Posts by Robyn Gallagher
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Field Theory: Gruts, in reply to Tom Beard,
they’re an alternative to the rather 90s-hippieish Thunderpants.
Yes! Thunderpants are '90s. They'll probably come back in in about five years, but at the moment, it's all a bit too painful. But that's Thunderpants' style, and it's obviously something that works for their customers. I imagine they're quite popular in Wellington.
Also Tom: hipster-cut underwear that has no relation to beatniks. What is the world coming to?
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I spend years looking for comfortable undies. I thought I'd found a nice style from Bendon, but the rough elastic irritated my skin so much I had to see a dermatologist. Bloody hell.
By chance one day, I came across the three-for-$15 packs of ladies undies in one of Farmers store brands. I bought a pack to try and was surprised at the comfort and softness. A nice pair of cotton-lycra undercrackers: that's all really one wants.
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This makes me wish I could ride a bike. And for the first time since the quake, it's made me want to return to Christchurch. Not for earthquake tourism, but because despite the shit, it's still a lovely city.
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Hard News: Friday Fever, in reply to Andre Alessi,
Have you seen the UK video for Dominion Road? It painfully looks like it was made in the mid '90s, and it's like someone was trying to style the Mutton Birds as a downunder Oasis :-(
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Today I present the video for the 1986 Peking Man song "Good Luck to You". You should watch it for four reasons:
1. The fierce dual sibling power of Pat and Margaret Urlich. Clearly they are not to be messed with.
2. Much of the video is set at the late, great cafe DKD.
3. There's ample footage of 1986 Auckland, a year before the crash. Back then the city was golden and full of dreams.
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I really like Christchurch's Bus Exchange. It's easy to find where to catch buses from, the real-time signs mean you can always pick the best route (if there's an option), it's a pleasant place to wait, and those automatic doors for boarding the bus are so cool.
The Bus Exchange works because it's shelter for waiting for a bus indoors on a cold winter's evening, but it's still connected enough with the streets outside that it's not a detached underground bunker (Brisbane) or a remote bus depot (Hamilton).
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Hard News: Heads up for music, in reply to Sacha,
Govt announces changes to NZ on Air music funding. Switches focus from albums to singles.
Is this another sign of the death of the album? (And when you think about it, an arbitrary small collection of songs to be played in a specific order is a bit weird.)
This has also given me a diabolical new idea for a web project that will eat my life.
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And this just in from Flying Nun: The 3Ds Early Recordings 1989-90
This is exciting news! I can't wait to download it.
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So, I went along to Bar Bodega and saw the Shayne Carter Experience or whatever his band is called. It was good.
The audience was largely the dadrock crowd, including the local MP (a genuine fan!). iPhones were waved in the air, and I realised why most live music clips on YouTube are only 30 seconds or so - after a while, the person's arm starts to ache and they can't stand to hold up their phone any longer.
I was feeling a bit queazy, but the tropical rainforest atmosphere of Bar Bodega (seriously, warmer and more humid than the butterfly house at Otago Museum) made me feel even worse. I realised I was doomed to spend the evening sitting on the floor, slumped against a wall, caged by human legs. So I decided that I'd better cut my evening short, but decided to stick around for one more song.
And then Mr Carter played "Needles and Plastic", proudly announced as being one of the few songs to have "cunt" sung in the very first line, which I guess makes it on par with Mobile Stud Unit's "Old Cunts". And the fact that I'd never heard the C-word in "Needles and Plastic" shows the power of the classic Carter slur.
Then straight after that was "APS". So much better than the album version. It comes along and sneers and chimes and spurts out tension and release.
These two songs are pretty much my favourite two Shayne Carter tunes, so I was really glad to have heard them at that point in the set. I left the steamy Bodega and went out int the cooler streets. I was sad to have left early, but glad to have heard my two face songs.
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