but a damn fine, misty-eyed time was had by all by the looks ... and good on you Chris. well played matey.…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cfBR4zxXIA

Imagine it sounding a lot chunkier there in the room.

A smiley scruffy guy in shorts and jandals…

My best Chris Knox concert memory: Chris in jandals and shorts going absolutely mental at some divey joint on the Lower East Side, giving the NYC punters their money's worth in sheer rock-deity brilliance — and then pausing before one song (It's Love?…

Thank you, and everybody who has been a part of this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpedqr0BYpU

"Chris played at my wife's funeral.

Isn't that just lovely? (sniff)
It was also lovely to see Renee (new mother) emerge. Congrats Renee.( and may I say brill name for the baby :)

They also appear to have refunded me for the whole album, which is not what I want. I think I'll end up buying the CD.

"I don't know how I could ever thank the guy ... " then paused. "Chris played at my wife's funeral. He did it purely because she was a big fan."

And then Chris appeared on stage…

On a geekier note, hearing Chris Knox singing on "Stroke" has made me realise how separate language and speech are in the brain,

I think this is what prompted me to say hi to Chris and also how satisfying it is to come through the other side of being speechless…

Y'know, the title of this post is so good that I'd assumed it was quoted from somewhere else, but having googled it it appears to be original. Is this so? If so, bravo; it's a beautiful, poetic line.

Thank you!

I was trying to write this post and the piece…

Also, 'Needles and Plastic'!!!!!

Peeled off a la Loaded-era Velvet Underground. Yeah.

He took the stage with The Normal and sang wordlessly

On a geekier note, hearing Chris Knox singing on "Stroke" has made me realise how separate language and speech are in the brain, and how voice recognition will never replace typing (or other hand-input methods).

Also, 'Needles and Plastic'!!!!!

But the most extraordinary moment came from Chris Knox. He took the stage with The…

and a Dell is to know a vale – of tears :- )

HP, Lovingly crafted. But using the cart rages of Cthulhu can be R'lyeh expensive
Innit.

Apples are for eating and Macintoshes are for wearing in the rain. It's just not PC.

and a Dell is to know a vale – of tears :- )

That's really unacceptable.

Also pretty shitty because if people are put off by ITunes' crap customer service, it's Chris and Barbara who end up losing out in the end. Also, indirectly, big snarky ups to ITunes crapping on everyone whose time and effort were (pun intended) not given lightly but…

I had to report each faulty song individually, and it seems that my 9 reports were handled by 4 separate people, who each dealt with the issue in a different way.

I've also contacted…

So far I've had one (1) song refunded, and the promise that it will be investigated and that I should try downloading again in "a few weeks".

That's really unacceptable.

Presumably, a great many other people have bought the same faulty version of the album as you did.

I've reported these nine tracks to iTunes, so hopefully this'll get sorted.

Good luck Robyn. My experience with Apple on iTunes is that they simply don't care and are rather unresponsive to any issues you may or may not have with the store.

It may pay to speak to the…

With my download, tracks 1-9 are duplicates of tracks 12-13!

So instead of Boh Runga singing "Not Given Lightly" the track with that name is the Tokey Tones doing "Round These Walls",…

I think that fatuous exercise was an easy way out for the Arts Centre to say they were promoting public 'art' (as per their charter)

Including the living is downright weird. While I don't know much about the suitability of most of the deceased, including the late Bill Sutton is…

12 'Worthies'

I think that fatuous exercise was an easy way out for the Arts Centre to say they were promoting public 'art' (as per their charter)

major damage was from the sprinklers

and gawd forbid there was a fire at…

Younger and more forgetful readers may not know that Joe is the director of the brilliant animated video for Toy Love's 'Bride of Frankenstein.

Wahey! That was certainly an iconic part of my yoof, and I had no idea it was Joe who'd made it. Well done chap!

Stroke is $24 on iTunes NZ, but only $22 for the double CD on Amplifier, or $19 for the MP3s.

It's fantastic value to get that full 35 song set for $19.95. Possibly the purchase of the month I reckon. The only thing that might've improved it would be if…

I'm hesitant to be too harsh on Witi, his persona is so charming.

Well, I'm not harshing on the man (who I barely know) but the artist. While you can hardly blame the Arts Foundation for not having a psychic on staff, when you put a self-confessed plagiarist on the…

Margaret Mahy has a recent drunk driving conviction.
Don Bevan was burnt to death in a home fire.
Miles Warren building caught fire, major damage was from the sprinklers (he was…

Stroke is $24 on iTunes NZ, but only $22 for the double CD on Amplifier, or $19 for the MP3s.

I'm hesitant to be too harsh on Witi, his persona is so charming.

musician Chris Knox

I thought describing Chris as 'merely' a musician didn't begin to cover his contributions to many areas of NZ arts and culture.
I was surprised at The Herald's restraint in not mentioning his Max Media connection, and I now see they've given a more in depth overview…

Chris Knox is a 2009 Arts Foundation Laureate.

Announced today, but the family got the news just a few days after his stroke. Cool. Very cool.

And also $50k they're gonna need.

QFT — but I wonder if some folks are quietly wishing, with 20/20 hindsight, that Witi Ihimaera hadn't…

and Terry Hogan

without whom NZ's rock'nroll imagery would, to this day, look very different.

It was, of course, a hell of a long time ago, but back then if there was one band worth pulling out all the stops to do a video for it was Toy Love. By the time the thing went to air the months of…

What a great piece – and what a cheeky chappie that Chris Knox is. So glad he got that dosh from the gubmint.

