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Mike O'Connell

Mon, 10 Oct 2016 21:50:23 +1300

The Nowhere! Festival 2016 in Auckland has been announced. A cracker programme brings an eclectic mix appearing over three venues – Audio Foundation, Whammy Bar and the Wine Cellar and includes a rare live appearance from the Terminals, making a rare live appearance, Tying in with this is…

Grant McDougall

Fri, 07 Oct 2016 11:23:35 +1300

I know it's a celebration, but that still didn't stop John Campbell's gushing of superlatives seem spurious.

Tim Michie

Tue, 04 Oct 2016 11:03:52 +1300

I’ve just started a project with RNZ Huzzah!

bob daktari

Tue, 04 Oct 2016 07:33:58 +1300

those sorts of hubs or entertainment quarters (call em what ya want) sort of already exist... bars and clubs catering to localised social scenes – its where you find the hip hop, R&B, rock, metal crowds

the problem Auckland may face is one that effects original indie music more than anything…

Sacha

Mon, 03 Oct 2016 22:54:44 +1300

I experienced it online – much like TV but with banter. Who would really expect John Campbell to be less than enthusiastic about NZ music, given his history?

linger

Mon, 03 Oct 2016 22:47:11 +1300

The event is positioned as a celebration.True enough; but I think Grant's point stands about the difference between the live event vs. what it looks like on TV. (Difficult for the presenter to tread a middle ground, though.)

Sacha

Mon, 03 Oct 2016 22:29:46 +1300

I was thinking further flung, south, west, north.

Sacha

Mon, 03 Oct 2016 22:22:05 +1300

It would've helped if he'd been a lot more measured and professional, rather than being a fan-boy, over and over.

The event is positioned as a celebration.

LeighKennaway

Mon, 03 Oct 2016 19:48:55 +1300

Onehunga – is there still one crammed and not very good cafe on the whole street?

Last time I visited there were TWO good cafes; a step in the right direction, but still not as good as you would expect for the area.

Rich of Observationz

Mon, 03 Oct 2016 13:25:48 +1300

Onehunga – is there still one crammed and not very good cafe on the whole street?

In general, I don't think NZ does distributed night-life (or any life) districts very well. If the council doesn't explicitly ghetto them off as a Problem Drinking Area (as Wellington City have done with…

Grant McDougall

Mon, 03 Oct 2016 12:42:26 +1300

Not at all. Thomas Oliver is a one-man Op Shop..

Grant McDougall

Mon, 03 Oct 2016 12:39:53 +1300

Steve Abel – NZ’s answer to Nick Cave

No he is not. Steve Abel is a solid, competent singer-songwriter, but nothing beyond that.

He is merely ok, in a blandly capable manner, but dull as dishwater otherwise. His songs simply don't have the breadth, depth and richness of Cave's ouvre.…

Grant McDougall

Mon, 03 Oct 2016 12:31:46 +1300

The returning host John Campbell was relaxed and eloquent and the show itself felt quite different to last year’s slightly strained anniversary award.

It might've felt like that if you were there, but it came across really poorly on TV (I watched RNZ's coverage).

I watched it for an hour…

Rich of Observationz

Mon, 03 Oct 2016 11:53:17 +1300

We have "quarters" in Wellington. I'm surprised the council didn't decide to go with "arrondissements" but maybe they felt they'd already hit Peak Wanky.

Tom Semmens

Mon, 03 Oct 2016 08:35:26 +1300

And Karangahape will have its own CRL station, plus an official designation as the “edgy and creative” zone.

And gentrifying rapidly, something the station will encourage. K’rd will soon be far to expensive for nightlife that doesn’t feature Edison light bulbs and ironic furniture. St. Kevin’s arcade is a case…

Ian Dalziel

Mon, 03 Oct 2016 07:40:54 +1300

an official designation as the “edgy and creative” zone.
What, no 'precincts'?
How come only Chchch gets 'precincts' forced upon it?
;- 0

Russell Brown

Sun, 02 Oct 2016 18:51:28 +1300

including transport costs to get across the sprawl. A few nightlife zones near transport nodes around the region isn’t unrealistic.

And Karangahape will have its own CRL station, plus an official designation as the "edgy and creative" zone.

But, you know, Onehunga makes some sense too ...

Sacha

Sun, 02 Oct 2016 16:48:15 +1300

Auckland is a small city full of low paid people beset with gigantic costs.

including transport costs to get across the sprawl. A few nightlife zones near transport nodes around the region isn't unrealistic.

