Spotted outside a learning institution in Hamilton last week.
Cunning marketing strategy that sneakers up on you
You know you're being marketed at, right? "I was on Trade Me Jobs and saw that shoe shills Converse have posted an ad looking for a Chief Stage-dive Officer (CSO)," writes Liam. "Someone who likes to 'act rebelliously' to lead 400 support staff in 'stage diving and surfing' during a Converse-sponsored gig in Auckland. So Converse have hired a bunch of people to contrive a mass stage dive so the audience see their branded shoes?"
AC/DC lineup getting a bit threadbare
A reader notes this delightful typo in the last paragraph of a Sydney Morning Herald article: "The album is the first of AC/DC's without founding member, Malcolm Young, and comes at a time when drummer Phil Rudd is facing charges of threatening to kill and rug possession in New Zealand."