Hard News by Russell Brown

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  • Phil Lyth,

    if it's from the 1972 election

    Quite probably. That was Dreadon's first time up as a candidate and the last election that Marshall contested.

    Wellington • Since Apr 2009 • 458 posts Report Reply

  • Robyn Gallagher,

    So the chaotic shop on Abel Smith Street, near Real Groovy, proved a considerable diversion to me.

    I've only been there once. I spent so much time trying not to fall over or crash into stuff that I realised I couldn't actually browse and left feeling all annoyed.

    But, really, the clutter obstacles are what makes that shop what it is, so I will don one of those cat burglar suits and make a return visit.

    Since Nov 2006 • 1946 posts Report Reply

  • Lyndon Hood,

    But if it should prove to be the case that monkeys are in fact flying out of my butt, the situation will be reassessed.

    Now, there's a medical post I'd like to see.

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 1115 posts Report Reply

  • Danielle,

    Are they like those creepy flying monkeys in The Wizard of Oz?

    Charo World. Cuchi-cuchi!… • Since Nov 2006 • 3828 posts Report Reply

  • FletcherB,

    "Are they like those creepy flying monkeys in The Wizard of Oz?"

    I can confidently state that the type of flying monkey that may or may not be flying out of Russell's butt has not yet been categorized... in fact, it would seem premature to try and determine what type of flying monkey it is, before its existence has been confirmed.

    West Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 893 posts Report Reply

  • Hilary Stace,

    The Taiwanese Ambassador's son, Brian Lew, was in my class at primary school. He had some quite startling morning talks about the communists which I used to go home and discuss with my knowledgeable mother. 'Mum, is it true that...?

    And re the Values Party. As a Library School exercise in 1974 I compiled an annotated bibliography. There wasn't much material available by 1974 as the Party was only two years old, and it was mostly newspaper cuttings from then leader Tony Brunt's personal collection. But I must check it sometime in the Turnbull Library and see if that leaflet was included.

    Wgtn • Since Jun 2008 • 3229 posts Report Reply

  • Russell Brown,

    When the Herald asked the 'Your Views' crew 'Who do you think are the most overrrated bands and singers in history?' you just knew it was going to be crazyville:

    Oasis have built an entire career of copying The Beatles.

    Second most overrated band?

    Easy. The Beatles

    And:

    Freddie Mercury really had a great voice. Listen to the song of him with Michael Jackson. Michael's voice sounds simply weak and pathetic. For that matter, he wrote very few of his songs.

    Good to finally see some truth telling about these pop stars.

    The Beatles are terrible. Some good jingles for sure, but listen to songs when they try to harmonize! It really is pure rubbish.

    And:

    I listen to the radiio at work and cannot make sense of any of the songs. There does seem to be an excessive amount of noises made that is made into a song.

    Give me a nice clear and memorable song like what Vera Lynn sings anytime compared to todays' singing 'talent'.

    You actually couldn't write this.

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 22850 posts Report Reply

  • Russell Brown,

    It just keeps coming:

    Pink Floyd is brilliant - but you have to be in the right frame of mind to sit and listen. It's not background music.

    In my opinion, The Beetles were the Spice Girls of the 60s. Mindless twaddle with no point or meaning to their existence.

    I'm now convinced this is Alan Perrott and his mates having a laugh.

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 22850 posts Report Reply

  • Paul Williams,

    These Friday threads used to frustrate me somewhat since I could seldom see the bands/gigs you were all spruiking but this time is different... i haz tickets to Shihad who're touring this month! Now if I could just find a way to convince Mr Carter to tour Dimmer I'd be a happy man!

    Sydney • Since Nov 2006 • 2273 posts Report Reply

  • Danielle,

    The Beatles are terrible. Some good jingles for sure, but listen to songs when they try to harmonize! It really is pure rubbish.

    In my opinion, The Beetles were the Spice Girls of the 60s. Mindless twaddle with no point or meaning to their existence.

    These people are *legion* on the internet. There are an amazing number of them. But I don't care, because I am about to happily join in the great frenzy which will make Paul, Ringo, Yoko and Olivia richer than God.

    Charo World. Cuchi-cuchi!… • Since Nov 2006 • 3828 posts Report Reply

  • David Slack,

    In my opinion, The Beetles were the Spice Girls of the 60s. Mindless twaddle with no point or meaning to their existence

    If you like that, you'll love these views of people who hated Godfather II. My favourite:

    They also should have removed the time travelling scenes.One minute it is the seventies and then it is not. This was done so much better in Back To The Future II.

    Devonport • Since Nov 2006 • 599 posts Report Reply

  • Heather Gaye,

    Apropos of nothing but the post's last paragraph: The internet (both content- and home-connection-wise) finally caught up with one of my lifechanging TV experiences... my favourite ad ever ever ever of all time ever, and a decent-quality version too. Don't bother with youtube.

    Unfortunately the site's of the pretty-but-ungoogleable persuasion. Ad agencies love flash for the first attribute, web developers hate it for the second. Also, if your internet connection's not all that, it's VERY IMPORTANT to let the whole vid load before watching it. Mid-stream pause is untenable.

    http://gorgeous.co.uk/main.php
    click on the kitty named frank
    click on the ad labelled "Bet On Black"

    Bonus: the "Tag" ad is also really cool.

