Posts by David Ritchie
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Speaking of the festival, the cinephile-enraging choice of Death at a Funeral as the opening night film when Gosden took a sabbatical is an illustration of the potential perils of arts sponsorship. This from Peter Calder's review of Death at a Funeral:
In Wellington, "Eagle vs. Shark" was the opening night film -- hardly crowd-pleasing.
That said, I have a soft spot for "Death at a Funeral". It reminds me of the night I sat in the Embassy and watched 3 films in a row ("Once" and "Beautiful Creature" were the others). Neil LaBute (!) is helming the US remake.
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NZTrio: towards commissioning Judy Bailey to
create a jazz/classical fusion piece;Truly we live in exciting times.
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"Do it Julia!"
Indeed, but I think there's a "to" missing there.
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My thanks to Russell and the PA team, Matawhero wines and, of course, Guy Baldwin. Himself and Gary Davey were great faces for the force this year.
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"Always Blow On The Pie"
"Safer Communities Together"
"Moustache-gate"
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#outrageous
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Was Ray Columbus and the Invaders' "She's A Mod" actually a cover?
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You guys are aware that old Iggy, in skinny topless glory of course, is all over the place here in the UK selling . . . Car Insurance . . .
For Swiftcover, a company who, for a while, weren't insuring anybody working in the entertainment industry. Then the ASA smacked them down specifically over using Iggy in their ads, and now they're happy to extend their services to musicians (but not other performers).
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Given that the rest of the family work / study in Wellington, can any tell me if they all decamp to Dipton for the duration of Parliament's recess?
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[I] did see one guy in the background holding up a sign pointing people to his TradeMe auction - if that's not entrepreneurship, I don't know what is.
Agreed. Brilliant use of the medium. A++ promoter, would be advertised to from him again.