Posts by Bruce Wurr
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Rupert era HC definitely a nastier vehicle and for that more enjoyable....kinda stink I won't be able to see the reunion, the Children's Hour one a few years back was awesome. CM has a great stage presence.
I still remember the first time they played gaskrankinstation, what a moment......and Do the Headless Chicken.........wow.....
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tackhead were amazing...saw them twice at the p station, the first time suffered said hearing loss and me ears were muffled fer days.....I remember a blistering version of crosstown traffic......ears recovered enough in time to see headless chickens with Rupert fronting alongside c. mathews......instant further loss of hearing for another 4 days....
Prompting a swift investment in earplugs!
Have just seen the tackhead boys in the guise of mark stewart and the mafia - a sherwood mixing, was fantastic. Expect some more on-u soon.
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a little coffee shop called flat white in soho ain't too bad.....
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reforms toward free markets are an evil blight upon world driven by a cabal of war-mongering American corporate imperialists.
Actually Angus that's a pretty good description that sums it up really! Well done.
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bloody hell......I'm working for a large provider in the uk and while we might not get it right at least there's decent broadband here!!
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Totally agree with you Shep. Those idiots were out to get someone and Kerry's son just happened to be the soft target.
Off current topic - but BLOODY HELL! Send Jed Town over to London with his band! I can't believe they're playing those songs!!
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Russell, I've had a very similar customer experience recently. Have just been back in NZ for 3 weeks catching up with family, friends etc and Mum had decided she wanted a freeview box to enjoy. She's always had crap reception (rubbish desktop aerial) so it seemed like a good idea. I'm living in the uk and have experience with the freeview here - good boxes (although they use scart technology for the connections), cheap (£30 for a good one) and you can buy a good uhf booster aerial that can sit on top of yer telly for £20. All in all a good package at a reasonable price that's easy to install.
We did a quick recce through a few chain stores and it turned out that Dick Smiths had the cheapest package, and probably the most knowledgeable staff, although that wasn't saying much. What I wasn't impressed with was the primitiveness of the set top boxes in terms of usability, and the fact that we were told we'd need a satellite dish to set it up.
We were then told that it's really easy to install, and that we should take the satellite package they had on offer. The guy I was talking to looked a lot like he didn't want to be there at all and was doing an amazing impression of sullenness.
Bearing in mind that I have no idea how to set up a satellite dish, let alone align it and my mother (who's 72) even less idea, very stupidly we bought the package and took it home. And yes, we had no idea how to set it up. The instructions were more than technical to say the least. That said, a friend who is a builder installed the dish - however, the alignment will have to be professionally done.
Which brings me in a very roundabout way to my point - the number I eventually found to call for help led to a very professional outfit who import the zinwell boxes and also are able to set them up - CHEAPER THAN DICK SMITH! The proviso is they don't advertise unfortunately.
What I'm disturbed about is that this technology is being sold aimed at a consumer level when it is clearly above that. I definitely made a mistake in saying " yes we'll take it", but the service at Dick Smiths was pretty poor and even worse at other stores. It's far too technical for the average punter to attempt, and as I say the technology does seem quite primitive and over priced. I realise this should improve though......but even so, feel completely underdone.
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Weren't they a vanity thing for the rich and famous of the middle ages? Pretty sure the first zoos had not much to do with scientific research, more to do with plundering and conquering....
My last visit to the zoo just before going overseas was pretty good, especially the cheetahs......but yeah, the whole notion of keeping animals out of their natural environments does seem wrong as an adult. Unless there's strong risk of extinction due to damage to said environments.
As a kid however it's great!
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First saw Sonic Youth at the Powerstation, January 1989, 3 weeks after daydream nation had come out in nz.....support from SPUD and the Verlaines. I have to say that totally blew my mind, I'd never seen anything like it before.......
Have also just seen the said reprise gig at the Roundhouse in London in September and it was pretty damn good....although I did quite like the Sonic Nurse Auckland show a few years before.....
I do have to say that the Powerstation was one of the better venues - much better than apartments!
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It's almost as embarrassing as flying a sheep out onto a floating iceberg to get shorn.......