Not, not the government — the privately-funded Arts Foundation of New Zealand. I did some work for them once — nice people.

whoa, I though everyone knew that. Iconic, innit.

Never seen that before, I reckon the programmers at those music stations are on the wrong drugs. That's an awesome video Joe, still fresh as. Hard to believe it was made 29 years ago, wipes the snot off the nube shit the…

Dammit Joe, I'm outing you

whoa, I though everyone knew that. Iconic, innit.

Gotta say my favourite Knox film footage was something I found in a box that he somehow left with me circa '79, I guessing when TL went to Australia. Looking through I found an uber-grainy, Super 8…

Given that the banner goes to Amplifier, is it safe to say get it there?

Yes. I think that means every possible cent going to Chris and his family.

Thank you very much for the heads up Sofie.

Dammit Joe, I'm outing you.

Younger and more forgetful readers may not know that Joe is the director of the brilliant animated video for Toy Love's 'Bride of Frankenstein.

There.

Chris Knox on Campbell live tonight on 3 at 7.00pm

'fer sure. And we got two "yeahs" and lots of smiles.

Chris Knox on Campbell live tonight on 3 at 7.00pm

Very nice item. Chris almost entirely mute but looking as impish as he ever did. Lovely excerpts from Will Oldham and Bill Callahan's tracks too.

Given that the banner goes to Amplifier, is it safe to say get it there?

I…

Announced today, but the family got the news just a few days after his stroke. Cool. Very cool.

And also $50k they're gonna need.

Dear The Checks,

Thank you for covering 'Rebel' – a song I would no doubt love even if it was recorded by Celine Dion in the style of 30 Seconds to Mars – in such an adorable way. The harmonies! Awww.

My only complaint is that Sven's kooky little lead…

He did a weird cover version of the Beatles 'She Said She Said', and did a rave in the middle about how it was about Lennon's first acid trip

When he stayed at our apartment in Houston (the story is in the NZ music thread somewhere) he loved our Yellow…

He did a weird cover version of the Beatles 'She Said She Said', and did a rave in the middle about how it was about Lennon's first acid trip: then delivered his own impression of what…

The listing says 8.30. I'd guess there'd be a band on by 9.30.

Yes of course, like instructions, I don't read such things so ta

Hopefully it won't go too late ...

Now imagine hoping that 25-30 years ago :)

A very early memory of Chris: sitting in the Gardens Tavern an evil booze barn near the…

Do we have any idea of time for the gig at KA on Fridnight?

The listing says 8.30. I'd guess there'd be a band on by 9.30. Hopefully it won't go too late ...

deprived of speech, he sang without words.

Just that there Russell. (sniff sniff), beautiful.
First of many times I saw him play was State Theatre, Symonds St AK 79.
Do we have any idea of time for the gig at KA on Fridnight?

I was at that Gathering – would have been one of the thirty sitting around in/near the food tent I guess. Was it before or after midnight?? I had to laugh when he made the comment. A top night and I think he ripped out 'Not Given…

this is a fuckup
an aberration
if this is a love song
then all love's masturbation

This was at the end of a gig during which he put a girl's foot in his mouth.…

I noticed that Stroke is available on iTunes. Do you know…

It came to the end of the set and he still hadn't performed his…

I plead distraction. My boy was installing a new power supply, motherboard, quad-core CPU etc in his computer. I was concerned that he didn't set the house on fire.

He didn't.

It's pretty hard with these new fangled computers. The last time I set one on fire was 2006. And…

..more trivial typing terrors...

I plead distraction. My boy was installing a new power supply, motherboard, quad-core CPU etc in his computer. I was concerned that he didn't set the house on fire.

He didn't.

spring dancelfoor

Spring is Sprung!
and I dunno what a dancelfoor is...
maybe Santa's spare reindeer team?
(that Blitzem's no slug...)
:- )

ahh the Brevet Club
Androidss, Bilders, Toy Love
what a gig...

yrs
Gerald McBoing Boing
(being shot at by the Herco Pilots!)

One of the first times I saw him live was in Wellington, at that venue that might have been called Paisley Park, c1991. Chris and Alec walk on stage, see that most of the crowd is sitting on the floor. Chris: "Get up! This isn't Dunedin."

He played at orientation…

He started by berating us for shelling out $150 to listen to other people's CD collections, but went on to treat us with the goods.

He's very good at berating. One of the first times I saw him live was in Wellington, at that venue that might have been called…

One of the places we saw Toy Love play was the ballroom that used to stand at the corner of Memorial Ave and Russley Road.

Although I don't strictly remember it, there was a skinny man hugging the PA speakers as if his life…

Hi there. That would be Boh, not Bic, on Not Given Lightly, I think.

Duh. That would be my trivial typing error ...

I learned a…

It was funny: I asked Roger in the interview I did with him for last week's Public Address Radio whether Chris has "mellowed". We weren't sure if it was proper to put it quite that way ...

But I'm sure we both know people who've gotten the rough end of…

but you always felt like he would tell you when you were full of shit and you wouldn't mind.

That's exactly what I meant. Even when he was clearly wrong ;-)

That's pretty rare. Although I seem to remember Matthew Banister, in his book on the Dunedin sound, seeing that…

I suspect I am not alone in this.

You're absolutely not. Knox was like a conscience for a whole lot of people — I only knew him really as his occasional employer at the Listener and fellow film critic, but you always felt like he would tell you when you…