#smashed it auckland

[lil-melody-moon]

Things go yeet, aka Keith Moon throws the entire room out the window

New Zealand offered some respite, partly because both the concert schedule and the atmosphere were less oppressive. On January 30, the occasion of Steve Marriott's twenty-first birthday, the bands took a plane ride from Auckland to Wellington in the morning and, ensconced in their high-rise hotel in the latter city, gathered in Marriott's room for a party. The Small Faces' record company EMI had kindly bought Marriott a portable record player, and singles to go with. With the night off and the booze in, it looked like being a good party. But when one of the records skipped, an excited and inebriated Steve Marriott smashed the player with his fist, unwittingly breaking it in the process. Realising the error, the former Artful Dodger decided to make a proper job of his destruction, and in the madness of the moment, he picked his broken birthday present up and threw it out of the window. Everyone rushed to the balcony and watched the player turning as it fell, the fans who were gathered on the forecourt several floors below parting like the Red Sea before Moses as it landed in their midst. "It looked so good when it went down," recalls John Wolff, "and the smash it made was fantastic, it was music to our ears, that we shouted, 'Leave those bits there!' I rushed downstairs in my dressing gown, gathered it all up and brought it back upstairs so we could throw it out again!" But as Steve Marriott recalled in The Small Faces biography The Young Mods' Forgotten Story, that "was the wrong thing to do in front of Keith Moon, because the next thing that went out was the telly, armchairs, the lot went out of the window, the whole room… It was just mad." Marriott was stunned. Even though he had started it, he didn't realise anyone went in for that kind of behaviour, and he was right; for all that Moon had been building up to something like this, his actions represented a new high - or low - in on-tour vandalism, an over-the-top reaction to Marriott and Wolff's already crazed actions in a moment of collective, chaotic high spirits. As best as conflicting recollections of what happened next can be correlated, with his furniture now on the hotel forecourt Marriott invented a stupendous lie about unknown intruders breaking into his room and destroying it. Apparently (and amazingly), the hotel took him at his words, the room was redecorated, and the next day EMI supplied Marriott with a new, even better record player. The bands played their two shows each at the town hall and came back for an end of tour party, again in Marriott's room. Keith walked in, complimented the hotel on their redecorating job, admired Marriott's new record player - and promptly threw it straight out the window. "Me and Wiggy looked at each other in amazement," recalled Steve Marriott, "and we screamed "No! No! No!' And Keith was going 'Yes! Yes! Yes!', bunging things out and smashing things. The whole room gets duffed up again. Fucking wrecked."

Tony Fletcher: Dear Boy: The Life of Keith Moon, pages 214-215

[methed-up-marxist]

Outline on a pamphlet about the class nature of paramilitary right wing formations.

Class determines consciousness

Petit bourgouise weak on a macro scale but have localised regional power (i.e control over their daily routine lots of spare time, private property when they can exert intense authority, control of local government) this lends them to a propensity for certain violent tactics and a affinity for the more directly dehumanizing dimensions of capitalist propaganda since they have a more immediate power over their employees than the soft beucratic power of large firms.

The expression of this in Aotearoa today is small business associations hiring their own private security units to patrol central Auckland and pushes for the intensification of liquor zoning laws to criminalise one of the most common addictions amongst the homeless population

The bourgouise greatly benefits from this repression and is not required to exert any of its organisational or resource capacity have them secured.

A genuine proletarian party can offer a different expression of class power to the petit-bourgouise I the form of global social revolution however the petit-bourgouise currently have organisations whose contents and structure is determined by the capitalist soloution to their more fundamental powerlessness - we must smash these formations before we can lead them.

These private security patrols must be monitored surveilled and hassled as enemy units

[balladofsallyrose]

above: GLENN CHADWICK. Taken in Jan 1968 of 'The Who', 'The Small Faces' and Paul Jones (who had just left Manfred Mann), wandering back from Glasgow Wharf without a million screaming fans, paparazzi, police or security guards, which in hind sight is an incredible pic considering at the time the "establishment" and the media, saw them as a dangerous and corrupting influence'.

below: Shed 21, Wellington, 2023

The NZ Truth reported: "We really don’t want them back again. They are just unwashed, foul-smelling, booze-swilling no-hopers’ They appeared in Auckland Town Hall 29 Jan (where Keith wrecked the hotel room) and the Wellington Town Hall 31 Jan 1968. They stayed at the Hotel Waterloo, opposite the Railway Station so were taking in the sights no doubt. Paul Jones opened the show, then on came the 'Small Faces' and then 'The Who' blew us away. Daltrey was swinging his microphone and, being the last night, everything got smashed. Smoke bombs going off, amps and Keith's drums kicked over. Old Wellington Region on Facebook

Waterloo Hotel, Wellington

The Who and The Small Faces' Steve Marriott, Pete Townshend and Ronnie Lane arrive in Wellington, 30 January, 1968.

