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3410

Thu, 14 Oct 2010 17:41:16 +1300

There must have been an incredible amount of research involved in this latest effort. Isn’t it about time Graham Reid gave us his own version of events?!

Done.

Also, an interview with CB about Blue Smoke here.

Simon Grigg

Thu, 14 Oct 2010 17:21:57 +1300

There must have been an incredible amount of research involved in this latest effort.

Several years worth. Chris spent hundreds of hours researching, interviewing and collating. What you see is just the very tip of what he has recorded.

Incredible.

And on a much sadder note, it's worth recording…

Mike Hollywood

Thu, 14 Oct 2010 16:59:48 +1300

Not having had the chance to scout around for this book yet, I’m now wondering – in the wake of comparisons with Stranded In Paradise – whether or not this is a large(ish) coffee-table (sized) book, like Stranded, or whether it is something I can slip into my bag for…

andin

Thu, 14 Oct 2010 06:10:56 +1300

@ Andin. Hang on,

jeez guess I'm the picky bastard now. Only 2 of that list I like.
Thanks Geoff. I think I remember my NYT password.

Lobby for a properly transmitted EIT EPG so that cheap generic set top boxes, PVRs and media centres can work in NZ. It…

Geoff Lealand

Wed, 13 Oct 2010 19:27:42 +1300

... juvenile delinquents and milkbar cowboys.

Kumara Republic

Wed, 13 Oct 2010 19:15:08 +1300

Stranded in Paradise basically starts from the period of bodgies, widgies and the Mazengarb report.

3410

Wed, 13 Oct 2010 17:03:28 +1300

How does it compare with Stranded in Paradise?
More precise, more detailed — and composed almost entirely of things you never knew.

and it's essentially a prequel to Stranded in Paradise – I think I heard Chris say as much on the radio – covering, as it does, a half-century…

Aidan

Wed, 13 Oct 2010 16:57:33 +1300

Speaking of FTA TV, I've been wanting to get this off my chest for some time.

The lock-up of digital FTA TV in NZ is bad. Bad for the consumer and bad for FTA TV (although maybe they can't see that). The Freeview EPG requires expensive licensed set-top boxes and…

Geoff Lealand

Wed, 13 Oct 2010 15:16:12 +1300

...and written with insight and great intelligence. I had conversations with Chris when he was Writer in Residence at Waikato and went to to a talk he did about the curious history of Blue Smoke. I am waiting for my copy to arrive, with some eagerness.

Russell Brown

Wed, 13 Oct 2010 14:54:24 +1300

How does it compare with Stranded in Paradise?

More precise, more detailed — and composed almost entirely of things you never knew.

Danielle

Wed, 13 Oct 2010 14:19:18 +1300

Ask Jason if he could get his channels to show The Daily Show (and Colbert) again, since Comedy Central are a bunch of twatcocks.

Geoff Lealand

Wed, 13 Oct 2010 14:07:14 +1300

@ Andin. Hang on, and back up the horses a bit! I prefer 'notable inclusions' to 'notable exceptions'--This Is Not My Life, Big Bang Theory, Media 7, Broadwalk Empire, Madmen, The Middle, Outrageous Fortune et etc.
I would recommend you read the recent New York Times (September 12 2010) piece…

LIISA

Wed, 13 Oct 2010 14:02:37 +1300

I had a little tear at the WN launch too. Very special for mostly the same reasons.

How does it compare with Stranded in Paradise?

– very favourably.

Also the radio programme: Musical Chairs featuring Ian Morris Pt 1&2 (in his own words) which Chris Bourke produced for RNZ in 2002…

andin

Wed, 13 Oct 2010 13:36:36 +1300

For a chief executive of a major broadcasting network, he admits it might seem strange that he doesn’t get the chance to watch much TV,

Lucky him. Yeah so Jason we now up to about the 10th repeat of all the shit movie's and blockbusters. Im expecting repeating repeats of…

Mateo

Wed, 13 Oct 2010 13:33:57 +1300

I swear, my eyes brimmed as I read the opening paragraphs of the preface to Chris Bourke's new book Blue Smoke: The lost dawn of New Zealand popular music 1918-1964.

How does it compare with Stranded in Paradise?

Rickai

Wed, 13 Oct 2010 13:03:29 +1300

Be sure to allude to Southland's Ranfurly Shield loss when you talk to Mr Paris.

Russell Brown

Wed, 13 Oct 2010 12:56:02 +1300

Ah, Playdate. Part of my yoof!

Not mine, but gee it was good.

Geoff Lealand

Wed, 13 Oct 2010 12:33:56 +1300

Ah, Playdate. Part of my yoof!

Public Address

Wed, 13 Oct 2010 12:33:56 +1300

Discussion from blog post.