Manic deutsch duo Herzog and Kinski shot this in five days (in 1979) both knackered from just having finished shooting Nosferatu. Rumour has it that for the opening scene, Kinski instructed the actr playing the drill sergeant (?) not to both staging the kicking but to just go ahead and actually kick him. Is this […]
Author: Dan Randow
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Happily Ensconced
After an epic moving weekend, we have now had nearly two whole weeks in our new house. Moving was a mission with rain and unexpected amounts of stuff to move – including my container garden. Simon, Nick, Jonno, Ed, Jane and I were legendary. The peak moment for me was following my native shelter-belt container […]
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Martin Travels & Album
Hey, Martin Woohoo! Your blog rocks! It’s such fun to get such a ringside seat in your adventures. Just yesterday, Elsie was asking me if they raise Tower Bridge while cars are on it. I boldly guessed no. Quelle domage that the album doesn’t work. Ihug – ptooey! I’ll see what I can do to […]
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New Home to Be
Tonight the album features our new home to be (not with our furniture, right?) at 466A Durham St North. One block from Bealey Ave, 20 minutes walk to the Square, ten to the nearest cluster of cafes. Features from “critical” include quiet street, cat ok, dishwasher, bath, good sun, three bedrooms, two bathrooms, character (well […]
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Family Websites
Here is cousin Cam’s Turf Equipment site. Go, Cam. Damn good for a first website. Leslie has the cool Dressupasaurus where you can buy groovy animal suits for kids. And here is Karl’s Cactuslab.
Elsie finally persuaded me to watch Shrek. As Doc said: No, I’m sure of it…
A little while ago, at Kaye and Paul’s 20th anniversary, we were treated to private performances by Minisnap and Pine. Kaye’s voice is the centrepiece of Minisnap, with an experienced south island sound in support. I enjoyed Pine’s restrained lightness and earnest whimsy. I like Hannah and Aaron Beehre’s paintings, too. Sarah Spears was visiting. […]
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Kirk Family
Here are some pictures of the folks descended from Jane’s grandfather Laurence Kirk.
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Being Where?
So the Israelis busted applying for NZ passwords online with foreign-sounding accents (we’re so ‘e’) were doing it to get Al Quaeda. Well, that makes it alright, then? Er, no. Who says ‘Al’ even exists? If GW is, as CTHEORY suggests, a simulacrum (akin to Chauncey Gardiner in Being There), then maybe Osama is a […]