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What would you play, and when?
That'd take while to work out properly, but basically, work up from:
to:(In seriousness, you also need to have a multiple-zone setup as well, really).
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So they can't preen, which would cause oil ingestion.
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It's not so much the music, per se, that grates - after all, there's rubbish music everywhere - but the act of selection; always strictly limited to top-20 material - and even then never the good stuff but heavily leaning on "novelty". That or only the most extreme obviousness in nostalgia. In short, the aural equivalent of an evening meal consisting of chocolate chippies and jet planes.
The organisers of these events have a cultural responsibility. This sort of thing is one the very most social events in modern life. The choice of music there is, on a cultural level, not at all like that in a bar, where, if you don't dig the scene, you split for somewhere you do. Basically, it's an expression of cultural power, and the message here is not local, of-the-people, innovative, or anything good, instead celebrating corporate colonialism and demagoguery.
As well, it's an insult to the local cultural sector. The are quite a few genius selectors in this town, who'd make a good test transcendent.
Thanks, RB, for taking a swipe at those who would have a society so experientially stait-jacketed that it needs to be reassured that a sour-dough bun isn't actually sour.
For the record, Pop trax at the cricket is a definitive sign of insanity in the guy who implemented it. If you don't actually enjoy cricket, then GTFO of cricket event management.
but the golden oldies just immediately put me back into my childhood when I thought rugby crowds were racist violent arseholes
I feel that way about Bon Jovi.
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I know of Werner Klemperer's diaries.
I know NOTHING!
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Shame we didn't have a current RWC Minister (aka 'Killer MC Cully') engaged enough to micromanage the music as well, to ensure it showcased NZ talent and that the 'needle money' stayed here.
Except the IRB owns the event. NZ is just the venue.
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Hard News: Dropping the Bomber, in reply to Sacha,
Yeah, but look at all the money that was saved.
Oh, wait...
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Group hug.
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Fuel oil, not crude, I'm pretty sure.
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Okay, so why then should people stay away? This is confusing.
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Their CEO was saying "we might hand them out" on the tv news a couple of nights ago.
I'd really like to see this one cleared up. I saw a doctor somewhere (can't find it anymore) say that breathing in the oil is extremely dangerous. What does Maritime NZ have to say about it? Nothing that I can find.
