Alternative wording: Energy cartel valuations depend on ability to extract excessive profit from NZ consumers

Wellington City Gallery's reopening exhibition will be of British artist Cornelia Parker - opening 10 October 2026, so still ages away

Thursday music corner: Lonnie Donegan - Frankie & Johnny (live, 1961) #Skiffle #MurderBallads slightlyintrepid.blogspot.com/2025/11/rum-...

King Vidor's First World War epic The Big Parade premiered 100 years ago today. It would go on to huge box office success, reportedly ranking as the second-highest-grossing film of the silent era after The Birth of a Nation

Highly recommended 2023 doco by Annie Goldson on 1970s-80s avant-garde NZ theatre / cabaret troupe Red Mole, who flew the coop in 1978 to New York to continue the experimentation in Gotham's most hard-bitten, end-of-days state of decay. (Screening on Neon).

This is good news - the existing temporary barriers are ugly & detract from the harbourside experience. WCC should plan for a cost-effective & well-designed permanent barrier that doesn't make the prized waterfront look like a tip. #Wellington www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

L2 tram from Randwick arriving at Circular Quay this afternoon #Sydney youtu.be/uOO3LoPxSJ0?...

The German company that makes the mechanical ladder used in the Louvre heist has used the image to advertise, with the text 'When you need to move fast' 10/10 response, no notes

Thursday music corner: Dodgy - In A Room (1996) 'She lies sleeping in a half-filled bed Her eyes no longer study her emptiness In a room there's only so much space Two souls playing in loneliness' #Britpop #FreePeaceSweet slightlyintrepid.blogspot.com/2025/10/her-...

1929: ASPHALT (Germany)

"These Beautiful Beaded French Georgette RACE GOWNS Will Brighten the Lawn at Trentham" (Also: "Dainty New Marabouts for Spring"!) Evening Post, 19 October 1925 #Wellington #PapersPast

The BBC are accidentally running the subtitles to Mrs Marple over the Mercury Prize, and it’s rather wonderful. A few of lines could plausibly have been written by Jarvis.

Dominion, 12 October 1925. Make sure your jam is made hygienically. #PapersPast

Wellington Council early results summary from Joel MacManus on the Spinoff thespinoff.co.nz/politics/11-...

Valid to report the reckons of Thorndon Quay retailers but highly anecdotal & a conspicuous absence of any actual evidence or opposing views. Why do anti-cyclist voices get so many free passes in the media? #Wellington www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

Thursday music corner: Marianne Faithfull - Working Class Hero (1979) #BrokenEnglish #JohnLennon 'There's room at the top, they're telling you still But first you must learn how to smile as you kill If you want to be like all the folks on the hill' slightlyintrepid.blogspot.com/2025/10/but-...

Western hills dusk, Makara Hill Rd, Wellington

Did someone say 'roller disco'? #Pompidou #Paris www.timeout.com/news/this-le...

A quick note about money and comedy and power. www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/st...

Thursday music corner: Whistler - If I Give You A Smile (1999) 'If you need a hand then I'll write you a story If I give you a smile you can sell it for me' #Wiiija #Indie #IanDench #KerryShaw slightlyintrepid.blogspot.com/2025/10/if-i...

It's the anniversary of the 1927 Raglan byelection won by Labour's Lee Martin, who later became Savage's Min Agriculture 1935-41. Marilyn Waring, the great-granddaughter of the defeated 1927 Reform Party candidate, won the seat for National in 1975 #NZpols en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1927_Ra...

The perfect way to add density to NZ suburbs without endless expensive & wasteful bespokery www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

TIL the Australian federal election of 1910 is the only such election brought about by the expiry of the Parliamentary term in what's known as the "effluxion of time" provision, as opposed to the House being dissolved by the G-G. This phrase is officially awesome. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1910_Au...

Thursday music corner: Jenny Hval - A Ballad (2025) 'You said your tinnitus is a note through your head Singing a jetstream from alive to dead Seeing to seer I summon the dead back to my body' #IrisSilverMist #Norway slightlyintrepid.blogspot.com/2025/09/sing...

Love me a bit of Sade.

this exists it is called thinking

Thursday music corner: Wesley Gonzalez - Greater Expectations (feat. Rose Elinor Dougall, 2021) slightlyintrepid.blogspot.com/2025/09/get-...

Noooo www.rnz.co.nz/life/food/on...

my favorite robert redford story is that mike nichols considered him for dustin hoffman's part in THE GRADUATE. during their conversation nichols asked redford something like, "have you ever struck out with a girl?" and redford's response was basically, "i don't understand the question"

this is, hands down, the best video I've seen on men's influencer content and it's not close either

Another Film Festival, always the highlight of the Wellington winter! My top 5: 1. The Ballad of Wallis Island 2. Werckmeister Harmonies 3. Nouvelle Vague 4. Prime Minister 5. It Was Just An Accident #NZIFF slightlyintrepid.blogspot.com/2025/09/film...

The narrowest point of the Cook Strait is only 22km wide, just saying #CookStraitTunnel www.leravi.org/the-worlds-l...

Stealing a march on mental health week & nice to see my weird hobby of allowing cars into the traffic (where it's safe & convenient to do so) gets a mention www.topupwellbeing.nz#5-ways

Thursday music corner: The Style Council - Long Hot Summer (12-inch version, 1983) 'One more covered sigh And one more glance you know means goodbye Can't you see that's why We're dashing ourselves against the rocks of a lifetime' #PaulWeller slightlyintrepid.blogspot.com/2025/09/were...

Dishonest exaggeration by veteran councillors Lee & Fletcher on planning issues is so transparent - A shameful attempt to frighten people into voting for these low effort councillors at the cost of a better, more prosperous, + vibrant future for the city. One with homes & jobs for all generations.

100% agreement in this house www.rnz.co.nz/life/screens...

Thursday music corner: Unit 4+2 - Concrete and Clay (1965) #BritishInvasion #ChartTopper slightlyintrepid.blogspot.com/2025/09/beca...

A special guest blog post from 1976 Montreal Olympics rowing eights bronze medallist Alec McLean, on NZ's successful, low-budget campaign at the 1975 World Rowing Championships in Nottingham. Reposted, lightly edited, from FB with Alec's permission. slightlyintrepid.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-...

For those old enough to remember Country Calendar in its heyday

Helen Levitt #botd was a major photographer of the 20th century who caught fleeting moments of surpassing lyricism, mystery and quiet drama on the streets of her native New York...

What was on offer in Wellington's cinemas & theatres 100 years ago today? Only one of the greatest silent comedies ever made! slightlyintrepid.blogspot.com/2025/08/cine... #BusterKeaton #JackHolt #BettyCompson

Advertisement for Bonnington's Irish Moss, Dominion, 31 August 1925. Bonnington's Irish Moss was invented in Richmond, Nelson, in the 1860s & was one of the most popular patent medicines in NZ. It is still manufactured & sold today.

Thursday music corner: White Denim - Ha Ha Ha Ha (Yeah) (2016) #Stiff #JamesPetralli slightlyintrepid.blogspot.com/2025/08/as-m...

Estate agent: Gen X / Gen Z From the new Private Eye, out now.

Thursday music corner: John Cale - Paris 1919 (1973) #BaroquePop slightlyintrepid.blogspot.com/2025/08/as-c...

We absolutely loved the comedy The Ballad of Wallis Island in NZIFF this evening, which was a real delight. The most charming musical comedy since Once, with great songs to boot. Tim Key, Tom Basden & Carey Mulligan are all superb. See it if you can!

Today is federal by-election day in Canada in the conservative Alberta riding of Battle River-Crowfoot en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Ba...