Dan Slevin
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Dan Slevin
@danslevin.funeralsandsnakes.net
Gentleman of Silverstream. Writer, broadcaster and sometime CEO. Reviewer of films at substack.funeralsandsnakes.net and RNZ.
I’m sorry but if “Demonic Eggbeater” isn’t a band name in the next Smokefree Rockquest, what are we teaching these kids?
November 28, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Imagine pulling into Dunedin Station instead of Mosgiel Airport (plus taxi). I’d fly to Chch and train every time.
November 28, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Paging Dr. Cronenberg
November 28, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Saving for future reference, thank you.
November 28, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Isn’t it.
November 28, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Sorry.
November 28, 2025 at 10:58 AM
“Perceived”
November 28, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Sometimes saying, “It’s complicated and until we are actually in government and have all the facts we can’t be more definitive. But this is what we believe.” I want more honesty in politics not more blowhards, even if they’re my blowhards.
November 28, 2025 at 6:15 AM
There are billboards all over the Hutt with Bish touting the Melling interchange project - a project they did everything in their power to gut and delay.
November 28, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Sadly, details are what governing is all about. Not caring about details is why the current government has put us in the ditch.
November 28, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Who would know? I wonder whether it would have done better on Māori+ (except they couldn’t have contributed to the funding). It’s something like 40% te reo Māori with subtitles. Plus some Chinese and NZ Sign.
November 27, 2025 at 9:25 AM
You can snide about DVDs as much as you like but Hollywood is an attention multiplier that no other industry can compare with.
November 26, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Reposted by Dan Slevin
There’s a staggering amount of money being spent in Wellington at the moment supporting Avatar (and the Gollum films are recruiting craft crews now). We would be an even more impoverished industry and culture without the rebates.
November 26, 2025 at 10:04 AM
There’s a staggering amount of money being spent in Wellington at the moment supporting Avatar (and the Gollum films are recruiting craft crews now). We would be an even more impoverished industry and culture without the rebates.
November 26, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Can I show you this work by my wife? Made from curtain sample books. We have several of these in different tints. Light not great, sorry.
November 26, 2025 at 8:21 AM