well it ain't over yet bucko, but the best of luck to you

nz music is pretty good.
i like a lot of it,
but i think the nz music industry and nz in general is a little too cosy
there's certainly been a lot of music produced in new zealand in it's brief history
and definitely alot of quality music.
i don't think anyone would dispute that.
but for a country so small
the media is and the industry and many industries are so restrained by guanxi.

guanxi=relationships and the favourable conditions acquired through relationships.

it's almost like just one boat load of nz people's ancestors decided that they will be the media, and the culture authorites etc, and so a whole lot of new zealand is unrepresented or uncatered for in the music industry, in the tv industry in the media in general.

there is usually less than six degrees of separation between most major ports in the new zealand music industry, be that artists or organizations
as noizyboys game indicates.
and no argument that new zealand is a small country.
but it seems that it's usually those with guanxi rather than those without who will tell you how small new zealand is.

the guanxi is so tight knit
that we see whole families on the stage..
and in certain cases this is justified
but there's a runga or a lloyd or a beehre or a moran too many for my liking.
a few too many seans and julians.
and i'm not disputing these people's talent,
but i do believe there are equally as good a bands or artists out there who are overlooked simply because of their lack of guanxi

take 'seaworlde' chch mid nineties- how many people have heard that album?
i haven't even heard that album
and they were a fucking great band
gone.
for the retention of the guanxi
but it's not just the music industry
it's at your present place of work
it's in every industry
in every country.
but in a small place like new zealand
where the guanxi could quite easily involve anyone
this exclusive crap just fucks shit up no good
hence making new zealand, [while a great country], a cunt of a place to work.

and so
what are your main concerns when purchasing sock?
love 'em or hate 'em we're all wearing them right now
personally i'm going for dark colours, i want my socks to be subtle and unmemorable,
this causes problems after a washing cycle;
sure they interchange fine,
but the whole monogomy thing is thrown out the window,
but i'm a conservative sock wearer,
i'm particularly interested in the ostentatious sock wearer
or that rare diamond in the rough the male ostentatious sock wearer
thoughts?

Thanks for the new word Rope. I'm off down the pub to try it out.

now come on - Friday the 13th was a bloody awesome day for me - Personally and professionally.

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tassies got ya fiery last night did they?

You haven't got a contact email address on your webpage, LuciferSam, so I'll just have to comment on your weblog in a public forum. You touch my heart, I have no idea why. Ostensibly, we have not much in common. I'm quite a bit older than you, I have a great family, I don't hate anyone especially, I like Helen Clark (I vote Labour) and I don't have depression. On a superficial level, I see how eclectic your taste in music is - me too.Delighted to see you like Hello Sailor and Dave Dobbyn. On a deeper level, you struggle against all that is bland, inane and mindless - me too (although I'm a bit of a reality TV junkie). I hope the move went well, and that you stay off the evil nicotine - I'm a smoker, and haven't managed to give up, so far. I just wanted to say that I wish you all the best, and you keep on doing what you're doing. The older you get, the more you realise that it all passes - everything passes. I enjoy reading your weblog - you're a thinking human being, and that is increasing rare in this day and age.

J_J, that's not very hospitable of you.

I think he's a she. For some reason I'm all about tolerance today. Not all adults are adult students, and even some of them are okay.. if I went back to uni I'd be an adult student.. and I'd kick your ass

Thanks JackieG - Comments and email are disabled on my blog due to "security" reasons. Hmm...maybe I should add a disclaimer. Also as alot of Bloggers complain about spammers, im taking the nessecary precautions to prevent such motives.

Badly worded and posted halfway through what I meant to say which was - with public forums, you don't get to dictate the tone of someone else's post. Shame, eh?

sheesh, jj, don't you think you're taking yourself a wee bit too seriously now??

Wouldn't you agree, Jon, that the Internet is notorious for the amount of misunderstandings that take place for one simple reason? You can't see the person's facial expressions and you can't hear the tone in someone's voice - their intonations. I may come across as condescending. I make no apology for it - what you read, you read with your own perceptions and life experiences behind you. I can't help that. I'm an interloper no doubt, in some ways, being a newcomer here. I make no apology for that either.I came here initially as a way to blow my brother's trumpet, mainly, and have ended up being a member because I enjoy most of the discussions here. The regulars seem to be intelligent and thoughtful, with considered opinions and a great deal of nous in matters I'm new to. I like that. I like finding out about music I never heard of, and I like reading people's opinions about music and other things. You may not like the way I have expressed myself in some posts - I accept that, but I can't be any other way than I am. I'm opinionated, stroppy, and yes, I can be infuriating. Can't we all? I don't apologise for any of it. Vive la difference, and have a nice day!

//And what, exactly are you doing, if not purporting to dispense wisdom as to how to post and be? You're a fucking kid telling a grown up how to act, how up yourself is that?//

Dig Jon Dig!

No, definitely not. Who-o-ahh.

aw my kittys asleep on my lap. shes so cute. she smells like old fishbait.

yeah, i thought about it, but meh. maybe when im old and lonely. as opposed to young and spastic.