Nick Hall
@stopgostop.bsky.social
“Purveyor of Treasure” - Memorial Device
"A Select New Zealander" - Vox Pop Labs
"Shows traits of a gang member. Not one of the brightest and the best" - Christopher Luxon, Prime Middle Manager of Aotearoa New Zealand
"A Select New Zealander" - Vox Pop Labs
"Shows traits of a gang member. Not one of the brightest and the best" - Christopher Luxon, Prime Middle Manager of Aotearoa New Zealand
David Seymour to ban the use of the phrase “David Seymour”
“Because there is already a perfectly good English word, ‘arsehole’”
“Because there is already a perfectly good English word, ‘arsehole’”
February 12, 2026 at 9:31 PM
David Seymour to ban the use of the phrase “David Seymour”
“Because there is already a perfectly good English word, ‘arsehole’”
“Because there is already a perfectly good English word, ‘arsehole’”
If the cost of electricity reduces after this Big Gas Bottle*, I will personally pay for Nicola to take her kids to the cinema**
* That’s all it is, right?
** I’m assuming that she still can’t afford to, and that’s why there are tax cuts coming, and it’s not a bribe for the upcoming election
* That’s all it is, right?
** I’m assuming that she still can’t afford to, and that’s why there are tax cuts coming, and it’s not a bribe for the upcoming election
February 11, 2026 at 9:45 AM
If the cost of electricity reduces after this Big Gas Bottle*, I will personally pay for Nicola to take her kids to the cinema**
* That’s all it is, right?
** I’m assuming that she still can’t afford to, and that’s why there are tax cuts coming, and it’s not a bribe for the upcoming election
* That’s all it is, right?
** I’m assuming that she still can’t afford to, and that’s why there are tax cuts coming, and it’s not a bribe for the upcoming election
Age Verification
Gabrielle Drake as Lt Gaye Ellis in UFO
Gabrielle Drake as Lt Gaye Ellis in UFO
Age Verification
Mrs Cunningham was a sexy woman.
Mrs Cunningham was a sexy woman.
Age verification?
Getting a Spaceman cordial from the dairy
Getting a Spaceman cordial from the dairy
February 10, 2026 at 7:29 AM
Age Verification
Gabrielle Drake as Lt Gaye Ellis in UFO
Gabrielle Drake as Lt Gaye Ellis in UFO
February 10, 2026 at 7:28 AM
I’ve just woken up from a mad dream involving Nigel Farage
Apparently, Dream Me is living back in Britain and owes Farage £1.23 from an earlier dream - can’t remember why
Anyway, I’m walking through Oxford Library - no idea why, I have no link to Oxford - and Farage is sat there with his shirt off
Apparently, Dream Me is living back in Britain and owes Farage £1.23 from an earlier dream - can’t remember why
Anyway, I’m walking through Oxford Library - no idea why, I have no link to Oxford - and Farage is sat there with his shirt off
February 7, 2026 at 3:55 PM
I’ve just woken up from a mad dream involving Nigel Farage
Apparently, Dream Me is living back in Britain and owes Farage £1.23 from an earlier dream - can’t remember why
Anyway, I’m walking through Oxford Library - no idea why, I have no link to Oxford - and Farage is sat there with his shirt off
Apparently, Dream Me is living back in Britain and owes Farage £1.23 from an earlier dream - can’t remember why
Anyway, I’m walking through Oxford Library - no idea why, I have no link to Oxford - and Farage is sat there with his shirt off
Drown Mark Kermode In A Commode It's 1:00AM
January 25, 2026 at 1:28 AM
Pick up the nearest book. Open to page 42 and post your second sentence. Add #page42 and include this rule as a reply
"This went to Lothair’s second son, helpfully known as Lothair II, who entirely failed to produce a legitimate heir of his own.”
"This went to Lothair’s second son, helpfully known as Lothair II, who entirely failed to produce a legitimate heir of his own.”
Pick up the nearest book. Open to page 42 and post your second sentence. Add #page42 and include this rule as a reply
"He stopped, feeling foolish, hearing his own voice fall flat and small under the iron weight of the freezing fog."
"He stopped, feeling foolish, hearing his own voice fall flat and small under the iron weight of the freezing fog."
Pick up the nearest book. Open to page 42 and post your second sentence. Add #page42 and include this rule as a reply.
She paused for applause - not a sausage - and went on 'He made several trips to the Whitechapel Bell Foundry'.
She paused for applause - not a sausage - and went on 'He made several trips to the Whitechapel Bell Foundry'.
