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  • Bruce Wurr,

    Bob Mould's authorised "autobio" hopefully comes out pretty soon, I believe it's written by Michael Azzerrard who wrote "This band could be your life". Saw Grant Hart last Saturday and he was ramshackley great.

    Here's a Tackhead clip from their German show two weeks ago......(hope I get this right!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1pqavJLJDI&feature=related.

    And for something completely different but for me life changingly great - The Jesus Lizard http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIERMxKaKCQ


    Not sure how to embed though!

    Auckland • Since Dec 2006 • 97 posts Report Reply

  • Sacha, in reply to Bruce Wurr,

    Bruce, you just paste the whole link including the http into what you are typing and the site handles the rest. Don't need to do what you normally do with other links here - no square brackets. Give it a go.

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report Reply

  • Bruce Wurr,

    Auckland • Since Dec 2006 • 97 posts Report Reply

  • Sacha,

    Result :)

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report Reply

  • Ethan Tucker,

    It's from the Wailers' incredible 1973 performance for Old Grey Whistle Test. Peter Tosh stars as The Coolest Man on Earth, and harmonises like a Beach Boy.

    The introduction to that clip on the Whistle Test DVDs points out that for Marley & the Wailers it must've been one of the hardest gigs they'd played. A freezing cold BBC hangar in Birmingham, with no audience apart from middle-aged pipe-smoking brown cardigan-wearing cameramen. Soon afterwards they would can their first visit to the UK and flee back to Jamaica. And yet this performance is so legendary, and it laid the foundations for Britain's love affair with the man and his band.

    For those unaware of the Whistle Test, I highly recommend sampling their archive material. There's plenty of great stuff on Youtube, but the DVDs aren't that pricey and are really worth owning, particularly the first collection.

    Wellington • Since Apr 2008 • 119 posts Report Reply

  • Biobbs, in reply to Ethan Tucker,

    The introduction to that clip on the Whistle Test DVDs points out that for Marley & the Wailers it must've been one of the hardest gigs they'd played. A freezing cold BBC hangar in Birmingham, with no audience apart from middle-aged pipe-smoking brown cardigan-wearing cameramen. Soon afterwards they would can their first visit to the UK and flee back to Jamaica. And yet this performance is so legendary, and it laid the foundations for Britain's love affair with the man and his band.

    ...and here is our beloved kiwi equivalent, a treasure of a film from 1987:

    The River Mouth, Denmark • Since Jan 2011 • 114 posts Report Reply

  • Samuel Scott,

    I am really excited about this upcoming album (actually I've heard it, but I wont to OWN it...i need to own it...on expensive smelly vinyl).

    South Wellington • Since Feb 2008 • 315 posts Report Reply

  • Grant McDougall,

    Ian Dalziel, you're on the right track and your train of thought is spot on. (Although the Burnside tunnel you refer to has been closed for decades).

    Dunedin • Since Dec 2006 • 760 posts Report Reply

  • Russell Brown, in reply to Samuel Scott,

    I am really excited about this upcoming album (actually I've heard it, but I wont to OWN it...i need to own it...on expensive smelly vinyl).

    As a Fleet Foxes fan, what do you make of this dubstep remix?

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 22850 posts Report Reply

  • Ian Dalziel,

    Railing against the Machine...

    The Brockville tunnel with a train in it.

    Ya gotta love those wacky Canadians!!

    That tunnel looks like Arkham Asylum!
    and what with all these Subway Sects
    and downing a few tubes at midnight
    I'm outta my brain on the train ...

    ...as ably demonstrated here by these
    proto-Strut Jacket Fitters!
    (well there's at least one sheet metal worker)

    ...of course there could be a town named after Dave Brock from Hawkwind!

    Heck, Shayne should be inducted as a bona fide Master of the Universe, any way!

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report Reply

  • Ian Dalziel,

    and just so ya know, the last bus to Brockville
    leaves at 11.10pm (except Sundays & Public
    Holidays, when it leaves the Octagon at 6.15pm!!)

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report Reply

  • recordari, in reply to Ian Dalziel,

    Heck, Shayne should be inducted as a bona fide Master of the Universe, any way!

    I don't get it. Well, maybe I do. ;-)

    ETA: We all love a happy ending. That song is so iconic you almost forget how much so until you listen to it.

    AUCKLAND • Since Dec 2009 • 2607 posts Report Reply

  • Paul Williams,

    I'd hoped to post Submarine Bells, but can't find it anywhere online (Live at Helen's version is particularly brilliant - actually that entire album is).

    Recordari, I'm seeing Dylan next week with Paul Kelly. Will be good although the venue, Entertainment Centre, Darling Harbour, is not one I like. I should've gone to Byron Bay festival.