The Small Faces and The Who at Wellington Town Hall, January 31, 1968, photographed by Rowan Greig - No Passouts

Paul Jones, Former Manfred Mann singer Paul Jones looks back | RNZ

Steve Marriott Interview at the Camden Palace, 1985

The Small Faces (The Who, and Paul Jones) in Wellington, New Zealand, Jan 30th-31st 1968

[a-solitary-sea-rover-backup]

Australian Lisa Blair has set a record for sailing solo from Sydney to Auckland, eclipsing the previous mark by four days.  

In doing so, she's become the first woman to make the journey unassisted - all while raising awareness for climate action.

On Tuesday, after eight days, three hours and 1200 nautical miles, Blair officially became the fastest person and first woman to sail unassisted across the Tasman Sea. 

"So excited," Blair told Newshub upon her arrival. "I was aiming for like 8-10 days, but in my mind, I was thinking, 'Oh, I wonder if I could do it in six or seven days'.  

"I'm super happy." 

[1997thebracket]

Round 1

The Aqua v. Mattel Lawsuit: Life in plastic is fantastic... but outside of it, mega-corporations are litigious. In 1997, the world was introduced to the Danish-Norwegian group Aqua via their Europop smash hit Barbie Girl; the song was so big, in fact, that Mattel sued the band's American record label MCA over the lyrics and the use of their trademarked shade 'Barbie Pink.' Turns out Lady Justice would not be on Mattel's side as Barbie's original messaging rang true, confirming that girls in the 90s could be anything, including tongue-in-cheek pop performers protected under parody law. Mattel would even petition the Supreme Court (really!) while Aqua and MCA would file a countersuit, but none would find great success in litigation. The whole debacle is best summarized by Judge Kozinski's iconic line, "The parties are advised to chill."

The Sky Tower in Auckland, New Zealand: An essential part of the Auckland skyline, the Sky Tower was developed by Skycity Entertainment Group for both local utility and tourism appeal, and was completed in 1997. At 328 metres/1,076 feet tall, it was the single tallest freestanding structure in the Southern Hemisphere until facing competition from Indonesia's Autograph Tower in 2020. 23 years at the top isn't a bad run! Unlike a few other iconic pieces of city architecture, the Sky Tower is hugely functional and serves as a massive telecommunications hub. The aerial at the top of the tower hosts the largest FM combiner in the world, which combines with 58 wireless microwave links to provide television, wireless internet, RT, FM radio, and weather measurement services. Or, if you're more enticed by scarfing down a gourmet steak dinner then chucking it up again midair, the tower has a rotating restaurant and controlled jumping on offer.

[coochiequeens]

Under all the gender bs is a story about a man who stabbed his ex girlfriend who is being held in a womens prison 

A trans-identified male in New Zealand has been handed a 9-year prison term for a stabbing spree at an Indian restaurant earlier this year which left three people, including his ex-girlfriend, severely injured.

Matthew Richard Nelson, a male who identifies as a woman named Pandora Electra, appeared for sentencing in the Hamilton District Court today. He had pleaded guilty to three charges of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, as well as charges of breach of a protection order, intentional damage, and resisting police.

Nelson, 31, had stood accused of stabbing three victims at the Sahara India Restaurant in Cambridge on May 4 of this year. One of the victims, a female, was Nelson’s former partner. A police summary of the incident presented to Court during a hearing earlier this year said Nelson had acted in a “quick and aggressive manner.”

According to police reports, Nelson had entered through the rear door of the restaurant and stabbed a male staff member in the shoulder as he worked in the kitchen. 

Nelson quickly targeted another worker, a female who was later revealed to be Nelson’s ex-girlfriend. He slashed her in the face and stabbed her in the upper back, causing her to suffer a punctured lung. Despite her horrific injuries, the woman managed to run out of the building and flee for help at a nearby gas station.

A customer who attempted to intervene in Nelson’s stabbing spree was similarly attacked, losing over a liter of blood after he sustained an injury to his abdomen.

Nelson then grabbed a chair, which he used to smash the restaurant’s front windows, and fled.

While being forensically swabbed in police custody by a doctor, Nelson is alleged to have remarked: “this is a bit excessive for only stabbing three people.”

Today, Nelson was sentenced to 9 years and three months in prison — and must serve at least 60% of the sentence before he can be considered for parole. According to Stuff.nz, the presiding judge respected Nelson’s identity as “Pandora Electra” — a new name he has introduced since previously identifying as “Emma.”

