Public Address | Cafe | Radiation: Signing off, moving on

Peter Calder

Wed, 06 Apr 2011 18:30:02 +1200

Go well, Fiona. The website looks like ... hey, it looks like a website rather than a concrete-block wall.
Love your work.

Simon Bennett

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 20:54:45 +1200

I always enjoy your writing, Fiona, wherever it resides.

recordari

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 15:55:18 +1200

Bad food jokes aside, the CD video footage of the red zone made it look uncomprehendingly bad enough, from what I saw. And the ongoing sagas people are having with ECNZ and their discrepancy with insurers, builders and plain human decency would be driving good people to the brink of...…

Russell Brown

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 15:44:34 +1200

Dude, I haven’t seen anything that makes it look as bad as it is.

That was what our studio director told me in week one, after he'd been down directing live coverage:

September earthquake: Not actually as bad as it looked on the telly.

February earthquake: Way, way, way worse…

recordari

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 15:32:13 +1200

Oh, totally. I'm surprised the Red Zone isn't constantly besieged by film directors, honestly.

And Nattō air strikes?

All the best Fiona. Seems I might have missed most of your work, as I came in after a certain Tennis injury, but will look to the Listener...

Emma Hart

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 15:11:16 +1200

OMFG so it's just like Libya?

Oh, totally. I'm surprised the Red Zone isn't constantly besieged by film directors, honestly.

Rob Stowell

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 14:56:56 +1200

:(
Hope the new ventures work out. Like many here, I'm ambivalent about the listener, for sure. But if I could just read the columnists I like, in full, rss-ed and on time? That would be a win!

BenWilson

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 14:55:16 +1200

When we get back in there, we'll have to battle rats, street by street.

OMFG so it's just like Libya?

Emma Hart

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 13:59:21 +1200

Better or worse than the disaster porn?

Dude, I haven't seen anything that makes it look as bad as it is. Consider: no-one has been able to remove food from the CBD for six weeks. When we get back in there, we'll have to battle rats, street by street. The…

Craig Ranapia

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 13:36:09 +1200

Yeah, wanna picture how their ‘gosh we’re all still renovating our houses’ cover went down in Christchurch?

Better or worse than the disaster porn?

Emma Hart

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 12:22:44 +1200

I shall sadface too. Sadface.

(I wish it were otherwise, but: See cover story. Again.)

Yeah, wanna picture how their 'gosh we're all still renovating our houses' cover went down in Christchurch?

I think I broke The Listener.

I thought that was... oh, you mean the website.

Danielle

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 12:18:50 +1200

BIG sadface. I was always excited when there was a new Radiation post. It was my safe 'nattering on about shows that everyone with "taste" scorns me for watching' place!

linger

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 12:12:46 +1200

new, fancy, 21st-century website, with actual things to read
... as long as you want to read about houses. (I wish it were otherwise, but: See cover story. Again.)

Kumara Republic

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 12:11:13 +1200

Are they running it on an old Pentium 3 out the back of Joanne Black's place?

With Net Nanny and the OneNewsNow filter installed? The memory requirements must be insane.

Megan Wegan

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 12:10:31 +1200

I echo Jo's sadface. Who will tell me what I want to watch?

Jackie Clark

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 12:05:50 +1200

Very sorry to see you go, Fiona, from here. But as you say, you've been a very busy person working on other stuff, which will very much benefit your public.

Craig Ranapia

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 12:00:35 +1200

Is there a curse involving writing about television on Public Address? It’s sad to see the end of Radiation, but is Muse also headed for a similar fate – it hasn’t been updated in almost a month!

Creative constipation and neurotic self-criticism are two flavours that do not go together;…

Peter Darlington

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 11:29:13 +1200

Oops. I think I broke The Listener.

Are they running it on an old Pentium 3 out the back of Joanne Black's place?

Robyn Gallagher

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 11:21:54 +1200

I really enjoyed Radiation at its best – smart, fun writing about the…

BenWilson

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 11:01:17 +1200

Sorry to see you go, Fiona, but I feel your pain, my own blog has about 3 posts on it, all claiming that I will get around to making some more soon. I hope the Listener site does well.

Russell Brown

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 11:00:49 +1200

Oops. I think I broke The Listener.

Peter Darlington

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 10:59:44 +1200

I maintain that .net is more cool

Agreed. .Net has always been about networks and communities. .Com suggests taking money off people.

Peter Darlington

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 10:53:48 +1200

It’s been about nine years since Russ and I sat in our old kitchen trying to think of names for a website that could house a new version of Hard News.

Imagine how cool a name you'd have come up with if you'd been sat in that sparkly new kitchen!…

Russell Brown

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 10:46:42 +1200

Russ came up with the name although, from memory, publicaddress.com was taken, but not the slightly less cool .net.

I maintain that .net is more cool.

Joanna

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 10:39:54 +1200

Sadface. Thank you for alerting me about many shows that became my favourite. We'll miss you!

Public Address

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 10:39:54 +1200

Discussion from blog post.