Tuesday, December 25, 2012

bewdy

We three kings of Orient are
One on a tractor, two in a car
One on a scooter
Tooting his hooter
Following yonder star

Oh, oh
Star of wonder
Star of light
Star of bewdy, she'll be right
Star of glory, that's the story
Following yonder star . ..


Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Farewell friend


Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat Drowned in a Tub of Goldfishes
BY THOMAS GRAY

’Twas on a lofty vase’s side,
Where China’s gayest art had dyed
   The azure flowers that blow;
Demurest of the tabby kind,
The pensive Selima, reclined,
   Gazed on the lake below.

Her conscious tail her joy declared;
The fair round face, the snowy beard,
   The velvet of her paws,
Her coat, that with the tortoise vies,
Her ears of jet, and emerald eyes,
   She saw; and purred applause.

Still had she gazed; but ’midst the tide
Two angel forms were seen to glide,
   The genii of the stream;
Their scaly armour’s Tyrian hue
Through richest purple to the view
   Betrayed a golden gleam.

The hapless nymph with wonder saw;
A whisker first and then a claw,
   With many an ardent wish,
She stretched in vain to reach the prize.
What female heart can gold despise?
   What cat’s averse to fish?

Presumptuous maid! with looks intent
Again she stretch’d, again she bent,
   Nor knew the gulf between.
(Malignant Fate sat by, and smiled)
The slippery verge her feet beguiled,
   She tumbled headlong in.
Eight times emerging from the flood
She mewed to every watery god,
   Some speedy aid to send.
No dolphin came, no Nereid stirred;
Nor cruel Tom, nor Susan heard;
   A Favourite has no friend!

From hence, ye beauties, undeceived,
Know, one false step is ne’er retrieved,
   And be with caution bold.
Not all that tempts your wandering eyes
And heedless hearts, is lawful prize;
   Nor all that glisters, gold.




Goodbye Catty!


Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Stories For Boys (the Occupy edit)

As part of the one-year anniversary of Occupy Wall Street (Sept 17), Minuit teamed up with New York photojournalist Nina Berman to produce this clip. These shots were taken during the time Occupy was in Manhattan Sept - Nov 2011, as well as at Occupy Chicago, May 2012.

Here's to the watchdogs, the whistleblowers, the non-violent resisters. Those who fight for fairness and hustle to keep the planet honest. Theirs is not an easy stroll through the tulips.
Kia kaha


Monday, August 20, 2012

Three more lives wasted in Afghanistan - RIP

The Gunner's Lament

A Maori gunner lay dying
In a paddyfield north of Saigon,
And he said to his pakeha cobber,
"I reckon I've had it, man!

'And if I could fly like a bird
To my old granny's whare
A truck and a winch would never drag
Me back to the Army.

'A coat and a cap and a well-paid job
Looked better than shovelling metal,
And they told me that Te Rauparaha
Would have fought in the Vietnam battle.

'On my last leave the town swung round
Like a bucket full of eels.
The girls liked the uniform
And I liked the girls.

'Like a bullock to the abattoirs
In the name of liberty
They flew me with a hangover
Across the Tasman Sea,

'And what I found in Vietnam
Was mud and blood and fire,
With the Yanks and the Reds taking turns
At murdering the poor.

'And I saw the reason for it
In a Viet Cong's blazing eyes -
We fought for the crops of kumara
And they are fighting for the rice.

'So go tell my sweetheart
To get another boy
Who'll cuddle her and marry her
And laugh when the bugles blow,

'And tell my youngest brother
He can have my shotgun
To fire at the ducks on the big lagoon,
But not to aim it at a man,

'And tell my granny to wear black
And carry a willow leaf,
Because the kid she kept from the cold
Has eaten a dead man's loaf.

'And go and tell Keith Holyoake
Sitting in Wellington,
However long he scrubs his hands
He'll never get them clean.'


James K Baxter
1965 

When I Dream

Monday, April 30, 2012

enter the busy times

One more day til the biggest month of my working year kicks in... and by that I mean the last couple of super busy months efforts come to fruition.

Wonder how it'll go

Wonder if I'll survive

Wonder if anyone will care

Wonder if I'll get a transparent plane to travel in

and large boobs

for I am Wonder Woman

nope thats not how I envisenged this coming out

Friday, March 30, 2012

Single Life




Saw these chaps last night... they were well good, cheers smh for a top night!