A motive had never been clearly determined for Nelson’s spree, and during the proceedings, the court sealed matters pertaining to Nelson’s situation which may have shed clarity on the reasons for the attack.

Nelson is currently being housed at Auckland Women’s Prison. A pre-sentence report submitted to the court had found Nelson to be a high risk of violent harm to others.

In December of 2021, the New Zealand Parliament unanimously passed a bill enabling total gender self-identification on legal documents. The Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Bill dropped the requirements for any medical or court prerequisites prior to applying for a legal gender change. 

Prison placement is largely based off of legal sex, with initial accommodations always matching the sex on the offender’s birth certificate. If an individual does not have a legal gender change but self-declares a transgender identity, they may still be eligible for transfer. The only known restriction is that offenders convicted of “serious” sexual crimes cannot be transferred to a prison housing inmates of the offender’s nominated sex.

The New Zealand DOC website advises prison officials to “consider the support the trans person needs and wants while in prison.” Corrections staff are required to discuss a support plan with trans-identifying inmates within three days of their reception. Men who claim a female identity may be provided with prosthetic breasts, brassieres, and feminine undergarments, and they may choose to request to be searched by female officers.

In April this year, a concerned citizen requested information regarding the number of trans-identifying prisoners currently being housed in women’s prisons. Dianne Landy filed a request asking for the figures, as well as the amount of individuals who have a medium to high risk security rating.

The DOC replied in an evasive manner, without providing the information and instead delayed their response indefinitely.  By Anna Slatz Anna is the Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief at Reduxx, with a journalistic focus on covering crime, child predators, and women's rights. She lives in Canada, enjoys Opera, and kvetches in her spare time.

[fionahorne11]

Who was at 1994’s BDO ? First time my 90’s band Def FX played with The Smashing Pumpkins - going on the main stage just before them! That tour sparked a good friendship with Billy and I - we took this photo on the last show of the BDO in Auckland. Then in 1996 Def supported the Pumpkins all round Australia - best and most epic time! The Horden Pavilion show in Sydney was one of my faves of all time! So I’m stoked I get to be a fan now and see them and another of my FAVE ol’ bands, Jane's Addiction and one of my fave newbies Amyl and The Sniffers 🤘😝🖤⚡️ I’m goin’ to the Eatons Hill show… which one are you going to? Tix are almost gone for the tour so grab ‘em before you miss out! There’s cool local bands at each show too - 🤩. Can’t wait!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The World Is A Vampire tour!!! Hit up the link in my bio and get ya tix!! ☝️#theworldisavampiretour2023 @smashingpumpkins @janesaddiction @amylandthesniffers @1worldentertainment @def_fx (at The 90's) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqfqZHXPZiJ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[goodhorse413]

The 2016 Auckland Unitary Plan (AUP) upzoned 3/4 of the city’s residential land to legalize townhouses, terraced homes, or multi-story apartments in areas that previously only allowed detached single-family homes, helping to reverse decades of successive downzonings that had occurred as recently as 2005. This makes Auckland perhaps the largest real-life experiment of what broad-based upzoning can achieve in an expensive, supply-constrained city—and in the 7 years since the implementation of the AUP, residential construction has skyrocketed. The total number of housing permits issued smashed previous records, while permits for the multi-unit attached housing projects legalized in the AUP went from only a small percentage of overall construction activity to the city’s dominant source of new housing.

In fact, upzonings in Auckland and elsewhere in New Zealand have set off a massive construction boom throughout the entire archipelago. In 2023, New Zealand (population: 5.2M) permitted 37k housing units, more than the San Francisco and Los Angeles metro areas combined (population: 17.3M). Auckland, a city of only 1.7M, permitted 15k units last year—while preliminary data shows the 5 boroughs of New York City (population: 8.3M) permitted a meager 9.2k units by comparison. In total, New Zealand permitted 9.7 new housing units per 1000 residents in 2022, a 45-year-high that was nearly double the rates seen in the US.

So over the last decade-plus, what has been the economic effect of these upzonings in Auckland and other parts of New Zealand? The best evidence comes from a series of academic papers by Professor Ryan Greenaway-McGrevy at the University of Auckland and comprehensive data tracking done by Matthew Maltman at Australia’s E61 Institute. Despite some early back-and-forth academic quibbles, the evidence is overwhelmingly clear that upzonings have significantly increased housing production—the AUP is estimated to have created more than 43k extra housing units from 2016-2022, while the Lower Hutt upzonings increased total Wellington region housing starts by 12-17%. That, in turn, has significantly improved housing affordability—rent-to-income ratios in Auckland have significantly declined even as they have steadily risen elsewhere in New Zealand.

