http://www.robyngallagher.com The coolness that is Robyn Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:23:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Skip When Shuffling: Yes (it's too depressing otherwise) A few days ago I was listening to my iPod on shuffle on the way home from work when Stevie Wonder's "Master Blaster (Jammin')" came on. It's a cool song. It was released in 1980 and is a feel-good tribute to Bob Marley, ... http://www.robyngallagher.com/2008/06/27/master-blaster/ In 1994, a rogue postie, known only as Warren C, was found to have been hoarding thousands of undelivered, unopened letters, some of which were so old they had been partially eaten by vermin. Fortunately, most of the letters were able to be delivered to their intended recipients, but one particular ... http://www.robyngallagher.com/2008/06/21/ss-good-times/ Happy Panda Lucky Karaoke Fun Pie (Or, Hints and Tips for Successful Modern Karaoke-ing) When the night's getting on and your voice is starting to get a little hoarse (pony!!!), go for the punk. Singing "Anarchy In The UK" or "Lust For Life" is much easier to sing than anything with ... http://www.robyngallagher.com/2008/06/16/happy-panda-lucky-karaoke-fun-pie/ Well, it's about time. Fractured Radius, my (old?) team in the 48Hours film competition have just tonight won the Auckland finals with their serious short "The End". I was sad that I couldn't be part of F:Rad 2008, but apparently I am credited as an excellence consultant, which would probably be ... http://www.robyngallagher.com/2008/06/12/frad-teh-win/ I recently signed up for my Wellington library card and couldn't help compare it with my Auckland library one. Auckland's got a scenic photo of the city at night, with the sort of orange sky you'd normally only get if there'd been a volcanic eruption in the Philippines or something. The ... http://www.robyngallagher.com/2008/06/12/a-difference-between-auckland-and-wellington/ Oh, hi. I'm living in Wellington now. I'm rather enjoying it. I was planning on writing something earlier, but I got all sensitive artist about where I was going to write. I realised Virginia Woolf was right about needing a room of one's own to write. And it took a while ... http://www.robyngallagher.com/2008/06/09/howd-my-dance-card-get-so-full/ I had a 9am flight (a business trip!), and I had booked a taxi for 7.45 which, according to the taxi driver, was more time than I really needed. Except when the taxi got to Hillsborough, suddenly the traffic got slow and dense. He tried another side street, and then ... http://www.robyngallagher.com/2008/04/28/airport-2008/ You will recall about a week ago when I was expressing outrage at the predominance of the "Nature's Best" compilation CD as the hold music of so many New Zealand government departments and corporations. Well, this inspired Stacezilla to check out was what playing on his company's phone system. He writes... Ugh ... http://www.robyngallagher.com/2008/04/16/hold-on/ bFM's music documentary series Inside Track recently looked at the Hamilton music scene. Yay. It was interesting listening to it, because it sounds like things changed quite dramatically around the time I left Hamilton. Back in my Hamilton gig-going days (1993 to 1996), there were two main venues - the Wailing Bongo ... http://www.robyngallagher.com/2008/04/13/nothing-better/ I was on hold. I'd been waiting for a while, but was kept company by a selection of songs by New Zealand artists. First there was Dave Dobbyn's "Slice of Heaven", then Bic Runga's "Sway", the Exponent's domestic violence classic "Victoria", then Crowded House's "Weather With You". It was then it ... http://www.robyngallagher.com/2008/04/07/hold-please/