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Craig Ranapia

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 00:41:40 +1300

A music-related item from Charlie Brooker's Screen Burn Awards in The Guardian:

Heh... much as I love Charlie Brooker — and Dead Set just goes to show what a complacent poseur George Romero is nowadays — what the hell would he do for a living if the media was full…

Joe Wylie

Sun, 21 Dec 2008 22:33:39 +1300

I once told Paul Holmes that while I might on occasion disagree mightily with his words or actions, I had never doubted his authenticity. In a world where so many empty vessels make noise, he is what he is; sometimes maddening but rich and real. On the day of his…

Sofie Bribiesca

Sun, 21 Dec 2008 20:31:07 +1300

You should've said hello!

Hey, yes maybe next time. I think my man did the honours . You guys were havin' fun, as many were . I got there in enough time to greet Damien and wish him well on what will be a fine journey. My Dad just got…

Russell Brown

Sun, 21 Dec 2008 17:35:00 +1300

And... looked like you and Damien were starting the extra early also. It is always nice to hear bursts of laughter that reflect the intention of said evening. Cheers :)

Was that on Thursday at Galbraith's? We'd just recorded the final Public Address Radio for the year. The other people…

Sofie Bribiesca

Sun, 21 Dec 2008 15:13:14 +1300

I decided I'd go the extra mile

And... looked like you and Damien were starting the extra early also. It is always nice to hear bursts of laughter that reflect the intention of said evening. Cheers :)

Russell Brown

Sun, 21 Dec 2008 11:42:12 +1300

On Friday night I finally had that big night out I've been saving for when I don't have so much bloody work to do.

We went to the new Cassette 9 venue in Vulcan Lane to see the Reduction Agents. It was a madhouse and all the cool kids were…

Russell Brown

Sun, 21 Dec 2008 11:19:11 +1300

A music-related item from Charlie Brooker's Screen Burn Awards in The Guardian:

The Most Stomach-Churning Wholesale Disregard For Basic Human Dignity was flaunted by the DFS commercials, in which blameless out-of-work actors were forced to mime along to Nickelback's Rockstar – the musical equivalent of the last hot drips of…

Danielle

Sun, 21 Dec 2008 11:08:43 +1300

Oh Kebabette, I love that Neon Neon album!

fave gig: first Sharon Jones and the Dapkings soulfest at Womad

Agreed. That was incredible – probably the closest I'll get to seeing something like the Stax Revue (barring the invention of a gig-going time machine). I also really enjoyed Mavis Staples,…

Russell Brown

Sun, 21 Dec 2008 10:52:30 +1300

Oh, and speaking of John Cale. Russell, have you heard the Cale version of LCD's All My Friends?

Oh yes. Better than the original, IMHO.

And that reminds me: LCD Soundsystem at the Big Day Out would have been pretty close to my show of the year.

danduran

Sat, 20 Dec 2008 00:50:02 +1300

It's a little pluggy, but perhaps appropriate – myself and others', some you may have heard of, top albums of the year. I'd do the proper HTML thing if it would work, but it won't for some reason.

http://www.3news.co.nz/tabid/418/articleID/84930/cat/55/Default.aspx

jon_knox

Sat, 20 Dec 2008 00:30:59 +1300

the SMH's photos of the year isn't bad.

mark taslov

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 23:27:13 +1300

stumbled on this version, recently at youtube, absolutely love what John Cale's doing on the piano, real tender, lou's last great swig of hippiedom before his metamorphosis into the prized faggot he portrays in 1974

http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=5rhiqI6PlTo

Malcolm Ibell

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 22:33:41 +1300

Oh, and speaking of John Cale. Russell, have you heard the Cale version of LCD's All My Friends?

Matthew Littlewood

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 22:22:29 +1300

Cheers for the VU boot link, RB- I remember it being mentioned on another (music and film) messageboard I frequent, but it's pleasantly surprising that it's such a good, energised set. Someone should get the rights and reissue it properly, like they did with the (excellent) Quine Tapes a few…

Malcolm Ibell

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 22:16:49 +1300

Can I add Teddy Thompson's A Piece Of What You Need to the list?

It's my album of 2008 – full of wry, sometimes self deprecating, thoughtful songwriting. The title track alone is worth the price of admission – with lyrics like:

... Drop dead gorgeous teen
Singing pages from…

Mark Harris

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 21:45:09 +1300

Dear kebabette

Though a Stranger to me, I think I officially hate you. Not sure though, but I don't think I have time for this

Love mark

Kebabette

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:34:57 +1300

Good call James, incidentally Dresden Doll Amanda Palmer's solo album "Who Killed Amanda Palmer" was one of my year's best ofs (love her web site too

And I am with you on Hype machine Russell, it is my go to of the year.