Mike O'Connell

Sun, 02 Oct 2016 16:00:08 +1300

I don't recall anyone posting about this yet. Some of you may have wondered what has happened to some of the great shows that were hosted by RDU – until the infamous 'fallout' earlier this year, Unfortunately, most of the fallout between the old guard and the new unfolded while…

Mike O'Connell

Sun, 02 Oct 2016 15:22:49 +1300

Oh – and this!

In the diary – though Ian might have me heading out to Sumner first to see Cardigan Bay. Here's a couple of less familiar-to-these-ears tracks, The Cup
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBqWzphvw7Y
and, Do You
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8oJN0jSXRE

Ian Dalziel

Sun, 02 Oct 2016 10:53:29 +1300

I had to find out about the What we do in the shadows TV spin off from The Independent!
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/what-we-do-in-the-shadows-tv-spin-off-paranormal-event-response-unit-hunt-for-the-wilderpeople-thor-a7339491.html
Talk about taking the scenic route...

I wonder if Guillermo del Toro and Mike Mignola are involved – sounds a lot like the Hellboy and B.P.R.D. comic series.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureau_for_Paranormal_Research_and_Defense

Tom Semmens

Sun, 02 Oct 2016 09:37:33 +1300

Areas plural.

Well, we shouldn’t deceive ourselves.Auckland is a small city full of low paid people beset with gigantic costs. One area, with several clubs and venues with the potential synergies that would deliver, would probably do the trick- as long as rents were low and the council willing.

One…

Ian Dalziel

Sun, 02 Oct 2016 09:08:36 +1300

mental as all get up...
Spooky what happens when ya shake the memory tree...
...this article on a Reg Mombassa (Chris O'Doherty) exhibition, opening next week in Auckland, popped up on Stuff today!
http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/arts/84741121/reg-mombassa-behind-the-name

Mike O'Connell

Sat, 01 Oct 2016 19:30:08 +1300

they’re a tight knit band…
more Fair Isle than feral.

Aah, v good! Just as well there was no reference to Jerseys or Guernseys (actually no band of the latter's name I can find) – else there may have been instead reference to the ephemeral multi-colour…

Mike O'Connell

Sat, 01 Oct 2016 19:14:58 +1300

But it just felt like they were channelling Minisnap …,

Talking to Paul Kean today who mentioned Minisnap, who were most impressive in their last outing as a five piece, have been invited to appear at Nostalgia 2017. Just a date to pencil in for now, March 4.…

Sacha

Sat, 01 Oct 2016 18:54:08 +1300

the council has to identify an area and encourage it to become a late night music culture district

Areas plural. At least one mayoral candidate gets the topic, in general.

Russell Brown

Sat, 01 Oct 2016 17:46:30 +1300

I do wonder why Phoenix Foundation keep being nominated but don’t actually win at Silver Scrolls.

It is TPF's destiny to be repeatedly nominated for all kinds of awards but never win them.

It was clearly a great evening but in retrospect the winner did seem to be a surprise.…

Ian Dalziel

Sat, 01 Oct 2016 16:00:00 +1300

BTW, Cardigan Bay…
they’re a tight knit band…
more Fair Isle than feral.
;- )

I believe there is a better publicity shot,
I'll track it down for next week's Music thread.

Ian Dalziel

Sat, 01 Oct 2016 15:46:20 +1300

Or is that too harsh?
Simon Sweetman weighs in as well – http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/84820386/simon-sweetman-the-death-of-the-silver-scroll

I have to say that when I first heard the 'Mars' song I immediately thought of another band with a kiwi connection (the O'Doherty brothers), from last century – back before auto-tuning vocals was a 'thing'...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSGtg26-TpU…

Mike O'Connell

Sat, 01 Oct 2016 15:19:59 +1300

a kick-ass band has formed and will be debuting in Sumner on the same night as Bill Direen
Will be a scramble to get to both but worth a shot. Gosh, haven't seem Blair perform live in ages, old Dux, as The L.E.D.s.

BTW, Cardigan Bay...a fine pedigree, I'm sure…

Jason Kemp

Sat, 01 Oct 2016 13:16:08 +1300

I do wonder why Phoenix Foundation keep being nominated but don’t actually win at Silver Scrolls. It was clearly a great evening but in retrospect the winner did seem to be a surprise.

This > What the hell just happened at the Silver Scroll awards?

Ken Double

Sat, 01 Oct 2016 12:42:36 +1300

It never hurts to let the classics out of the concert hall. Anything to dial down the formality. A while back I went to a brilliant Orchestra Wellington performance of Strauss's Last Songs and Marc Taddei chatted to the audience as if it were an actual gig. It's like a…

Tom Semmens

Sat, 01 Oct 2016 11:28:56 +1300

If property prices dictate K rd, Newton and Kingsland turn into sterile inner city apartments hipster suburbs serviced by airspace then that is it what will happen. Just ask the owners of Fabric, the latest victim of London's unchecked property market.