January 21, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Pick up the nearest book. Open to page 42 and post your second sentence. Add #page42 and include this rule as a reply
"This went to Lothair’s second son, helpfully known as Lothair II, who entirely failed to produce a legitimate heir of his own.”
"This went to Lothair’s second son, helpfully known as Lothair II, who entirely failed to produce a legitimate heir of his own.”
January 19, 2026 at 8:01 AM
Some friends from Britain are touring New Zealand at the moment and instead of telling them all the amazing places they can visit, I’m suggesting cheap petrol stations
Not getting that job at the NZ Tourist Board am I?
Not getting that job at the NZ Tourist Board am I?
January 18, 2026 at 7:33 AM
Some friends from Britain are touring New Zealand at the moment and instead of telling them all the amazing places they can visit, I’m suggesting cheap petrol stations
Not getting that job at the NZ Tourist Board am I?
Not getting that job at the NZ Tourist Board am I?
PSA. This LP is available for the bargain price of $8 in Real Groovy
There are few better ways to spend $8
There are few better ways to spend $8
January 14, 2026 at 11:36 PM
PSA. This LP is available for the bargain price of $8 in Real Groovy
There are few better ways to spend $8
There are few better ways to spend $8
David Byrne
Playing “Life During Wartime”, with a backdrop of recent events in America
Wow!
Playing “Life During Wartime”, with a backdrop of recent events in America
Wow!
January 14, 2026 at 9:15 AM
David Byrne
Playing “Life During Wartime”, with a backdrop of recent events in America
Wow!
Playing “Life During Wartime”, with a backdrop of recent events in America
Wow!
Reposted by Nick Hall
And now they announce a free braille option on all their amps, well done
January 13, 2026 at 12:36 AM
And now they announce a free braille option on all their amps, well done
All simple, no minds
All shape no shifter
All six, no sixty
January 12, 2026 at 9:48 AM
All simple, no minds
Who are your top 10 all-time favourite guitarists? Top of the head stuff.
Tried to come up with ones that I’ve not seen on any of these lists
John McGeoch
Stuart Adamson
Bill Nelson
Bernard Butler
Robert Fripp
Maurice Deebank
Paul Research
Adrian Belew
Prince
Anna Calvi
Tried to come up with ones that I’ve not seen on any of these lists
John McGeoch
Stuart Adamson
Bill Nelson
Bernard Butler
Robert Fripp
Maurice Deebank
Paul Research
Adrian Belew
Prince
Anna Calvi
Who are your top 10 all-time favourite guitarists? Top of the head stuff.
Robert Scott (NZ)
Mark Day
Pete Townsend
Chloe Alper
Billy Corgan
Glen Campbell
Clapton
Duane Allman
Johnny Marr
David Gilmour
Robert Scott (NZ)
Mark Day
Pete Townsend
Chloe Alper
Billy Corgan
Glen Campbell
Clapton
Duane Allman
Johnny Marr
David Gilmour
Who are your top 10 all-time favourite guitarists? Top of the head stuff.
John Martyn
Bert Jansch
Richard Thompson
Davy Graham
Leo Kottke
Shawn Phillips
Jorma Kaukonen
Joni Mitchell
D Boon
Glen Campbell
Billy Bragg
John Martyn
Bert Jansch
Richard Thompson
Davy Graham
Leo Kottke
Shawn Phillips
Jorma Kaukonen
Joni Mitchell
D Boon
Glen Campbell
Billy Bragg
January 6, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Who are your top 10 all-time favourite guitarists? Top of the head stuff.
Tried to come up with ones that I’ve not seen on any of these lists
John McGeoch
Stuart Adamson
Bill Nelson
Bernard Butler
Robert Fripp
Maurice Deebank
Paul Research
Adrian Belew
Prince
Anna Calvi
Tried to come up with ones that I’ve not seen on any of these lists
John McGeoch
Stuart Adamson
Bill Nelson
Bernard Butler
Robert Fripp
Maurice Deebank
Paul Research
Adrian Belew
Prince
Anna Calvi
“And the winner of the 2026 FIFA War Prize is …”
January 5, 2026 at 12:23 AM
“And the winner of the 2026 FIFA War Prize is …”
I’m guessing there’s no news from Hawaii about what Luxon thinks about the US actions
January 3, 2026 at 10:21 AM
I’m guessing there’s no news from Hawaii about what Luxon thinks about the US actions
We’re going to see @phlaimeaux.bsky.social in March.
