Hard News: Asking for a Contribution
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Russell Brown, in reply to
I investigated this with the company that controls all the espresso cups in Oceania.
I investigated it back when we had Karajoz as a Great Blend sponsor. They were keen to help, but it was really hard to make the numbers work.
Unless you can really commit to it, merch is quite hard.
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The paper cups can work but you need volume. It's okay for a one-off promotional tool but not as a regular gig like I required. 25,000 per week is tough. I didn't realise cafes paid to advertise their suppliers coffee. Always thought they were freebies and a reciprocal thing. Anyway, I know a lot more about coffee cups.
Merch. I've done it for stuff over the decades. Never made a dime. You have to have to patience of a Mr Vintage or reach a wide market like my buds at Mondo do.
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Rich Lock, in reply to
I'll turn up at one of those Blendy things as a Single Malt.
I'm going to assume this means you'll be totally drunk.
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Craig Ranapia, in reply to
Or you could do what some of our parents tell us is done in their churches which is to announce from your pulpit how much everyone has given. <sarc>
And where I have gotten much practice stage whispering "Oh, what an adorable wickerwork basket. I'd take it, but haven't got anywhere to put the darling wee thing. Perhaps this nice family would have use..."
They will get the hint eventually....
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Russell Brown, in reply to
Actually, PA-blended single malt (or a superior blend from a private bottler) is something that could be possible for Christmas, but I'll need to get onto it soon.
Still wouldn't really make much money, but it would be cool.
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Sacha, in reply to
PA-blended single malt
excellent idea
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Actually, the other thing I need to get onto now is the 20th-anniversary Hard News book.
There, I said it.
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Rich Lock, in reply to
Do a special PAS/Copyright rum, and I'm totally there.
Yarrrrrr....
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John Armstrong, in reply to
Choice! But will it come with a CD? Written Hard Newses are a grand thing, but I do sometimes miss the nuance that comes with careful modulation of tone and appreciative background snickering. Ah the good old days..
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Craig Ranapia, in reply to
careful modulation of tone
Is that a polite way of saying "the supersonic screech of blind terror when you realise you're too hung over to read the balls you scrawled on the back of a cocktail napkin much earlier that morning"?
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Sacha, in reply to
Copyright rum
Is that where we get to sniff the bottle but the distiller asserts ownership of its contents?
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Jackie Clark, in reply to
20 yrs of Hard News? Well congratulations for that, my dear.
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Russell Brown, in reply to
Choice! But will it come with a CD? Written Hard Newses are a grand thing, but I do sometimes miss the nuance that comes with careful modulation of tone and appreciative background snickering. Ah the good old days..
Actually, great idea. Just a few selected ones and/or a mash-up with a backing track.
Although I'd probably do it as a digital download. I hear all the kids are crazy for those.
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What is this "digital" you speak of?
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recordari, in reply to
What is this "digital" you speak of?
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The Merch of Vendors…
a mere pound of PAS pastina pasta?
Pasta alphabets – just the letters for Hard News
& Public Address ?
including fideo from You tubetti……swamped in a rich and reliable sauce,
topped with great cheese, natch!so we’ve covered most of the major site predilections with clothing, food, whisky, cups, etc – only things left might be Hard News / PAS fluoro bike clips and shoe horns (made from old Feelers vinyl)!
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Russell Brown, in reply to
so we’ve covered most of the major site predilections with clothing, food, whisky, cups, etc – only things left might be Hard News / PAS fluoro bike clips and shoe horns (made from old Feelers vinyl)!
Did the Feelers ever do vinyl?
I'd be more comfortable getting into my boots with something more ... tasteful anyway. Vintage rocksteady records or nothing.
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Heather Gaye, in reply to
What is this "digital" you speak of?
It means that you have to operate the book with your fingers.
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Islander, in reply to
Heh!
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Sacha, in reply to
operate the book with your fingers
Braille, then?
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Islander, in reply to
Double heh!
(O, by the way, really great to learn about the country's investment in sign- as it should've been way before now, but long may it continue-)
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Rich Lock, in reply to
Is that where we get to sniff the bottle but the distiller asserts ownership of its contents?
Over the years, I've certainly been on the receiving end of some beers that aren't so much drunk as borrowed for a while before being passed back for the next customer. I guess the horse would have to be really ill to be producing spirits of the same provenance...
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nzlemming, in reply to
PA-blended single malt
Say what now? A whisky is blended OR it is single malt. Perhaps you meant "PA-Branded"?
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Islander, in reply to
A single malt is a single malt BUT - you can blend single malts- this would be something for a hugely experienced cellar-master with an exceptional nose to do- and could be done with the hoard in Oamaru-
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