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Robyn Gallagher

Tue, 19 Jul 2011 21:45:06 +1200

I’m also quite hung up on Tom’s great, rhythmic use of assonance in the intro to the first track, ‘Home’. It is poetry.

I've just noticed today – New Zealand vowels. It didn't even stand out at first, but then I heard the "can't", the "after". It didn't stand out…

Rich Lock

Tue, 19 Jul 2011 13:10:00 +1200

he went to the other side of the mic.

The Dark Side of the Mic.

I guess a follow-up to 'The Sound Inside' is a few years overdue...

Russell Brown

Tue, 19 Jul 2011 11:28:02 +1200

I’ve been bonding with the @peace album over the last few days. It is good.

I didn't have my own flow on quite right on Friday morning — been rewriting in my head. T=rather than "one of the better records to come out of this country, ever", which is a…

Jeremy Eade

Tue, 19 Jul 2011 11:20:31 +1200

Yeh he went to the other side of the mic.

Rich Lock

Tue, 19 Jul 2011 08:24:48 +1200

Reminds me of that zane lowe chap, where is he now?

Seriously? He's over in the UK, doing quite well for himself.

Jeremy Eade

Tue, 19 Jul 2011 08:20:20 +1200

Reminds me of that zane lowe chap, where is he now?

Robyn Gallagher

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 22:58:29 +1200

I've been bonding with the @peace album over the last few days. It is good. It reminds me of the sort of hip hop that was coming out in the early '90s, the Native Tongue, scene, but with some acid jazz thrown in but with a bit of the thing…

Jeremy Eade

Sun, 17 Jul 2011 19:00:33 +1200

@peace....the guy flows and he has lyric...good call.

Kyle Matthews

Sun, 17 Jul 2011 10:40:20 +1200

I need to talk up Ben Sollee, a US celloist who is doing wonderful things in a folk/pop blend. This is an official video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-8zAxyWJCs

But watch the same thing live and you’ll see him treating his cello a bit like a bass guitar.

The guy is also an activist…

Sacha

Sat, 16 Jul 2011 14:27:39 +1200

the much-requested "jump to first unread comment" feature

Excellent. Looking forward to hearing how they've approached that.

Russell Brown

Sat, 16 Jul 2011 14:18:26 +1200

Russell, have you or the Cactuslab boys changed the timeout on the blog? Normally, I leave the pages I’m reading open for days without having to relogin but today it’s happening every time I come back to it. Chrome on Win7. And not just HardNews, but all the PA blogs.…

Lilith __

Sat, 16 Jul 2011 12:01:21 +1200

bibliophiles...

Ian and others might like this guy with his secret second-hand bookshop hidden in his NY apartment.

Ian Dalziel

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 21:44:28 +1200

Alert for Chch bibliophiles...
a reminder about the fridge full o' books:
Think Differently Book Exchange
– Gap Filler project #7
Launch: Sunday 17 July, 3 – 5pm.
Former Herbal Dispensary site,
cnr Kilmore and Barbadoes Streets

nzlemming

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 20:55:13 +1200

Evan Yates

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 20:11:29 +1200

Just watched the @peace video....
How on earth did they get into my old student flat to film that music video?

Joe Mahoney

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 19:07:54 +1200

I'm looking forward to a quiet hour or so to enjoy that @peace album. In the meantime, my pick for one of the best records to come out of NZ is "Little Death" by Steve Abel. Here's a vid of him singing a wonderful duet with Kirsten Morrell.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGeomih0Vuk

Lilith __

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 16:41:57 +1200

Ken Kesey has been using it for years...

Balls, Holmes?

Ian Dalziel

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 16:28:12 +1200

one step furthur...
Oh, cornstarch! Is there nothing it can't do?
Ken Kesey has been using it for years...

Thrash Cardiom

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 16:18:34 +1200

I really enjoy these Friday columns. I love the new music I hear through them. Here's an NZ one I found through National Radio a month or so back – Sheep, Dog & Wolf – Ablutophobia

Lyndon Hood

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 16:03:51 +1200

You can listen to it --

You know I can't afford to buy you wine and camembert
but we can put some candles on the fan and have a chandelier

I like the way he with the words.

nzlemming

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 14:58:34 +1200

Oh, cornstarch! Is there nothing it can't do?

Marcus Turner

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 14:54:57 +1200

Thanks Chris. That film looks excellent.

chris

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 14:35:26 +1200

seconded.

@Peace, loving it Russell, smooth and laughs.

Interested in indigenous folk music? (scroll to bottom to play)

3410

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 14:32:40 +1200

Can anyone give me a quick rundown of what the different formats mean for the @peace download. It sounds really beautiful and I want to to purchase but not sure what each is, other than MP3. Is it just bigger file is better?

FLAC is – give or take -…

Marcus Turner

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 14:32:08 +1200

Viva Vox Choir

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNVLcGN4Pyg

Luke Williamson

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 14:21:23 +1200

Lilith __

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 14:07:12 +1200

OK since it's Friday, I have a very cool music-sciency video to share: make your own dancing alien blobs!! Srsly.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaYvYysQvBU&feature=feedf

Russell Brown

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:29:52 +1200

Right there. That’s where you had me.

You, beat-lovin' lady, need to open your digital wallet and get yourself some local hip hop in that @peace record.

Just sayin'.

Danielle

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:26:43 +1200

Ghostface Killah mixed with…

Right there. That’s where you had me.

Thin Lizzy vs Pixies – The Boys Are Back In Heaven

"Rock me, Phil". Or something.

Russell Brown

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:18:29 +1200

see you at The Adults

Yep. In tonight.

I'm going tomorrow night with some of my Media7 crew. Might tap you tomorrow for set times.

MagikJ has been remixing them already too.

Tune!

Hadyn Green

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:03:44 +1200

Ghostfunk: Ghostface Killah mixed with vintage African funk, high-life, and psychedelic rock music. It's been on high rotation since I got it (yesterday).

recordari

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 11:29:52 +1200

see you at The Adults

Yep. In tonight. MagikJ has been remixing them already too.

Russell Brown

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 11:13:09 +1200

And one more from the archives:

Fiona has scanned and posted a hugely important Listener feature from August 1981, in which Tony Reid and Phil Gifford reporting from the Springbok tour find a country "unrecognisably changed, angrily divided and threateningly alien."

Public Address

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 11:13:09 +1200

Discussion from blog post.