Posts by Samuel Scott
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Ah such fond memories of our 486, Alta Vista….the family email address we all shared and used for nothing more than emailing Grandad. Learning how to clear your browser history (so important for a teenager). It seemed like I had no idea what the internet was in 1994 and was using to study for assignments in 1995.
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Also, a note on the Sevens. I hate the sevens, I hate Wellington during the Sevens. It is absolutely not my thing. BUT! Lot's of people love it, it's a big crazy party and I think we need to do more to cater to the drunken mob as opposed to just complaining every year.
TPF have a played a few European city wide festivals. One show in Gent was a mass booze fests with hundreds of thousands of people descending into a smallish city for 48 hours. The level of drunkness is comparable to the 7s but there is something more in control. There are urinals, portaloos set up everywhere. Lots of food vendors everywhere. Lots of police, but just hanging back. Observing the chaos and not intervening all that much. Mind you, there also seems to be a lot more weed being publicly consumed at these things, that might help.
Maybe I had rose (booze) tinted view of it, but I feel like we could do a lot more to make the 7s a city wide event where the drunk madness is somehow controlled but accepted.
Equal rights for extremely boozed people now!
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What Gio said. England test was so freakin expensive. I'll definitely be going to at least some of the upcoming test but I can't help but think it would be more enjoyable if people in their early twenties with spare time (but not so much spare cash) could be piling in at say $10 a session $15 a day or something. Surely almost all the money comes from TV rights, and surely the TV looks better when there is a lot of people there?
But minor grumbles about what has been an amazing summer for us long suffering black caps fans.
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Watch Toro Y Moi. I saw Primus live when I was about 16 and I think it was one the most boring gigs I have ever seen. Show off music.
#whitewhine is a drink best served cold.
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Hard News: The Public Address Word of…, in reply to Stephen R,
Ha, no just a typo. But Wegege is pretty good.
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Chipotle
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Wegege
Mansplain (I dislike this word immensely, oops I'm mansplaining again!)
Fibre
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That Watercolours track was on my first playlist thingy too. Great tune. A pretty cool selection.
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I think there is huge difference in the engagement of the audience with a stream compared to the terrestrial audience (which makes it sound like streamers are in space...um). If you're streaming something you are making a conscious decision to be there. And those single ads that pop up 3 times in a show, well seeing as there is generally only one ad I actually watch them, as opposed to on TV where I will always change channel instantly (or pause the tv, make a cuppa and then fast forward for the rest of the show).
My longwinded point is this. For advertisers I think streams will come to be seen as pretty important, and in terms of creating NZ content with govt funding its reassuring that people are seeking it out.
Anyone in advertising know how regarded ads are in streaming land these days?
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Hard News: Friday Music: The First Time, in reply to Hebe,
One of the best ever: Patti Smith and Bob Dylan in Christchurch in 1998 or 1999.
I saw the Wellington leg of that tour. I hadn't really paid any attention to Patti Smith before that gig. I left it a huge fan. She was amazing.
And Dylan was INTENSE.