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The Wellingtonista / June 2009

The Wellingtonista is a blog about Wellington - New Zealand's capital.

July 2009 | May 2009
    • Dub Encounters Volume One
      • As Wellingtonians, we love dub, right? [citation needed] Sometimes to a fault, even? [citation needed] Anyone else remember that famous review a few years back in Pavement magazine of some local outfit that read: More effing trumpet-dub from Wellington Anyway if its to your taste, there's some serious dub trickery coming down in the next couple of weeks... [the details after the
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    • The Wellingtonista visits Snapper
      • Some of us at the Wellingtonista are rather fond of the old Snapper card. We worked through its teething troubles and are now happily tagging on and off as we bus about the city. So when Miki Szikszai, CEO of Snapper, asked us if we'd like to visit Snapper HQ and learn a bit about what's new in the world of the magical talking fish box, we (well, Alan and I) jumped at the chance.
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    • Nocturnal Sunshine
      • Well today there is time to squeeze the out the last of solstice by squeezing out a quick post to mark the occasion.  Mid-winter is officially here with the end of the shortest day, the end of the growing power of cold and darkness and the start of the growth of warmth and light.  While there is plenty to celebrate about mid-winter (mulled wine, boots, hats and scarves spring to mind) t
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    • Snapper, re-visited
      • It's been a long time since we've mentioned Snapper in these pages. In the meantime it's become so much of an everyday part of life in Wellington now that it hardly seems worth mentioning anymore. Or is it? Recently we got an email from Snapper asking us if we'd like to come and see what they're up to. It seems they've had a few other things on the go as well as the recent Valley Flyer conversion
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    • A quiet night in the suburbs
      • Spotted at the Railway Station is this hilarious anti-graffiti ad: Find out what this nice young suburban couple are up to after the jump. Hey, let's use our first-year media studies skills to analyse the poster! So there they are, a nice young suburban couple relaxing out on their deck. She's got a glass of white wine, he's got his hand down his pants, and you just know there's a barbecue a
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    • A week of it
      • What a week to look forward to! Tuesday 9th: Pecha Kucha at the OPT from 6:30pm. We love these nights, and this time they've got writers, artists, cartoonists and landscape architects (among others) in the line-up. Those with a practical interest in street art might have to rush there from the At Large planning meeting at Manky Chops, which starts at 5:30. Wednesday 10th: Artist Matt Hunt (aka Ace
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    • Karaoke: ur doin it rong
      • Is it just me, or is there something odd about this poster outside the new "Newkor" Karaoke restaurant in Dixon St? That singer looks somewhat ... uncomfortable. Perhaps it's something to do with the item on the menu that's described only as "WARNING! Extreeeemley! Hot and Spicychicken" [very sic]. In other news, the re-opening of Happy on Friday night was a happy occasion ind
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    • Cold Train
      • Wellington's Tranz Metro trains have lately been known for certain carriages with broken heating. It's horrible enough being (relatively) young and only faced with a 30-minute chilly commute. I wouldn't want to be a Paraparam gran making the hour-long trip to Wellington in an unheated carriage. But it seems that while the carriages are slowly being fixed, Trans Metro are also paying attention to,
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    • A diamond in the rough
      • What are you doing on Saturday? How about you go on a treasure hunt to find me* yourself a diamond ring? iChild on twitter explains it: So, what's this all about then?? Story goes, guy bought ring for girl, girl didn't want ring. Guy couldn't give it to another, and doesn't want to sell it. Guy also happens to be the guy behind Donoogle.com ...Guy decides that rather than just having this ri
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    • the big freeze
      • this Friday June 5 is World Environment Day And in our fairy capital city, and in other spots around the coutry hundreds of people will “freeze” together to show united action for climate change. The Freeze is set to kick off at 1pm for just 5 minutes right now the location is all secret squirrel, but stay tuned Nick Potter, Personal Assistant to Mr Freeze and lead co-ordinator of a te
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