Posts by Russell Brown
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Hard News: Auckland, so much enormity to…, in reply to Angus Robertson,
Maybe, buried in a council report, is an advisory about structural integrity and resonance frequencies of old piers.
I believe the wharf was passed fit for drum 'n' bass, but officials are making further enquiries with regard to dubstep.
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Hard News: Auckland, so much enormity to…, in reply to Sacha,
surprised it wasn’t a RWC fan zone
It was. Until McCully, Key et al..
To be fair, it also suited the council to change its mind about spending a couple of mill on a permanent giant screen, but yes. Until Party Central, the plan was for a large family-friendly fan zone. The giant rugby ball was supposed to go there.
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Up Front: It's Not Sex, and It's Not Education, in reply to Sofie Bribiesca,
taking my penis to Vagville.
lol alot
+1
Now having trouble getting the phrase "Last Train to Vagville' out of my head.
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Further to the entertainment thing, I gather there have been urgent requests for more live acts for the later stages of the tournament -- presumably for Captain Cook Wharf -- and the Music Industry Commission has been busy trying to fulfill them.
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Hard News: Auckland, so much enormity to…, in reply to Craig Ranapia,
Um, yes… and? Stop the presses – Mad Butcher needs to start drinking more decaff with no sugar. Bug surprise there. :)
Yes. And it should be noted that the Butcher was generally pretty keen to be Ms Clark's handbag too. He's no mug.
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Actually, one complaint about Eden Park.
Could we not have been spared that shit-awful sub-Black Eyed Peas ZM trance pop at high volume? It really was not what most of the crowd wanted to hear. Some local styles would have been more appropriate -- and would have sent all that performance rights money in a more productive direction.
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Hard News: Auckland, so much enormity to…, in reply to Toby,
Is Sir Mad, eg, a National party donor?
As Mediawatch pointed out yesterday, Sir Mad has been seizing media opportunities to sing the praises of his new best friend, John.
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Hard News: Auckland, so much enormity to…, in reply to Rich of Observationz,
All those dollars that were going to flow into the hospo industry - not so much
I'd think hospo businesses in downtown Auckland are doing screamingly well.
On the other hand, restaurants in the Kingsland strip suffered a collapse of midweek business last week because the public had been convinced Kingsland was some sort of war zone. Ditto for the Wellington hotels in your story -- people have assumed they must be full.
Predicting the movement of crowds in this thing is proving quite tricky.
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Field Theory: Rugby World Cup stories, in reply to BenWilson,
The crowd went wild when the war dances began. It was hard to say who won – Fiji definitely gets points for timing the start perfectly, just as the Samoan one was about to hit high gear. But there was a fierce confidence about the Samoan show that presaged the game itself.
I thought the rugby was fairly mediocre for most of the game, and that you couldn't blame the conditions for all of the handling errors, but the challenges were electrifying.
I loved how they just stood there and eyeballed each other for a while. Then the Samoans launched and the crowd roared. And the Fijians launched and the crowd roared even louder. Wow.
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Field Theory: Rugby World Cup stories, in reply to BenWilson,
I understand recordari was in attendance, somewhere in the near capacity crowd.
In the seats right next to us lol.