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Steve Barnes

Mon, 17 Mar 2014 12:46:22 +1300

accidentally close…
Bugger, I missed that. Well never mind it just goes to show that, sometimes, Russ and I have similar ideas.
I can almost hear Russell running around screaming... "NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!"

Kyle Matthews

Mon, 17 Mar 2014 00:13:48 +1300

No disgrace in leaving before the encore.

The whole encore phenomenon drive me nuts. Artists that do two or three I want to throw things at.

That is all.

david kinniburgh

Wed, 12 Mar 2014 13:40:54 +1300

YAMIS : I need to get back into reading those book thingys.
Ah yes.. those thingys...the luxury of retiring to your own space without pressure to buy, beg or borrow; to open the pages and visit another world...
This URL links Steinbeck, Guthrie to Springstein / Costello / Morello /…

Yamis

Tue, 11 Mar 2014 23:10:55 +1300

LIKE.

Great, great book. My top 3 in no particular order, The Grapes of Wrath (where the character Tom Joad comes from of course), For Whom the Bell Tolls, and the Autobiography of Malcom X. I need to get back into reading those book thingys.

Ian Dalziel

Tue, 11 Mar 2014 16:53:07 +1300

Anyone else had a guess?.
ahem...
accidentally close...

david kinniburgh

Tue, 11 Mar 2014 15:20:33 +1300

seabeew, 5 days ago
Best song? The Ghost of Tom Joad
That song has inspired many many other folk ---see
Ghosts of Tom Joad, A Story of the #99Percent
at
http://wemeantwell.com/blog/whats-next/

Steve Barnes

Mon, 10 Mar 2014 17:11:31 +1300

I had a little side bet about the song Springsteen would do, in light of songs he had done for other countries. I went for Dobbyn's Loyal. Close but no cigar.
Anyone else had a guess?.

Dastardly Bounder

Mon, 10 Mar 2014 14:00:56 +1300

and a +1 also

Dastardly Bounder

Mon, 10 Mar 2014 14:00:06 +1300

* Disclaimer: I don't actually have 'sets" as such. I just listen to music on my computers by myself.

In those 'DJ like no one else is listening' moments can come subconscious pure genious. I'd love to see a track list for one of these sets.

Russell Brown

Mon, 10 Mar 2014 11:43:00 +1300

both perfect for the home computer mixologist or them that play out to the elderly, these are possibly not youth friendly – though both are idiot and violence free

Nice! I've got the original vinyl of both of these.

Alec Morgan

Mon, 10 Mar 2014 09:53:13 +1300

Bought a few records from Taste thats for sure, and to RB, Boss probably just plays too long sets. It is no longer 1978. Some friends my age went and were happily surprised having thought Brooce was just some sort of Westie.

I notice he grabbed four horn players from…

Danielle

Sat, 08 Mar 2014 15:38:24 +1300

No disgrace in leaving before the encore.

Yes there is. I mean, I've done it myself a few times, but I don't feel good about it. :)

Yamis

Fri, 07 Mar 2014 17:47:51 +1300

The Tom Morello – Ghost of Tom Joad, ... makes me think of Jimi Hendrix, which leads into this. The upcoming biopic where Hendrix will be played by none other than Andre Benjamin of Outkast fame. Will be interesting to see how he pulls it off.

http://grantland.com/hollywood-prospectus/benjamin-andre-as-hendrix-jimi-first-watch/

bob daktari

Fri, 07 Mar 2014 10:28:08 +1300

* Disclaimer: I don't actually have 'sets" as such. I just listen to music on my computers by myself.

Well played.

+ 1

for youse DJs and the dancers whom remember the heady days of yesteryear...

a pretty choice Grant Nelson remix of the classic T-Coy Carino

https://soundcloud.com/grantnelson/t-coy-carino-gn-private

and…

Richard Aston

Fri, 07 Mar 2014 10:17:12 +1300

Taste Records, owned by the late Dave Perkins, bless his soul. It had a listening booth with extractor fans so you could get in the right state of mind to *understand* the music.

