Posts by Robyn Gallagher
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Maybe we'll do another one-off.
Subject: the All Blacks uniform throughout the ages. It was that black jersey with the white collar for so many years. But now it's that high-tech nipple-enhancing fabric with contrasting panels for aerodynamic awesomeness.
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RE: Tourism nz video - is it just me, or does that starter credit say "LEAD SINGER PULTO"?
It does indeed say "PULTO", which is such an odd typo to make.
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In the last 20 years social change has accelerated so much that could we assume that even in 10 years time the promo efforts of today will look equally as quaint?
Well, take a look at the latest effort from the tourism office:
It's all beaches, beaches, beaches, bush, mountains and lakes.
What amazes me the most is how it's been carefully filmed to make New Zealand look almost completely uninhabited - Piha beach is shot from angles so no buildings or infrastructure are shown.
In the 2m 22s clip, there's 2 seconds of some isolated lodge and 3 seconds of Auckland city at night. Buildings are completely absent from the rest of it.
This is not the New Zealand I know.
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But you've obviously found your way either here or to the Dropkicks podcast, so you're halfway there.
I just listened to the lastest podcast, where Martha critiques the teams' uniforms. I was walking down the street when I heard mention of the mansierre that some teams' uniforms seem to have. I laughed out loud, attracting the attention of a lady walking her dog.
But no critique of the All Blacks' strip? I've noticed that the All Blacks' shirts can be either worn snugly to show off well-muscled physiques, or more loosely for the man with more padding.
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I've gone through periods of being in love with the Exponents' music, to thinking Jordan Luck was a dick, and back to being a fan again.
But one thing is certain: the Exponents wrote a whole lot of really good pop songs that have had a lasting effect on not just New Zealand music, but New Zealand's cultural identity.
And I like that there are all these wild rock 'n' roll stories involving Jordan Luck, but whenever I've shared them with people who know him, they usually go, "Nah, that doesn't sound like him."
Seeing Jacqui Browne trying to beat him off with a stick on C4
I watched this and was so disgusted at the time that I promptly wrote about it. But now I read back and I think, "Hey, that's what I want to be like when I'm that age."
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The NZ Herald is relishing calling the girl by the nickname the Melbourne po-po have given her - Pumpkin. This leads to headlines like "Pumpkin parents had separated", which sounds like something from one of those Sesame Street sketches where Kermit did news reports on fairytales.
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Madamoiselle Hot French Newsreader that Russell linked to is wearing sleeveless tops in a few photos, which you never see newsreaders wear on New Zealand telly.
Ages ago I saw a woman auditioning for a newsreading role, and she was wearing a pretty sundress that exposed her shoulders.
It would have looked ordinary on the street, but seeing it in the formal environment of a TV studio, it looked absolutely porno. She didn't get the job.
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And aren't socks and shorts a bit smelly?
Shirts have the armpit bits! Those new All Blacks shirts seem pretty snug and I'm not sure if I'd relish getting a shirt soaked with pit sweat.
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My pet peeve is the increasing use of "orientated"
Perhaps people use orientated because oriented might seem more like Oriented, suggesting something to do with the Orient.
"Invite" employed as a noun.
Well, you won't be receiving an invite to the Nouning Verbs Society's annual ball.
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It should (maybe?) be seen as something of an advance that journalists are actually USING blogs as a source of story ideas, quotes and so forth, rather than just doing stories ABOUT this 'brand-new' concept called blogging.
Only three years ago I was interviewed on the telly for a blog I was involved with, and I heard back that many production staff were seriously asking what a blog was. So, yeah, progress is good.
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How does something being on the internet make it news, other than the fact that a reporter can access it from their desk?
Not many people would be prepared to go on camera and say, "Ahmed Zaoui should go back to where he came from!" But such opinions do exist, whether they're expressed verbally, on the internet, or silently held as thoughts.
Anonymous internet posts often give us a conduit into what people think but are too scared to openly say.