Monday, December 17, 2007
Mystery Monday: **e *****t *******y ****n *s *****e
I've been thoroughly rebuked for posting a picture of the "back side" of the Xmas tree which doesn't show the good bits. So:
Oh, the majesty.
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I'm having a not-very-into-Christmas kinda day. And then I was picking through some photos and found this picture of the "Nativity" tableau (is that a tableau? a diorama? a "scene"?) outside the church near the "top" of Queen Street -- where it intersects with Karangahape Road -- from about this time last year.
If I were to remove my "hat of cultural sensitivity", I would be moved to make one or more observations:
1. Those are some very Palestinian-lookin' wise men.
2. That is a particularly Jewish-lookin' Mary (in the modern sense, i.e. grew up in Queens or Yonkers and moved to Israel in their thirties, after 'reconnecting' with their faith).
3. What the hell are those there wise men presenting to Mary and The Child? An IED? A mortar round? A small tactical nuclear weapon?
This congregation is not afraid to wear their political leanings on their sleeve, as it were, are they. Can we take it for read that they're not supporters of the Zionist movement? I'm dying to find out if they've got some equally fantastic display outside their church this Christmas.
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As usual, prizes will be awarded if you can tell me what/who this track is...
And if you are a maker of musical mysteries and would like to contribute to this feature, contact me offline to organise stuff.
Oh, the majesty.
...
I'm having a not-very-into-Christmas kinda day. And then I was picking through some photos and found this picture of the "Nativity" tableau (is that a tableau? a diorama? a "scene"?) outside the church near the "top" of Queen Street -- where it intersects with Karangahape Road -- from about this time last year.
If I were to remove my "hat of cultural sensitivity", I would be moved to make one or more observations:
1. Those are some very Palestinian-lookin' wise men.
2. That is a particularly Jewish-lookin' Mary (in the modern sense, i.e. grew up in Queens or Yonkers and moved to Israel in their thirties, after 'reconnecting' with their faith).
3. What the hell are those there wise men presenting to Mary and The Child? An IED? A mortar round? A small tactical nuclear weapon?
This congregation is not afraid to wear their political leanings on their sleeve, as it were, are they. Can we take it for read that they're not supporters of the Zionist movement? I'm dying to find out if they've got some equally fantastic display outside their church this Christmas.
...
As usual, prizes will be awarded if you can tell me what/who this track is...
And if you are a maker of musical mysteries and would like to contribute to this feature, contact me offline to organise stuff.
Labels: bling, christian-baiting, music, Mystery Monday
Monday, December 10, 2007
Mystery Monday: Oh, the humidity
This morning I saw a man standing in the street, curls of smoke unfurling themselves from the tip of his durrie into a cloud of dreamy fractals. There was "nary a breath of wind" (as they say) because after I had disembarked the bus and started my wander to work, I looked at every tree in sight for the slightest hint of movement; I could not detect even one puff.
This unusual, possibly uncanny stillness is partially to blame for the most disgustingly treacle-like weather of the day before, when it was too humid to move. Definitely not the right day to pick to be tossing and groaning in bed with a shitty little hangover.
Maybe that's what that guy meant when he sang "I wish I was in Wellington". Maybe.
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This is the angel I got for our Xmas tree at home. It's a baby sock monkey from Wanda Harland. That's not how it looks on the tree 'cos it's not (umm) in situ, y'know? That's just a rather hastily assembled crop and cut-out and background paint Photoshop-job.
Also, that's a tail, not a third leg. Or a "third-leg", even.
Wasn't too keen to have an Xmas tree this year. "Oh no" I groaned when K one day enthused about getting one, thinking of a big ol' nasty, sticky, smelly, sheddy pine tree. "It'll be too big, and it'll drip sap, and the bark with scratch and scrape everything it comes into contact with, and it'll stink, and shed dead needles everywhere, and what'll we do with it when it's dead?". (Of course it would already be technically dead, so what I meant, I guess, was when the visible signs of dead-ness became much more obvious.)
Not sure I had made my position entirely clear, we retreated and collected our wits and gathered our arguments for a future round two -- or so I thought. A couple of days later she shows up with the most delightful little spruce tree in a bucket -- a living tree, a "sprucelet" if you will. It doesn't smell, it's not too big -- it's possibly even on the small side -- and it's not going to die.
Well, not for a while yet.
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As usual, prizes will be awarded if you can tell me what/who this track is...
And if you are a maker of musical mysteries and would like to contribute to this feature, contact me offline to organise stuff.
This unusual, possibly uncanny stillness is partially to blame for the most disgustingly treacle-like weather of the day before, when it was too humid to move. Definitely not the right day to pick to be tossing and groaning in bed with a shitty little hangover.
Maybe that's what that guy meant when he sang "I wish I was in Wellington". Maybe.
...
This is the angel I got for our Xmas tree at home. It's a baby sock monkey from Wanda Harland. That's not how it looks on the tree 'cos it's not (umm) in situ, y'know? That's just a rather hastily assembled crop and cut-out and background paint Photoshop-job.Also, that's a tail, not a third leg. Or a "third-leg", even.
Wasn't too keen to have an Xmas tree this year. "Oh no" I groaned when K one day enthused about getting one, thinking of a big ol' nasty, sticky, smelly, sheddy pine tree. "It'll be too big, and it'll drip sap, and the bark with scratch and scrape everything it comes into contact with, and it'll stink, and shed dead needles everywhere, and what'll we do with it when it's dead?". (Of course it would already be technically dead, so what I meant, I guess, was when the visible signs of dead-ness became much more obvious.)