Thanks Simon , yes those listening booths were good and they didn't seem to mind you listening…

Ian Dalziel

Fri, 07 Mar 2014 09:29:14 +1300

Chchch is Pumping!
Chchch folk can check out the excellent Gap Filler enabled ’Inconvenience Store’ in Cathedral Junction – True to form the opening was in the middle of the Storm of the Century – that takes real planning and dedication!
The Inconvenience Store hosts Masha’s Impossible Products until…

Mr Mark

Fri, 07 Mar 2014 01:04:52 +1300

My mother's old enough to remember the Shirley Temple phenomenon (born 1930). Suggests that, while there was certainly a good deal of fandom/adulation, this was by no means universal. Boys at my mother's primary school, for instance, tended to deride young Shirley as a bit of a spoilt brat and…

Sacha

Thu, 06 Mar 2014 22:06:00 +1300

Fuckin' oats

neigh :)

Russell Brown

Thu, 06 Mar 2014 21:22:28 +1300

Lovely video from the forthcoming album by the Phoenix Foundation's Conrad Wedde, uploaded today:

http://youtu.be/sJ2WR0YLvk4

Simon Grigg

Thu, 06 Mar 2014 21:03:13 +1300

in that shop in Lorne st – forgotten the name.

Taste Records, owned by the late Dave Perkins, bless his soul. It had a listening booth with extractor fans so you could get in the right state of mind to *understand* the music.

I managed the shop briefly when it…

Geoff Lealand

Thu, 06 Mar 2014 19:18:37 +1300

Thanks, Ian. It was fun to write and I even got paid a modest sum. Hope it might winkle out another lovely old lady or two. I did a talk in Wellington last week and someone who was there told me about her father winning a contest in Rotorua as…

Russell Brown

Thu, 06 Mar 2014 19:05:27 +1300

* Disclaimer: I don't actually have 'sets" as such. I just listen to music on my computers by myself.

Well played.

Ian Dalziel

Thu, 06 Mar 2014 18:52:22 +1300

Good Ship Lolly Pop
Geoff, I see your article on Shirley Temple lookalike competitions is in a recent issue of New Zealand Memories magazine. (#106)

Russell Brown

Thu, 06 Mar 2014 18:48:51 +1300

I like how he draws on his extensive back catalogue, but not exclusively–unlike bands like the Stones who haven’t done anything new for yonks.

This is a very good point. In general, I enjoyed hearing his new(er) stuff way more than his old stuff.

No disgrace in leaving before the…

Ian Dalziel

Thu, 06 Mar 2014 18:43:04 +1300

80,000 individual fans
Them's Springsteenagers
thank you very much!

;- )

Geoff Lealand

Thu, 06 Mar 2014 18:16:32 +1300

Graham Reid over at elsewhere has had some interesting Springsteen playing this week, including a bootleg of a 1978 concert in LA. This was recorded one year before I saw him in concert in Cleveland, Ohio where he seemed to set the pattern for 3 hour+ long performances. Won a…

Russell Brown

Thu, 06 Mar 2014 17:47:26 +1300

DisOrientation
Home Brew brouhaha brewing…

Those guys just cannot keep out of trouble.

I was going to sympathise with them — I've been at gigs at Lincoln and they weren't pretty — but it doesn't seem like the poor kid did anything to warrant it. Dick move.

Rich of Observationz

Thu, 06 Mar 2014 17:42:22 +1300

Bruce wouldn't do that.

alobar

Thu, 06 Mar 2014 17:12:59 +1300

I wonder how close to 80,000 individual fans it was when so many went twice , I was one of them and recognised a couple of others . Both nights were great and sunday was the better set in my mind , tho the crowd seemed more lively on saturday.…

Ken Double

Thu, 06 Mar 2014 16:56:13 +1300

I saw The Job Creator himself at the Rod Laver in Melbourne last year and felt my relationship with him had been consummated. So I kinda didn't have the need to see him in a much bigger, draftier venue. I must say, when the climax arrived, all the house lights…

Ian Dalziel

Thu, 06 Mar 2014 16:52:51 +1300

DisOrientation
Home Brew brouhaha brewing...
A performance by award-winning band Home Brew was shut down early after a member of the group jumped from the stage and allegedly punched a teenager in the face.
Another member of the renowned Auckland-based hip-hop group then gave a "shout-out" on the microphone to…

Peter Darlington

Thu, 06 Mar 2014 16:52:49 +1300

* Disclaimer: I don't actually have 'sets" as such. I just listen to music on my computers by myself.

