Posts by Shaun Scott
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That is a lovely shot, Sandra.
Cemeteries are, I find, very grounding and contemplative. Just the sense of history and humanity, and wonder of the lives of those beneath the headstones. -
sometimes home is where the lawn is . . .
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Capture: A Place to Stand, in reply to John Farrell,
That certainly works too.
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It seems beaches/coasts are very much a place of home for many of us, looking at the number of great posts
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Capture: A Place to Stand, in reply to John Farrell,
Nothing like a pizza and an emmersons to quell a bad-tempered Dunedin day :-)
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St Clair beach, looking towards St Kilda and Lawyers Head
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Perhaps an almost cliched piece of Dunedin iconography . . . but my earliest memory of Dunedin was on St Clair beach as a five year old, visiting from Christchurch. A scorching hot day, and a beach covered in jelly fish! I remember some "big boys" (they must've been at least 10!) running up and down the beach throwing them at each other.
I don't recall seeing jelly fish on the beach again, but have spent many an hour on that beach or St Kilda since moving here as a 12 year old- despite still being a pretty crap swimmer!. Getting sunburnt as a teenager, when seeing and being seen is so important; the joy of paddling in the edges with our kids when they were little; swimming and playing at the salt water pool with the kids (even still when one is 16 and the other nearly 22); jumping into the car to drive to watch the waves crash in on days of big tides or stormy weather; wandering along the esplanade with three generations of the whanau when they congergate in Dunedin- and enjoying the delight of kids getting drenched by waves hitting the walls; or just strolling on the beach contemplating and enjoying the space, which is when this photo (and the next) was taken.
I always love the ocean, but this bit is a wee piece of home for me.
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Great memories, and a great post, Grant.
I do have some hazy recollections of it as a nightclub in the early 80's, and sneaking in as a 16 year old. But better memories are from later years.
I first met Rae outside Sammys, at a protest around 1989 when it was being used to host a touring strip show. Rae rather impressed me standing up to two drunk, abusive slobs who were heading in. Her comment, when one of them pulled out a condom and started to put it on his head, was "yeah, you are a complete dickhead". Perfect.
The thrill of taking our son more than 20 years after that auspicious meeting to the 3Ds/Puddle/Street Chant gig (flying nun 30th?) surpassed by seeing him onstage last year drumming with Kane Strang, and then with Astro Children recently there too (sadly missed that one).
I too remember being misty eyed seeing the Clean for the first time ever there (Vehicle album release), 3D's, Verlaines, Radio 1 lip-synch (so much better than it sounds!), Violent Femmes, Michelle Shocked, Supergroove, Death and the Maiden,Straitjacket Fits, Fugazi and many many more- all part of a brilliant history of the place. -
Hard News: Friday Music: A Life of Stories, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
Yes- it would be amazingly good. I remember reading an interview with him in _Critic_ in the early '90's where he mentioned he was drawing with his left hand to increase the challenge.
And- my god, what a great gig that poster advertises. Fantastic line-up.
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Another from the University of Otago Quad
