Posts by Geoff Lealand
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Compelling arguments, David. To get in ahead of Ian, perhaps we should Den-mark all NZ cities. On a visit to Copenhagen some years ago, I did wonder how how uncomfortable it must be biking on the inner city cobbled streets. They are certainly hard on the feet.
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On things musical and local: excellent performance by Don McGlashan at the Academy of Performing Arts at the uni on Saturday night. Good to run into Malcolm Ibell again, who was doing sound.
I want to get one of those loop pedal devices Don was using--so I can use it to play instructions to some of my students who don't listen, over and over again.
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oops. That didn't quite work---but my intentions were noble.
On another topic, I would be interested in thoughts about the new version of Brighton Rock As a huge fan of Greene, I went to it with some reservations (given the lukewarm reviews) but it had some really good things going for: Pinkie was a truly horrible, horrible monster; the character of Rose was very sensitively done, Helen Mirren is good, and there is authentic seediness in the settrings.
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On a recent Later With Jools, Rumer sang a lovely, lovely song Aretha. Anyone willing to post it, if available?
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Russell. I got rather trapped on the NZ On Screen Site.
That is not about being trapped but entranced!
Out in the Street made New Zealand seem like a more exciting place.
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Sherlock? I was mightily impressed–very smart, in a postmodern fashion, but with style and grace. The only real adjustment was trying to forget Martin Freeman's persona in The Office.
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I’m actually very surprised that the discussion has got this far without any mention of Orwell
Or Jonathan Swift?
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Sounds a bit like the experiment that Chris Morris did in Brass Eye, to test the claim that one in every 15 year old in Britain takes drugs. He lined up rows of 5 year olds and asked the question of every third child.
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Thank you, Russell for a sad story well told. How fares the Broadcasting School? I know from Ruth that is has been hard getting the students settled and back on track.
My wife Josephine will be down in Christchurch all next week but is a little nervous about returning--not just because her 89 year old dad Peter is having chemo treatment (there are services still supporting the rest of NZ) but in anticipation of the changes she will see since we were last there in January.