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In an era of fast-track, this documentary is a must see.
The Grab – Official Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dws3Rfn_ePo
That shitty old 757 Ear Force crate has broken down yet again. Think of the symbolism – entirely appropriate.
It’s as funny as a minimalist gummint’s indigestion.
The beautiful paint job couldn’t even cover up the contents – which apparent;y included representative specimens form Ear NuZull and the ANZ benk.
I’m not sure why they expected that fucking old crate was going to get Luth Luxon and His band of acolytes to Japan. It blew a fuse. And why wouldn’t it? Pity the poor buggers that are expected to get it back to Whenuapai or wherever. Nauru might be an OK place to let it Rest in Pieces – the bird flock can cover it in the guano it deserves. A bloody shame though its human contents will have escaped.
There was an opportunity to get SOMETHING half decent the last time they bailed out Ear NuZull and when a substantial part of the fleet was parked up in a desert.
Awwwww.
Shame.
There is an interesting film in Danish with subtitles called The Promised Land in the country’s cinemas now. The review sounds really good in Saturday’s stuff Nelson Mail.
It is about a young guy trying to take a big idea forward and make a living for himself, and the idea is getting a relatively unproductive bit of heath producing something. The king has had this idea for some time but his advisors are against it (you could say they are the bureaucrats I guess). It has poor soil, bad weather and a local overlord who isn’t keen to have his land improved if it isn’t his idea. It has a good rating as a film and sounds right up Active Kiwis alley. So look out for it – drag yourself away from defacelook and see what he does. It may give us some clues.
I have had an idea in another direction – seeing that National like displays and games and acts! with tractors etc – why don’t we turn it into street theatre when they do? And the left-wing protest should become a gala affair; not so much of the drum to keep all in step and reciting ‘what do we want – now.’
Music appropriate for the occasion would be good. Swinging kilts and bagpipes in Dunedin when the railway workshops are under discussion. Handels Water Music in Wellington,
Six Months in a Leaky Boat (the Split Enz band won’t mind if someone does a cover) – that would be for the ferries. Plenty more to try. Let’s put some oomph into our protests.
Arlo Guthrie’s version of The City of New Orleans for Auckland rail etc. (Not forgetting Steve Goodman). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fF1lqEQFVUo
Johnny Cash has a say. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZe0R5aVDoM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fF1lqEQFVUo
I don’t know about Palestine protests, but those here could find something that we could all join in the chorus on no doubt.
Unemployment, poverty, food, children Bread and Roses – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsvGPj0LH0M
Workers :
Paul Robeson – Joe Hill https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omkexhcca08
Paul Robeson and Scottish miners https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0bezsMVU7c
The Boxer – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYPJOCxSUFc
I was reading William Dart on Richard Thompson who has been so busy and immersed in things and I thought the musicians are the Olympic flame of our souls, and we should use them and support them for that. It will be the human surging to the fore over the stinking tech devices that are going to help us out before infinity and beyond while machines we have made run down our hard-built society. We have seen that thinking operating in Nazis and elsewhere, and our devices will help to hoist us on our own petards. Let’s give them and those we have enabled to master the world a run for their money.
This from RadioNZ – advice from a man filled with oomph who had a vision and made great changes for good that need to be renewed.!
Hymns on Sunday, 16 June 2024
Methodist leader John Wesley had some good tips for singing hymns, including this one: “Sing lustily and with good courage. Beware of singing as if you were half dead, or half asleep; but lift up your voice with strength”. Sing along to an uplifting selection of hymns in this week’s programme. Audio
Hymns on Sunday, 16 June 2024
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