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Russell Brown

Wed, 12 Apr 2017 15:06:23 +1200

I sense there’ll be some reflections on what seemed to be a great Underworld show @ Woodhill

There will be indeed. The event itself had stronger and weaker points, but Underworld really blew all that away. They were amazing and it felt like art.

Hugh Wilson

Wed, 12 Apr 2017 13:21:59 +1200

I sense there'll be some reflections on what seemed to be a great Underworld show @ Woodhill in the next music post, but in the interim heres a highly readable review of their show at the Sydney Opera house:

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/apr/12/underworld-review-born-again-dance-legends-show-no-sign-of-slipping

Russell Brown

Tue, 11 Apr 2017 10:41:28 +1200

Spam deleted and user banned. And no, I will not be using any services from Starlinks.nz, ever.

Joe Wylie

Sun, 09 Apr 2017 15:29:06 +1200

Patanga Crescent back in the 70s

From where you could see down into the backyard garden of the Chinese Embassy, where in that Gang of Four era all of the flowers were regulation red. Walking past on Tinakori Road after dark you could hear the steady pok...pok of ping pong…

Ian Dalziel

Sun, 09 Apr 2017 15:08:09 +1200

I’ve just finished Nick Bollinger’s excellent memoir Goneville – A must read, must have, book of essential reading for all fans of Kiwi music , The music business and general history – it should be on the shelf next To Roger Shepherd’s In Love with these times. Simon Grigg’s __How…

Martin Brown

Sun, 09 Apr 2017 09:14:13 +1200

Music 101 yesterday had RMNZ admit the local streaming content share is about 7%, while obfuscating that by throwing around some other vague figures about live music and broadcast returns.

Ian Dalziel

Sat, 08 Apr 2017 10:08:52 +1200

Something for Chchch punters on Sunday night (8pm)…
Blair Parkes and Cardigan Bay play support for Aussie duo This Way North
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Tlh6AfSOGA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFiIgMfg5Vs

Russell Brown

Fri, 07 Apr 2017 17:02:59 +1200

Helmet's promoter has pulled their show out of the King's Arms and moved it to Galatos, understandably unwilling to bear the risk of the council shutting it down on the night.

What a debacle.

Russell Brown

Fri, 07 Apr 2017 13:57:29 +1200

The Spinoff has an interview with Ben Howe about how much of the revenue reported by RMNZ accrues to local artists.

Which, as noted above, is bugger-all.

Public Address

Fri, 07 Apr 2017 13:57:28 +1200

Discussion from blog post.