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Joe Wylie

Sat, 17 Nov 2012 15:53:19 +1300

the State Theatre and this gig.
Poster art by Terence Hogan, of Rebel/Squeeze single cover fame, among others.

Sofie Bribiesca

Sat, 17 Nov 2012 14:37:18 +1300

Ha! I was just looking at the book inside. Thinking , I was at that Selwyn College gig... and nice to read the praise of Joe Wylie.
I've since framed my postcards that I got . I like the liberty Stage one that you posted earlier and I just happened…

Ian Dalziel

Sat, 17 Nov 2012 14:31:55 +1300

a treat on the streets
for the Toy Lovin'
smartphonistas

(hope it isn't too fuzzy to work)

Sofie Bribiesca

Fri, 16 Nov 2012 14:12:35 +1300

Probably Liberty Stage

maybe even this gig…
(September ’79)
Although I did get there, it was the State Theatre and this gig. Now I wont say where I got this in the mail today, he might have to kill me ;) but what a pleasant surprise and thanks sweetie, and…

Jonathan Ganley

Thu, 08 Nov 2012 19:29:31 +1300

Last Saturday morning: Four fifths of Toy Love, at Real Groovy, signing posters, clothing, ephemera, records ... one punter insisted that Chris sign on the vinyl itself!

Jo Davidson

Sun, 04 Nov 2012 12:01:59 +1300

Had an 11 bedroom flat in Russel Street, Dunedin in 1981 which we filled by having an ad on the Uni notice board where only requirement was must have a Toy Love record

mark taslov

Sat, 03 Nov 2012 20:04:22 +1300

Hilarious, I love that image, thanks Joe.

Joe Wylie

Sat, 03 Nov 2012 17:36:01 +1300

Here's a Toy Love performance some of you might have seen: the band playing at Auckland University on the same Orientation tour that I snuck into in Christchurch.
The Maidment, with a shirtless Mike Dooley, shortly before they went to Australia. Nice that it got recorded for posterity, but a…

mark taslov

Sat, 03 Nov 2012 13:48:44 +1300

Punk rock was a bit like James Dean – short-lived, but the impact was everlasting.

Jones sure bought that marketing pitch, different day new scissors.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uswXI4fDYrM

Kumara Republic

Sat, 03 Nov 2012 10:28:11 +1300

perhaps it’s better to say what you have to say and leave the room before you kill each other (or yourself) rather than be REM, who after thirty years called it quits while finding diplomatic ways to say “the money is great, but it’s just not fun anymore.” Anyway, I…

Craig Ranapia

Sat, 03 Nov 2012 08:41:56 +1300

The strangest thing about Toy Love is how soon it was all over. They played their first gig at Zwines in January 1979 and their last at Mainstreet in September 1980.

I don't know... perhaps it's better to say what you have to say and leave the room before you…

Ian Dalziel

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 19:33:05 +1300

Probably Liberty Stage
maybe even this gig...
(September '79)

Doug, email me your postal address (see envelope top right. I've got a set here for you)..

Ian Dalziel

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 19:10:12 +1300

The Gong Show
It was nice that Toy Love got the recognition they deserve…even if the setting was hideous. We waited up all night…way past our bedtime…to see the lovely old folk get their gongs. But was it worth it?
I sat through that travesty of a show to see…

Doug Hood

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 16:49:28 +1300

Probably Liberty Stage – Edinburgh Castle

Doug Hood

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 16:32:42 +1300

thought Home Brew, Kimbra and the Toy Love tribute were the highlights of the evening.

Me too

Nigel Russell

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 16:20:07 +1300

But as some wit once said, "home taping was skill in music"

Sofie Bribiesca

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 16:19:11 +1300

Now looking at it just makes me feel sad.

And Old ? ;)
Bondi Hotel, I was there most nights in the 80's. Loved every band that crossed the ditch to entertain us. Loved every band that played there into the wee hours...
I remember, I think (she was away…

Russell Brown

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 16:05:52 +1300

woah jolly, I think we might be talking about different things. that comment was about Emily’s pre-song comment not HB.

