tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73418132011-04-22T13:21:58.747+12:00The tyranny of the viewrdbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01361680356847815708noreply@blogger.comBlogger151100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341813.post-1095218434858463402004-09-15T15:13:00.000+12:002004-09-15T15:23:51.486+12:00

From the Guardian, architect Daniel Libeskind explains how North by Northwest changed his life. Interesting, considering that I think Vertigo, Rear Window and Rope are all more architecturally interesting films than North by Northwest.

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Events in life have conspired to put blogging into hibernation, although spring is now in the air, and I'm waking up...

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It's really disheartening to keep hearing of Shane Bond's injury concerns - it is beginning to look like he may never play internationally again. Shades of Geoff Allot, unfortunately. Despite Fleming's comments of the bowling attack in the recent English Test Series, which I thought were a bit harsh, we did miss having a front-line strike bowler. Harmison was probably the difference between the

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Control Room A must see documentary that details the events inside the Al-Jazeera media organisation during March-May 2003. The journalists at Al-Jazeera are obviously conflicted with the war and their role in its reporting, but still attempt to do their job as fairly as possible. They are also very conscious of the absurdity and tragedy of the whole situation, and the shock and despair on

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I like the idea (announced this morning) of developing the Illott lawn adjacent to Wellington's Civic Sqaure into a music school for Victoria and Massey Universties. A building on that site would effectively 'complete the loop' of buildings around the square, and provide a more enclosed space, and hopefully the bulding will act as a counterpoint to the Michael Fowler Centre - I don`t mean this in

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The film festival has begun - one of my favourite times of year. I find the trick is to concentrate on films that are unlikely to receive a general theatrical release, thus films like Fahrenheit 9/11, The Motorcycle Diaries, and In My Father's Den, can safely be postponed without fear of missing out. I watched Father and Son this evening, a film by Aleksandr Sokurov, whose previous film was

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I would hesitate to call this film the cinematic equivalent of All Quiet on the Western Front, as that book had already been adapted into a film by 1937, when Grand Illusion was released. However, they are certainly contemporaneous; but Renoir utilises the possibilities and language of film to create a humanist, anti-war masterpiece that was both frightfully prescient and remains remarkably

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There is always the hope when you go to a gig that the band will play your favourite song, the song that isn`t a single, the song buried in their first album. Gomez didn`t play 'Tijuana Lady' last night, but that is small cause to complain over what was a fantastic performance. I saw Gomez once before, 4 years ago in Auckland, and their live show, while brilliant then, has improved markedly

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Just found this out, and am very happy. After being cancelled, the show has had a rebirth on the Cartoon Network in the US, and now a new series is in production. The NYT has the story (registration required, but its free and recommended).

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It's good to see that the meningococcal vaccine is going ahead, and that it has the funding to ensure that it is done properly. I think that while the Immunisation Awareness Society makes a valid observation regarding the underlying causes of the disease (poor living standards, poverty, etc) aren`t being addressed here, they seem to be missing the point that the vaccine is a good thing and will

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Seriously, it's that big. Slate's Christopher Hawthorne undertakes a deconstruction of the new Phaidon Atlas of Contemporary World Architecture. I wandered into Dymocks today to have a look - it was set up on a special display stand, with more copies stacked beneath, each in their own nifty clear plastic carry-case. $330. It certainly is impressive, but with a surfeit of images and little text,

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Wasn`t expecting this, but I've been caught up in David Farrar's June census of the NZ blogosphere. I had guess I had better finish designing this thing - delayed by a busy week at work, and taking on extra work in the evenings...silly me.

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The new Wilco LP, a ghost is born, has been given a rave review over at Stylus (what is it with the small caps in the title?). Having not yet heard it, I cannot judge, but Summerteeth was one of my favourite albums of 99 and YHF was almost as great so I am really looking forward to the new platter when it is released here. Amusing aside: I was introduced to Wilco by my Dad. Uncle Tupelo, too.

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The NYT has a short, but sweet article on the vocabulary of urban sprawl. Included is one scary, bizarre image. Reticulated splines indeed. One point in that circle layout is much like any other, leading to sense of no place. I was in Auckland last weekend, and its easy to forget just how big the city is when you don`t live there. Development on the edges of a city is always an issue, and

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To begin, a declaration: I tend to prattle on about all and sundry if given space, time and an open ear, and this blog will most likely be similar. I'm generally better at generalisations than declarations, so expect this blog to reflect my general interests of art & media, architecture & urbanism, film, music, sport, politics, and so forth. Yes, it covers a pretty wide gamut, but then the

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