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Public Address 10/07/06 - The Usual B*Stardry
Monday, 10 July 2006, 12:19 am | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
I planned to lead with something else today, but this finds me quite exercised. As No Right Turn explains, Craig Murray, the former British ambassador to Uzbekistan, who was forced out for being "over-focused on human rights", has written a book on ... More >>
Public Address 06/07/06 - Holidays And Departures
Friday, 7 July 2006, 1:24 pm | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
The younger boy was waiting for me to finish up so he could get on the G5 yesterday evening when he unexpectedly let rip a series of farts. Farts being intrinsically and immutably funny, we both fell about laughing... More >>
Public Address 07/07/06 - Friday Diversions
Friday, 7 July 2006, 1:24 pm | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
Clearly, our happy home's father-son relationship is not the only one out there to embrace the living, giving love of the fart joke. So seeing as it's Friday, I've posted a copy of Farting Preacher 2: Fart Harder, which showcases the evangelical ... More >>
Public Address 05/07/07 - Catching Up
Thursday, 6 July 2006, 11:35 am | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
I'm trying to find a way of describing the mother in the Timaru riding crop case - as she is revealed in a HoS profile that isn't insulting or defamatory. Perhaps I'll just settle for saying that she doesn't seem to be of entirely sound mind and ... More >>
Public Address 04/07/06 - Mission Accomplished
Tuesday, 4 July 2006, 10:21 pm | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
It really is not a great feeling sitting glumly watching webcams, wondering if the fog around Wellington airport is ever going to clear and trying to work out what you'll do if the guest star you've spent months building an event around can't fly ... More >>
Public Address 3/6/6 - Among Blank-Faced Tourists
Monday, 3 July 2006, 4:11 pm | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
I spent four long years being forced to study French at school. Unfortunately, the only tangible result of this experience has been a lifelong loathing of the French language and culture. I still can't speak a coherent sentence in French, I have never ... More >>
Public Address 29/06/06 - Blogger Not Suicidal
Friday, 30 June 2006, 11:09 am | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
With at least one person thinking my last blog was a suicide note I thought I'd best clear the air and say all is well in Wellingtown. Apologies for any scares. I admit that winter melancholy had settled, and this freaking heart medication means my sleep ... More >>
Public Address 21/6/6 - Thinking About The Future
Wednesday, 21 June 2006, 2:42 pm | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
Here's something new: Steven Price and I spent some time this year on a commission from the Broadcasting Standards Authority, jointly writing a paper called The Future of Media Regulation in New Zealand: Is There One? We were given a broad brief to ... More >>
Public Address 20/6 - Just To Be On The Safe Side
Tuesday, 20 June 2006, 2:56 pm | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
There are cops everywhere around our way at the moment - and rightly so. The attempted kidnappings of two Western Springs College students have everyone on alert, and there are police cars quietly cruising the local back streets during daytime... More >>
Public Address 19/06/06 - Special Announcements
Monday, 19 June 2006, 12:21 am | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
It's been a while between drinks, but we have a new Karajoz Great Blend for you all - well, those of you in Auckland and Wellington anyway. Our star guest this time is danah boyd of Berkeley University... http://publicaddress.net/default,3252.sm More >>
Public Address 16/06/06 - One Friday & Slack
Friday, 16 June 2006, 7:13 pm | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
One Friday and four episodes at a time... | Jun 16, 2006 01:04 Keith Ng taking down capitalism More >>
Public Address 15/06/06 - Digital Day
Thursday, 15 June 2006, 11:16 am | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
Freeview - a free-to-air digital TV platform modelled on the one of the same name in Britain - will be officially unveiled at Parliament at midday. I can't tell you exactly what will be said, but my column in this month's Unlimited covers most of ... More >>
PA 14/6/6: 3 Days Before The Day After Tomorrow
Wednesday, 14 June 2006, 1:08 pm | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
All I can say is, time flies when you're having babies. I look at photos from a couple of months ago and hardly recognize the little fellow. Let's face it, most newborn babies wouldn't win a beauty contest... http://publicaddress.net/default,3240.sm More >>
Public Address 13/06/06 - Baghdad On The Waitemata
Tuesday, 13 June 2006, 1:44 pm | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
Without a word of a lie, the last thing I was doing before the power went was looking at the Wellington webcams and cackling. Poor buggers. Look at that weather! Then the lights sputtered twice and everything went dark and quiet... http://publicaddress.net/default,3233.sm More >>
Public Address 9/6/6 - Death Of Video Store Guy
Friday, 9 June 2006, 12:38 am | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
The Atlantic Monthly presumably had its Zarqawi backgrounder, The Short, Violent Life of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi: How a video-store clerk and small-time crook reinvented himself as America's nemesis in Iraq in the works and hauled it out in response to ... More >>
Public Address 08/06/06 - Remembering Glide Time
Thursday, 8 June 2006, 2:57 pm | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
Residents outside the Beltway may be puzzled by this morning's Claims of Govt split rejected. It refers to apparent threats to resign by two ministers: Marian Hobbs and Taito Philip Field. I don't know about Field - only God does, apparently - but ... More >>
Public Address 07/06/06 - Splendidly Patronising
Wednesday, 7 June 2006, 12:16 am | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
Of all the commentary pouring forth on the Green Party's new leadership and apparent re-orientation, the Herald editorial must surely be the most splendidly patronising. It's right and proper for the Greens to declare that they could, under the right ... More >>
Public Address 06/06/06 - Shipping Out!
Tuesday, 6 June 2006, 5:29 pm | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
IDG Communications is leaving the New Zealand market, licensing its key titles, including PC World and Computerworld, to Fairfax. Except for Unlimited and IDG's Tone competitor Fast Forward, which are now out of business. I have a soft spot for IDG, not least ... More >>
Public Address 02/06/06 - Another Hat On
Friday, 2 June 2006, 2:38 pm | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
Another trip to Welly, another hat on. Last week it was my Web Guy Hat, this week, the Drug Policy Hat. (I'm not sure what a drug policy hat looks like, but I assume it's quite colourful.) I was asked by the New Zealand Drug Foundation to chair its ... More >>
Public Address 01/06/06 - Et Al, Etcetera Etc.
Thursday, 1 June 2006, 12:02 am | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
I suspect I am in a fairly small minority in this country: I have been to two Venice Biennales and -- here's the punch line -- I paid my own way both times. More fool me, I like art... More >>
