Okay, so I stole that headline straight from fark.com, a site where the headlines are usually humorous in nature; it's a cruel irony I suppose this one is no joke. How many times do we have to tell people it's not about smacking, it's about stopping people who beat their children senseless using the "I'm the parent, I can do what I want" defence in court?
That's right, it doesn't really matter how many times we say it, because papers like the Herald are never going admit Labour did something right.
Grrr!
I've been proofing all week at Groove (look out for an article tangentially about MC Stormtroopa), was planning to spend this week working on demos for a potential new band Marty and I gonna try and form, but money is good too. I had a job interview at TV3 on Monday and was told I'd most likely be called back for a second interview, so that'd be awesome.
Anyway, this potential new band needs a name. We're hoping to find something along the lines of a cool 1980s computer game, and have whittled it down to two. One is better, and probably would suit the idea we have more, but is quite well-known and no doubt taken a million times over already - Paradroid. The other is cool, and would make a good Pitchfork/late-2000s-indie band name, but that's not the kind of band we're gonna be, but it's cool regardless - Raid Over Moscow. Any suggestions? The songs I have in mind are a mix of some of what we used to play in SAM/Slow Learner/Vetox, and mroe recent ones, obviously. Start with three of us, keep it loose and simple, then develop from there. Starting a band is the hardest part, and I don't want to start dealing with extra guitarists and keyboardists and triangulators till we've proved to ourselves the band is worth pursuing. I've no idea how good a bassist Marty is, but he's an okay guitarist so yeah. Grunge-pop for the win.
I'm going to re-kickoff my Fighting Fantasy blog, Fighting Dantasy (get it? lol). I'll start with pretty much the same two posts I did back when I tried it the first time (April or May last year) then get stuck in further this time, honest! It's empty at the time of writing though. Will get on it tonight perhaps. I'll consider switching to Joomla (anyone used it?) or Wordpress or something later on, if it's worthwhile, will stay at budget ol' blogspot till then.
So how about that cricket the other day? 300 deliveries apiece, seven hours of cricket, and both NZ and England manage to score a massive 340 runs. Insane. By far the highest scoring draw in ODI history, and if NZ had managed to score two off the last ball, instead of one, it would've been the third highest run chase of all time, and meant they 4 of the top 5 chases, while they currently only have a meager 3 :p
Top Albums of the Last Fortnight!
1. The Replacements - Tim
2. Liam Finn - I'll Be Lightning
3. Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree
4. Hot Chip - Made in the Dark
5. Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger
6. Radiohead - In Rainbows
That's right, it doesn't really matter how many times we say it, because papers like the Herald are never going admit Labour did something right.
Grrr!
I've been proofing all week at Groove (look out for an article tangentially about MC Stormtroopa), was planning to spend this week working on demos for a potential new band Marty and I gonna try and form, but money is good too. I had a job interview at TV3 on Monday and was told I'd most likely be called back for a second interview, so that'd be awesome.
Anyway, this potential new band needs a name. We're hoping to find something along the lines of a cool 1980s computer game, and have whittled it down to two. One is better, and probably would suit the idea we have more, but is quite well-known and no doubt taken a million times over already - Paradroid. The other is cool, and would make a good Pitchfork/late-2000s-indie band name, but that's not the kind of band we're gonna be, but it's cool regardless - Raid Over Moscow. Any suggestions? The songs I have in mind are a mix of some of what we used to play in SAM/Slow Learner/Vetox, and mroe recent ones, obviously. Start with three of us, keep it loose and simple, then develop from there. Starting a band is the hardest part, and I don't want to start dealing with extra guitarists and keyboardists and triangulators till we've proved to ourselves the band is worth pursuing. I've no idea how good a bassist Marty is, but he's an okay guitarist so yeah. Grunge-pop for the win.
I'm going to re-kickoff my Fighting Fantasy blog, Fighting Dantasy (get it? lol). I'll start with pretty much the same two posts I did back when I tried it the first time (April or May last year) then get stuck in further this time, honest! It's empty at the time of writing though. Will get on it tonight perhaps. I'll consider switching to Joomla (anyone used it?) or Wordpress or something later on, if it's worthwhile, will stay at budget ol' blogspot till then.
So how about that cricket the other day? 300 deliveries apiece, seven hours of cricket, and both NZ and England manage to score a massive 340 runs. Insane. By far the highest scoring draw in ODI history, and if NZ had managed to score two off the last ball, instead of one, it would've been the third highest run chase of all time, and meant they 4 of the top 5 chases, while they currently only have a meager 3 :p
Top Albums of the Last Fortnight!
1. The Replacements - Tim
2. Liam Finn - I'll Be Lightning
3. Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree
4. Hot Chip - Made in the Dark
5. Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger
6. Radiohead - In Rainbows
Current Music: Fill Your Head With Prog
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