Public Address | Cafe | Random Play: Goodbye to all that https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/ en-us Copyright (c) 2026 Public Address Tony Parker https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-goodbye-to-all-that/?p=146894#post146894 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-goodbye-to-all-that/?p=146894#post146894 Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:29:44 +1300 Sofie Bribiesca https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-goodbye-to-all-that/?p=146878#post146878 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-goodbye-to-all-that/?p=146878#post146878 but any place where you can't get a drink and sit and chat with people is kinda tough. Well there is that. Your book is great.I really do feel like I am wandering down memory lane. I managed visits via Laguna Beach and stop offs in Santa Cruz to catch… ]]> Thu, 24 Dec 2009 20:25:59 +1300 Steve Barnes https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-goodbye-to-all-that/?p=146866#post146866 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-goodbye-to-all-that/?p=146866#post146866

I am optimistic that 2010 will be, at least, better.

Hurrumph. Isn't that what John Key promised us for 2009 with his new fangled government? Better? Humbug. 2009 will go down in my history book as one of the worst years in memory.
Apart from PAS of course, which remained…

]]> Thu, 24 Dec 2009 13:51:06 +1300 ScottY https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-goodbye-to-all-that/?p=146839#post146839 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-goodbye-to-all-that/?p=146839#post146839 Thu, 24 Dec 2009 09:45:30 +1300 Hilary Stace https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-goodbye-to-all-that/?p=146838#post146838 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-goodbye-to-all-that/?p=146838#post146838 Thu, 24 Dec 2009 09:19:55 +1300 giovanni tiso https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-goodbye-to-all-that/?p=146835#post146835 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-goodbye-to-all-that/?p=146835#post146835

I also think that there is something really nasty brewing in American politics, and that we will see the first real fruits of it next year. Ugh.

I was going to poo-poo your pessimism but then I read that Bondy has retired from test cricket so yeah, I think that's…

]]> Thu, 24 Dec 2009 08:34:44 +1300 Graham Reid https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-goodbye-to-all-that/?p=146830#post146830 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-goodbye-to-all-that/?p=146830#post146830 You really are reading my book Sofie! Cool.

Yes, I agree it does depend on when you go to a place. For the benefit of the rest of you who don't know what we are talking about, I went to Brunei . . . during Ramadan. Different vibe — but…

]]> Thu, 24 Dec 2009 07:40:25 +1300 pollywog https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-goodbye-to-all-that/?p=146743#post146743 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-goodbye-to-all-that/?p=146743#post146743 hmmmm...maybe there really is something prophetic about 2012.

was at a party the other night and some cute canadian good time traveller was talking about all the places she'd been, the drugs she'd taken blah blah blah and the conversation turned to movies. 2012 came up and she starts talking…

]]> Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:08:55 +1300 Caleb D'Anvers https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-goodbye-to-all-that/?p=146740#post146740 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-goodbye-to-all-that/?p=146740#post146740

I think next year is going to be turbulent – but not necessarily in a bad way. A bit like the late 60s. Turbulent activism, turbulent protest and probably turbulent weather.

Good call, Hilary. It's also forecast to be the hottest year in recorded human history. I'm thinking a global…

]]> Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:45:06 +1300 Islander https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-goodbye-to-all-that/?p=146733#post146733 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-goodbye-to-all-that/?p=146733#post146733 Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:24:50 +1300 Sofie Bribiesca https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-goodbye-to-all-that/?p=146725#post146725 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-goodbye-to-all-that/?p=146725#post146725 Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:00:40 +1300 Hilary Stace https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-goodbye-to-all-that/?p=146527#post146527 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-goodbye-to-all-that/?p=146527#post146527 Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:31:35 +1300 recordari https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-goodbye-to-all-that/?p=146469#post146469 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-goodbye-to-all-that/?p=146469#post146469 Cancer, suicide, breakups and more cancer. It has been a year for grown up stuff, and I'm regressing towards my childhood as it goes on. So yes, 2009, go away and leave me alone.