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

really

wish we'd had a proper summer

and I had some clean socks

its the little things that count

Monday, March 26, 2012

the fear

time running out

too much to do

confusion reigns

coffee, grin... get on

monday

Friday, March 16, 2012

Taranaki 50

Spent the past few days in Taradise

Completely knackered as a result

Great time had away from the office at such a busy time of year for me... Now as I prepare to go home the reality of what awaits is playing on my mind

Best walk down to the wind wand again

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

0900 DAKTARI

In the British Isles, it is a tradition that women may propose marriage only on leap years.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leap_year#Folk_traditions

One used, slightly soiled male available to the right lady, apply within

Thursday, February 23, 2012

i had a dream

That the wealthy in New Zealand rose up and demanded the govt stopped pampering them and giving them the best tax regime in the entire world (FACT) and started to demand equality for those at the bottom of our society.

They've prospered beyond their wildest dreams in the past 15+ years and have finally said enough.... "we don't want to live in a country that treats its underclass with such contempt" was the rallying cry.

I awoke in a cold sweat and fired off an email to Fran Sullivan demanding she write a column chastising the rich for being xenophobic trators

We must protect the very rich individuals and corporate entities right to buy that which we can't afford ourselves... and if the rich won't spearhead that call themselves its up to their lapdogs

peace was restored

I may never sleep again

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Dread

Today I'll be reading about the experiences and reality that so many have endured and continue to face in and around Christchurch due to today being the anniversary of last years big shake.

As ever it's going to be tough to hold back the tears as I confronted by life in my hometown.

I'm proud that my work has helped raise funds and support some whom are there but also acutely aware I want to do more, to somehow fix the unfixable. To mend the hearts and minds of those who have suffered so much.

Somedays I wish I had a Faith as I can see how those that do can lean upon that as a means to cope.

Peace, unity and strength to those who've shown countless times what it is to be human in a place and time of chaos.

*silence*

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Gah

Blown out my mobile data plan in two days

Retarded extra data fees here I come

Might have to revert to snail mail

Lol as if

Cutting back on whores and champagne more like

If only

Sunday, February 19, 2012

Sunday

Up at crack o dawn

Chat with drunks in inner city as I kill time

Breakfast with Ronald (yuck)

Fly home

Blob out listening to The Clean

Zzzzzzzzzz

Saturday, February 18, 2012

Musical adventures

In Wellington today

Can't wait to hear some good tunes, drink too much and to howl at the moon

Lookout!

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

my new homes theme song

Tired

So so so tired

But I has the coffee

And the coffee

And the coffee

And maybe one more

Not a bouncy boy today

Which is sad as its puddles on the street day

Maybe a coffee to takeaway on the way to school

*insert boggley eyes*

Friday, February 10, 2012

for some of us

moving house is very very stressful and an almost unsurmountable task

the allure of the cardboard fort is strong

perhaps if I called squatters rights and defended the place hard I won't have to move













on a serious note - looking for a decent afforadble rental in auckland currently - worst time ever

Saturday, February 04, 2012

say kids

Samples used:

1. Vocal sample ("Say kids, what time is it?") and sounds
Dialogue by "Buffalo" Bob Smith from the Howdy Doody theme song

2. Horn samples
Music from the film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

3. Drum samples, raps and "party time" singing
Kurtis Blow - Party Time

4. Drum and horn samples
Chuck Brown and the Soul Searchers - Bustin' Loose

5. Vocal sample ("Ah")
T La Rock - It's Yours

6. Clapping sample
Kurtis Blow - Christmas Rappin' (CORRECTION: THIS IS NOT A SAMPLE)

7. Guitar sample and vocal sample ("Huh")
Banberra - Shack Up

8. Scratching samples
Malcolm McLaren - World's Famous

9. Vocal sample ("Uh")
James Brown - Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud

10. Drum sample after Kurtis Blow rap
Hot, Cold Sweat - Meet Me at the Go-Go

11. Vocal sample ("Beat dis")
Afrika Bambaataa & the Soulsonic Force - Looking for the Perfect Beat

12. Bongo sample
The Incredible Bongo Band - Apache

13. Vocal sample ("Yo, clap, clap, clap")
Kurtis Blow - The Breaks

14. Conga sample
Sound Experience - Boogie Woogie

15. Vocal sample ("Say what")
Trouble Funk - Say What?

16. Vocal sample ("Drop the bomb")
Trouble Funk - Drop the Bomb

17. Vocal sample ("Sex machine")
James Brown - (Get Up) I Feel Like Being a (Sex Machine) (Live)

18. Vocal sample ("U-u-uh"...)
Fat Boys - Disco 3/Human Beat Box

19. Vocal sample ("And...")
D-Train - Music

20. Flute instrumental sample
Theme from The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, composed by Ennio Morricone

