Well NT Corp are doing very well, displaying very clever financial acumen and bloody good on them, JC has done a very thorough profile, well done however I don't like to be the spanner in the works but what happens when they as a corporate tribe come up against this
No worries, all good, removing trade barriers is what's all about cuz. Not quite bro, this is one treaty that is definitely not Kapi.
Went to a presentation tonight at the Wellington Library where Jane Kelsey was giving a very thorough run down on the deal they won't let us see. Who's they? Who know's? Do you know? And if you do let us all know eh cuz.
This is the Corporation Part 2.
Wednesday, 6 July 2011
Tuesday, 5 July 2011
Freshly Cooked and Straight Out of the Lab
Now I had to laugh at this sourced from here
All that is required now is to find their owners (given the theory that the longer you have a dog, the more you start to look like it, right?).
All that is required now is to find their owners (given the theory that the longer you have a dog, the more you start to look like it, right?).
Friday, 1 July 2011
Film Festivals and the Internet
Are Film Festivals still relevant when a title that they have featured as an exclusive screening can already be obtained from here.
There was a time when if you attended a festival premiere it actually meant something but now with the advent of the internet and all things being digital and therefore equal and duplicable it ain't possible to claim exclusivity anymore.
The only purpose a festival serves now is to use the programme to select what you wish to purchase or download for viewing and then re-sell once you have viewed it right?
There was a time when if you attended a festival premiere it actually meant something but now with the advent of the internet and all things being digital and therefore equal and duplicable it ain't possible to claim exclusivity anymore.
The only purpose a festival serves now is to use the programme to select what you wish to purchase or download for viewing and then re-sell once you have viewed it right?
Monday, 27 June 2011
Godzone? Hmmm...maybe...maybe not
Remember when they told us this was Godzone
Before Muldoon was gone
When they put on a concert party for every tourist
When the real kiwi bloke only ate meat
and slapped one up the sheila when she was on heat
When the old man was watching sport on tv
and the old lady was wishing she was free
when the boy would clean the car
before he hit the tar
and the daughter would be in her pre heat curlers
before her heavy date
with her skin tight wranglers
when the baby's nappies were full of piss
and 2.7 kids would guarantee suburban bliss
a time when all your nightmares
were washed in a horrible, deep dark blue
the sheep would go to church
on a Sunday, and pray
that the shitheap would be cleansed one day
When Bowie pulled as big a crowd as the Blacks vs the Boks
In the land of Rugby, Racing and Beer
Sat nite smash over a queer
When molesters started making the news
but not the one wearing the catholic shoes
bless another bottle of port
he's never gonna get caught
when at eleven pm the country was dead
the goodnight kiwi having put
the sane and normal slaves to bed
And giant liquor junkies
could buy up beehive flunkies
when dickheads would give bastards knighthoods
for milling the native woods
and remember when it was
compulsory gym frocks
and sand paper shorts
when the race would start with school reports
It was fucked but that's taken as read
got to get to work, need more money,
the Joneses are getting ahead
If this ever was Godzone
then God must be fucken bent
what are we?
God's little experiment.
copyright: PK Publishing 1984
Before Muldoon was gone
When they put on a concert party for every tourist
When the real kiwi bloke only ate meat
and slapped one up the sheila when she was on heat
When the old man was watching sport on tv
and the old lady was wishing she was free
when the boy would clean the car
before he hit the tar
and the daughter would be in her pre heat curlers
before her heavy date
with her skin tight wranglers
when the baby's nappies were full of piss
and 2.7 kids would guarantee suburban bliss
a time when all your nightmares
were washed in a horrible, deep dark blue
the sheep would go to church
on a Sunday, and pray
that the shitheap would be cleansed one day
When Bowie pulled as big a crowd as the Blacks vs the Boks
In the land of Rugby, Racing and Beer
Sat nite smash over a queer
When molesters started making the news
but not the one wearing the catholic shoes
bless another bottle of port
he's never gonna get caught
when at eleven pm the country was dead
the goodnight kiwi having put
the sane and normal slaves to bed
And giant liquor junkies
could buy up beehive flunkies
when dickheads would give bastards knighthoods
for milling the native woods
and remember when it was
compulsory gym frocks
and sand paper shorts
when the race would start with school reports
It was fucked but that's taken as read
got to get to work, need more money,
the Joneses are getting ahead
If this ever was Godzone
then God must be fucken bent
what are we?
