Posts by AndrewD
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Sure. But it was one of those conventions the media seemed to gleefully discard
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If that "Faustian pact" reference reads like a criticism of Paul Holmes, I should also add that I think he'd be a very good Dad to have at a time like this. A man who has stumbled himself knows the score. As a parent, my sympathy goes to him and Hine. This stuff's hard enough without being in the middle of a circus.
It was interesting that Millie's name was on telly and in print within hours of arrest. Names are not supposed to be published until the court first reviews the issue. Schadenfreude is not a defence.
Holmes could do them but has stated that the family had no desire to seek suppression and wished to face up to the situation as quickly and as honestly as possible. That shows the integrity that Paul realises his position demands. Many others in public life would have sought to bury this deep on annother continent.
He has impressed me in the middle of a difficult situation that is all responsible parent's worst nightmare.
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ps Lauwaly is one of the few TV reporters to still have a "ROUND".
That old fashioned term that meant reporters studied their subject and knew what they were talking about.
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You want to know what happens in the world every day you have the telly, the papers, the radio, the internet - all complementary surely?
Simple really
Radio for speed and initial reactions. TV for pictures. Newspapers for detail. Internet for opinion.
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Combining 2 threads.
A Cup in the hand is worth 10 overseas.
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We haven't won it yet and yachting folk are whispering that Alinghi has a rocket.
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If we do win it there'll be no ticker tape parade down Queen Street as there is no Queen Street at the moment
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The last cup brought 500 million in which is not to be sneezed at. The tax off that will go some way to paying back the government's investment. It also meant some Italian kids at my kids school lifted our children's international awareness. In fact the general "joie de vivre" needs to have a value put on it because I remember it being a pretty good couple of summers full of balmy, barmy, good natured squiffiness on the waterfront.
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Who goes to the Viaduct west of Sanford's except to get the Sunday fish at the market? Wouldn't a tram or monorail and an art gallery and seaside park as a destination be nice. Even a stadium. The last time Beaumont Street was an attraction was the good old days with the drag races back in the 70's and 80's. Oh and who says boy racers are a new problem.
EEmirates are the money but they're gone in a month. Chelsea is better exposure.
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Forget religion and institutional computing. This country can't even get a handle on how to fly a flag on a bridge.
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An interesting case study right now is SJDs Beautiful Haze. B won't play it as it's too commercial and it's been narrowly missing the commercial cut. That's the sort of song that NZ On Air is fighting for.
Que? bFM has played that song a lot. Stinky Jim would go postal if they didn't.
Silly me. Fancing believing what a plugger told me. I thought we're all supposed to be working together to get NZ music played. Dissing B is bound to get a song on commercial radio. Not.
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Prime Sunday Nights. Best of Top Gear followed by Planet Earth. My 11 and 8 year olds are in heaven. Amercian Idol? Nah.
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I might add that not only does what researches for radio not have much to do with what music fans buy, it doesn't have much to do with the music that kids make when they form bands.
Totally agree, Russell. Horses for courses.
While the Kings Arms was full there was also thousands of people at home hearing songs like "How to save a life" by The Fray on TV programmes like Greys Anatomy and thinking that's the best thing they've ever heard. This silent majority doesn't purchase much music or go to gigs but they do get a kick out of contributing to music research and influencing what goes on the radio.
An interesting case study right now is SJDs Beautiful Haze. B won't play it as it's too commercial and it's been narrowly missing the commercial cut. That's the sort of song that NZ On Air is fighting for.
I went to the bFM showcase on Friday night and heard three young bands I thought were pretty damn good and it actually occurred to me that they certainly weren't playing what they were hearing on commercial radio (although Dad's record collection might have been an influence in all three cases)
Had a superb night at the New York Dolls and there were loads of teens there with Dad, (well there was only 300 there but the crowd felt like loads and that's all that counts). Most of the kids were looking a bit perplexed at Dad's enthusiasm. One guy, who looked like a music biz type, was giving a young lad a bit of grief about taking photos. I said, give him a break he's just getting into the band. Music biz looking guy got angry and said,"He's MY son and that's MY camera and he didn't ask to bring it."
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First. All radio is commercial. It has to attract enough audience to satisfy it's backers. That includes RNZ whose backers, the government, who have recently increased the amount of research conducted yearly to determine that their investment is reaching sufficient ears. Probably why Jim Mora is playing Barbra.
I suggest that the blogger who says the music is just to get listeners in the mood to be mind rotted by ads underestimates the audience. The prime consideration is the music because if you play unpopular stuff no-one listens.
To Jackie, I say, I respect your decision. The interesting thing is how little of the 70's music has been adopted by younger audiences. It is curious how much music from that era has become unfamiliar to people from the age of 35 downwards. Radio research is showing how little music is making it past 5 years of age. The 90's are particularly indistinguishable. If Clasic Hits wants to be 25-44 is is dealing with people not born in the 70s.
But everyone has been right to a degree. It is chicken and egg when it comes to whether a song is a hit or not. An unbelievable amount of music is made in the world and 99 per cent of it is never broadcast by commercial or non commercial stations.
Radio has some ability to form tastes. However being privy to research I do know that a lot of the increased kiwi music play on radio has not resulted in those songs becoming more popular. Indeed radio is playing quite a few NZ songs that are not actually hits. But the musicians receiving the APRA cheques are happy and we'd all agree that NZ Music just gets better and better.
I once said in a TV interview that if I knew what made a hit, Ii wouldn't be sitting here talking to Dick Driver. There are many factors, but what you can be assured of is that no matter what demograph or psychograph you are, the music being played on a radio station that appeals to you is, in fact, popular. We know this because weekly we research everything. Most songs we research don't make it. But if it has the X Factor radio will find it.
I'll go right back to Russell's first post. The charts now include downloads. What has changed for everyone in the music sector, from the artists through to the end of the chain, the radio, is the way the internet has given music the chance to be sampled. Maybe this will break more songs. This is good. But the web is not a new thing and so far the 2 songs to really break out digitally are Gnarls Barkley and Arctic Monkeys.
But no matter how the song breaks, at the end of it all radio and music TV can give you a very accurate picture of how big it is and so deserve to be part of the weighting of the charts that measure how popular a song is.