Not sure I had made my position entirely clear, we retreated and collected our wits and gathered our arguments for a future round two -- or so I thought. A couple of days later she shows up with the most delightful little spruce tree in a bucket -- a living tree, a "sprucelet" if you will. It doesn't smell, it's not too big -- it's possibly even on the small side -- and it's not going to die.
Well, not for a while yet.
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As usual, prizes will be awarded if you can tell me what/who this track is...
And if you are a maker of musical mysteries and would like to contribute to this feature, contact me offline to organise stuff.
Labels: music, Mystery Monday
Monday, December 03, 2007
Mystery Monday: g* ***k ******f
Remember this guy?
Apparenty Tom wasn't joking when he suggested it was a prototype for a new kind of seat:
Myself, I can't see how it would work unless there is a structural element -- the name of which I don't know -- going deep into the ground under the left-hand side, as viewed in this picture. And I trust they have tested its safety by loading up the "seat" part with at least half a tonne of weight. Because umm... yeah.
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As usual, prizes will be awarded if you can tell me what/who this track is...
And if you are a maker of mysteries and would like to contribute to this feature, contact me offline to organise stuff.
Apparenty Tom wasn't joking when he suggested it was a prototype for a new kind of seat:
Myself, I can't see how it would work unless there is a structural element -- the name of which I don't know -- going deep into the ground under the left-hand side, as viewed in this picture. And I trust they have tested its safety by loading up the "seat" part with at least half a tonne of weight. Because umm... yeah.
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As usual, prizes will be awarded if you can tell me what/who this track is...
And if you are a maker of mysteries and would like to contribute to this feature, contact me offline to organise stuff.
Labels: music, Mystery Monday, photos
Monday, October 29, 2007
Mystery Monday: *j ****w
(Congrats to "Kate's Dad" for correctly identifying the previous mystery as being Johnny B '77 by Jack Bruce from his 1977 album of surprising goodness, How's Tricks.)
A new regular feature showcasing mysterious tunes that take my fancy, juxtaposed with mysterious results from Google Image Search. Listen up, clickety-click and go where the web takes you...
Prizes will be awarded if you can tell me what/who the track is.
And if you are a maker of mysteries and would like to contribute to this feature, contact me offline to organise stuff.
A new regular feature showcasing mysterious tunes that take my fancy, juxtaposed with mysterious results from Google Image Search. Listen up, clickety-click and go where the web takes you...
Prizes will be awarded if you can tell me what/who the track is.
And if you are a maker of mysteries and would like to contribute to this feature, contact me offline to organise stuff.
Labels: music, Mystery Monday
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Mystery Monday: ***k ****e
(Can we have Mystery Monday on Tuesday? I say yes we can! Especially since yesterday was a public holiday -- more about that soon.)
A new regular feature showcasing mysterious tunes that take my fancy, juxtaposed with mysterious results from Google Image Search. Listen up, clickety-click and go where the web takes you...
Prizes will be awarded if you can tell me what/who the track is.
And if you are a maker of mysteries and would like to contribute to this feature, contact me offline to organise stuff.
A new regular feature showcasing mysterious tunes that take my fancy, juxtaposed with mysterious results from Google Image Search. Listen up, clickety-click and go where the web takes you...
Prizes will be awarded if you can tell me what/who the track is.
And if you are a maker of mysteries and would like to contribute to this feature, contact me offline to organise stuff.
Labels: music, Mystery Monday
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Mystery Monday: *****t ****p
A new regular feature showcasing mysterious tunes that take my fancy, juxtaposed with mysterious results from Google Image Search. Listen up, clickety-click and go where the web takes you...
Prizes will be awarded if you can tell me what/who the track is.
And if you are a maker of mysteries and would like to contribute to this feature, contact me offline to organise stuff.
Prizes will be awarded if you can tell me what/who the track is.
And if you are a maker of mysteries and would like to contribute to this feature, contact me offline to organise stuff.
Labels: music, Mystery Monday
Monday, October 01, 2007
Mystery Monday: *****d ***g
A new regular feature showcasing mysterious tunes that take my fancy, juxtaposed with mysterious results from Google Image Search. Listen up, clickety-click and go where the web takes you...
Prizes will be awarded if you can tell me what/who the track is.
And if you are a maker of mysteries and would like to contribute to this feature, contact me offline to organise stuff.
Prizes will be awarded if you can tell me what/who the track is.
And if you are a maker of mysteries and would like to contribute to this feature, contact me offline to organise stuff.
Labels: music, Mystery Monday
Monday, September 24, 2007
Mystery Monday: ******s
A new regular feature showcasing mysterious tunes that take my fancy, juxtaposed with mysterious results from Google Image Search. Listen up, clickety-click and go where the web takes you...
Prizes will be awarded if you can tell me what/who the track is.
And if you are a maker of mysteries and would like to contribute to this feature, contact me offline to organise stuff.
Prizes will be awarded if you can tell me what/who the track is.
And if you are a maker of mysteries and would like to contribute to this feature, contact me offline to organise stuff.
Labels: music, Mystery Monday
Monday, September 17, 2007
Mystery Monday: ***t
A new regular feature showcasing mysterious tunes that take my fancy, juxtaposed with mysterious results from Google Image Search. Listen up, clickety-click and go where the web takes you...
Prizes will be awarded if you can tell me what/who the track is.
And if you are a maker of mysteries and would like to contribute to this feature, contact me offline to organise stuff.
Prizes will be awarded if you can tell me what/who the track is.
And if you are a maker of mysteries and would like to contribute to this feature, contact me offline to organise stuff.
Labels: music, Mystery Monday