    Morningside • Since Nov 2006 • 533 posts Report Reply

  • Peter Calder,

    Russell, Your "monkeys flying out of my butt" reference put me in mind of the great Bernard Levin theatre review, which it resembles rhetorically if not thematically:

    "Strictly speaking, I cannot swear that being kicked in the stomach by a horse would be an experience preferable to seeing this play by Signor Giuseppe Marotti because I have never been kicked in the stomach by a horse. But I have seen this play, and I can certainly say that if a kick in the stomach by a horse would be worse, I do not wish to be kicked in the stomach by a horse. And I can certainly add that, unpleasant though the prospect of being kicked in the stomach by a horse may be, I would certainly rather be kicked in the stomach by a horse than see the play again."

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 66 posts Report Reply

  • Danielle,

    They also should have removed the time travelling scenes.One minute it is the seventies and then it is not. This was done so much better in Back To The Future II.

    That has made my day, even if they are taking the piss. I like this, from another review: ' I had the feeling the film was repeating itself constantly with past and present.' Um, yes. Way to miss the point there, sport...

    Charo World. Cuchi-cuchi!… • Since Nov 2006 • 3828 posts Report Reply

  • Russell Brown,

    Hilary, I fixed up your link so it points directly to your bibliography. The NatLib site still doesn't seem to want to let you link to a search result.

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 22850 posts Report Reply

  • Russell Brown,

    Unfortunately the site's of the pretty-but-ungoogleable persuasion. Ad agencies love flash for the first attribute, web developers hate it for the second. Also, if your internet connection's not all that, it's VERY IMPORTANT to let the whole vid load before watching it. Mid-stream pause is untenable.

    If you click on this link the underlying .flv file should download for you and you can play it at your leisure.

    Take that, fat-cat ad agency guy.

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 22850 posts Report Reply

  • giovanni tiso,

    Do Wellingtonians need to be reminded that the DCM bookfair is on this weekend? Last year it was 60,000 books (plus magazines, puzzles, records of various kinds...) and Sue reports that this year it looks a dozen or so tabels-worth larger. Can't wait.

    Dr Daniel Yu-Tang Lew, Chinese ambassador to New Zealand, touts Taiwan as as "the gateway to the China market of the future. Trade with Taiwan is investment in the freedom of China tomorrow while enjoying the fruits of commerce today."

    Case in point: at the DCM fair last year I found the fantastically entitled This is New Zealand - Asian Edition, and I've been fielding requests for it since. I just don't tire of that shit.

    Wellington • Since Jun 2007 • 7473 posts Report Reply

  • James Butler,

    My late father thought that The Beatles had written some nice tunes, so he went out and bought Ron Goodwin and his Orchestra present: Classic Beatles or somesuch - which he thought did the material far more justice than the originals.

    His only other pop record was Days of Future Passed, because he liked the orchestra bits.

    Auckland • Since Jan 2009 • 856 posts Report Reply

  • Eddie Clark,

    Russell, I think the scary junk shop to which you are referring is more formally known as The David White Gallery which, given the hilariously awful pictures therein, is somehwat funny in and of itself. In the shop's back room, which consists of bad art and scary piles of books, I once found a stack of four copies of Even More: Joy of Sex, apparently the 3rd volume of the series. I didn't know that it was a trilogy...

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 273 posts Report Reply

  • 3410,

    They also should have removed the time travelling scenes.One minute it is the seventies and then it is not. This was done so much better in Back To The Future II.

    They "fixed" that. Twice.

    Auckland • Since Jan 2007 • 2618 posts Report Reply

  • Paul Williams,

    Bonus: the "Tag" ad is also really cool.

    Heather, that is fantastic, thanks. I shall now enjoy hearing it repeatedly played around my office. Perfect Friday-fun!

    Sydney • Since Nov 2006 • 2273 posts Report Reply

  • Russell Brown,

    Case in point: at the DCM fair last year I found the fantastically entitled This is New Zealand - Asian Edition, and I've been fielding requests for it since. I just don't tire of that shit.

    You and me both, Mr Tiso. I did once contrive to be in Wellington for the bookfair. My luggage was quite heavy on the flight back.

    I like forgotten reports and journals. They're not just quaint: they often have actuall killer facts in them.

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 22850 posts Report Reply

  • George Darroch,

    Do Wellingtonians need to be reminded that the DCM bookfair is on this weekend?

    It can't hurt. I missed a bookfair recently, and kicked myself for it.

    WLG • Since Nov 2006 • 2264 posts Report Reply

  • Leopold,

    "And re the Values Party. As a Library School exercise in 1974 I compiled an annotated bibliography. There wasn't much material available by 1974 as the Party was only two years old, and it was mostly newspaper cuttings from then leader Tony Brunt's personal collection. But I must check it sometime in the Turnbull Library and see if that leaflet was included"

    Try MS-Papers-2421 in Manuscripts Section

    Since Jan 2007 • 153 posts Report Reply

  • Hilary Stace,

    at the DCM fair last year I found the fantastically entitled This is New Zealand - Asian Edition, and I've been fielding requests for it since.

    Giovanni, if your copy looks like it might have been stored in a garage, it might be the one we donated. Oscar's father was involved in the translation and production of it (he was a Mandarin speaker) through the then Wool Board.

    (And Russell, my natlib link doesn't go anywhere now, so perhaps delete?)

    Wgtn • Since Jun 2008 • 3229 posts Report Reply

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