21. Go-go break and vocal sample ("P-p-pump me up")
Trouble Funk - Pump Me Up

22. Whistle sample
Ralph MacDonald - Jam on the Groove (CORRECTION: IT MIGHT BE FROM KOOL & THE GANG'S FUNKY STUFF)

23. Instrumental sample
Kool & the Gang - Jungle Jazz

24. Grunt samples
The Jimmy Castor Bunch - King Kong

25. Bongo sample and vocal sample ("All we need...")
Pumpkin and the Profile All-Stars - Here Comes That Beat!

26. Drum sample and vocal samples ("Ain't it funky" and "he-he")
James Brown - Funky Drummer

27. Vocal sample ("Now I'm...")
"I Wanna Be Like You" by King Louie, voiced by Louis Prima, from the film The Jungle Book

28. Vocal sample ("Fresh")
Fab 5 Freddy and Beeside - Change le Beat

29. Vocal sample ("Hit me")
James Brown - Get on the Good Foot

30. Instrumental sample and vocal sample ("Ha-ha-ha, everybody say...")
Grandmaster Flash - The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel (which samples Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five - Freedom and The Furious Five - Birthday Party)

31. Vocal sample ("Agitate...") and horn sample
Brother D and Collective Effort - How We Gonna Make the Black Nation Rise? (horns interpolated from James Brown - Living in America)

32. Sounds
Malcolm McLaren - Buffalo Gals

33. Horn sample
Trouble Funk - Let's Get Small

34. Vocal sample ("Goodnight, kids")
Dialogue by "Buffalo" Bob Smith from Howdy Doody

35. Gong sample and vocal sample ("Please, somebody")
Herman Kelly & Life - Dance to the Drummer's Beat

36. Vocal sample ("That means stop")
Dialogue from the film The Jungle Book 

Friday, January 20, 2012

the final curtain

so going to be a awesome day today

early start for the acts I like then mooching round enjoying the crowd the various air conditioned bars I have access to and a unhealthy dose of sunshine on my all too white self

shame I couldn't find a buddy who wanted to come or could take time off to take this extra ticket I have... guess someone outside is in for a treat

This must be my 16th BDO... such a shame there is no lily pad for my mid afternoon sit in the sun enjoying a cold one surrounded by the beautiful loons that populate our land

cheers

Sunday, January 15, 2012

oh what a day

when young I used to smoke pot and listen to music like this thinking it was all very arty and intelligent

now I just think it fun

wonder what I'll make of it in another 20 years

Saturday, January 07, 2012

Dreams Of Herge

I wandered along to the Tintin movie this week with young micarl and that big apple dwelling yid mischefski... and I was pleasantly surprised by the movie.

Outside of some classic hollywood action sequences which weren't needed (the action was fine but there were aspects that were just ott) the film stacked up real well.

Loved the 3d action... well perhaps I am biased by the fact I now have a mint set of new specs which were somewhat cheaper than my last purcahse in that realm - by some margin (possibly helped by the fact mischefski paid).

I really want to see it again now

Plus I really want to include the 3Ds "Drams Of Herge" youtub clip here but someone hasn't uploaded a pre-recored version, there is only a live one which isn't the correct intro to the song for them that ain't heard it before... so in the absences of music... here be the man himself

billions of blue blistering barnicles



I wish I could have taken me mum to see this film seeing as it was she who cultivated my love for Herge's Tintin comics.

I reckon she'd have thought it ace... and would have dug to post movie drinking establisment we went to as well

*shakes fist*

Thursday, January 05, 2012

so I mortgaged my house and its off to the cinema I go

Today I saly another childhood hero via the machinations of hollywood via wellywood

I should and do know better but can't help myself

The boy inside is excited and frightened