Author Archives: jb

Words to music – Tuwhare

Posted on 20 June, 2007 by jb

Take an iconic poet, get some of the country’s top contemporary artists to put the lyrics to music and you’ve got “Tuwhare“, a collection curated by Charlotte Yates and quite a wonderful work of art. Add a video of the … Continue reading →

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>Don’t ask me (about "The Consumerist") – #14

Posted on 20 June, 2007 by jb

>“The Consumerist” is a useful website. It flags a wide range of shady, devious and downright illegal practices that seem more prevalent in the US than elsewhere and provides a forum for people a) to let off steam and b) … Continue reading →

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>Don’t ask me (about carbon neutrality) #13

Posted on 18 June, 2007 by jb

>This is a Saab 9.3 convertible.Turbocharged.150 horsepower Cruising at 130 km/h. Sort of 80-ish mph.Averaging 123 km/hGetting 6.6 litres/100 kmh36 mpg. Not bad.

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The day Dad blew up Rangitoto.

Posted on 15 June, 2007 by jb

© Alan Houghton Almost.   Dad was an Army man.
Royal Scots regiment on the Northwest Frontier in India during World War 2 where he taught soldiers how to shoot straight and blow things up. Went back to the UK after … Continue reading →

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>So we sailed up to the sun till we found the sea of green..

Posted on 15 June, 2007 by jb

>In the town where I was born lived a man who sailed to sea.And he told us of his life in the land of submarines.[Listen]

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>Simon Lindsay’s Mixtape

Posted on 13 June, 2007 by jb

>Someone who knew Simon well wrote this “Simon turned up in the seventies. He had a bus with “We’ve come to take your daughters” written on the front. I was 9, or so.I found this alarming. Simon seemed the impersonation … Continue reading →

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>Don’t ask me (about fashion…) #12

Posted on 7 June, 2007 by jb

> Not that I have any idea about this stuff of course, but this confused me even more than usual…. We had the usual extended “I-haven’t-got-anything-to-wear fashion show before going out the other day, which included a garment with the … Continue reading →

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>The Midweek Mixtape – 6 June 2007

Posted on 6 June, 2007 by jb

>Mix and Match #10 [Disclaimer #1: The mixes and the majority of the tracks from all of these mixtapes are the original C90s from the late 70’s/early mid 80’s. Vinyl to tape. Play a couple of hundred times. Tape to … Continue reading →

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>Doddery

Posted on 4 June, 2007 by jb

>I found this in the comments on Rest Area 300m,the blog of the late (great) Simon Lindsay who passed away last week. It gave me the shivers. At about the time he died, I was putting the final touches on … Continue reading →

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>The new extremely English Bible

Posted on 4 June, 2007 by jb

>This, I believe, appeared in “Punch” many years ago in response to a survey in “The Observer”. Most Britons still believe in the concept of sin Most Britons and nearly a third believe in hell and the devil according to … Continue reading →

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