On the flip side some lives have been saved, and the good thing about really crap…

]]> Tue, 22 Dec 2009 09:47:00 +1300 pollywog https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-goodbye-to-all-that/?p=146465#post146465 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-goodbye-to-all-that/?p=146465#post146465 i dont dine on the swine so the x-mass ham thing doesnt do it for me.

they year itself started good, got a bit shit in the middle, picked up towards the end and is still picking up.

musically, i mourned the death of hiphop, the passing of michael jackson…

]]> Tue, 22 Dec 2009 09:30:39 +1300 Lucy Stewart https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-goodbye-to-all-that/?p=146463#post146463 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-goodbye-to-all-that/?p=146463#post146463

My family is developing a tradition of trying to cook the ham on the BBQ, letting the fat run off to the tray, which then catches fire, cooking the lid of the BBQ, flames six feet high, almost setting the house on fire.

But each to their own I guess.

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]]> Tue, 22 Dec 2009 09:10:02 +1300 giovanni tiso https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-goodbye-to-all-that/?p=146459#post146459 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-goodbye-to-all-that/?p=146459#post146459 Tue, 22 Dec 2009 08:26:50 +1300 Joanna https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-goodbye-to-all-that/?p=146456#post146456 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-goodbye-to-all-that/?p=146456#post146456 my list of complaints about it, to say nothing of all the crap that my friends have been through as well... ]]> Tue, 22 Dec 2009 01:28:35 +1300 Sofie Bribiesca https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-goodbye-to-all-that/?p=146452#post146452 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-goodbye-to-all-that/?p=146452#post146452 and then we lost a family member Well that was a bummer then. Sorry to hear of your loss. We lost 2 family and it really does zap the bejesus out of one (with hindsight). One thing I do appreciate from the mexican side of my family is the celebration… ]]> Mon, 21 Dec 2009 21:53:07 +1300 UncleMike https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-goodbye-to-all-that/?p=146451#post146451 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-goodbye-to-all-that/?p=146451#post146451 Mon, 21 Dec 2009 21:51:34 +1300 Isabel Hitchings https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-goodbye-to-all-that/?p=146445#post146445 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-goodbye-to-all-that/?p=146445#post146445 Our year wasn't really that flash and then we lost a family member to suicide in August. I will be very very glad to see the back of 2009.

I am optimistic that 2010 will be, at least, better.

]]> Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:48:55 +1300 Kyle Matthews https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-goodbye-to-all-that/?p=146423#post146423 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-goodbye-to-all-that/?p=146423#post146423

It's not Christmas unless you're eating ham for the next fortnight because the person responsible for ham purchasing bought an enormous one in a moment of over-enthusiasm. At least, that's how it always worked in my family.

My family is developing a tradition of trying to cook the ham on…

]]> Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:52:06 +1300 Geoff Lealand https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-goodbye-to-all-that/?p=146421#post146421 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-goodbye-to-all-that/?p=146421#post146421 A good year, except for the terrible middle bit, when a close friend died in a snow storm in the Tararuas.

Thank you, Graham, for all your insights into good music this year. I have purchased at least 6 CDs based on your recommendations.

]]> Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:44:19 +1300 Dinah Dunavan https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-goodbye-to-all-that/?p=146420#post146420 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-goodbye-to-all-that/?p=146420#post146420 Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:41:30 +1300 Lucy Stewart https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-goodbye-to-all-that/?p=146419#post146419 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-goodbye-to-all-that/?p=146419#post146419

Mmmmm... surplus ham.

It's not Christmas unless you're eating ham for the next fortnight because the person responsible for ham purchasing bought an enormous one in a moment of over-enthusiasm. At least, that's how it always worked in my family.

]]> Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:35:24 +1300 andin https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-goodbye-to-all-that/?p=146407#post146407 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-goodbye-to-all-that/?p=146407#post146407 As years go its was a middling year. Enjoyed your writing and am annoyed I cant listen to more music. But from now on I'm more inclined to lump years together into decades and wonder how different 2019 will be.
All the best.

]]> Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:01:38 +1300 3410 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-goodbye-to-all-that/?p=146406#post146406 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-goodbye-to-all-that/?p=146406#post146406 Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:01:14 +1300 Paul Campbell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-goodbye-to-all-that/?p=146395#post146395 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-goodbye-to-all-that/?p=146395#post146395 Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:23:14 +1300 Public Address https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-goodbye-to-all-that/?p=146394#post146394 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-goodbye-to-all-that/?p=146394#post146394 Discussion from blog post.

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