Ethan Tucker
@ethantucker.bsky.social
Film & music tragic, lover of travel and test cricket, photography and all things history. Wellington, NZ.
Thursday music corner: Nina Simone - Feelin' Good (1965)
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'Stars when you shine, you know how I feel
Scent of the pine, you know how I feel
Oh, freedom is mine
And I know how I feel'
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'Stars when you shine, you know how I feel
Scent of the pine, you know how I feel
Oh, freedom is mine
And I know how I feel'
Stars when you shine, you know how I feel
Thursday music corner : Nina Simone (b. North Carolina 1933, d. France 2003) was a classically-trained pianist and jazz vocalist whose dedi...
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January 22, 2026 at 4:34 AM
Thursday music corner: Nina Simone - Feelin' Good (1965)
slightlyintrepid.blogspot.com/2026/01/star...
'Stars when you shine, you know how I feel
Scent of the pine, you know how I feel
Oh, freedom is mine
And I know how I feel'
slightlyintrepid.blogspot.com/2026/01/star...
'Stars when you shine, you know how I feel
Scent of the pine, you know how I feel
Oh, freedom is mine
And I know how I feel'
In 2025 I watched 248 films - here's an overview of the 10 new releases I enjoyed the most, plus the details of the actors and directors I watched most of last year.
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#Linklater #WallisIsland #Petzold #PTA #PrimeMinister #WesAnderson #EvaVictor
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#Linklater #WallisIsland #Petzold #PTA #PrimeMinister #WesAnderson #EvaVictor
My top 10 films of 2025
In 2025 I toned down the film-watching a certain degree, clocking up 248 films in the year, as opposed to 286 the year before. Of the films ...
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January 19, 2026 at 3:12 AM
In 2025 I watched 248 films - here's an overview of the 10 new releases I enjoyed the most, plus the details of the actors and directors I watched most of last year.
slightlyintrepid.blogspot.com/2026/01/my-t...
#Linklater #WallisIsland #Petzold #PTA #PrimeMinister #WesAnderson #EvaVictor
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#Linklater #WallisIsland #Petzold #PTA #PrimeMinister #WesAnderson #EvaVictor
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Close to 100% of people have no clue how right-wing psychology works or how the modern world aggravates and fuels it.
This guy gets it.
Read this thread. Retain it. Base your strategies and tactics on it.
If you do, you'll be about 50 years ahead of the curve.
This guy gets it.
Read this thread. Retain it. Base your strategies and tactics on it.
If you do, you'll be about 50 years ahead of the curve.
This is literally what I've been writing and podcasting about for years. I was planning to do an essay on this, but here's a 🧵.
The main reason is psychology. Due to personal, family, and cultural histories, some people are inherently scared of the world.
The main reason is psychology. Due to personal, family, and cultural histories, some people are inherently scared of the world.
Fight and help win a world war.
Establish a global order that cements your national power for 80 years.
Blow it all up.
What am I missing?
Establish a global order that cements your national power for 80 years.
Blow it all up.
What am I missing?
January 18, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Close to 100% of people have no clue how right-wing psychology works or how the modern world aggravates and fuels it.
This guy gets it.
Read this thread. Retain it. Base your strategies and tactics on it.
If you do, you'll be about 50 years ahead of the curve.
This guy gets it.
Read this thread. Retain it. Base your strategies and tactics on it.
If you do, you'll be about 50 years ahead of the curve.
Good news from Hard To Find Books in Auckland
January 17, 2026 at 12:41 AM
Good news from Hard To Find Books in Auckland
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I was wondering why whenever I tried to put a screening of the new 28 YEARS LATER film in my calendar it wouldn’t show up. Perplexed I was until I realised that my super smart calendar app was trying to be helpful.
January 15, 2026 at 8:13 PM
I was wondering why whenever I tried to put a screening of the new 28 YEARS LATER film in my calendar it wouldn’t show up. Perplexed I was until I realised that my super smart calendar app was trying to be helpful.