My musical shoutouts (admittedly with a bit…

James Liddell

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:09:17 +1300

There was a term in the 90s, "punk cabaret". Examples: Green Day, The Presidents of the United States.

I thought "punk cabaret" was this duo.

Joe Wylie

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:06:00 +1300

They're part of a string of bands he calls "American bullshit punk", coming thick and fast out of that country.

There was a term in the 90s, "punk cabaret". Examples: Green Day, The Presidents of the United States.
I remember driving by the Sydney Showground one night and noticing more…

Mark Easterbrook

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:41:49 +1300

Phoenix Foundation at Auckland Zoo, Shapeshifter at Summerset in Welli, Wilco at the Bruce Mason.

Peter Darlington

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:30:00 +1300

There's a good interview with Big Day Out promoter Ken West on Stuff.
I liked this bit:
American punk band Good Charlotte recently complained publicly about being repeatedly left out of the tour.
West has a simple explanation for it: "That's because they're shit. They're at the bottom end of…

mark taslov

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:27:28 +1300

was really disappointed that PA mainstay 'conflate' wasn't on the list.

Russell, watched this other night, couldn't help but find a striking similarities between this man and you

http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=EqP3wT5lpa4

Russell Brown

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:26:46 +1300

There's a good interview with Big Day Out promoter Ken West on Stuff.

I liked this bit:

American punk band Good Charlotte recently complained publicly about being repeatedly left out of the tour.
West has a simple explanation for it: "That's because they're shit. They're at the bottom end of…

Alan Perrott

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:09:42 +1300

heh, play 'em if you got 'em I say.

Peter Darlington

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:31:34 +1300

closely followed by seeing Gil Scott Heron in Nu Yoik.

Now that's just showing off. :-)

Alan Perrott

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:14:24 +1300

fave gig: first Sharon Jones and the Dapkings soulfest at Womad.

closely followed by seeing Gil Scott Heron in Nu Yoik.

shazam.

Evan Yates

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:12:53 +1300

but what happened to "going forward"?

Pedantically speaking, isn't that a phrase? Along with "Nanny State", "Yes We Can", "Hockey Mom" etc..

Should they get the dash treatment to make them hyphenated words?
"Nanny-state", "Hockey-mom"?

I went to a conference in 2007 and heard a speaker use "Going Forward" 27…

James Liddell

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:01:45 +1300

Any other favourite 2008 gigs ?

Phoenix Foundation at Frank Kitts Park in Feb. Fantastic gig.

Geoff Lealand

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 13:27:18 +1300

I have done my duty and voted for Word of the Year--but what happened to "going forward"?

Russell--can you slip Portishead 3 into your list?

andrew r

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 13:10:14 +1300

wow that Likke Li – Bon Ivor busk is really cool ... the Beirut gig late summer this year at the KA or (kingys) as the kids call it, sort of had a similar feel . A little over sold, but pretty cool all the same, a really folky quite…

Russell Brown

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:41:18 +1300

Oh, I meant to put this in the post. Likke Li and Bon Iver busking 'Dance Dance Dance' in a park in LA:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4-3Znrbh6c

That's so cool.

Paul Litterick

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:38:33 +1300

You're a little bit country and a little bit rock 'n' roll, Mr Brown.

I approve.

Steve Curtis

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:26:18 +1300

Did Holmes jump or was he pushed.

After all Larry King was born in 1933 and doesnt mention retirement- Holmes being born in1950-

Peter Darlington

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:23:46 +1300

On the MGMT tip, I can heartily recommend the Justice remix of 'Electric Feel', that joint is saturated!

Gareth Ward

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:19:50 +1300

I cannot lie, Hadyn is the Google Docs ninja.

Sneaks unbeknownest into you compound at night, collaborates your spreadsheet and leaves? That's one pointlessly excellent ninja...

Russell Brown

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:14:00 +1300

Hey that's a swanky google spreadsheet ya got there!

I cannot lie, Hadyn is the Google Docs ninja.

Gareth Ward

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:10:22 +1300

Hey that's a swanky google spreadsheet ya got there!
Cheers for the Ronson/Alley version of Womanizer, very nice. And can I recommend the Chew Fu version of Love Lockdown. Tis also nice in a way that actually makes the bloody vocoder sound appropriate...

Scott Common

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:44:00 +1300

As an unashamed Bruce Sterling fan boy I for one almost wet myself when I saw he was coming for Webstock...

Thats all...

Except maybe, have a good christmas and new years all..

Scott

Rich of Observationz

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:39:32 +1300

Thank you for the VU boot link!!

Public Address

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:39:32 +1300

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