Posts by Ethan Tucker
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Only heard this for the first time the other day - straight outta 1982, it's The Waitresses' Christmas Wrapping. Yep, it's a rap:
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The trio of RSC films of stage productions touring the country at the moment are an appealing option too. Caught Much Ado About Nothing at the Lighthouse Pauatahanui over the weekend and enjoyed every moment. It helped that the cast was excellent and it was filmed at the Globe (even if it was raining).
Benedick & Beatrice (clip, 2:46):
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Hard News: Friday Music: Better Bit…, in reply to Russell Brown,
Snap gives me 560GB a month so I basically treat it as an unlimited account.
Five hundred and sixty? By the hammer of Thor!
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Capture: Wellington? Well, I Would., in reply to Islander,
And they end like?
What about this? Admittedly not most nights, and this is Petone rather than Wellington - at the finale of the Winter Carnival a couple of weeks ago.
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Capture: Wellington? Well, I Would., in reply to Geoff Lealand,
…on a cold, windy day when rubbish tumbles along the streets, I recall why we left.
But we also have days that start like this.
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Can't go past BBC 6Music. My fave, Jarvis Cocker's Sunday Service, isn't on at the moment, but Cerys Matthews' Sunday morning show Cerys on 6 and Lauren Laverne's weekday 1000-1300 show are both worth a listen for decent music and interviews.
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Greg Wilson’s edit of Talking Heads’ ‘Psycho Killer’ is an interesting beast.
Another rather special version was performed by Barry Cryer on I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue recently - in 'One Song to the Tune of Another', he essayed Pyscho Killer sung to the tune of Old Man River...
At 9:35 in the following iPlayer clip:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01k1ngt/Im_Sorry_I_Havent_A_Clue_Series_57_Episode_1/ -
Off topic, but nice to see Stella Duffy listing @publicaddress as one of her three picks in the Observer yesterday. A 'celebrity tweeter', woo:
Russell Brown @publicaddress
I grew up in NZ and this links to NZ, US and non-Euro stories our press tends not to cover. Also good on music (which I'm not).http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/may/06/twitter-top-feeds-celebrity-tweeters
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Problems like this one have been fixed at a National level
You may wish to amend that to a lower-case 'n'...
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Hard News: One man’s Meat Puppets is…, in reply to 3410,
Preferable. Infinitely preferable.
