Posts by Grant McDougall
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An actor criticising National is about as unsurprising as a farmer criticising Labour. There is no news value in it at all.
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The NZ Herald's reaction is baffling. An actor criticising National is as predictable as a businessman / woman criticising Labour.
Both fall into the "and in breaking news, water is wet" category.
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The problem with banning one bunch of musos for their refering to and / or advocating of something bad / stupid / illegal / evil is that if we were to ban every act that somehow refered / advocated such things, there'd almost be no music scene at all and all we'd have available to listen to is Cliff Richard. Brrrrrr...
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The relief, the sheer relief.
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"Meme Syndicate" - ho,ho, yet another nice music pun for a post header Russell. One day I will trawl the PA archives and make a list of all the music puns you've used. It'd make a hell of a playlist, I suspect.
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Mark Hammett must feel sillier and sillier for getting rid of Nonu, Weepu and Hore given how well they've played for the ABs this year.
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I agree with the basic gist of your post Russell, but expecting rugby people to know heaps about music is like expecting music people to know heaps about rugby.
Various musicians, writers, critics, label owners, radio people, etc, etc, may well be keen on rugby (and I know many who are, as I'm sure you do), but wouldn't be much good at, say, running an ABs training session, or helping Wayne Smith devise slick backline moves, or helping Mike Cron analyse the Wallabies' scrum for example.
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I listened to Bomber's spiel in real time as it unfolded what struck me about it wasn't that he had a go at Key. That in itself was utterly predictable.
What was different, however, was the way he said what he said. His previous pot-shots at Key, which have often been just as critical, have always been delivered in a measured, reasonable tone. He's been critical, but in a civilised, mature tone.
Last week's one, however, was different: right from the start it was loud, boisterous and shouting. He wasn't talking to us, he was talking at us. As a consequence, rather than coming across as opinionated but mature, he came across as boorish and petulant.
It was a spectacularly ill-judged way in which to deliver his statement. He sounded like an immature, whining brat. I can understand his anger, but the way he vocally projected it reflected badly on him. For me, it wasn't what he said, but the way he said it.
As an aside, I always like Richard Langston's appearances on the panel, he's informative, plus he often has funny anecdotes.
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Here in Dunedin, there are already several David Clarke hoardings around Dunedin North and a few Green ones, too.
None of the other parties' are up yet and I suspect there'll be a few National ones and sod-all from the others.
Yesterday a friend told me he'd helped put up a few of Clarke's hoardings.He commented that in Dunedin North Labour has several volunteers doing this sort of grunt-work, but that Michael Woodhouse has to help put his own up as National in Dn North, as he has far fewer volunteers.
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That is outstanding. Fantastic evocation of the harsh realities of life after the 'quakes. I liked the intricate details of day-to-day life, too.
The 'quakes may've dented his house, but clearly not his sense of humour: "Portents of doom include Into The Void gigs...".