HIGHLY SEASONED PORK SAUSAGE

Call Cutta In A Box or I Need A Tripod

milkshakebot — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 02:47:08 +0000

This is looking to be one of the highlights of the New Performance Festival. More info can be found here.

I’m hosting a live online show for the New Performance Festival

milkshakebot — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 01:13:26 +0000

More details can be discerned here. What’s this New Performance Festival guff? A short informational video can be found here.

Here’s What happened That Time I Was Home Invaded By A Cultural Personification.

milkshakebot — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:59:26 +0000

npfestival.co.nz

Things I Do #1

milkshakebot — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:05:03 +0000

With the possibility of future unemployment starting to make itself known like the initial bouquet of a cracked septic tank, I thought I’d put online various bits and pieces I’ve made for the TVNZ7 television show Media7. The idea being, of course, that I can easily and with some degree of confidence point prospective lifestyle sponsors (employers) to examples of my work.

Here’s one I was quite happy with …

This behemoth of a track (six minutes!) was for Media7′s 2010 SPADA (Screen Production And Development Association) special, filmed each year at the organisation’s annual conference.

A big part of the show was dedicated to the labour dispute over The Hobbit (now being filmed) and this track was designed to setup a discussion about the fracas.

Watching the track now it seems a little hard on the actors. If I did it again I’d probably couch that a little bit, but their local representatives did seem a bit clueless. However, in that climate of hysteria I wonder how collected I would have been?

And what to make of the email from Peter Jackson to Gerry Brownlee in which he states Warner Bros were more concerned with “grey areas” of NZ’s employment law, than they were with the union action?

In the end there’s still uncertainty over the motivations of the FIA, the MEAA and the studios behind The Hobbit. It’s difficult to avoid the suspicion that the local union members were unwitting and naive chess pieces in a power play by international interests.

The Hamster Wheel

milkshakebot — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 23:38:02 +0000

Compare this Al Jazeera English report on the Megaupload arrests …

… with this One News report (from about 50 seconds in).

Although it’s pretty jarring to see two reports worded ALMOST EXACTLY THE SAME, I’m assuming TVNZ has a content sharing agreement with Al Jazeera. I mean, surely it’s too blatant a rip to be another one of these?

OH

milkshakebot — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 21:15:29 +0000

Lanky British twat in the Russell Brand mold, draped over a chair talking to a British couple trying to eat.

“Should I tell them? I’m not sure if I should tell you this. I’m an internationally (intelligible) DJ producer. I make beats. I have an agent.”

The Adventures of Skytim, cabbage rancher.

milkshakebot — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 21:28:02 +0000

At Home In Tamriel

milkshakebot — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 09:37:08 +0000

Such is the awesome pull of Skyrim that if I’m not mass producing iron daggers or eating giant toes to discover their medicinal properties, I’m on several different forums reading about other people doing the same. Unless shit goes terribly wrong I don’t see myself playing another game until well into the new year; there’s simply too many dungeons to loot and fire salts to horde.

Here then is a selection of images which represent my time so far in Skyrim. Behold the adventures of SkyTim, nordic barfly and cabbage enthusiast.

Many things await the traveler in Skyrim ... MYSTERIOUS THINGS ...

Waiting for that potato gun mod.

Melancholia reference incorporating Jack Bauer, Eric Norseman and Mary Jane Watson. Fuck, now I HAVE to start a tumblr.

Some intense shit discovered while mucking around in a dungeon. I slowly backed out and ran back to Riverwood to the safety of a tankard full of mead.

So this is me killing a dragon by stomping on it's head. Pretty boss, no big deal.

With the beastie murderfied I did some dots and got some trails happening.

"It's full of stars."

At home after the kill I like feel to unrestricted as possible while I air dry.

Nothing Adds Resale Value To Your Property Like A Blanket Fort

milkshakebot — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 20:21:29 +0000

Going Through The Trash

milkshakebot — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 23:30:37 +0000

Of all the amazing technological advancements (including heart transplants and USB cables) that modern life gifts humanity, none are more welcome than the mosaic of procrastination methods now available to us.

In that vein so intent am I on avoiding even starting work, I’ve just been going through the trash folder in my Google Docs. I’ve made some interesting discoveries. They are as follows.

In a document dated 11/06/06:

This drawing:

And most disturbingly this apparently very personal note from The Bandit himself:

Exactly what this all means is uncertain. One explanation is that judging by the dates these were made, I was at the time the breakfast producer at bFM. A job which required me to be at work by 6am.