Greg Clydesdale
What a FOOL.
“That’s nuts Greg!” (20:13)
Yep. Pretty much sums it up.
Jay Rayner : Great Restaurants
A regular lolathon! Funny guy.
“There are people who love opera who pay equal sums to sit in one of those plush seats and watch the fat lady sing. I would rather stick pins in my eyes. ” (5:44)
“Sensual experiences can come in many forms. There are some chaps who get their sensual experiences wrapped up in PVC by the hour – not my bag. But I’ll happily spend it on dinner. And if that makes me strange and peculiar to other people, well so shoot me. But I feel no guilt over that.” (6:50)
Paul Tobin and Daniel Falconer
Interesting. They seemed nice.
6:34
“I think basically beforehand you would just had to have gone to Hollywood. But since Peter Jackson Hollywood’s kind of come here now.”
That’s cool. Good for them.
Emma Featherstone: big school bands
Inspirational!
What an awesome woman. When I listen to people like this talk I remember there are some amazing people in NZ (after getting all down from reading about all the crime, nonsense and general stupidity on nzherald.com).
She so deserves that award. I can’t even remember what that award was called, but she deserves whatever award people want to give her. If I had kids I’d want to send them to Kings after listening to this. Although I still don’t like the idea of single sex schools as well as gathering all the rich people together. Come to think of it, if I ever have kids I probably could never afford to send them to Kings anyway.
I was nodding along to what she was saying about how in NZ people have low standards of what kids should be taught (musically). I thought this was normal until going overseas and seeing what school kids are taught. I felt a bit embarrassed about the music that gets taught in NZ.
Yay for Emma Featherstone – wouldn’t it be great if all teachers were as passionate and intelligent as her.
Kate’s Klassic: Mrs Dalloway
Blah.
I like this book, but I don’t think Kate said anything interesting about it.
And why the fuck do they spell klassic with a k? Grrr.
Playing Favourites with Michael Hurst
Fantastic. Loved this interview. I love his voice, the way he speaks, what he says.
Very cool guy.
His childhood … omg, a gang! Scary shit. Wouldn’t like to live anywhere near a gang of kids like that.
Stephen Parke
That’s correct. That’s correct. That’s correct. Grrrr…. shut up already. Can’t you just say yes?
I thought this was going to be one of those interviews like the sports ones when she admits she didn’t watch the game and they start talking about politics or something.
But, no. Particles, zzzzzzz.
I gave up after 11 mins. I thought his Kiwi/US hybrid accent was interesting … but not really in a good way.
And his voice reminded me of one of those teachers who almost seem to be talking in a monotone on purpose to torture you by making it that much harder to focus on what they are saying.
Fail.
Nicholas Rasmussen
Interesting.
3:09
Nicholas Rasmussen: (Gordon Alles) worked on developing it into a non-lethal chemical weapon that would make the Russians feel all lovely-dovey and not fight.
Kim: That’s a good idea.
LOL. Back in the day, when I used to party a lot and take e etc, we often talked about how the world’s problems could be solved by flying around the world dropping e on countries, insead of bombs. I guess we weren’t the first people to have this idea. But you never are, are you.
Children’s Books with Kate De Goldi
I enjoy studying Children’s literature – but I find listening to Kate De Goldi talk a bit stressful. It’s hard to focus on what she’s saying because she sounds so rushed and jumpy. I wish she would relax and slow down a bit.
I just looked her up and there’s a funny story on her profile at the NZ Book Council.
“When I was three years old I swallowed some pills of my aunt’s and had to have my stomach pumped (an exceptionally vile experience). I knew the hospital staff wouldn’t be able to get the pump in if I kept my mouth shut tight so I clamped my teeth together and resisted their entreaties for quite a while (kicking and punching them at the same time, when possible). But they tricked me by asking me a question and since I can never resist talking I opened my mouth to answer and they shoved the tube in. Unspeakable horror! After it was over my Dad bought me a massive hokey pokey ice cream. He was rather traumatised so he had an ice cream too. I’ve disliked hospitals ever since – though the doctors and nurses appeared generally benign. ”
More about Kate:
Christchurch City Libraries – kids interview
Waiting For Mummy sounds interesting.
Max Gimblett
I really enjoyed this interview.
I’d never heard of Max Gimblett. He was born in NZ but has lived in the US for a long time. Sounds like a nice guy. I like the way he randomly said and did odd things throughout the interview.
He is a Jungian. I’d never heard of that before.
Jungian
adj. of or relating to the Swiss psychologist Carl Jung (1875-1961) or his system of analytical psychology.
n. a follower of Jung or his system
Interesting what they were saying about marketing + making art.
I like the way Kim talks about stuff that she might not believe in with an open mind.
30:30
Kim: What were you in the last life?
Max: I was a Japanese woman.
I found this on YouTube:
Very cool.