Having seen him in Bake Off, if he’s selling his food as merch, let’s hope it’s meringue, and not iced rings
Having seen him in Bake Off, if he’s selling his food as merch, let’s hope it’s meringue, and not iced rings
December 31, 2025 at 7:40 AM
We’re going to see @phlaimeaux.bsky.social in March.
Having seen him in Bake Off, if he’s selling his food as merch, let’s hope it’s meringue, and not iced rings
Having seen him in Bake Off, if he’s selling his food as merch, let’s hope it’s meringue, and not iced rings
When I'm Sixty Four (Remastered 2009)
YouTube video by The Beatles - Topic
youtu.be
December 28, 2025 at 9:30 AM
I’ve said it before, but Jonn says it more eloquently; George Michael was the best of us
Today, thoughts inevitably turn to a man whose life and death will always be associated with this time of year – a man whose purity of heart and good works alike contain, I think, the true spirit of the season.
On the true meaning of Christmas
Some notes on the man who to me represents the spirit of the season.
jonn.substack.com
December 27, 2025 at 12:20 AM
I’ve said it before, but Jonn says it more eloquently; George Michael was the best of us
I really wasn’t expecting that many mentions* of New Zealand, @jonnelledge.bsky.social
* Four, according to the index
* Four, according to the index
December 25, 2025 at 12:31 AM
I really wasn’t expecting that many mentions* of New Zealand, @jonnelledge.bsky.social
* Four, according to the index
* Four, according to the index
At this time of the year I can find myself getting maudlin, thinking about the past, and where I was born and brought up
But I find it makes things better listening to old folk songs from the region
Merry Christmas Everybody
youtu.be/PTslBTBl1X8
But I find it makes things better listening to old folk songs from the region
Merry Christmas Everybody
youtu.be/PTslBTBl1X8
Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody - Official Video
YouTube video by Slade Official
youtu.be
December 24, 2025 at 8:59 PM
At this time of the year I can find myself getting maudlin, thinking about the past, and where I was born and brought up
But I find it makes things better listening to old folk songs from the region
Merry Christmas Everybody
youtu.be/PTslBTBl1X8
But I find it makes things better listening to old folk songs from the region
Merry Christmas Everybody
youtu.be/PTslBTBl1X8
Watched Nuremberg last night and was astonished to find out that Christopher Luxon’s uses the same defence for anything that his ministers have done wrong, “I am unaware”, as Hermann Göring used when accused of knowing exactly what went on in concentration camps
December 19, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Watched Nuremberg last night and was astonished to find out that Christopher Luxon’s uses the same defence for anything that his ministers have done wrong, “I am unaware”, as Hermann Göring used when accused of knowing exactly what went on in concentration camps
If I was running the election campaign for Labour/Greens/TPM I would simply have pictures of the senior National MPs with that “Top 1%” quote. Same for ACT & NZF
Maybe a subheading of “That’s who they are governing for, not you”
Maybe a subheading of “That’s who they are governing for, not you”
Here's our country summary.
Top 1% have 12% of income and 22.7% of wealth.
"inequality remains moderate but has risen slightly in recent years..but shows signs of gradual widening across income and wealth dimensions"
Top 1% have 12% of income and 22.7% of wealth.
"inequality remains moderate but has risen slightly in recent years..but shows signs of gradual widening across income and wealth dimensions"
December 12, 2025 at 9:49 PM
If I was running the election campaign for Labour/Greens/TPM I would simply have pictures of the senior National MPs with that “Top 1%” quote. Same for ACT & NZF
Maybe a subheading of “That’s who they are governing for, not you”
Maybe a subheading of “That’s who they are governing for, not you”
I wish I worked for Christopher Luxon.
He’s set such a low bar for “doing an exceptionally good job” that I reckon I could phone in any minister’s job from my bed, probably before I wake up
He’s set such a low bar for “doing an exceptionally good job” that I reckon I could phone in any minister’s job from my bed, probably before I wake up
"You can go through the process story of who said what, when, and where, but from my point of view the matter's settled. Mark's addressed the issues, I'm very comfortable with that. I think he's doing an exceptionally good job," Luxon said. 👀
#nzpol
#nzpol
No need for a further inquiry into McSkimming scandal - PM
Christopher Luxon has expressed confidence in Mark Mitchell and his timeline of events.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 9, 2025 at 4:59 AM
I wish I worked for Christopher Luxon.
He’s set such a low bar for “doing an exceptionally good job” that I reckon I could phone in any minister’s job from my bed, probably before I wake up
He’s set such a low bar for “doing an exceptionally good job” that I reckon I could phone in any minister’s job from my bed, probably before I wake up