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Has science gone too far? 😂
January 15, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Has science gone too far? 😂
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Nancy Beaton dressed as a shooting star for the Galaxy Ball, London 1929. Portrait by her brother Cecil Beaton.
January 3, 2026 at 7:11 AM
Nancy Beaton dressed as a shooting star for the Galaxy Ball, London 1929. Portrait by her brother Cecil Beaton.
The critique may be fair for all I know, but seems a bit odd for the management to be criticised so personally when the team is performing well, and for them to clutch their pearls so vigorously when subjected to that criticism. Wild egos & thin skins?
www.stuff.co.nz/sport/360921...
www.stuff.co.nz/sport/360921...
Cricket Australia go to war with national broadcaster ABC after ‘personal’ criticism by former test bowler
Cricket Australia blocked the ABC from interviewing a player after the third day of the final Ashes test following “personal” criticism from one of their pundits.
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January 6, 2026 at 10:07 PM
The critique may be fair for all I know, but seems a bit odd for the management to be criticised so personally when the team is performing well, and for them to clutch their pearls so vigorously when subjected to that criticism. Wild egos & thin skins?
www.stuff.co.nz/sport/360921...
www.stuff.co.nz/sport/360921...
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Right... because that's definitely how competition works 100% of the time 🤔
Gull, NPD merger should bring fuel prices down - AA www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
Gull, NPD merger should bring fuel prices down - AA www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
Gull, NPD merger should bring fuel prices down - AA
The Automobile Association believes a proposed merger between two fuel companies should drive down pump prices.
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December 28, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Right... because that's definitely how competition works 100% of the time 🤔
Gull, NPD merger should bring fuel prices down - AA www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
Gull, NPD merger should bring fuel prices down - AA www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
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SCROOGE: you there, boy! what day is it?
BOY: i don't know, i'm like six
SCROOGE: well fuckin – can you ask someone
BOY: i don't know, i'm like six
SCROOGE: well fuckin – can you ask someone
December 1, 2024 at 9:08 AM
SCROOGE: you there, boy! what day is it?
BOY: i don't know, i'm like six
SCROOGE: well fuckin – can you ask someone
BOY: i don't know, i'm like six
SCROOGE: well fuckin – can you ask someone
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I always try to uphold the annual New Zealand tradition of the Nativicado.
December 23, 2025 at 5:56 AM
I always try to uphold the annual New Zealand tradition of the Nativicado.
The Xmas spirit is alive & well, people
Man impersonating police accidentally pulls over mufti cop car www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Man impersonating police accidentally pulls over mufti cop car www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Man impersonating police accidentally pulls over mufti cop car
The man, driving a car equipped with flashing police lights, tried to make a run for it, after pulling over the real McCoy.
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December 21, 2025 at 4:05 AM
The Xmas spirit is alive & well, people
Man impersonating police accidentally pulls over mufti cop car www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Man impersonating police accidentally pulls over mufti cop car www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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Very cool!
December 19, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Very cool!
Current NZ record test opening partnerships vs each opponent (yet to play IRE or AFG):
West Indies 387
England 276
Bangladesh 254
India 231
Zimbabwe 214
Pakistan 183
Sri Lanka 161
South Africa 126
Australia 111
Some serious opportunities to improve vs SA / AU!
#NZvWI
West Indies 387
England 276
Bangladesh 254
India 231
Zimbabwe 214
Pakistan 183
Sri Lanka 161
South Africa 126
Australia 111
Some serious opportunities to improve vs SA / AU!
#NZvWI
December 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Current NZ record test opening partnerships vs each opponent (yet to play IRE or AFG):
West Indies 387
England 276
Bangladesh 254
India 231
Zimbabwe 214
Pakistan 183
Sri Lanka 161
South Africa 126
Australia 111
Some serious opportunities to improve vs SA / AU!
