Public Address | Cafe | Hard News: Cheers

Hilary Stace

Tue, 29 Dec 2015 10:28:21 +1300

Anyone visiting New Plymouth this summer should go to the fabulous new Len Lye Centre. And it is free, which is probably why there are the large crowds of tourists and a very busy cafe. But one reason is to see the Wellington Media Collective's poster exhibition We Will Work…

Sam F

Thu, 24 Dec 2015 10:39:33 +1300

Popped up on the Horny-Handed Subs of Toil Facebook group.

The most entertaining group I've found on Facebook for a while, and I was never even a paid subbie. Cheers!

Hebe

Thu, 24 Dec 2015 00:22:57 +1300

Subs were doing bleak career humour years before reporters.

Forever.

Jane Pearson

Thu, 24 Dec 2015 00:13:51 +1300

I treasure the perspectives I read here, the insights I learn, the community that shows caring, and the moderation that keeps it humming. Nga mihi mahana

Ian Dalziel

Wed, 23 Dec 2015 13:12:11 +1300

What becomes of the broken data?
...those bios. Another excellent point
Could a mirror copy be hosted by Audioculture or at least the data passed on – for the greater good of future music historians... a window into the past.

Peter Darlington

Wed, 23 Dec 2015 12:09:01 +1300

Another thing with Amplifier, for every act, there was a bio. Even if it was just a couple of sentences, it was usually enough to establish where the act was from, what kind of music they played, and probably also a list of band members.

Quite a few times I've…

Russell Brown

Wed, 23 Dec 2015 12:02:25 +1300

But if that was 25 years ago, then I’d be 48 now … bloody hell.

Clearly, I must be mistaken ;-)

Russell Brown

Wed, 23 Dec 2015 12:01:52 +1300

Quite a few times I've…

Sam Bradford

Wed, 23 Dec 2015 11:01:58 +1300

Sometimes I look back 10 or 15 years and marvel at the way there used to be money. I sometimes wonder who, apart from property speculators, does do well in modern New Zealand, but that's a bit silly

I don't think that's silly at all. I very, very often think…

Robyn Gallagher

Wed, 23 Dec 2015 11:01:58 +1300

While AudioCulture has excellent coverage…

Katita

Wed, 23 Dec 2015 08:51:10 +1300

and next year will mark a scarcely-credible 25 years since Hard News was born as a weekly radio rant on 95bFM
That can't be right ... I remember tuning in on the am/fm radio in my Mini. But if that was 25 years ago, then I'd be 48 now ...…

Russell Brown

Wed, 23 Dec 2015 08:21:35 +1300

The thing that unnerves me about the impending demise of Amplifier is its video archive. It has a decent selection of New Zealand music videos, many of which can’t be found online anywhere else ...

I’m a little upset about this.

Thanks for the heads-up. I suppose the masters of…

Joe Wylie

Wed, 23 Dec 2015 07:30:13 +1300

Popped up on the Horny-Handed Subs of Toil Facebook group.

Subs were doing bleak career humour years before reporters.

The Mini Glitter Gel Pen is a particularly impressive touch.

chris

Wed, 23 Dec 2015 02:01:19 +1300

http://www.downloadhelper.net/install

There's possibly a Mac equivalent also, I only test downloaded the one video. It was successful but at 8.7MB the res left a bit to the imagination.

Robyn Gallagher

Tue, 22 Dec 2015 23:40:03 +1300

The thing that unnerves me about the impending demise of Amplifier is its video archive. It has a decent selection of New Zealand music videos, many of which can't be found online anywhere else.

Amplifier uses a dated Windows Media format so it's complicated to watch on a Mac, but…

Hilary Stace

Tue, 22 Dec 2015 22:21:34 +1300

Freezing cold southerly and horizontal rain greeting shocked lightly clad visitors at Wellington airport tonight. Just a reminder I suppose to take nothing for granted, even summer.

Ross Mason

Tue, 22 Dec 2015 22:16:33 +1300

At least it feels like summer is nearly here . Across the straits fire is brewing. But here in the Pine Valley the grass is still growing. Looking forward to New Year at Castle Point. A merry Xmas and a substantial new year to you Russell.

Russell Brown

Tue, 22 Dec 2015 21:57:12 +1300

Koha sent your way – keep on keeping on!

You're too kind. No, really, you are.

