I co-wrote a ‘think-piece’ with Russell Brown for New Zealand On Air. It’s called We’re All In This Together, and it’s an interesting read (mainly because Russell wrote most of it). It concerns the impact of technology on media in the New Zealand environment. They were careful to make sure you know that some of [...]
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Looking up 5th Ave on the way to the Empire State. I arrived in New York yesterday afternoon after an almost 8-hour flight from Gatwick. Zoom Airlines was a nice cheap option (particularly since I wasn’t paying for the flight), but the Boeing 767 we crossed the Atlantic in was not new. It made funny [...]
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Every now and then I get asked to go somewhere nice and talk about things I’m interested in. Suits me. Bath. It’s historic. I had a really lovely day-and-a-bit in Bath this week. The town centre’s an absolute bombsite because of some major town centre shopping mall redevelopment, which is a real shame because it’s [...]
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Not to put too fine a point on it, but I’ve been without glasses for two weeks because these guys are rude, incompetent idiots. My glasses were broken at the Shambala Music Festival. I shouldn’t have left them on the floor of the tipi, but I did and they got trodden on. It happens. One [...]
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A friend of mine recently produced a remix for a Shakira track. Ian Wallman, and his friend Jim from Miss Money Penny’s got to work on Las De La Intuition, and the record company liked it so much, they’ve re-cut the video to their mix. Don’t press play if you don’t want to see Shakira’s [...]
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I think I may have picked the wrong moment to start watching rugby. Anyone who’s known me for any amount of time will know that I have the same enthusiasm for televised sports as I have for headlice. But for some reason, France vs New Zealand in the Quarter finals of the Rugby World cup [...]
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After having recently rationalised my blogs — from five down to just two — I’ve gone and added another one. Uni Survival is a blog of practical advice for students at universities. It’s based on a piece I wrote a long time ago on The Wireless (now defunct), which has since been turned into a [...]
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Jake now has his own domain name (jakedubber.com) and pretty much free rein to do whatever he wants there. But there are a couple of rules… When Jake blogs, his writing is shown up to be really pretty good. He has a nice turn of phrase, a quick wit and an unusual way of looking [...]
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One of the great things about having a 14 year-old son is that you can introduce him to an entire canon of movie history that you have found significant over the years. It’s been the perfect opportunity to re-watch Blade Runner, Delicatessen, Brazil, 2001… the Arnie classics, and the entire Tarantino oeuvre… But last night [...]
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