Writer: Christchurch, New Zealand
Posted in Poetry on Apr 30th, 2009
Just started reading Wellington poet Geoff Cochrane’s second collection of poems, Into India . What I love most about Cochrane’s work is the utter lack of superfluousness. If he doesn’t need it, he doesn’t use it. Such precise language allows him to step into the darkness and float rather than sink under some self-absorbed malaise. [...]
Posted in Procrastinatelor on Apr 23rd, 2009
While studying I am keeping sane trolling through Copycats on the lookout for mash-up perfection.
I am LOVING what others are doing with MGMT’s “Time to pretend” - it is such a perfectly remixable, coverable, mash-upable track. I can’t get enough of it.
I just wish that there was a search function…
May 1st: Huzzah! Copycats now has [...]
Posted in Poetry on Apr 23rd, 2009
Dear Diary,
Last night I performed my poetry live for the first time (at the MCB with some of my classmates from the Hagley Writers’ Institute). It was over before it began really. I had the mic out and I gushed everywhere. Thoroughly unimpressive. It was over so quickly I didn’t even have time to let [...]
Posted in Language on Apr 2nd, 2009
At a BBQ: Bruce: “Oh bro, my girlfriend just gave my last Woodstock to her Uncle Jim.”
Bryce: “Bro, gutted / guttered.”
Facebook statuses frequently feature this term, personally I hate it and think it should be left in the earlier part [...]
Jamie Hanton
Writer: Christchurch, New Zealand
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