it.
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Speaking of Hamish Kilgour, being only three years since their last gig in Manhattan, any hope of seeing these guys again in my lifetime? That would be something.
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I’m surprised this hasn’t taken off. Too many political dicks on the dance-floor. Whoops. My bad.
1) What are you reading at the moment
The Tiger’s Wife right now. Just finished Thomas Keneally’s The People’s Train.2) As a child, what did you read under the covers?
To kill a mocking bird.3) Has a book ever made you cry, and if so which one?
Yes. The Hour I first Believed by Wally Lamb, among others.4) You are about to be put into solitary confinement for a year and allowed to take three books. What would you choose?
Iain Banks Surface Detail for total escapism. Sartre Nausea for penance (I presume I did something wrong). The Secret History Donna Tart.5) Which literary character would you most like to sleep with?
How dare you ask such a question! (Cough) Tess. This may have something to do with Nastassja Kinski, but I couldn’t possibly comment.6) If you could write a self-help book, what would you call it?
Help!7) Which book, which play, and which poem would you make compulsory reading in high school English classes?
Book, Guardian of the Dead by Karen Healey.
Play, Waiting for Godot (boring I know).
Poem. e e cummings Since feeling is first.8) Which party from literature would you most like to have attended?
I had to do some research.
“In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars.” So The Great Gatsby it is.9) What would you title your memoirs?
Almost Cool.10) If you were an actor, which literary character do you dream of playing?
Fairweather in Season of the Jew.11) What book would you give to a lover?
Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro.12) Spying Mein Kampf or Dan Brown on someone’s bookshelf can spell havoc for a friendship. What’s your literary deal breaker?
None. If you haven’t read Ayn Rand, how can you have a constructive argument about her?