Posts by Paul Williams
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Like many who feature in Mr Dix's book, as fine as it might be, I'd love to see a tweaking in the accuracy of much of what is in. He's good on the bigger picture but weak on details (as I recall my interviews were done in the public bar at the Gluepot).
Which I can understand... but, I ended up spending several hours with it reading and remembering the bands I was often too young to go see including the Meemees... I was one of the many thousands of people who couldn't buy a copy of See Me Go
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you feature in a fair bit of the '70s and '80s don't you...
... by which I meant photographically
Christ! Does that mean we should look out for the slightly ironic Simon Grigg revival?
Perhaps someone in the PAS universe could do Stranded in Paradise: Redux?
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Lucky bastard! His new album is actually quite good (and it's a pleasure for an old Jam / TSC fiend to say that as he's got boringly rockist in recent years).
He did three or four tracks from the new album, but the highlights for me where tracks from Stanley Road (oh, and 'That's Entertainment' of course). Great audience too; hard-core Jam fans seem to have aged well. I'm in my late 30s and would have been amongst the youngest of the audience.
Incidentally, for no particularly reason, I dug out my copy of Dix's Stranded in Paradise recently ... you feature in a fair bit of the '70s and '80s don't you...
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Is this a good place to say how freaking amazing it was to go to a Paul Weller (Sydney) gig last night... I'd've kissed him </spurious connection with thread>
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Racism and religious triumphalism in hyping the bronze.
Sadly, I think you're right. Interestingly, Slate mag did carry a story that attempted to explain why biologically and culturally, Jamaican runners have fared so well. The fact that, IMO, they managed to do so without queuing racist responses is commendable. The item is here.
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i used to read crikey in the early days and it was... sparse.
they got a couple of huge shout-outs from the msm and then they were off.
pretty sure this idea would track the same, imho.
It's successful and influential because it is always topical, often has different content from the MSN and always has genuine analysis rather than bland description. The readership is pretty high-powered too; it's regularly cited as an authorative source inside the beltway (but it is possibly an exclusive beltway readership - public and corporate).
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I wonder if something not quite so voluminous might have more appeal.
The way it's formatted however, with hyperlinks in the email, means you don't need to print it off to skim read and skip around to the items of most interest. Many of the items run around the same length as a standard PA item so on occassion, it's a good read on the train home (I can finish ten pages in about the length of time it takes me to ride the train home). I understand your enviro concerns, and largely agree them, but there's still plenty of folk who like the tactile experience of a piece of paper.
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Usain Bolt had better not be on any performance enhancers because he is just too cool.
Totally read my mind.
The Willis vs Vili thing is just dumb. Both are commendable achievements but Vili's simply is the best possible outcome, surely the end of any discussion occurs when a demonstrable and undeniable fact is introduced? And while it is interesting that a white bloke can compete with the Africans in mid-distance events, 'cause they've dominated for so long, it isn't some proxy for whitey's regaining something (I don't quite know what) compared with black people; that's just bollocks!
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I omitted to say this in the last discussion the PA contributors had about this, but I regard Crikey as the most viable model to emulate. It works.
It sure does, at least from a readers' perspective. I know literally dozens and dozens of subscribers each of whom are paying at least $60 per year (there's a few ways to get discounts on the usual price) and it would be one of the more important sources of government-related and corporate information. Whether they're making a buck, I don't know. Stephen Mayne, founder, sold it a few years back, I can't recall the details, so it was at least lucrative enough to have a buyer. Lots of the content is however provided by people who have other jobs but there's a staff of, it seems, six or more... A NZ version would be ideal and I'd definitely buy it (bear in mind though, Crikey comes out daily and would run to ten pages easily - if printed)
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Ho-freak'n-ray for Nick Willis - I've just seen him get the bronze medal in the 1500. Fantastic. I remember Walker, Quax and Dixon from the '70s, how brilliant to see a kiwi competing in a premier event and doing himself proud! That was worth waiting up for!