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Steve Barnes

Sat, 05 Sept 2015 13:15:34 +1200

I see they have been at work in Christchurch...

Joe Wylie

Sat, 05 Sept 2015 11:41:29 +1200

I note the ''Deloitte'' building is already looking wobbly, is it held up by Bankers Trust?.

O ye of little faith....
https://youtu.be/1ujRE2IkEIo

Steve Barnes

Sat, 05 Sept 2015 11:10:32 +1200

"I can smell the money"

Hasn't that been the driving force of the re-build?, the profit has spoken.
I wonder if the BOOM to which he refers is the sound of a new tranche of demolitions to make way for a Merrill Lynch building or maybe a Bank of America…

Steve Barnes

Sat, 05 Sept 2015 10:57:27 +1200

Did find this one....

Joe Wylie

Sat, 05 Sept 2015 10:57:00 +1200

Any takers?.
Canterbury Employers' Chamber of Commerce CEO Peter Townsend – "I can smell the money" – would probably be a goer if he wasn't so flat out predicting next year as a sure-fire cert for the impending boom. Only problem is he's been doing it since 2011.

No doubt…

Steve Barnes

Sat, 05 Sept 2015 10:29:28 +1200

Thanks Ian. I still need some kind of proof about the City of Cranes though. Any takers?.

Sofie Bribiesca

Sat, 05 Sept 2015 09:31:16 +1200

The before after shots are interesting.They made me think of these shots of Japan 2011 Tsunami The difference in 2 years is fascinating. I also like the click for before and after shots.

Ian Dalziel

Sat, 05 Sept 2015 08:51:09 +1200

down town...
Every time I see footage of the Christchurch skyline...
Here's some recent before-and-after shots of the city
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/71704047/september-4-2010-then-and-now
and suburbs
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/71738662/september-4-2010-then-and-now-in-the-suburbs
not much in the way of cranes there either.

Ian Dalziel

Sat, 05 Sept 2015 08:29:23 +1200

“Christchurch is the city of cranes”
Mind your manors...
Cranes?
Cranes!
Ptui! on your cranes...
We use telekinesis down here!

...or that other natural resource
available in abundance: Hot air!
Ok this isn't hot air, per se: http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/arts/71417713/architects-of-airs-exxopolis-welcome-to-the-pleasuredome.html
it is kept up by that other mainstay of
Chchch infrastructure -…

Steve Barnes

Fri, 04 Sept 2015 17:28:13 +1200

back when ya could throw any old rubbish on the back roads near Chchch

Reminds me. I have been hearing the phrase "Christchurch is the city of cranes"
Nicky Wagner said it first about a year back
and I recall it being used last week in Parliament.
Every…

Steve Barnes

Fri, 04 Sept 2015 16:31:08 +1200

North by north has become my favorite tune since first hearing back in '87.
Mesmerisingly melodic and simply superb.

Ian Dalziel

Fri, 04 Sept 2015 14:10:51 +1200

aaah, could be, dunno
– have to be a 'thought-gig' then...

prime the pumps with these:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Zi4Ec2Fr2E
Hmmm, 5 years on today...
...this time 5 years ago I was making a cup of tea on the BBQ in the oddly quiet back yard...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_juMjNep9F0
back when you could walk on…

Sofie Bribiesca

Fri, 04 Sept 2015 13:43:56 +1200

Thought that sold out?

Ian Dalziel

Fri, 04 Sept 2015 13:20:29 +1200

the others way – TONIGHT!!

Don't miss The Bats.

..and yes, so long Graham Brazier
Sayonara Sailor...

Sofie Bribiesca

Fri, 04 Sept 2015 13:09:14 +1200

RIP Graham Brazier.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O93EzrqZ6DY

Brent Jackson

Fri, 04 Sept 2015 12:51:31 +1200

So long Graham – and thanks for all the music ...

Andre

Fri, 04 Sept 2015 12:48:52 +1200

RIP Graham Brazier. What a dude! One of the only kiwi celebs I saw in the late 80's who would walk down the main street engaging randomly with everyone who took his interest. There may have been great drugs involved, but he approached me at least five times like this…

Caleb D'Anvers

Tue, 01 Sept 2015 21:43:51 +1200

Have to say, Foals have never done much for me, but I’m liking what I’ve heard of the new album so far. Speaking of good new stuff from the UK, Urth, the debut album from Nottingham band Kagoule (released last week) is pretty damn great:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tv2l4ilSsMk

JacksonP

Mon, 31 Aug 2015 07:32:53 +1200

In town to grab the new Foals album, which I predict will be the one which makes them so popular, we'll have to start pretending we don't like them;
For ‘What Went Down’, written in their Oxford “stinkbox”, they have found their fulcrum. Riffs. Massive, fucking heavy cavern rock riffs,…

Robyn Gallagher

Fri, 28 Aug 2015 14:54:03 +1200

Turns out I wasn’t the only one a bit mystified by Sony NZ’s big local signing Maala. It seemed the mystery was strategic, but who exactly was he? Melody Thomas’s Music 101 interview with Maala (real name: Evan Sinton) explains a lot.

I'm so glad he's out! I worked out…

Ian Dalziel

Fri, 28 Aug 2015 13:42:09 +1200

Auckland Zine Market
– Check out works from 60+ zine makers!
FREE entry, bring cash to buy the cool things on offer
Saturday 29 August 12-5pm,
Pitt St Methodist Church

bob daktari

Fri, 28 Aug 2015 13:12:06 +1200

“The new album Hauora will be released in November 2015 on Arch Hill/Flying Nun.”

I assume Arch Hill in NZ, the Nun for the world... but then again maybe not – its all rather confusing really

Grant McDougall

Fri, 28 Aug 2015 13:09:21 +1200

I see the Street Chant tour poster has the Flying Nun logo on it.

Does this mean that Hauora will be on FN and not Arch Hill ?

Given that both are ran by Ben Howe it's just a bit puzzling. I'm curious, that's all.

Paul Campbell

Fri, 28 Aug 2015 11:36:59 +1200

I liked this mea culpa from a rock journalist today

Mike O'Connell

Fri, 28 Aug 2015 11:15:24 +1200

Kody Neilson’s Silicon, whose debut album is out today

Kody Nielson's new project Silicon does compute! I note Kody is support for the upcoming Tame Impala shows.

Here's God Emoji
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlHbKJhp1cQ

Public Address

Fri, 28 Aug 2015 11:15:24 +1200

Discussion from blog post.