God's little experiment.
copyright: PK Publishing 1984
Saturday, 25 June 2011
All Grown Up Eh?
Ahh the perfect rock and roll dream team, the wise old bastards eh?
All grown up and mature like but still very bent, I really really like this album and let's face it there are a million ways to enjoy this album.
I mean, admittedly, there is a part of me that wants to be all cynical and shit and just call it a star fuckfest but that would be somewhat churlish and mean spirited given the talent that is in abundance on this project.
So a new beginning then? A chance to reunite, after all whaddya gotta lose? Nothing right? When they go out on tour, on a most important journey, you must see them live before they are up and gone....
Every day I wake up and think, `am I the only one that gets it?' But no, Jonny -Shayne - Gary - the Girls - they get it too, if you're gonna do this it has to be your A-game, right Jon?
The best music is never a long way off, most of the time it is just near here, bitta Dunedin, bitta Wellington, bitta coastal, bitta lounge on anniversary day innit?
So Please fucking wake up, I implore you, and check out this fascinating body of work from the Adults, who are very fucken grown up now alright.
All grown up and mature like but still very bent, I really really like this album and let's face it there are a million ways to enjoy this album.
I mean, admittedly, there is a part of me that wants to be all cynical and shit and just call it a star fuckfest but that would be somewhat churlish and mean spirited given the talent that is in abundance on this project.
So a new beginning then? A chance to reunite, after all whaddya gotta lose? Nothing right? When they go out on tour, on a most important journey, you must see them live before they are up and gone....
Every day I wake up and think, `am I the only one that gets it?' But no, Jonny -Shayne - Gary - the Girls - they get it too, if you're gonna do this it has to be your A-game, right Jon?
The best music is never a long way off, most of the time it is just near here, bitta Dunedin, bitta Wellington, bitta coastal, bitta lounge on anniversary day innit?
So Please fucking wake up, I implore you, and check out this fascinating body of work from the Adults, who are very fucken grown up now alright.
Tuesday, 21 June 2011
Just Downloading it Now
In the process of scooping up the whole album now from amplifier and I must say Jonny and the crew do not disappoint. When they play here live next month they will go off, gonna b a primo gig no doubt about it.
Sunday, 19 June 2011
At Last - A Monday to look forward to.
The Adults Album Will Be Released On MONDAY 20 June
With a vast collection of musical ideas and a bit of downtime, Jon began work on a project which has now become The Adults, a celebration of his work with some of New Zealand's brightest talents and an iconic Kiwi album in-the-making.
The Adults are Jon Toogood (Shihad), Tiki Taane, Shayne Carter (Straitjacket Fits/Dimmer), Anika Moa, Ladi6, Julia Deans, Gary Sullivan (Jean Paul Sartre Experience/Dimmer), Nick Roughan (Skeptics), Ruban & Kody Nielson (The Mint Chicks), Warren Maxwell (TrinityRoots/Little Bushman), Ricki Gooch (TrinityRoots), Redford Grenell (Shapeshifter) and Steve Bremner.
With their debut, self-titled album set for release on 20 June, The Adults have given us a preview of what is to come with the tasty sweet soul of Nothing To Lose which has gone on to become a number one Alt Radio hit.
One Million Ways (the first official single) is one of the many standout tracks - infectious and epic in equal measure. Other highlights include the Anika Moa lullaby-esque Sleep Me Tight, good friend Julia Deans on the optimistic New Beginning and co-pilot Shayne Carter on Most Important. The result is a collection of songs - beautiful in its eclecticism.
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