Posts by Jim Welch
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Hard News: Friday Music: Original Beats, in reply to Craig Ranapia,
If QuestLove’s music is as good as his prose, I might just have to expand my musical horizons.
Dunno what your musical horizons currently encompass, but if they include any Elvis Costello, you should check out his latest 'What's Up Ghost' which is a collaboration with Questlove's band, The Roots. It's pretty awesome.
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Hard News: Inside the Shrine, in reply to nzlemming,
Any time Key tries to do the brushoff answer, you know he's hiding stuff.
Doesn't Key try to do the brushoff answer pretty much every time he opens his mouth? What's maddening is how effective his 'nothing to see here, folks' approach continues to be. I get the feeling he could be filmed murdering a child and when later questioned about it, he'd just flash a dopey grin and say "Look, the fact is, New Zealanders aren't really interested in these things...." and his approval rating would hold steady at 60%.
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Hard News: Friday Music: I like your old…, in reply to Geoff Lealand,
I have sent away for a large supply of needles.
Lou would undoubtedly approve.....
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And this piece in Salon is quite good.
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Hard News: Friday Music: I like your old…, in reply to Craig Ranapia,
Nice.
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RIP Lou, you irascible old bastard. I love all the Velvets stuff and much of his 70s solo stuff. New York, released when he was ancient (like, 47 or something!) has some really great songs, too.
Why even mention Karl du Fresne's ignorant rant? Really, is there a less relevant opinion about Lou Reed out there? Withering? More like blithering idiocy, I'd say.....
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Hard News: Everybody's Machiavelli, in reply to Steven Peters,
No doubt about it. It is a coterie of right-wing conspirators who are responsible for His Worships libido
No, but they are responsible for making it news (along with the media who can't resist a sex 'scandal' especially in relation to a politician they don't like) and trying to use it as a political weapon.
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Hard News: Everybody's Machiavelli, in reply to Rich of Observationz,
What’s this centre-right? These people are right-wing.
Excellent post by Russell but, yes, I was wondering the same thing. This bunch of amoral crazies seems pretty right wing to me, no 'centre' about it.
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Hard News: Friday Music: History, motherfuckers, in reply to Robyn Gallagher,
I wonder if Simon Sweetman felt like a massive sell-out by having an editor work with him on his recent book.
It obviously was a huge compromise which made him completely bitter and twisted....
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Hard News: Friday Music: History, motherfuckers, in reply to Russell Brown,
But, yes, it is a shame if there is now an nasty anti-Lorde bandwagon. Though I think she has far more defenders than detractors at this stage. Miley Cyrus should be so lucky.