Sad reading, particularly his poor partner trying to stop him leaving :(

Because let's face it, there's really very little actual real return beyond obsessive interest in these discussion threads and endless online political conversations either. Maybe that's why they're usually full of boys?

Nailed it, obsessive interest, brilliant, thanks Deborah for the link.

fin:

But I'm not left to my own devices, because of situations arrived at both accidentally and deliberately. For example, soon my delightful better half will be home, and she'll say something like "Jesus christ, did you write all that?" and look at me in slightly worried…

I really enjoyed his contributions. If anyone has contact with his family or partner, please pass on our thoughts.

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.

Heh.

But yeah, I couldn't vouch for what rotate it was on, but I heard…

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…

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…

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…

Especially when it ran just ahead of the final of "American Idol". The difference in singing ability was striking.

In the sense that Ebola and necrotising fascitis are strikingly different in that one eats your flesh, and the other turns your internal organs into goo. Both are excruciatingly painful, lethal…

Fighting the Shakes

great name.......

But it does have implications for the NZ On Air funding…

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.

I went to the bFM showcase on…

Dawn Raid have come to an arrangement with creditors (ie the IRD) and are back in business ...!

I'll go right back to Russell's first post. The charts now include downloads.

....include a very few of the downloads if we are being realistic

In real terms though in 2007 radio is less and less important to record sales and downloads. And TV is almost marginal. Last week in the…

I suggest…

...so then, wouldn't that mean, in fact, that each radio station DOES in fact reflect the tastes of the demographic they want to attract?

That's true, but the tastes they reflect were formed primarily by available radio options in the first place, is what I'm saying.

It goes both ways,…

It may not appeal to your taste but radio is an accurate arbiter of the taste of New Zealanders.

I don't think that means what you think it means.

isn't it amazing how many young men on NZD feature pics of their cars in profiles

The rule of thumb is to avoid anyone on NZD, male or female, who lists "Holdens" as a hobby. Consider that such people will probably have Holden bedsheets.

And avoid women who have "angel"…

set -up...gag...ad...
rinse, repeat.

I love the way you can hardly hear the punch lines:

"I think what I really wanted was an Australian"...was sung over.

Go you good…

*which is the reason why we needed Finn.

and, on the final draft of a play. might talk to you and the significant other about a musical score.

If its any consolation Emma, my opinion of David went up highly when I saw his Heinlein collection...

As long as we're talking The Moon is a Harsh Mistress and not Number of the Breast...

I understand digirama and Amplifier both also have account systems that you can top…

my recommendation?

someone hire him.

immediately.

Oh sure, trash MY credibility instead. Those were very specific Heinlein novels I recommended, not Heinlein in general.

If its any consolation Emma, my opinion of David went up highly when I saw his Heinlein collection...

I'm not sure what that says about any of us... but it…

they weren't interested in would-be suitors who sent pictures of their knobs to prospective paramours.

Crickey!...guess that means people will just have to impress the lay-dees by telling them their nicknames for their appendages. Which reminds me of a site good for finding interesting links, that I'll blame Stephen Judd…

the number of women's profiles that made it a point to state that they weren't interested in would-be suitors who sent pictures of their knobs to prospective paramours.

And they say romance is dead...

isn't it amazing how many young men on NZD feature pics of their cars in profiles...

. . . well then stay thee away from NZPersonalsdotcom, you'd be surprised as to what some of those young men 'feature' in pictures of their profiles.

My flatmate* joined/perused the site for a…

Talking of which, and reflecting on an earlier RB blog, isn't it amazing how many young men on NZD feature pics of their cars in profiles... even the…

Trent Reznor speaks

Interesting interview. The fact he downloads illegally himself while knowing better than most how this hurts artists sums up the dilemma rather nicely.

If more artists can come off record company contracts and start releasing new material at a fraction of the cost of their company owned…

the biggest impact on the NZ Singles chart.

As a point of clarification the single chart is not the same NZ Dating singles chart that Damian blogs about.

I think my head obscures a pile of Robert Heinlein novels (recommended by you, unless I'm mistaken).

Oh sure, trash MY credibility instead. Those were very specific Heinlein novels I recommended, not Heinlein in general.

It actually reminded me of my friend Susan's house. Though her husband does actually manage…

I love how David's bookshelves make bloggers look so cerebral ...

Bookshelves definitely are a fashion statement, rather like gym equipment. Whether they actually get used is another matter....

Hey, they definitely get used, especially the Orwell! Actually, it's difficult not to film me against such a…

To say nothing of Dostoevsky...

The Idiot?

Moreover such a move would only give the practice perceived legitimacy, which is the last thing they want.

yes but that perceived legitimacy already exists with the customer base, ignoring that won't make it go away. It's all becoming slowly little more than academic, as the EMI deal shows, anyway.…

Anyway... Hardly surprising that record companies aren't interested in counting P2P downloads. For a start, the charts are…

D'you think they sat him in front of the Orwell on purpose? David?

To say nothing of Dostoevsky...

Is this a measure of actual, active popularity, or more the flippancy over over-accessibility?

all of the above in various mixes, depending on the song and the artist.

In the same way that a burnt CD is not a lost sale, a downloaded copy of a track does not necessarily…

Yes I download stuff and find I don't like it. But I usually don't repeat…

The TV3 clip about bloggers and Fiji is here

I love how David's bookshelves make bloggers look so cerebral ...

D'you think they sat him in front of the Orwell on purpose? David?

In theory — given that it can be essentially free — then it would seem to be an accurate yardstick of 'popularity' as without cost/affordability being a factor, then those tunes downloaded are simply those tunes that people want to…

Kyle: www.google.com/ncr

Cheers!

I love how David's bookshelves make bloggers look so cerebral ...

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Note that Universal Search hasn't been propagated to google.co.nz yet, so you'll need to choose google.com.

Does anyone know of any easy ways to stop google.com automatically redirecting to google.co.nz? It annoys the hell out of me – if I wanted to go to the nz site, I'd type that…

Also useful if you are buying things off merchants from less salubrious parts of teh 'net.

Ben: you mean like the NZPost Prezzy Card. I'm surprised too but maybe they've deliberately soft-launched and are making sure the niggles (social and technical) are ironed out before they put pedal to the metal. Which is…

I thought it seemed silly that the chart was determined by sales of singles because no one bought records anymore, let alone 45s.

The answer was…

Works for me (well, I get someone else to buy…

Noted, watched and enjoyed it yesterday, thanks.