Posts by Roger Lacey
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Slightly off topic too, but have you seen the Amanda Palmer kickstarter project for her upcoming album? After $100K to help produce and distribute the album independently, five days in over half a million has been pledged.
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I know this supposed to be about bad songs but someone just sent me this list of the worst album covers. http://blog.tastebuds.fm/worst-album-covers-of-all-time/
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I have vague memories of this being played on high rotate by the neighbours many years ago. It still makes me want to pour neat dettol in my ears. Eeeugh, -
This is the gorgonzola of cheese. -
Righto. I should ride a bike, or write something for money. Preferably both. But not at the same time.
Here's what you need.
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Dave C beat me to it.
In the meantime we can play guess the tunes they will play while you’re on hold. -
It is sad that the current government considers anything to do with culture or national identity a "luxury" that has to be slashed in hard times. TVNZ7 has built a strong audience considering that neither the Listener or the Herald publish its schedule. TVNZ has acted like channel 7 is an embarrassment to them and just paid lip service to their obligations to a scheme that was supposed to encourage Kiwis to switch to digital. They canned TVNZ6 as soon as they could and probably can't wait for the demise of TVNZ7 so they can use the channel for commercial purposes.
My 4 year old daughter will miss Kidzone when TVNZ7 ceases. The kids programs on the other channels have some pretty dubious content for a 4 year old and you've got to watch out for when the adverts start.
A TV channel that reflects us as a diverse nation and provides an outlet for locally produced content that encourages debate should not be considered a luxury. Nationhood has a cost. If all we can get on our TV screens in the future is 300 channels of imported garbage we will start to look like a colonial outpost. -
Hard News: The Mega Conspiracy, in reply to linger,
Peripheral, but I’m struck by how this US usage [ “curb” ] has replaced the previously common “kerb” in a few published articles in NZ lately.
And there I was thinking that jumping the curb was somehow related to jumping the snark.
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Hard News: Nobody wanted #EQNZ for Christmas, in reply to Sacha,
About $200m in donations to various funds, including the Mayoral one.
The mayoral fund has received more than $7m and has spent $3.6m on “repairing or rebuilding damaged community buildings or structures”.
Funny that the Hagley Golf Club was one of the first beneficiaries. I wonder who rubber stamped that one? http://www.ccc.govt.nz/homeliving/civildefence/chchearthquake/MayoralReliefFund.aspx
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Bit late to the party but I guess it doesn't matter. Hope you get enough to bring your plans to fruition. Shout out if you need more, I'm sure everyone here will be happy to chip in a bit more if needed.