Well played.

TracyMac

Thu, 06 Mar 2014 16:51:58 +1300

Love that Son Lux collaboration. Love it. A lot more than any offering of Bruce Springsteen's, to be honest, although certainly not quibbling with the dude's influence. And general "good guy" nature.

davesparks

Thu, 06 Mar 2014 15:54:22 +1300

And utter madness from the Dastardly Bounder

Utter genius! Feel the burn when the acid really kicks in about the 7 minute mark. This is one track I'm definitely dropping into my sets* for now on.

* Disclaimer: I don't actually have 'sets" as such. I just listen to music…

Dastardly Bounder

Thu, 06 Mar 2014 15:46:32 +1300

The initial link wasnt working. A gallery of Michael's work: http://michael-day.deviantart.com/gallery/45983998

michael day

Thu, 06 Mar 2014 15:39:33 +1300

Hey Russell, thanks so much for giving my track" You Burn Golden" some exposure. Tis a tough world for the creatively minded out here ,and I am chuffed that you saw fit to mention it and post links. Thanks again and keep up the great work!

Richard Aston

Thu, 06 Mar 2014 15:37:55 +1300

Your mention of Murray Cammick , Howick in the 60s, Triggered me back to my teens in Howick , playing in a band – well trying to – Hauraki was where I heard all the good music , that and test listening to records – but not buying – in…

Dastardly Bounder

Thu, 06 Mar 2014 15:25:16 +1300

Thanks for posting my tune Russel, and I must commend you on choosing one of West Coast Fruit's tunes. The fellow responsibel for the sonic crafting also makes amazing collectable robots. Check this one out as a great example of his style:

http://michael-day.deviantart.com/art/pOt-BelLy-The-r03Ot-402248796

Richard Stewart

Thu, 06 Mar 2014 15:18:13 +1300

I'll freely admit to not liking pretty much anything Springsteen has done musically, but the Royals cover is truly awful. I've witnessed some pretty lame attempts by touring artists to endear themselves to the home crowd but that one takes the biscuit.
I quite like this though – recommended by…

Kiri Carter

Thu, 06 Mar 2014 14:48:24 +1300

Saw Bruce on Saturday night at Mt Smart and the Saturday night before – in the Hunter Valley, Australia. Two different but amazing concerts that I wouldn't have missed for anything.

Huge apologies to Samuel Johnson for this, but I say, "When you're tired of Springsteen, you're tired of life."

Robyn Gallagher

Thu, 06 Mar 2014 14:45:46 +1300

As he'd done the night before, Springsteen kicked off with a solo blues interpretation of 'Royals'.

Ooh, he dropped an F-bomb, which didn't attract any sort of fuss, not like when Lorde said it.

It reminds me of Michele A'Court's brilliant piece on the subject of women in comedy. Why…

Hugh Sundae

Thu, 06 Mar 2014 14:44:38 +1300

Thanks for the mention, Russell.

Individual songs will be up over the course of next week, as will a full non-interview version, and a full interview only version (probably 10m left on the cutting room floor).

cheers

Hugh

Gaz Tayler

Thu, 06 Mar 2014 14:40:56 +1300

I want the t-shirt Murray Cammick is wearing... it's superb

as for the Springsteen concert, could I be the only person who thinks his version of Royales is pretty awful, it's neither clever, funny nor entertaining and I generally rate him quite highly

seabeew

Thu, 06 Mar 2014 14:38:52 +1300

As a longtime fan of Bruce Springsteen, I thought the Saturday night concert was superb. 3,5 hours wasn't enough for me. Best song? The Ghost of Tom Joad. The addition of Tom Morello to the band has been inspired. And for a ChCh lad, the dedication of My Hometown to…

Public Address

Thu, 06 Mar 2014 14:38:52 +1300

Discussion from blog post.