I have never come across Freemasonary in the course of work. But corrupted power? Definitely.

Getting suppressions lifted is a complete professional pain in the arse (stories get delayed months or years and days gets lost in legal meetings and court) but he has stuck at it. Onya, Jared.

I think I feel safe in saying my colleague Jared Savage has been onto this story the longest. His piece (paywalled) is the most comprehensive to date and I expect there'll be more from him in the coming days and weeks. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/jevon-mcs...

And to think his shocking resignation on beatility pornography charges - itself a genuinely huge story - turned out to just be collateral damage from a stonewalled IPCA investigation.

Everybody Hurts a true banger.

I have a languid writing playlist (largely Radiohead) when deadlines are manageable, and a pedal-to-the metal alternate (just Tool) for when words must be summoned with urgency. The latter has gotten quite a good workout over the past week.

My cold, dead, ham.

May 2003? I think I might need to crack open my bound volumes to narrow it down further: But they've been propping up my second monitor for a decade.

Anyway, thanks for the awful memory. In memorandum. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

Years after publication I visited The Fitz. The barman told me they hated me for a while for it, but over time embraced the noteriety. They had a framed copy on of the article the wall. I got a free jug.

Stand by. I’ll post the Salient 2003 scan soon as an eternal digital memorial.

So many voms, lost like tears in rain.

Best I got is David Suchet in Amadeus in 2000. Obvs standby as a 20-year-old exchange student. Hearing your friends managed to score sweet recent tickets I regret not selling out to Big Theatre earlier in my career.

I recall being similar tempted - Jake Gyllenhaal in second billing! I love Jarhead - until I again checked the market.

I was in New York earlier this year when it running. It was a preview season but tickets were USD500 and up. NZD25 sounds like a bargain!

Good Night, and Good Luck is pretty good. My enjoyment was was tainted by a review I wrote for a class being dissected by an ancient woman who had double-dated with Murrow in the 1950s and found discrepencies with the historical record.