Posts by Russell Brown
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Hard News: Let's do some commerce, in reply to Kracklite,
Everyone interesting (Islander/Keri for example) has left PAS, bullies like Craig Ranapia who are friends of Russel get free rein – and they know it. I’ve given up myself. This used to be a good place, but this begging is just shameful. I’ve had it. Goodbye.
I’ll do you the credit of assuming you’re having a very bad day because I have no idea what’s brought this on.
I would note that when I ask Craig to pull his head in, he does so. By contrast, I had to close a thread after you and another commenter ignored my repeated request that you stop attacking someone else in the discussion.
And “begging”? “Shameful”? This site has been running for more than 11 years (Hard News itself is headed for a quarter century). It occupies more of my time than any other work I do, and adding discussions made that only more so. I don’t think you have a clue of the commitment this entails. Spare me the lecture. Come back when you’re not so angry.
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Hard News: Friday Music: The Mayor of…, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
I wonder does Lorde (Ella/Joel) get live performance royalties from the Springsteen concert cover?
For sure.
How does that work?
Is it based on crowd size or door take?I'm not sure of the exact formula, but it's a performing right fee and is collected by Apra from the promoter's take.
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Hard News: Let's do some commerce, in reply to Hebe,
Not to derail the thread Russell – I shall come back later about yr piece (Greg has requested the rate cards)…
Which should be read as aspirational literature rather than a list of actual prices :-)
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Suggestion from Twitter: Springsteen opens with 'Be Mine Tonight'.
I could get behind that.
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Hard News: Let's do some commerce, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
Poor old Advertising started life as the humble act of notification, , a gazetting, or public notice in the journal of record or other ‘database’ of its time – to draw attention to a fact or quality – so that people could make an informed decision.
I still believe in that aspect of it. A key part of the reason bFM hangs on is that enough of the advertising is bFM-type people telling other bFM-type people what they’ve got happening (or, to the extent that the creative policy persists, outsiders telling in a bFM voice). Andrew Tidball makes a viable income from gig advertising on Cheese on Toast. The audience for both would be worse off if there were no advertising.
I’m bugged by the current agency fad for “paid content” or “native advertising” — not because money changes hands but because it’s not credible as content. If you’re offering my readers some prize swag, then maybe you get some words of your choosing published, but no one round here’s going to respond to naked advertorial.
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So this #freethemusic thing turns out to be a Telecom/Spotify campaign, and they've got behind Benny Tipene and shot this performance video in Otara.
I suspect the multicultural haka at the end wasn't entirely spontaneous, but it's still a nice idea.
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Hard News: Friday Music: The Mayor of…, in reply to Tony P,
My guess? 'Loyal'.
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Hard News: Friday Music: The Mayor of…, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
OK, I’ll stop with the gig guide now
But don't stop doing it, though. I like seeing what's going on.
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Hard News: Poor Choices, in reply to Kracklite,
On Peter Williams’ lying:
Am I alone in not being particularly outraged by this? I find it entirely plausible that poor old Pete got -- or was given -- the wrong end of the stick. But it is an example of the way every move turns into a pratfall for TVNZ at the moment.
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Hard News: Poor Choices, in reply to Craig Ranapia,
There’s that too – a half-arsed troll is every bit as gross as it sounds. :)
Burchill's dynamite prose style did use to cover a multitude of sins for me. But that column is lazy, flabby crap -- I couldn't believe people I knew were enthusing about it on Facebook last night. Is this what she's like all the time now?