Posts by Geoff Lealand
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If you are accepting day-time photos, here is one from Couch Street in Portland, from last Saturday: The 24 Hour Church of Elvis street installation
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In my pocket: a street map of Portland, some American dollars, a broken watch and a hotel door card.
Stayed up late last night to watch Bruce Springsteen on the Tonight with Jimmy Fallon show (plugging his new album Wrecking Ball). Tom Merillo was on lead guitar, which was a little strange,
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There are two New Zealanders (Joe Atkinson, Mark Stewart) and myself currently at the University of Oregon (Portland) conference on "What is Television?". Very interesting presentations (producer/writers from Portlandia and The Simpsons on tomorrow) but our energy might be better spent by getting back home and fighting this battle,
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Seen Ides of March yet, Craig? I was impressed but I suspect you don't like George C like I do. There is so much of him in the film--actor, director, producer.
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The outcome was rather predictable but what do you expect of the Academy where the mean age is 65+?
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Oh dear. My deepest apologies to Stephn Donald, who has no connection whatsoever to hamburgers.
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Even better that , after a cold winter in the UK, Stephen McD is talking about returning home. The Chiefs may well need him, after Saturday's casualties.
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Thank you, Emma, it does seem a little odd commemorating something which is not yet finished nor resolved for so many Christchurch people. I want to add Christchurch cinemas to my http://cinemasofnz.info site this year but I will venture your way with some trepidation, knowing just how little remains. Going to the movies always seemed to be an important part of life in Chch and it saddens me when people down there tell me that it is no longer so. I had some of my most important film moments in Chch ( The Life of Brian, 2001, the Chch Film Society...
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Indulge yourself today, David. You richly deserve it.
Your 'vilage' reminds me a bit of the cluster of baches at Urenui Beach in North Taranaki but at least you don't have loud speakers on every corner.
With so many ingredients missing from that cake I hope you didn't have make a mud cake.
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One of the smartest investigations of the celebrity phenomenon is Graeme Turner's Understanding Celebrity (Sage, 2004). Graeme, who is at the Centre for Critical and Cultural Studies at the Univ of Queensland, is updating his book currently as Understanding Celebrity Revisited
