Posts by Tomorrowpeople
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I would never say the Chickens were NZ's equivalent of Depeche Mode etc.
Far from it.
Keyboards and Flying nun bands not a happening thing?
Er, the Skeptics were at the forefront of using samplers and synths so that myth goes out the window.It always amazes me that the synth era in local music was overlooked and still is.
It pisses me off that we always crap on about FN bands, the 'guitar' sound etc etc.Even today when synths are back in vogue NZ bands still don't 'get it'.
Bob Daktari - YES - the Boogadaggas were an amazing band.
They were from Rotorua along with the Calamari Bushmen and the Adult Mayflys (and Rotovegas ex-pats Book of Martyrs). I have master tapes in my possesion of all these bands and I do plan to transfer and remix/remaster them in teh future.
It was the combination of home brew, small towns and music originality that band these bands great.
Possibly the bands Flying Nun SHOULD have signed up in the late 80s/early 90s (and I did try!). If they were from Port Chalmers or Dunedin they would have been.
They kicked the crap out of alot of the medicore Nun bands, song-wise and for their 'indieness' (new word?).
These guys wrote songs from a NZ small-city/rural perspective - drinking homebrew in the misty bush, taking mushroom trips down the back of the farm and getting D.I.C.'d.Flying Nun was cool but it wasn't the be all and end all of NZ indie music. Neither was Xpressway or any of the other 'cool' labels.
It's about time we got to hear what else was going on.
Interesting note: The Calamari Bushmen recorded an EP with AC/DC's Phil Rudd at his Tauranga Studio. -
So, what's new about that?
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The top 10 albums says one thing in list view and something else on teh main page.
WTF?
How can the 12 Man album be number 1 and number 12 at the same time?
PS: about the Wiggles - they look like a bunch of looney child-molestors that any parent would hide their kid from if they say them coming in any suburban shopping mall.Yeah, you can't judge a book by its cover but the Wiggles look like the dodgiest bunch of kiddie fiddlers ever.
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Wiggles?
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hhmmmmm.
oops.
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I agree - after surfing the US site for quite a while (previewing tracks, searching etc) the NZ ITMS seems 'broke'.
What gives.
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Fly My Pretties with the Wiggles
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P Money with Vanilla Ice
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192kbps AAC sounds pretty good.
Noticeably better than 128 but a lot less room than 256 and hard to tell the difference.
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Thanks Ben.
Um - DVD Regions?
What are they?
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