The AUP also represents an instructive case study for the modern housing discourse that pits upzoning as a market-based solution in opposition to direct government action like rent control or public housing. New Zealand’s experience shows the two approaches are complementary, not contradictory—a post-2017 political push for more state housing construction, combined with the upzonings in Auckland and elsewhere in New Zealand, has driven public housing permits to record highs. While the government came nowhere near meeting its ambitious national public housing goals, Greenaway-McGrevy estimates that AUP reforms nearly tripled public housing construction in Auckland. That construction boom has been especially important for the indigenous Māori, who make up 40% of public housing residents, and Pacific peoples indigenous to other islands, who make up another quarter of residents.

KiwiGODS... I KNEEL

[qnewsau]

Michelle Visage surprises Drag Race viewing party in Sydney

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Michelle Visage surprises Drag Race viewing party in Sydney

RuPaul’s Drag Race royalty Michelle Visage has made a surprise appearance at a viewing party in Sydney.

Michelle has officially finished filming season four of RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under with our Rhys Nicholson in Auckland.

She jumped on a plane and on Friday confirmed on her Instagram she was doing the tourist thing in Sydney.

On Saturday night, Michelle joined Aussie stars Kween Kong and Maxi Shield at a Drag Race UK vs the World viewing party at Sydney nightclub Universal.

After watching season 16, clubgoers watched and cheered on our own Hannah Conda as she does us proud on the UK spinoff, which filmed last year.

Universal dropped hints Michelle’s appearance and Stan, which produces RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under, excitedly shared photos to social media.

In the comments, some alluded to the persistent gossip that for Down Under season four, Michelle will have a much bigger hosting role.

“She’s getting ready for that main host gig,” one person wrote.

“Soft launching Michelle’s Drag Race Down Under, we love to see it,” another wrote.

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Rumoured lineup for Drag Race Down Under season 4

For more than a week, RuPaul has been in the US promoting his memoir House of Hidden Meanings.

Production sources insisted Ru did fly to Auckland, but we still don’t know for sure how much of Down Under he actually filmed with Michelle Visage and Rhys Nicholson.

But we do have a list of the likely queens who are appearing on the season, including Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane performers.

All will be revealed when Down Under season four starts later in the year.

Meanwhile, Hannah Conda, who was runner-up on Down Under season two, is smashing it on UK vs the World right now.

Her season two sister Kween Kong is also tipped to return to the franchise in the new Global All-Stars later in the year.

RuPaul’s Drag Race, as well as UK vs the World and Down Under are all streaming in Australia on Stan.

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Read more on Drag Race Down Under:

Host shake-up rumoured for RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under

This US Drag Race winner flew to NZ to film Down Under

Frustrated NZ queens want Drag Race Down Under filmed in Australia too

Down Under star tipped to return for new Global All Stars

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[ecoscreen]

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Extra Security: Because they come in different sizes and can be customised, pleated insect screens are quite safe for your house. You can install additional locks and fittings to meet your specific demands. A security screen mesh can assist keep any undesirable two-legged invaders out and pests out. These kinds of screens are made of premium stainless steel, making it difficult for intruders to simply smash through the screen and enter the house. This is especially helpful on hot evenings when you want to let some fresh air into your house without worrying about someone breaking in.

Determent: Potential intruders are visibly discouraged by security screens. Because they know it will be harder to get in, robbers are deterred from trying to break in when they notice these sturdy barricades.

Barrier: Pleated insect screens are difficult to cut or shatter because they are composed of sturdy materials like aluminium or stainless steel, unlike regular window screens or glass windows. They offer an additional line of defence against unauthorized entrance attempts.

Protection: These screens not only provide protection but also keep pests and insects out, which is crucial in locations where disease-carrying insects are present.

Privacy: Insect screens provide seclusion throughout the day by obstructing outside views into your property. This can shield your family's privacy and stop would-be thieves from looking at your property.

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Security screens are an enduring investment in protecting your house since they are made to endure inclement weather, including storms and very high or low temperatures.

Pleated insect screens in Auckland are available in a variety of designs and hues, so homeowners may select a type that both maintains security and enhances the appearance of their house.

You can feel safer in your own house and experience a reduction in worry associated with home security when you know that your home is guarded by security screens.

Because they are viewed as more safe and appealing to potential buyers, homes with security screens may be worth more when they are put up for sale.

If you want to ensure extra protection for your home and enhance the resale value of your home, you may connect with a professional supplier of Pleated insect screen in Auckland. You can clear all your queries and explore their offerings to get the best product in your budget.

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