Posts by Gary Elshaw
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I was appalled when I saw the video recently, but it certainly doesn't take a rocket surgeon to imagine the pitch to the marketing people at Air NZ.
[A Boardroom, midday. 12 white, middle class and heterosexual guys are sitting around the table]
Charles from Saatchi BBDO: "Okay guys, so we're thinking we shoot this thing in Fiji or the Cook Islands over a week with 10 - 15 swimsuit models. We'll all be required to be on set at all times."
Jim from Air NZ: "Sold. When do we go?"
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Hard News: Holiday Music: Pop TV Lives, in reply to Ross Bell,
Was that the one when Karen was obviously stoned and Sam Hunt made an appearance? Sam had just been given some accolade for poetry and Karen asked what he got for it, he made mention of something and then spread his arms wide and said, "..and a really, really big bag of pot." My teenage self fell to the floor laughing.
Live TV in New Zealand in the 1980's was grand. You could get away with some other remarkable things too once in a while.
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Hard News: Holiday Music: Pop TV Lives, in reply to JacksonP,
The introduction to Something Else has the same feeling as this classic. Coincidence? Nozin' Around
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Hard News: One man’s Meat Puppets is…, in reply to Scott Chris,
Take it back or step outside.
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Whitney Houston songs always annoyed the hell out of me, especially I Will Always Love You. Awful thing to say, but when she left this world I really hoped she might take that song with her. This however always makes me run away from where ever it is playing, or reach for the switch while promising harm.
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Meanwhile in the US people are committing crimes for healthcare. Way of the future?
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Zodiac Mindwarp seems fitting for Friday somehow.
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My current song obsession: The Twilight Singers The Blackbird and the Fox
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So much has happened since this was shot, but this is the clearest indication of what the Libyan National Council wants for the future of Libya: Libyan National Council