Posts by Russell Brown
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As more and more stories emerge of him being a Grade A Creeper, it seems that actually he is someone who feels okay using BDSM as a cover for sexually assaulting women, or as it’s more commonly called, a “massive shitweasel”.
I guess among the small mercies of this horrible story is the way his friend Owen Pallet responded.
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Hard News: Friday Music: Virtual…, in reply to Alan Perrott,
it’s the “famous” czech beer is it?…seems you’re on the clock already. get in.
Heh. It is, really. It was the first golden lager (all others before it were dark) and thus literally the original pilsener. I used to seek it out in London in the 80s, when it came in chunky 500ml bottles.
It’s owned now by SAB Miller, but they seem to have very effectively fenced off the original brewing process from corporate influence. I tried some of the first cold-shipment last week and it was actually bloody good.
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Laura's fascinating guest post for PA, Things I Have Learned Running Rock Enrol, has been helping shape my thinking.
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Hard News: Friday Music: Virtual…, in reply to Grant McDougall,
What’s happening over there ?
I'm seeing friends on the way to the main job. The famous Czech beer Pilsner Urquell is (re)launching in NZ (cold-shipped and all) and I, your fearless reporter, am going to Prague and Pilsen to make sure that everything is in order.
Dirty job, someone has to, etc.
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The story of the trees' planting in 1934, found by Philip Lyth on PapersPast and tweeted by Jolisa this morning.
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Busytown: Beware of the Leopard, in reply to Jolisa,
Furthermore, the “desired outcome” has been designed around a worst-case scenario for the two hour peak traffic window westbound. Option 6, which keeps the trees for example, achieves similar effects.
I saw an email from one of the planners that really illustrated the problem -- they didn't see it as their business to consider anything but the most optimum flow of cars.
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I looked at the issues around the redevelopment of this intersection back in June. This is the problem with the trees.
The trees could stay. The main problem is that the plans call for Great North Road to be raised 1.5m at the intersection, to ease the transition to the new bridge. That puts traffic turning left over the bridge from Great North Road in potential collision with the lower branches of the trees. It may be possible leave the trees and simply remove the lower branches. That’s under debate – some proposals save the trees, some don’t. Treehuggers should consider the branch-removal options, I think.
I absolutely get the need to redevelop this intersection as a response to the Waterview Connection. It's a problem most days as it is, and when SH20-bound traffic is eventually funnelled through it (to save the Point Chev town centre turning into a thoroughfare) it will actually be unusable unless it's improved.
The problem is that transport planners gonna transport plan -- and that means that other considerations, like amenity, get sidelined. The trees aren't the only thing being sacrificed here.
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This is a debacle! And also, I think, occasion for a little pro bono assistance from a locally-living lawyer.
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Hard News: Music: The Homecoming Queen, in reply to Jack Harrison,
Your ears are the skin of one of your 5 senses.
Music must not burn the ear or your ear potential will diminish prematurely.
I take my earplugs to most gigs these days -- anything I think is going to be loud. I can't emphasise enough how much it enhances my enjoyment of the show. You can get a decent pair for $30.
Kinda wish I'd remembered them on Saturday night ...
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Hard News: Music: The Homecoming Queen, in reply to paddy free,
After 30 years of playing on stages, it IS one of the wonders of the modern world to have the monitor engineer sidle up beside you and adjust your monitor mix on an iPad while he’s hearing what you’re hearing…
At the recent Emily Edrosa show at Golden Dawn, a guy was sitting at a back table, mixing the front-of-house on an iPad. I'd never seen it before. So the gear's pretty common, then?
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