Posts by Henry Barnard
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Hard News: Friday Music: The First Time, in reply to Geoff Lealand,
Yes, that's right, Geoff and Rob. My tasks involved, if I recall rightly, putting honey in tins as well as helping out with fruit picking. Kind of early WWOOF. I was in a state of culture shock for most of that time adjusting to NZ after spending most of my life in India up to that point.
Bizarre to think of Roy Orbison playing there.
The concert was in Hamilton itself. I had nothing to compare it with but we, too, felt it was a weird combination. In hindsight, it also feels strange in another way: big music in a small venue. The only `gigs' I had been to uptill then were the `socials' at my last school in Darjeeling, The place was run by French, Belgian, Canadian and Indian Jesuits who organised these events for us lads with the girls from the local convent!!
Anyway,the next year it was `The Animals' (sans Alan Price) in Wellington.
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Ironically, I have had to think carefully about my early days in Aotearoa New Zealand recently. I arrived in Wellington straight from Calcutta (and Schooling+First year at University) in August 1966 at the age of 17. I immediately enrolled in the Correspondence School so as to be able to get some background to be able to tackle the UE exams (which I had to sit rather than have accredited), After the exams I headed up north to a place near Hamilton for a summer job at an alternative community called Beeville from where I went (in early 1967) to my first `gig’/`international concert’ – all rolled into one: The Yardbirds, Roy Orbison. This was with friends who had introduced me to Beeville.
I do remember this:
I also remember it was in a theatre – which seems strange in the light of more recent experiences.
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Hard News: Narcissists and bullies, in reply to Danielle,
Is it… is it trying to say that they aren’t “emerging well” because they’re traumatised? Because that’s the only charitable interpretation,
That's what I'd be inclined to think.
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Hard News: Narcissists and bullies, in reply to simon g,
Absolutely nobody emerges well from the Roast Busters under-age sex scandal. Not, most importantly of all, the four traumatised 13 to 15-year-old girls who have been identified as victims.
What on earth is this supposed to mean? Surely, surely the editorial can't mean what it seems to be saying? It can't be trying to lay blame on those girls? Badly phrased?
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Hard News: Narcissists and bullies, in reply to Brodie Davis,
I also loved how he was on Campbell live last night and didn’t have any answers to any questions they had about this case.
He even seemed to say that he wasn't even going to try and find out anything about the case, yet, because he didn't need to. He was just going to pass on whatever he was told. He didn't seem to get the idea that ignorance is not an excuse and that, if he could keep himself deliberately ill-informed, he'd be safe.
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Message from Countdown on their Facebook website 3 minutes ago:
Countdown does not condone the comments made on Radio Live on the Jackson/Tamihere show. We have now had the opportunity to review our advertising activity, and have withdrawn advertising from this radio station.
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Hard News: Narcissists and bullies, in reply to ,
Writing fuck, is not actually an all that intelligent way to express anger
At the age (tender?) of 13 I learnt the effectiveness of using swear words like this from the `Guns of Ministrone':
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Reply from Countdown to my email:
Countdown does not in any way condone the comments made on Radio Live. We advertise across a wide range of radio channels and are currently reviewing our advertising in light of the concerns raised about the Jackson/ Tamihere show.
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Hard News: Narcissists and bullies, in reply to Raymond A Francis,
And yes it is amazing how receptive business is to this way of protesting
And there is a growing number of criticisms on this issue on Countdown's Facebook page.
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Hard News: Narcissists and bullies, in reply to Lucy Telfar Barnard,
I’ve sent an email to Countdown letting them know I won’t be shopping there any more until they can do better than a “non-committal” response.
Snap!! Hope they don't think it is a family conspiracy :)