    Sydney • Since Nov 2006 • 2273 posts Report Reply

  • recordari, in reply to Paul Williams,

    Wow Paul, that sounds amazing, wherever it happens. Was bit annoyed I missed Paul Kelly here not long ago. Don't think quite in the Dylan league, but Gary Numan next month should be interesting.

    Limited to iPhone by Vodafone outage, otherwise I'd try assist in the hunt for the submarine with bells on.

    AUCKLAND • Since Dec 2009 • 2607 posts Report Reply

  • recordari,

    While hunting I found these. Some interesting history and luminaries in attendance, including Chris Knox in part 2. The Chills really were exceptionally brilliant. Hope links work. I'm pushing the mobile envelope.

    AUCKLAND • Since Dec 2009 • 2607 posts Report Reply

  • Kyle Matthews,

    Hmmm Brockville -
    well he's not over the hill yet, then...

    My partner grew up along the road from Shane Carter. She tells a good story about him wandering along the road with no pants on as a toddler.

    (Live at Helen's version is particularly brilliant - actually that entire album is).

    +1

    Since Nov 2006 • 6243 posts Report Reply

  • recordari, in reply to Kyle Matthews,

    Just remembered Internet Tethering. Works surprisingly well.

    (Live at Helen's version is particularly brilliant - actually that entire album is).

    +2

    Just got it out and played it, so thanks for prompt. Beached by David Kilgour also good.

    AUCKLAND • Since Dec 2009 • 2607 posts Report Reply

  • Matthew Littlewood, in reply to Bruce Wurr,

    Bob Mould's authorised "autobio" hopefully comes out pretty soon, I believe it's written by Michael Azzerrard who wrote "This band could be your life". Saw Grant Hart last Saturday and he was ramshackley great.

    Sounds promising, Our Band Could Be Your Life is a superb book, and I think Mould would be an interesting subject, certainly the Huskers were one of the bands of that scene. When the hell are they going to pull finger and remaster the catalogue tho? The Huskers records are great, but the CDs do sound pretty ropey compared to say, the Meat Puppets and Replacements reissues.

    Here's a clip of Husker Du at their most incendiary

    Well done to Ladi 6 for winning this year's Taite Music Prize. I would've been happy with any of the records winning, though personally I was hoping either Street Chant, Die! Die! Die! or Dudley Benson would take it out. Whatever, it shows there were some very, very strong local releases. Certainly that lineup is a lot more idiosyncratic than last year's Mercury Music Prize nominess, for instance.

    Today, Tomorrow, Timaru • Since Jan 2007 • 449 posts Report Reply

  • dyan campbell,

    I should've gone to Byron Bay festival.

    Here's Son Veneno and the glamorous Merenia, burning up the stage there a couple years ago:

    auckland • Since Dec 2006 • 595 posts Report Reply

  • Matthew Littlewood,

    On a music tip, I was saddened to hear of TV on the Radio's bassist Gerard Smith's passing this week. Lung cancer. At 34. That's an awful way to go. No matter, here's the five-piece giving it their all in a Letterman performance a few years back:

    Also, here's the title track from the Phoenix Foundation's Taite-nominated Buffalo. An absolutely lovely record.

    Today, Tomorrow, Timaru • Since Jan 2007 • 449 posts Report Reply

  • Paul Williams,

    Recordari, thanks for those links; wonderful stuff. I try to catch any NZ bands touring Australia to hear that distinctive sound in person.

    Beached is another highlight from that album. Was there ever another album released, I understood the studio was heavily used?

    Sydney • Since Nov 2006 • 2273 posts Report Reply

  • linger,

    Haven’t found Submarine Bells; still, its thematic mirror image is on YouTube. (Dunno the provenance of the video used here though.)

    Tokyo • Since Apr 2007 • 1944 posts Report Reply

  • recordari,

    Speaking of champ ladi(es) (no offence meant), RIP Poly Styrene.

    The story...

    ... and the song.

    AUCKLAND • Since Dec 2009 • 2607 posts Report Reply

  • LIISA, in reply to Paul Williams,

    Hi Paul,

    We did try to get a second Live At Helen's CD produced, but unfortunately it didn't stack up financially - as RNZ is funded to make radio, we could not risk it not covering its costs.
    Cheers to those of you who remember and appreciate that golden period of public radio goodness.
    Here is what we now do (in place of having a music recording studio): http://www.radionz.co.nz/musiclive
    And this one won the 'best recorded live music event' at the recent NZ Radio Awards:
    http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/musicfeatures/20100911
    ((for the music recordings, click the the second-down link - "APRA Silver Scroll 2010 Performances"))
    Cheers.

    Wellie • Since May 2008 • 46 posts Report Reply

  • LIISA,

    Oh, and we're planning to record the 'Last Train to Brockville' AK show too.
    I'm excited.

    Wellie • Since May 2008 • 46 posts Report Reply

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