Posts by Grant McDougall
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@Grant
I'm sticking to the argument as much as robbery ever has. He's seen fit to question my knowledge and capabilities, misrepresent my comments and generally be as rude as he feels like (where were you at that point, by the way?), so it's only equal time to question his.Where was I ? Doing other stuff, to be honest. While I know a lot about music I know sod-all about IT, etc, so a lot of the technical discussion just goes straight over my head, therefore I couldn't comment on it.
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Mark and Sasha: Please refrain from making personal insulkts, stick to the argument, please.
I don't know Robbery personally, but several people I know do. They all agree with Simon that Robbery has made a significant contribution - for well over two decades - to the local music scene, especially the Chch scene (no, he's not Roger Shepherd, before you ask).
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I'm not in the BDO target demographic like I once was and other than Neil Young, the line-up is just not my cup-of-tea.
On the other hand, I'm pretty excited about going to ATP in Sydney on Jan 17: Nick Cave, Spiritualized, Dirty Three, Harmonia, Silver Apples, The Saints (orig. lin-up), Laughing Clowns, Robert Forster, The Necks, James Ulmer...
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RIP, Ron Asheton, guitarist for The Stooges. :(
(Not strictly on-topic, but significant music-related news, unfortunately).
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The Police have also been infiltrating Unite and other lefty unions, according to an interview Matt McCarten's just done on RNZ National.
He gave various examples of infiltration and how that paid informant Russell mentions had been identified by Unite members.
This is really going to get nasty and the police are going to have a lot of explaining to do over this.
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and I could have written about scootering around this great city
I was unaware you lived in Dunedin, Damien. You'll have to join the Dunedinista for a beer when we next meet.
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And the Ralston column is hackneyed, inconsistent, wrong on facts and one of the worst things he's ever written.
Why do his articles never carry a byline concerning his connections with the National Party in general and its parliamentary leader in particular?
He discussed that issue in a recent post in his blog at stuff. As he sees it, he himself has nothing to do with the National Party, but his wife, Janet Wilson, her company does work for Key, so technically he only has a connection through her is his argument.
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Still not as scary as Richie Benaud in HD. Nothing may ever be.
Back in September I was having a beer at the Admiral Nelson pub (I highly recommend their inhouse beers), in The Rocks, Sydney, when, lo, and indeed, behold, the mighty man himself walked.
The greatness of the occasion was enhanced by the fact that he was wearing a cream leisure suit. -
Graeme, you're looking at this through very, very, rose-tinted glasses.
As with Paul, I too was a big spender at Real Groovy's Dunedin shop. Myself and a lot of other people here are extremely cynical about how the Real Groovy saga has played out here. Basically we feel ignored and shafted by Real Groovy's owners, who have completely left us in the lurch.
I will refrain from bitching and moaning any further, as I've already given a Dunedin perspective on this issue on Russell's original thread.
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Regarding whining writers, anyone else see Joanne Black's column in the latest Listener ? She notes that the current US ambassador, a Bush appointee, has resigned and is heading back to the US. Therefore, from her point of view, ex-Labour Party president Mike Williams should resign from the various boards he's on as well, because, like, his gov't also recently lost power.
What a silly, snide, churlish comment. Also she fails to realise that it is established convention for US ambassadors to resign when their party loses, but not a convention for political party appointees in NZ to resign.
Also, I assume she also wrote the "all is sweetness and light now that John Key's been elected PM" editorial as well. It was chocker with twaddle like "The politics of envy have been replaced by the politics of aspiration".
Barf, and, indeed, barf.