I believe in supporting Kiwi music just as much as the next bloke but I have to confess I haven’t really been following the latest televised vocal bun-fight — Pop’s Ultimate Star — too closely. I’m all singing competitioned-out after the latest series of American Idol and, to be honest, I’ve never managed to get myself […]
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This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) It’s official, I’m predictable and boring. I’m a creature of habit. I always listen to the same music when I’m doing housework (Rammstein), I always have a cup of tea before I hit the shower in the morning (black, no sugar), I always sleep on
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This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) It sounds like the tagline for the next big Hollywood horror movie: she’s been buried for 50 years, now it’s time to dig her up on live TV. However, there’s no scriptwriter coming up with ideas for this one, it’s all real. “She” was a
Buried Belvedere up for grabs Read Post »
This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) You have to wonder what’s wrong with the world when Hugh Grant’s considered sexy, Helen Clark supposedly looks like Andie MacDowell (according to the My Heritage find-your-celebrity-lookalike site) and Jericho gets cancelled. A ratings slip when it went up against the always-going-to-win-in-a-ratings-battle latest series of
Battle for Jericho goes online Read Post »
I couldn’t help but wonder yesterday if perhaps it’s time the Invercargill City Council looked at closing off the streets around the cenotaph for the dawn parade. The crowd was huge and people were spilling out on to Dee St, making it a safety issue. However, my biggest gripe is simply with the noise, which
This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) What do independent film-maker Jim Jarmusch, Godfather of Punk Iggy Pop, original Aussie emo Nick Cave and Tom Waits — the drinking man’s Billy Joel — have in common? Give up? Well, it seems they belong to a super-duper, top-secret club called The Sons of Lee
Not-so-secret secret society Read Post »
This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) There’s an old saying about people who live in glass houses avoiding the chucking about of stones — probably because it’s the kind of activity that is very likely to come back and bite you on the proverbial bum. Online communities are havens for those who
Let those without error cast the first aspersions, error-free of course Read Post »
Instant messaging is coming to Xbox 360. From the week beginning May 7, Xbox 360 owners can connect with friends and family, connecting and chatting directly from their televisions using Windows Live Messenger, a network of more than 260 million active accounts. The Xbox 360 Autumn Update will let Xbox 360 owners worldwide access Windows
