Biggest Shark
Dive inside water
and
you will know
what is the size of the biggest shark in the world?
dive inside water and you will know
Remembering Darcy Clay
15 years last week since he died. Learning of his death was one of those pin-in-a-pinboard cultural moments, in that when I remember it now the bit in between - adulthood, the internet, gainful employment - just sort of seems to collapse. In that moment, we’re all young, lovingly insincere and just kind of hanging out for a while.
Interview from Dub Dot Dash.
What's on your PowerBook?
Ian Morris, 1994.
The hemi-demi-semi colon will be of particular use for beginners’ academic writing.
Unreal City: Some Anniversary Words
Those who lost close friends and family continue to grieve, but I think that for most of us the earthquake has stopped being a human tragedy and now persists at the level of a civic problem.
Thoughtful, careful writing by Philip Matthews.
Against "Self-Care" for Mothers
My first thought when my life is spinning out of control, when I’m scattered and overwhelmed, is to first assume that there is a problem with how I am doing things …
It never occurs to me that my culture commandeers my priorities for me. My culture continues to multiply the number of things that a good wife and a good mother do, and yet takes for granted small nuclear families, “freedom” and “independence” for everyone besides mothers, not to mention the family and community dynamics that [third-wave ?] feminism has failed to change. And lately my culture tops it off by reminding me that a good mother also takes impeccable care of herself with meditation, exercise and going to the bathroom alone. Right.
Aotearoa: Saxophones Rising
Coinciding with the rise of the music video, I can’t help think that the popularity of the saxophone was in part due to how cool it looked. It was not uncommon for the sax player being the only musician shown playing his instrument in a video. The sax is a great big shiny brass instrument that is played with full body emotion. Put the saxophonist in a jacket with the sleeves pushed up and you’ve got instant cool.
But what of the sax in New Zealand pop? Were the musicians of Aotearoa immune from such trends? Of course not. So to celebrate this bold, brassy period, here is a history of the saxophone in New Zealand pop videos of the 1980s.
I did not know that this had been a thing; it gladdens me that it was.
A member of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition plays the bagpipes for an indifferent penguin, 1904.
Well I don’t know, maybe a penguin appreciates that sort of thing
Cathedral Square and the Cathedral
Christchurch City Libraries, I love your work.
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