ME & THE KEY

In what can only be explained as a quiet day in news the New Zealand Herald leads with a story informing us where John Key is getting the suit he will be wearing to the Royal Wedding tailored.

Yes apparently there is a Royal Wedding soon, who knew?

Well blow me down with a merino thread if the Prime Minister of New Zealand goes to the same place for his big ticket suits as I do for my hats.

The Herald article reads like an advertorial, which if it was picked up by TV3’s Nightline I would suspect was a publicity stunt placed by PeadPR financed by RJB Design. But The Herald does not sell type face space does it? Or am I being overly negative? Does the public really want to know where the suit John Key is wearing to some Wedding in a couple of weeks was purchased?

Mr Key’s bespoke suit will have Greenstone “washed into the weave”. I put that in quotation marks as that is how it was presented in the Herald. Also it makes it look like a euphemism for something else.

Since I wrote about the great service I received from Ronald at RJB Design I have been back, toyed about getting a suit (ended up getting one from Murray Crane (also excellent service)) but have purchased a pair of brown socks. You would be fascinated to know how difficult it is to obtain brown socks in Auckland.

I might be back soon as I have had the unfortunate occurrence of having two pairs of cuff links break on me on consecutive days. What are the odds in that?

I hope the store is not mobbed by John Key groupies when I go.

Wash that into your weave.

DID I BELIEVE IT?

Last week I was offered my first professional blogging gig. Remuneration was not in any form that would feed the mouths I have waiting at home for me each evening, but more in the comp variety. I was offered four free tickets to Silo Theatres’ latest production ‘Did I Believe It?’ in return to mentioning it on this here blog. Well, no I couldn’t Adam & Eve it. I didn’t have the heart to inform the bearer of this offer that although this blog does average over 84 hits a day*, most of them are less than a second (yes most of you have stopped reading this now), and quite a number of those ‘hits’ are from Europe, who I imagine wouldn’t be heading down to New Zealand on the backing of reading this entry. They might, stranger things have happened.

I’m no corporate whore, but four free tickets are four free tickets. I accepted the offer and in my mind already started making the potent references to what I already new about this production.

The play is co written by that tall guy who used to be on breakfast TV who is friends with that short guy from breakfast radio. I know as I have seen them at the Golden Dawn. I see said tall person at my local Nosh from time to time. He is very tall.

Loosely based on that somewhat underrated BBC mock science educational television show Look Around You (from the comic genius who brought you Lee Titt’s Markets of Britain), Did I Believe It? puts you in the studio audience while the presenters and researchers propagate the inane and the momentous facts about all there is to know about vodka. This is where the sponsoring vodka brand steps in, but as I mentioned I am no corporate whore, so will mention them no more.

Imagine my dismay when I found out that said comp tickets were only for the Sunday matinee show. I don’t do matinees for reasons I can’t go into here. But end result, no matinee, no attendance, no review of the play.

Since I am a little short of material this week, I have decided to refer to it anyway.

A friend of mine went however and she enjoyed it so much she was compelled to mention it not only on Twitter but also on her Facebook wall. I know, people still use Facebook. Her restricted Twitter admission was:

Did I Believe It? @vodka sponsor’s name. Seriously hilarious. Go and see it. She does not mince her words my friend. Her next tweet went on to mention that the quality of my tweets has plummeted. Hey get off my back, it was a Monday, I was having a bad day, and I had a stone in my shoe. OK!

Any way, I hear Did I Believe It? is very good. If you are in Auckland it is showing at 1885 (yes that is a little unique isn’t it a play in a bar) from NOW till 30^th April. It then moves to Wellington

The link to the Silo Threate is here

The link to purchase tickets is here

The link to Look Around You is here

And here is an interesting link all about Lap Giraffes

*based on the one day average of yesterday

Update: Apparently the naughty folk from Did I Believe It? Are refusing to admit that inspiration from this format came from the BBC TV show Look Around You, and are in fact citing the same influences as the TV had as documented in Wikipedia. The Gall!

Needless to say this has engulfed a flame war between the two sides (albeit one sided) which Wellingtonista has picked up on.