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Steve Barnes

Thu, 15 May 2014 12:56:41 +1200

I suspect that there are people who don’t care about his welfare but will be only too happy to use him. Ask Bevan Chuang.
Indeed, some whales care more than others.

Russell Brown

Thu, 15 May 2014 12:38:01 +1200

It ain’t Got that Tokona should be thanking and if I were him I would be feeling shame. He, unwittingly, maybe, is helping the Rich White wrong guy.

I suspect that there are people who don't care about his welfare but will be only too happy to use him. Ask…

bob daktari

Thu, 15 May 2014 12:35:38 +1200

Aaron also referred to his bipolar syndrome on Facebook yesterday. It seems there are people looking to his welfare, which is good, because things are pretty wild at the moment.

oh, cool, it does sound like he needs his friends at the moment... and to focus on his music not…

Steve Barnes

Thu, 15 May 2014 12:32:38 +1200

Fay?
Rich! White!
That is funny!
Indeed, I thought so... in a sick way...
And the Rich White Wong* guy Xion Qui seems to be able to trash his opponents with impunity from a distant room on the 9th floor...
apparently my name has popped up on the 9th floor…

Russell Brown

Thu, 15 May 2014 12:13:22 +1200

Given there are allegedly eight parts in the series by part 3 I expect a full on denouncement of the sugar additives used in the tea room (the horror)

Along with an apology to Mikee Tucker, who he completely trashed in the first one. And this:

I got a txt…

bob daktari

Thu, 15 May 2014 11:11:52 +1200

another installment http://dubdotdash.blogspot.co.nz/2014/05/aaron-tokona-on-kim-dotcom-pt-ii.html

Given there are allegedly eight parts in the series by part 3 I expect a full on denouncement of the sugar additives used in the tea room (the horror)

Ian Dalziel

Thu, 15 May 2014 07:32:25 +1200

hugely rich people and their kids
Funny you should mention that
Fay?
Rich! White!
That is funny!

…and they laid down a few tracks of their own,
till we had to buy them back!
Welcome to KiwiRail Month!

Ian Dalziel

Thu, 15 May 2014 07:27:42 +1200

NSFW* and not NWA
– just The Last Poets
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi3tzxKoxrM
*Not Safe For Whitey!
© 1970
:- )

Rich Lock

Wed, 14 May 2014 22:22:21 +1200

Paris Hilton is starting a political party? There’s literally no hope for us.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySc12uzoxqU

Russell Brown

Wed, 14 May 2014 22:08:56 +1200

I see.

One of the reasons for having his bail conditions relaxed was so that he could resume his musical work.

Russell Brown

Wed, 14 May 2014 22:03:14 +1200

Wasn’t there a big thing then with hugely rich people and their kids buying their way to poptastic success? I wonder how Paris Hilton gets on with her session musicians?

He was more about star buddies. Don’t forget that [[http://rapfix.mtv.com/2011/12/12/kanye-west-snoop-dogg-promote-megaupload-in-music-video/|Kanye, Diddy, Snoop Dogg, Jamie Foxx, Mary J Blige, Serena Williams…

giovanni tiso

Wed, 14 May 2014 21:49:10 +1200

He’d been in town working on it the night before the raid, which is more than two years ago.

I see.

Steve Barnes

Wed, 14 May 2014 21:35:53 +1200

Wasn’t there a big thing then with hugely rich people and their kids buying their way to poptastic success?
Funny you should mention that

JacksonP

Wed, 14 May 2014 21:26:15 +1200

I wonder how Paris Hilton gets on with her session musicians?

Paris Hilton is starting a political party? There's literally no hope for us.

Rich of Observationz

Wed, 14 May 2014 20:58:13 +1200

Wasn't there a big thing then with hugely rich people and their kids buying their way to poptastic success? I wonder how Paris Hilton gets on with her session musicians?

Russell Brown

Wed, 14 May 2014 20:29:22 +1200

Wasn’t Good Times made when Dotcom was already planning the party?

No. He’d been in town working on it the night before the raid, which is more than two years ago. They spent a lot of money at Roundhead.

Russell Brown

Wed, 14 May 2014 20:27:09 +1200

I get that he’s not very mature, and he’s keen on being accepted by the cool kids, and all that jazz. I really do. I just don’t think all this falling over ourselves to give him a pass is doing him – or us – any favours.

Cool. I personally…

Sacha

Wed, 14 May 2014 20:21:32 +1200

The album launch was also supposed to be the party's launch

just as well the quality didn't transfer

Sacha

Wed, 14 May 2014 20:20:26 +1200

so I hear, As A White Man from The Middle of The Tracks

Sacha

Wed, 14 May 2014 20:19:12 +1200

all that jazz.

better bandname; probly used already

Danielle

Wed, 14 May 2014 20:17:27 +1200

I reckon it could fit pretty well on a Sufjan Stevens album though.

giovanni tiso

Wed, 14 May 2014 20:16:50 +1200

This all happened before the political party

Wasn't Good Times made when Dotcom was already planning the party? The album launch was also supposed to be the party's launch. (Not that I think being racist before deciding to become a politician is in any way exculpatory, mind, but.)

Sacha

Wed, 14 May 2014 20:12:40 +1200

Most Edgy Life Among People Who Say Racist Stuff

too long to be a good bandname

Danielle

Wed, 14 May 2014 20:00:12 +1200

I think entering into a dick-waving contest over who has lived The Most Edgy Life Among People Who Say Racist Stuff would possibly be the dumbest move ever on my part, so I'm not going to do it: I reject the framing of the argument. It's ludicrous. I'm just going…

Russell Brown

Wed, 14 May 2014 19:34:56 +1200

* unless they are a politician or similar person of power

This all happened before the political party and possibly even before the raid, for what that's worth.

