Gareth @trying2makeitwork.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Sometimes it’s not even about a complete cut-off. In some cases, “on the other side of the world” turns out to be the Goldilocks distance for maintaining a connection. 000
Gareth @trying2makeitwork.bsky.social · 27/09/2026For God’s sake don’t let @dieworkwear.bsky.social see this! 020
Gareth @trying2makeitwork.bsky.social · 25/09/2026OTOH, I would gladly pay $20 to see a show by a band called the Hallucinogenic Horrors from Beyond Spacetime. 011
Gareth @trying2makeitwork.bsky.social · 23/09/2026This post reminded me of the time I saw her open for the Eagles in Auckland, 1995. Between songs, she told a story of how she’d visited the local aquarium and how someone had “recognized” her as a totally different singer. But now I can’t remember who the mistaken identity was and it’s bugging me. 010
Gareth @trying2makeitwork.bsky.social · 18/09/2026And for everyone else it's, "this is my first train on time!" AMIRITE?! [Hook appears from off stage] 010
Gareth @trying2makeitwork.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I’m really hoping that Bluesky will get its own version of the TUNGI (Threads users not getting it) account one of these days. 220
Gareth @trying2makeitwork.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Here's one from a New Zealander who's never been to the USA. 0130
Gareth @trying2makeitwork.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Whoa! Careful, dude! “What should a coat cost” is like a magic spell that summons @dieworkwear.bsky.social 010
Gareth @trying2makeitwork.bsky.social · 27/08/2026I switched to @proton.me a few months ago. It's excellent. 020
Gareth @trying2makeitwork.bsky.social · 21/08/2026So *that’s* what that graffitied fire engine was about, which I saw on a recent trip to NZ. Mystery solved, thanks. 110
Gareth @trying2makeitwork.bsky.social · 21/08/2026One of those is the lead sheet; the other is the fully notated score; both are good. 000
Gareth @trying2makeitwork.bsky.social · 17/08/2026In Australia, apparently. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejor...youtube.comMidnight Oil - Beds Are BurningYouTube video by MidnightOilVEVO 010
Gareth @trying2makeitwork.bsky.social · 16/08/2026I assume it included a jigger or two of “Cameron Green FILTH!”? 100
Gareth @trying2makeitwork.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Hello from Osaka. Can I butt in with a question? Do they actually serve what's written on the chochin? If so, that's impressive. Momo and hotate, sure, but I'm pretty sure there weren't any places serving sunagimo back when I was still living in NZ (which is, admittedly, 30+ years ago now). 120
Gareth @trying2makeitwork.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Would it be inappropriate to ask what's in the cocktail? 100
Gareth @trying2makeitwork.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Only then will New Zealand be a true demochrisy. 010
Gareth @trying2makeitwork.bsky.social · 12/08/2026"Well, y'know, Chrises come and Chrises go. Whadaya gonna do about it? That's what I'd like to know." www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-AQ...youtube.comPaul Simon - Gumboots (Official Audio) ft. Boyoyo BoysYouTube video by PaulSimonVEVO 010
Gareth @trying2makeitwork.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Maybe it's just me, but I thought this juxtaposition of posts by @jonbois.bsky.social and @atrupar.com (via @missingthept.bsky.social) was pretty funny. 020
Gareth @trying2makeitwork.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Learning basic music theory renders you unable to hate a whole genre of music. Even if you hear a song and it's of a genre that you don't enjoy, you just start noticing things WITHIN the song ("Picardy 3rd!" "Oh, they resolved to iv-minor instead of the root!") and you never get around to hating it. 010
Gareth @trying2makeitwork.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Downplay a book or movie: All Meh on the Western Front 030
Gareth @trying2makeitwork.bsky.social · 22/07/2026She comes back to tell me she’s gone, as if I didn’t know that! As if I didn’t know my own bed! 000
Gareth @trying2makeitwork.bsky.social · 17/07/2026“…creeps in this petty pace from day to day to the last syllable of recorded time”? 000
Gareth @trying2makeitwork.bsky.social · 14/07/2026I would gladly pay $20 to see a show by a band called The Ponderous Flukes. 000
Gareth @trying2makeitwork.bsky.social · 27/06/2026I'm listening to Randy Newman (the I Love LA album) and... is it just me or does he sound like Tom Hanks? 000
Gareth @trying2makeitwork.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Currently test driving @zen-browser.app. First impressions positive. 000
Gareth @trying2makeitwork.bsky.social · 26/06/2026You’ve looked your last blue and gone your last purple. 031
Gareth @trying2makeitwork.bsky.social · 21/06/2026I’m surprised to learn that the previous best against England wasn’t Hadlee but Dion Nash. 000
Gareth @trying2makeitwork.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Spotted in Osaka today. Yeah… I think I’ll just have the chicken if it’s all the same to you. 010
Gareth @trying2makeitwork.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Last one, I promise. Merge two movies: Chariots of Firestarter 000
Gareth @trying2makeitwork.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Surely half that goes to the Balinese maidens who carved your wooden leg? 000