Public Address | Cafe | Hard News: Friday Music: Asking the important questions

Rob Stowell

Thu, 08 Jun 2017 22:30:34 +1200

oops. wrong thread. sorry. big fingers, small screen, tiny brain. we'll wake up in the morning and Britain will have voted. at the least, it's been fascinating.

Martin Brown

Thu, 08 Jun 2017 13:49:26 +1200

Great lyrics, Rob

Rob Stowell

Wed, 07 Jun 2017 16:47:06 +1200

Gary Younge in the Guardian –
"Even as parties anchor themselves to basic principles, they have to adapt their promises to the times they are in. Blairites and Clintonites did not only once understand this, it was their credo. But having crafted a neoliberal agenda that made their parties electable…

Ian Dalziel

Wed, 07 Jun 2017 07:39:30 +1200

If only Sneaky Feelings had twigged that all they had to do was call Fiona McDonald.
Absolutely. Positively. 'George' street?

I have a sneaky feeling you haven't heard the last hurrah from those boys...

Rob Stowell

Tue, 06 Jun 2017 22:03:50 +1200

Not exactly music, but related – currently enjoying https://youtu.be/6TlcPRlau2Q

Ken Double

Tue, 06 Jun 2017 17:00:45 +1200

I know it's singularly graceless to mention – but there are at least 30 FN songs (including Cruise Control) that would come before George on a 'mostly likely to be a hit' list.

If only Sneaky Feelings had twigged that all they had to do was call Fiona McDonald.

Russell Brown

Tue, 06 Jun 2017 15:48:10 +1200

Righto ... here are the full answers ...

What links The Human Instinct, Ticket and the Jordan Luck Band?

They all had sleeve designs created by Dick Frizzell.

The Headless Chickens song ‘Inside Track’ is a cover – who recorded the original?

Stridulators.

**What was 95bFM’s original, pre-FM broadcast frequency…

Rob Stowell

Tue, 06 Jun 2017 11:03:18 +1200

Flying Nun’s sole No 1 was Headless Chicken’s wasn’t it? And it was “George” not “Cruise Control”.

I know it's singularly graceless to mention – but there are at least 30 FN songs (including Cruise Control) that would come before George on a 'mostly likely to be a hit' list.

Russell Brown

Mon, 05 Jun 2017 12:25:04 +1200

Flying Nun’s sole No 1 was Headless Chicken’s wasn’t it? And it was “George” not “Cruise Control”.

Correct!

Kumara Republic

Sun, 04 Jun 2017 15:58:06 +1200

Correct!

The shit came down afterwards, I gather.

Baysting exiled himself to the other side of the Tasman for a few years, only coming back after the whole affair was quietly forgotten about. I suspect the original recording with the profanity on it got wiped and reused, since VCRs probably…

Ken Double

Sun, 04 Jun 2017 02:18:24 +1200

Flying Nun's sole No 1 was Headless Chicken's wasn't it? And it was "George" not "Cruise Control". I have a weird memory of "Boodle Boodle Boodle", although it was an EP, somehow being anointed top of the charts back in 1982 or whenever the hell it was. That might be…

Joe Wylie

Sat, 03 Jun 2017 22:41:58 +1200

a nice selection of comic/illustrated reportage from the NY Times...

Thanks Ian, some gorgeous stuff in that deep mixed goodie bag. For me Bill Bragg's Window Gazers is right up there with the best of early Raw magazine.

Ian Dalziel

Sat, 03 Jun 2017 20:11:03 +1200

some of the 8 million stories...
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/06/02/magazine/new-york-stories-introduction.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=second-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news
a nice selection of comic/illustrated reportage from the NY Times...

Russell Brown

Sat, 03 Jun 2017 16:20:45 +1200

Case 1352 a red and green tattoo…

Correct!

I answered "1952". Out by a digit, dammit!

Russell Brown

Sat, 03 Jun 2017 16:19:58 +1200

Reckon one of the answers is Neville Purvis aka Arthur Baysting? I remember that wtf moment well!

Correct!

The shit came down afterwards, I gather.

Sacha

Sat, 03 Jun 2017 14:04:07 +1200

Debbi chose the 95 FM frequency

Was she still involved when it changed from 91.8?

Ian Dalziel

Sat, 03 Jun 2017 11:42:48 +1200

This Facebook linkhas a great 25 minute Dylan Taite doco on the 1980 Sweetwaters – it has a great 'Frogs' by Toy Love , a dig at Elvis Costello and a typically Kiwi vox pop – NB: contains Mi-Sex!

Rob Stowell

Fri, 02 Jun 2017 22:25:16 +1200

Reckon one of the answers is Neville Purvis aka Arthur Baysting? I remember that wtf moment well!

kiwifarang

Fri, 02 Jun 2017 22:22:09 +1200

Case 1352 a red and green tattoo...

Tony P

Fri, 02 Jun 2017 20:09:18 +1200

The answer to question 1 is the surname Woolright is it not and I think the Neeve console was built for the Beatles.

Russell Brown

Fri, 02 Jun 2017 18:59:02 +1200

I got one answer… the Moana “You’re Welcome” singer. The rest I felt like I should know at least a few… but I didn’t.

No worries. I didn't know that one.

Russell Brown

Fri, 02 Jun 2017 18:58:27 +1200

pre-BFM was 1404 AM Radio B…but I should know that…

Bzzz! The original, for the temporary licences, was actually 950 AM. Debbi chose the 95 FM frequency to echo that.

But I literally only know that because I wrote a history of it all.

Andrew Boak

Fri, 02 Jun 2017 18:29:49 +1200

pre-BFM was 1404 AM Radio B...but I should know that...

Evan Yates

Fri, 02 Jun 2017 18:12:23 +1200

I got one answer... the Moana "You're Welcome" singer. The rest I felt like I should know at least a few... but I didn't.

linger

Fri, 02 Jun 2017 17:55:02 +1200

One question at least has already been answered here — but otherwise, I have to admit I'd have never heard of the original.

Russell Brown

Fri, 02 Jun 2017 17:54:37 +1200

Those were tough questions, I couldn’t answer any!

I was worried I'd gone a bit hard there ...

Hugh Wilson

Fri, 02 Jun 2017 15:56:08 +1200

Those were tough questions, I couldn't answer any!

Came across this available for-free-but-$-if-you-like comp on bandcamp – looks to have some tasty stuff if you like beats etc:

https://wearefriends1.bandcamp.com/album/we-are-friends-2

Elsewhere Dust and Grooves have feature on the bloke Nowagain's Egon calls the 'greatest collector in the world'. Interesting to note…

kiwicmc

Fri, 02 Jun 2017 15:38:17 +1200

Love the cello piece – in a similar vein here's a string quartet who often play with Neil Gaiman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuOUNJtFz4o

davesparks

Fri, 02 Jun 2017 12:39:10 +1200

That RocknRolla mash is tiight.

Public Address

Fri, 02 Jun 2017 12:39:10 +1200

Discussion from blog post.