#NZvWI
West Indies 387
England 276
Bangladesh 254
India 231
Zimbabwe 214
Pakistan 183
Sri Lanka 161
South Africa 126
Australia 111
Some serious opportunities to improve vs SA / AU!
#NZvWI
In the 1970s TVNZ used to play the BBC's Black & White Minstrel Show, which ran on the BBC until 1978. Perhaps this is the moral climate in which Mr Batchelor wishes to situate his "not-racism"
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www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
December 18, 2025 at 7:05 PM
In the 1970s TVNZ used to play the BBC's Black & White Minstrel Show, which ran on the BBC until 1978. Perhaps this is the moral climate in which Mr Batchelor wishes to situate his "not-racism"
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
Thursday music corner: Tower of Power - It's Not The Crime (1975)
'It's not who sold
It's not who's bought
And it's not the kickback
It's if you get caught
It's not the crime, oh no
It's not the thought
And it's not the deed...'
#SoulFunk
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'It's not who sold
It's not who's bought
And it's not the kickback
It's if you get caught
It's not the crime, oh no
It's not the thought
And it's not the deed...'
#SoulFunk
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It's not the kickback, it's if you get caught
Thursday music corner : California funk-soul group Tower of Power were formed in Oakland in 1968 and released nine albums that reached the ...
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December 18, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Thursday music corner: Tower of Power - It's Not The Crime (1975)
'It's not who sold
It's not who's bought
And it's not the kickback
It's if you get caught
It's not the crime, oh no
It's not the thought
And it's not the deed...'
#SoulFunk
slightlyintrepid.blogspot.com/2025/12/its-...
'It's not who sold
It's not who's bought
And it's not the kickback
It's if you get caught
It's not the crime, oh no
It's not the thought
And it's not the deed...'
#SoulFunk
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"The Marvellous Melotone" gramophone ad, Evening Post, 14 December 1925
"20 Beautiful Models to select from, priced from 8 to 100 Guineas"
"20 Beautiful Models to select from, priced from 8 to 100 Guineas"
December 14, 2025 at 4:26 AM
"The Marvellous Melotone" gramophone ad, Evening Post, 14 December 1925
"20 Beautiful Models to select from, priced from 8 to 100 Guineas"
"20 Beautiful Models to select from, priced from 8 to 100 Guineas"
A commenter in the Cricinfo feed points out that 8 of NZ's 11 current capped seamers are injured - Milne, Fisher, O'Rourke, Henry, Smith, Jamieson, Ferguson & Tickner
#NZvWI
#BasinReserve
#NZvWI
#BasinReserve
December 11, 2025 at 11:53 PM
A commenter in the Cricinfo feed points out that 8 of NZ's 11 current capped seamers are injured - Milne, Fisher, O'Rourke, Henry, Smith, Jamieson, Ferguson & Tickner
#NZvWI
#BasinReserve
#NZvWI
#BasinReserve
Thursday music corner: Wendy Rene - Bar-B-Q (1964)
'Early in the morning
Late at night
I want me some
You know I sure like bar-b-q!'
#Stax
#Soul
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'Early in the morning
Late at night
I want me some
You know I sure like bar-b-q!'
#Stax
#Soul
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Early in the morning, late at night, I want me some
Thursday music corner : Wendy Rene (1947-2014) was a Memphis-born soul singer who recorded on Volt and Stax Records in the mid-1960s. Born ...
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December 11, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Thursday music corner: Wendy Rene - Bar-B-Q (1964)
'Early in the morning
Late at night
I want me some
You know I sure like bar-b-q!'
#Stax
#Soul
slightlyintrepid.blogspot.com/2025/12/earl...
'Early in the morning
Late at night
I want me some
You know I sure like bar-b-q!'
#Stax
#Soul
slightlyintrepid.blogspot.com/2025/12/earl...
December 10, 2025 at 8:47 PM