Posts by Robyn Gallagher
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From the excerpts of the bugs.
What about if we did a bombing campaign that blew up Waihopai spy base, power dams, gas facilities, TV stations and radios
On a personal level, this freaked me out a bit cos I work at a TV station. That it may be a terror target has always been there at the back of my mind, but this just adds a layer of real to it.
But it was this quote that really made me think:
I wanna leave this planet making sure that I've done a f...... huge amount of harm to this country."
See, if we compare these terrorists to the IRA, well, the IRA weren't doing what they because they wanted to harm Ireland.
I can't understand why anyone who lives in Aotearoa New Zealand would want to harm the place. Surely that's what an enemy of the country would do. It seems counterproductive to harm a place you're trying to make better.
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But Bond&bonds cheeky one is the one that would work better, except it has now been severely neutered by......Erin herself.
The Bond and Bond ad ("Government says fridges are better younger - just like women, really.") was a sexist, ageist piece of shit. What, like middle-aged women never buy major home appliances?
I'm glad that it was pulled and Bond and Bond were made to feel ashamed.
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I've been trying to tell my agency that we're wasting our time with this newfangled telegraph thing
I'm still raging against the fax machine. I mean, I know '80s retro is in right now, but one has to draw the line somewhere.
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Never mind this "democracy" carry-on. I'm excited:
Sonic Youth bring their Don't Look Back show -- a complete recital of 1988 Daydream Nation album, plus more, to the Bruce Mason centre on Feb 16 next year.
I squealed with delight when I read this news. And it's at the Bruce Mason so it gives audiences the luxury of sitting down at a Sonic Youth concert.
And having been previously initiated into the Cult of Direen, I think I may have to journey over the harbour for his gig.
A little entertainment news: people in this town are paying to go out and see live music.
Yeah, somehow things have come together and going out is fun. It's a different experience to what it was like when I was younger, but it's still hugely enjoyable. And it's hard to consider a $20 ticket to see a good band as being expensive when a movie costs $15.
a remarkable singalong by hundreds of punters for 'Fingerpops' -- it was a happy room.
So happy! As soon as they started playing - Fay Ray - I started smiling and I couldn't stop the awesome happy feeling. Yay, Garageland.
Ok, back to politics.
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I'm torn between Saturday night's competing offerings of Garageland (King's Arms) and the Phoenix Foundation
Garageland's '07 comeback special was brilliant! I'm so glad I went.
There might be a lot of bands doing these reunion gigs, but everyone does it differently. Last night I realised how much I really enjoyed Garageland back in the day, and how a lot of their songs have really stuck with me over the years.
I ended up writing over 1000 words (!) in a review-cum-personal history of Garageland. (Perhaps this is what Stephen Fry termed a blessay - a blog-essay.)
But the best thing was that it didn't feel like a nostalgic '90s revisit. It was just a cool band playing at the King's Arms.
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I'm torn between Saturday night's competing offerings of Garageland (King's Arms) and the Phoenix Foundation
Last week I was discussing the Garageland reuinion with a friend and I was like "Well, I'd only go if Debbie Silvey was in the line-up." And according to the Herald, she is!
So I guess I'll be there. I hope they play "Struck", cos that was my favourite tune to get drunk and miserable to in the mid '90s.
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That's a good selection of videos, and in handy bite-sized chunks to fit in amongst proper payin'-the-billz work.
I highly reccomend the mean kitty video. If you like fierce but cute kittens, you will like this.
Also, it features the kitten sleeping in a bathroom sink, which reminds me of the Cats In Sinks webpage. Why is it that bathroom sinks are so perfectly cat-shaped?
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A teenaged Jim Morrison in a film that was not strange at the time but seems very strange now.
The weird thing is, it seems almost like it's Val Kilmer playing Jim Morrison as a tortured young student, cruelly denied entry into a Florida university by The Man.
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The Herald, but, man, that's old news.
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I don't think I can read this thread anymore, because it's making my ovaries twinge.
I feel ya, sister.