Posts by Don Christie
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They all had their own manner, but I don't believe I have ever heard a New Zealand leader tread with quite such heavy-footed lumpishness through the glorious first minutes of their incumbency. The tone was odd.
Yes, it was pretty bizarre.
Fortunately he recovered in an interview I saw later in the evening and seemed much more coherent.
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Simon, many thanks for that wikipedia link. I think this section captures the "creative" process rather nicely:
However, noted blues author and producer Robert Palmer states "It is the custom, in blues music, for a singer to borrow verses from contemporary sources, both oral and recorded, add his own tune and/or arrangement, and call the song his own".
And of course, there is nothing new on jazz, is there?
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But yeah, I should do that.
It is interesting that David Haywood claims to have sold out of the first run of his ("superb and hilarious" - TLS) book which is a collection of articles already published on PA.
This despite the fact we can all check out the archives here and print them off at our leisure.
The message, pander to the consumer, stop fighting them.
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I wish the "creators" of popular music would sometimes acknowledge their sources. You know, the classical composers and folk songs that they never have to pay a dime to for a simple dumbing down or, remixing.
That might be a good starting point for joining this kind of discussion.
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Could someone please explain why this post and the previous copyright discussion on a site that has
©2002-2008 Public Address, all rights reserved.
Er, because this is not about abolishing Copyright but understanding the implications of technology and society.
At least give an impression of RTFA.
Thanks Matthew & Russell.
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Fortunately the Dems don’t have 60 seats in the Senate so with the filibuster rule there is a brake on their more radical aspirations, which is probably why the stock market rallied yesterday,
Or maybe, after responding to the result, they realised there were still over 2 months left of Republican rule.
James we can all play the game of making shit up.
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Did anyone else think Obama's speech was a bit lame?
No, not at all. This was not a time to repeat MLK. Those sort of speeches are now the job of the VP elect, which is why Biden was a pretty good choice (and Al Gore a lousy choice BTW).
Check the content.
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Whichever ARSEHOLE at TV1 and 3 decided to interrupt Obama's speech with their own inane commentary on it, while it was actually LIVE, deserves a kick up the arse.
So, I called home to get the old TV unpacked from a hole somewhere and dig out the bunny ears. Family sits down for the historic (and educational) moment just as Obama is talking puppies in the White House...
...and it all stops so we can hear from a kiwi TV jorno who things Obama's running mate is Joe Lieberman. Thank god for youtube, that'll be the last we see of NZ TV for a long while again.
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McCain actually gave me goose-bumps.
That was easy for him to do. Meaningless words. The hard part would have been to turn his campaign from a the negative slime feast to something else.
He could redeem himself by changing the nature of the Republican party. Let's judge him then.
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in victory, magnanimity; in peace, goodwill.
So hoping for an Obama win in Arizona would be mean spirited?