Might I say Ian, that I take inspiration from the things you do.

Ian Dalziel

Tue, 22 Dec 2015 21:51:42 +1300

Koha sent your way – keep on keeping on!

Russell Brown

Tue, 22 Dec 2015 19:31:54 +1300

A bunch of those turn up at your local $2 shop after Scout folded?

Popped up on the Horny-Handed Subs of Toil Facebook group.

Subs were doing bleak career humour years before reporters.

Joe Wylie

Tue, 22 Dec 2015 19:18:53 +1300

Journalistic decline solved. Not enough glitter.

A bunch of those turn up at your local $2 shop after Scout folded?

Russell Brown

Tue, 22 Dec 2015 18:42:22 +1300

Journalistic decline solved. Not enough glitter.

Russell Brown

Tue, 22 Dec 2015 18:05:26 +1300

Looking back at the launch of *this* incarnation of your site (9 years ago), I see it worked on a Nokia 770. Which made me very happy at the time :-)

Ha ha!

And before iPhones and everything!

;-)

Russell Brown

Tue, 22 Dec 2015 18:02:41 +1300

One has to go searching to find informed commentary

It’s the commentary that worries me. There’s some kickass news reporting been done this year, but the quality and insight of print column-writing seems worse than ever.

Part of the problem is that it’s simply not valued – either in financial…

Don Christie

Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:50:26 +1300

Have a great break Russell. And thanks for everything.

Looking back at the launch of *this* incarnation of your site (9 years ago), I see it worked on a Nokia 770. Which made me very happy at the time :-)

Duncan Campbell

Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:45:29 +1300

Thanks, Russ, for being an independent voice at a time when too many commentators are just following the path of least resistance. As one who spent 40+ years working in the MSM, I’m saddened by its steady decline. One has to go searching to find informed commentary and I believe…

Russell Brown

Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:26:15 +1300

Ever the optimist, I like to see the resurgent bFM, and the rise of The Spinoff, The Wireless, TransportBlog and others, as a natural reaction to the stifling of challenging voices by many of the big media powers and our politicians. The pressure’s been building for several years – sometime…

BenWilson

Tue, 22 Dec 2015 16:06:07 +1300

Cheers Russell. Take a break, looking forward your print work.

In Melbourne atm. Hot. Damn hot! Hot and dry, which great if you're at the beach and no good if you're downwind from a bush fire.

Check out the red sky. That's in the North, not toward the setting sun,…

Mark Easterbrook

Tue, 22 Dec 2015 15:08:46 +1300

Cheers to you, Russell. Public Address has always been an island of refuge amongst the stress of life, and you and this community have always brought some measured, sane thought to balance my despair and frustration at many of the things that go on in this country.

I’m eagerly awaiting…

Russell Brown

Tue, 22 Dec 2015 14:14:30 +1300

That’s a damn shame about Amplifier, because I thought the way they sold music was great.

Yeah, it is – but it was a creature of its time, digital music retail is a vicious area now and Chris Hocquard et al have worked out that there's a more sustainable business…

George Darroch

Tue, 22 Dec 2015 13:53:49 +1300

The degree of enterprise required to stay airborne in this new world really bears noting. I met Peter Haynes, producer of the gaming web series AFK at a party last week, and the stuff he does just to keep getting noticed is remarkable.

It used to be that whatever was…

TracyMac

Tue, 22 Dec 2015 13:52:27 +1300

Thank you too, RB

That's a damn shame about Amplifier, because I thought the way they sold music was great. High bitrates right from the start, simple downloads that didn't lock you into proprietary music players, and a good sampling scheme. I haven't been there for a while, because I…

Russell Brown

Tue, 22 Dec 2015 13:01:03 +1300

I should note that the above won't be the last Public Address post for the year. I'll start a Summer Reports thread and there'll be music posts because they're sponsored and it's a busy time for music.

Sacha

Tue, 22 Dec 2015 12:42:40 +1300

This community is a taonga. Thank you all.

81stcolumn

Tue, 22 Dec 2015 12:40:54 +1300

Cheers to you too RB. Not all wins are measured in cash, think of what a long way some of us have come since the start of system. Wish I had time to explain the scope of influence and goodness that comes from this.

Public Address

Tue, 22 Dec 2015 12:40:54 +1300

Discussion from blog post.