Russell Brown

Wed, 14 May 2014 19:33:15 +1200

I can imagine being in that jokey blokey setting with everyone being more outrageous than the next and it all being harmless fun. And if you sat back and DIDN’T join in you’d be the egg who no one trusts.

Especially if you’re the giant adolescent who’s devoted his life…

Sacha

Wed, 14 May 2014 18:55:36 +1200

I can imagine being in that jokey blokey setting with everyone being more outrageous than the next and it all being harmless fun. And if you sat back and DIDN'T join in you'd be the egg who no one trusts.

Sticking up for your beliefs can be like that. Hard.…

Sacha

Wed, 14 May 2014 18:52:45 +1200

fun with the imagery

great band name

Myles Thomas

Wed, 14 May 2014 17:42:04 +1200

Russell Brown

Wed, 14 May 2014 16:44:49 +1200

But I think the pass line for someone taking part in New Zealand’s political life probably shouldn’t be set as low as “is not an actual Nazi, just has fun with the imagery”.

Which wasn't what I said or what happened in this instance, but I accept that we differ…

Danielle

Wed, 14 May 2014 16:14:12 +1200

Oh for fuck's sake. Of *course* I think context makes a difference. "Context" is why I consider Dotcom a thoughtless douchebag exhibiting racist behaviour instead of a white supremacist. But I think the pass line for someone taking part in New Zealand's political life probably shouldn't be set as low…

Steve Barnes

Wed, 14 May 2014 15:52:34 +1200

You don’t think the context makes any difference, I think it makes some difference.
Its all just black and white to some people. Am I allowed to use those words?.

Russell Brown

Wed, 14 May 2014 15:26:14 +1200

You don’t think the context makes any difference, I think it makes some difference. I would note that the senior member of the marginalised group has endorsed Baldock’s characterisation of events. But it’s written now and I’m happy to be disagreed with.

Edit: That still sounds snippy, and it’s not…

Danielle

Wed, 14 May 2014 14:51:57 +1200

It's not a question of how I would have written it; it's a question of not giving Dotcom an implicit pass because his racist behaviour isn't as bad as some people on Twitter imagined it to be. It's still pretty damn bad. Like collecting an autographed Mein Kampf is pretty…

Russell Brown

Wed, 14 May 2014 14:31:40 +1200

It’s usually pretty easy to work out that as a white dude you should not play a game that involves racial slurs with members of a marginalised group. It doesn’t need to be with hindsight. If you’re a thoughtful human being you can probably work it out ahead of time.…

Danielle

Wed, 14 May 2014 14:02:34 +1200

I guess, since apparently no one else is going to say it, and I said it on Twitter last night, that I’m gonna have to express my discomfort with this paragraph:

Whatever happened with trash talking and “racist day” it does seem clear that the game came from the African…

Sacha

Tue, 13 May 2014 19:01:20 +1200

quite impressive

brilliant. will certainly be supporting that effort

Joanna

Tue, 13 May 2014 16:15:58 +1200

Here's my one thought on the matter: I bloody LOVE the #RockEnrol name. That is all.

Russell Brown

Tue, 13 May 2014 15:49:09 +1200

here’s the statement from #RockEnrol ..
—

The Truth behind the Youth Voter Drive” by Laura O’Connell-Rapira

There has been a lot of talk about using gigs and music as an incentive to get more young people voting in this years’ General Election. It all started when Tom Scott of…

Danielle

Tue, 13 May 2014 14:08:59 +1200

You know what's upsetting? That there is no "Jonah Ryan's scene entrances" YouTube supercut I can post here in response to you, Ken. You disappoint me, internet.

Russell Brown

Tue, 13 May 2014 13:32:52 +1200

Update: it does appear the Dotcom camp is considering some sort of youth voter drive.

And the non-Dotcom (Notcom?) youth vote people are going to give me an announcement/statement this afternoon, explaining what they're doing, which is quite impressive.

Peter Darlington

Tue, 13 May 2014 12:41:28 +1200

So, make of it all what you will …

I dunno, but between this and Farrier's homophobic tickling story, I'm really enjoying this wigged out new alt-news universe that we appear to have departed to.

Rich of Observationz

Tue, 13 May 2014 12:39:38 +1200

Isn't it par for the course for a session musician that you have to work with crazy egotistical talentless people? It's just that usually the money comes from either their past musical success or a record companies betting on their marketability.

Could be worse. Could have been Ian Watkins, right?

Russell Brown

Tue, 13 May 2014 12:28:16 +1200

Today on Aaron’s Facebook:

Well this part of my story was actually going to be Part 3 of my 8 part account of working for Kim’s Dot. But as i sit here getting Part 2 into shape Part 3 made the Paper! And now the truth i was going to…

Ken Double

Tue, 13 May 2014 11:20:28 +1200

I don't know if anyone out there watches "Veep" but I believe we can officially dub Slater the Jonah Ryan of New Zealand politics.

bob daktari

Tue, 13 May 2014 10:49:21 +1200

This story seems like its straight out of the: what happens when you break the "what happens on tour stays on tour" rule/guide.

It will only end up fodder for Whaleoil and those whom have taken it upon themselves to air all of the Dotcom's laundry in public and they…

Public Address

Tue, 13 May 2014 10:49:21 +1200

Discussion from blog post.