Posts by Sacha
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I received a Wiener Schnitzel
See, I would have had a problem at that point..
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I don't buy all the slagging off of NZOA for helping fund mainstream pop
Too much of that and not enough of anything else might be what's challenged.
Pop is by definition what's popular, and part of NZOA's remit is about promoting belonging and national voice and getting biggest impact for its investment. However, the fundamental assumption behind that has shifted with multiplying channels and lower entry barriers, and a more diverse national discourse and population.
It's a matter of voices plural now (and probably always was if we're honest with ourselves). There is no longer one tv show that everyone watches, one radio station they keep on in the background, one song they sing, one topic they discuss the next day. That's last century calling.
It's governed by legislation that needs to move forward a couple of decades. TV and radio should only be part of the equation.
Agreed. More significantly, why should a small group of unaccountable people (commercial broadcasting programmers) get to decide what will be popular before it's even made? Bollocks to that.
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I think your association of the phrase "taken seriously" with these tired fossils is optimistic at best
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Reliance on commercial gatekeepers is a substitute for having to make and stand by quality judgements when rationing resources.
That role shifting to audiences rather than traditional middlemen is part of the impact of the internet on all culture industries and media. And the channels do not have the same constraints anymore either.
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Though he didn't have to go far - almost like Tina Fey with a certain Alaskan
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an unsustainable fishing industry blaming their low catch results on other fish-eathing species
Such as recreational humans..
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Bennett's press release about the matter is a masterpeice of self satire.
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So you're saying "health nazi" is a well-worn phrase..
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Fair point about putting the practice rooms elsewhere. Politicians need to understand that the jobs of the future are increasingly creative ones - not manufacturing or even science. So why wasn't this sort of investment part of Labour's extra $80m injection years ago?
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Great idea - and easy enough to site with existing council-owned community facilities all over the country. Add soundproofed practice rooms, to keep neighbours everywhere happy.