Posts by 81stcolumn
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Shock ? Horror ?
And now some confusion
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Is it just me, or does Whaleoil's embarrassing "Trophy Page" resemble a certain other, icky genre emitted by lonely men? Sorry. Just sayin' …
LMFAO
Don't ask how I came across this
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round-round-round-round-you sp............
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I hereby accuse Kyle Matthews of stealing my thoughts.....
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Why stop at mega ?
Megalopolis anyone ?
Can I nominate Yoshimi for Mayor ?
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George - Don't ask, you may be disappointed.....
I have always liked the idea of a 'Pro vice chancellor' but wonder if there are any "Anti vice chancellors"
Geoff -Can we make nominations ?
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Would the twitter equivalent of pwnd be twatted, twatd or Twtd ?
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Agreed - I often wonder about the future of iconic architecture/building in what masquerades as modern democracy. It seems to me at least that pulling such feats off does indeed involve a bold commitment and vision; a single vision that is hard to pursue in a modern committee age. I wouldn’t be the first to point out that committees of this era tend to veer towards populism and therefore MacDonald’s thinking and design – well marketed, aimed at instant gratification, but ultimately empty and unsatisfying. I just can’t imagine enough “leaders” agreeing on something. Architecture and my other great love public sculpture will suffer most. Who would dare erect something like the the Angel of North ?
Though sometimes the alternatives are scary - the “Chuck Windsor” school of architectural thought where the mantra is; old = goooood, new = baaaaad. But I guess this makes sense when you look at the man; the newest home he lives in is probably 400 years old; instant Victoriana euccchhh.
Weirdly for me at least, the container yards, particularly at night lend a unique vitality and grounding to the city. Things come and go in a strange mechanised ballet. I always wanted to build an amphitheatre with an open side facing the sea, round a port yard. There would be a tunnel at the back facing the sea going to the city, feeding roads and rail to the country. The sides of the theatre could hold so many things galleries, museums etc. It struck me as an emotional counterpoint to the Kiwi connectedness with the land.
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The move on the part of YouTube to present the debate in these terms then, lacking any positive content in reality, must be seen as purely tactical - a somewhat specious attempt on the part of a massive global corporation, with annual advertising revenue to the tune of $16.4 billion (in 2007) and close financial and personnel ties to an even bigger corporate behemoth (Time-Warner), to present itself as 'the little guy'.
I find this bit really interesting because as a record company I would seek to place myself between the public interest and the artists. My worst nightmare being that I only held rights over traditional media and that a new digital agreements required new negotiations with artists rather than extensions of existing ones.
Disclaimer: Apologies if this sits out of context didn't have time to read the full post.
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Maybe, just maybe, if people were more interested in history than fantasy then we might not be in this mess.
Geez Paul, where's the fun in that.
In fantasy there's always a magic wand. In history there are always dead people. Except of course for the Lorax......