But with advent of decent PT, the late night…

Ian Dalziel

Sat, 01 Oct 2016 11:16:55 +1300

Something for your Chchch gig diaries…
On the back of Blair Parkes’ excellent latest album – a kick-ass band has formed and will be debuting in Sumner on the same night as Bill Direen is playing in town (you could probably do both!), and then they are playing again at…

Russell Brown

Sat, 01 Oct 2016 10:57:14 +1300

I have to say I really enjoyed all 3 new 'classical' pieces on offer at the APRA Silver Scrolls – and the version of 'Rain Phase' played live.

Watched that again last night – it was indeed very cool. As is Julia Deans.

Ian Dalziel

Sat, 01 Oct 2016 10:32:16 +1300

I've pondered why it is that classical music is...
I have to say I really enjoyed all 3 new 'classical' pieces on offer at the APRA Silver Scrolls – and the version of 'Rain Phase' played live.
Also great to see Kenneth (Ken) Young still doing good stuff – he…

Rich of Observationz

Fri, 30 Sep 2016 20:56:48 +1300

Inoffensive sub-RnB (in the modern, wrong, sense of the term) I think. But we have to be nice coz he's from Wellington...

Sacha

Fri, 30 Sep 2016 20:30:52 +1300

Ta.

Ken Double

Fri, 30 Sep 2016 20:11:39 +1300

He's the kind of guy people describe as a journeyman, which they mean as a compliment. His song is a piece of artistic gap filler drained of insight, nuance, vitality, tension and release. And it's tuneless. Like his equally dull template, Jack Johnson, his sheer competence is decadent and offensive.…

Sacha

Fri, 30 Sep 2016 19:45:35 +1300

are we to discuss the Thomas Oliver room elephant? Are they serious?

Saw similar talk on twitter. Please do expand.

Sacha

Fri, 30 Sep 2016 19:42:21 +1300

classical music is accorded public funding

cos rich white folk are bludgers

Sacha

Fri, 30 Sep 2016 19:41:02 +1300

My brief chat with the CEO at your Media Take filming was reassuring in terms of approach – to build Pakeha staff's cultural competence before recruiting more Maori journos into a currently very pale and therefore unwelcoming institution despite all personal intents.

Hearing increasing use of te reo Maori on-air…

Ken Double

Fri, 30 Sep 2016 19:40:52 +1300

There have been many times while packed into some crumbling holding pen with awful sound and terrible sight lines I've pondered why it is that classical music is accorded public funding for specialist venues while beat music (for want of a better term) puts up with whatever dive someone can…

Russell Brown

Fri, 30 Sep 2016 19:20:21 +1300

RNZ is now the actual real live “radio with pictures”.

great people, great leadership

I've just started a project with RNZ (news of which presently) and I'm so impressed. Positive, helpful, pursuing high standards.

Sacha

Fri, 30 Sep 2016 19:11:14 +1300

Yoko Zuna

Yeah I can see why people have been making a fuss.

Mikee Loop

Fri, 30 Sep 2016 18:44:38 +1300

Also – this from last night was epic!
Yoko Zuna & Bailey Wiley perform If I Move To Mars
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YKDqzBX_ME&feature=youtu.be

Mikee Loop

Fri, 30 Sep 2016 18:42:55 +1300

Good piece. SONY sign, under develop and ruin most of their NZ artists careers. 1 in 10 artists they have worked with in the past 10 years have been successful. The rest trapped in a contract and receiving no attention. They should close the doors as they are unhealthy for…

Sacha

Fri, 30 Sep 2016 18:14:03 +1300

RNZ is now the actual real live “radio with pictures”.

great people, great leadership

Sacha

Fri, 30 Sep 2016 18:12:53 +1300

Awesome show last night – a new Aotearoa New Zealand in bloom where honouring our founding cultures is a given, for everyone who picked up a microphone. Great curation by SJD on this cover of the classical winner, too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kY0p17coMsY

Jason Kemp

Fri, 30 Sep 2016 18:02:17 +1300

The Silver Scrolls last night were amazing. That RNZ can manage to broadcast on TV via Freeview Channel 50, via YT & Campus Radio and whatever else they did is showing us all how to reinvent TV.

John Campbell was in his element and the whole tone of the show was…

Russell Brown

Fri, 30 Sep 2016 17:37:43 +1300

Oh – and this!

Public Address

Fri, 30 Sep 2016 17:37:43 +1300

Discussion from blog post.