Ah, gotcha. As I said, I thought that was funny and wasn't remotely offended by it.

Alan Perrott

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 15:59:00 +1300

woah jolly, I think we might be talking about different things. that comment was about Emily's pre-song comment not HB. I'll blame the virus that's had me schtukered for the past week if I wasn't clear.

all the same, I'd liked to have been there. always good fun. and I…

Russell Brown

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 15:47:29 +1300

I wonder if they’d have been similarly outraged to discover what guests of honour Toy Love were like back in the day.

Peter McLennan found an old interview with Chris talking about the only other time Toy Love had been to a Music Awards — that wound up with them…

Russell Brown

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 15:45:07 +1300

it just seemed precalculated and childish.

But what exactly? What did they do that was so awful?

as I say it probably came off differently live.

It was a welcome respite from the MOR tone of much of the rest of the fare, yep.

I thought Home Brew, Kimbra and…

Robyn Gallagher

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 15:28:45 +1300

My favourite new thing: all the people who've tweeted about how "embarrassed" they were that Home Brew behaved that way in front of Ben Harper. Lolz!

I wonder if they'd have been similarly outraged to discover what guests of honour Toy Love were like back in the day.

Alan Perrott

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 15:27:33 +1300

no, not at all. I get rock and roll.

it just seemed precalculated and childish. I've seen Chris eviserate people from the stage but it's done cleverly and with a sparkle in the eye. but that's how I felt about it watching from home, as I say it probably came…

Chip Matthews

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 15:04:56 +1300

Seriously, considering printing it for my scrapbook.

Russell Brown

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 15:03:14 +1300

and I know I’m an aging hack but what is the fuss over Home Brew? I’ve tried, but still don’t think they’re as good, or as outrageous, as they think they are.

Really? You've heard the album? I think it's a really important record.

To my ears, their backing band…

Russell Brown

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 14:57:21 +1300

QFT. A very small data point in my theory that there’s few things more banal, in art or in life, than people trying so damn hard to be “outrageous” you can almost predict every outrage before it happens. Home Brew Crew isn’t even that good at awards show acting out.…

Chip Matthews

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 14:50:01 +1300

I mean, I'm not part of "that" part of our game, but I really thought that Em and the others totally captured some spirit of Toy Love. I maybe wrong, that's just how I saw it.

Russell Brown

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 14:42:03 +1300

and while we’re clearing the lawn; I noted Russell’s txt about Emily’s wee c-bomb. It may have sounded funny there, but it came across as contrived. I stopped watching.

Seriously? Wow. You don't think you might have been taking things just a tad too seriously?

Hebe

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 14:21:51 +1300

The strangest thing about Toy Love is how soon it was all over. They played their first gig at Zwines in January 1979 and their last at Mainstreet in September 1980.

At the time it seemed to me that it went forever. I was in Christchurch and somehow I saw…

Kyle Matthews

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 14:18:26 +1300

I can still tell them to get off my lawn though right?

Nora Leggs

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 14:10:41 +1300

Not forgetting that cassettes are so useful for hanging on powerlines....

Robyn Gallagher

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 13:55:14 +1300

I might be finally showing that I'm not really down with the kids, but... why?

1. The kids who are into cassettes today never experienced them as children. They were born in the world of the compact disc.
2. Now that turntables and vinyl are commonplace again, cassettes fill the…

Chip Matthews

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 13:41:00 +1300

Kimbra was great. Really enjoyed the Toy Love dedication band.

Alan Perrott

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 13:34:17 +1300

absolutely.

and while we're clearing the lawn; I noted Russell's txt about Emily's wee c-bomb. It may have sounded funny there, but it came across as contrived. I stopped watching.

still, really enjoyed Kimbra even if she threatened to go all rock opera on it. I'd like to have been…

Craig Ranapia

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 12:52:46 +1300

and I know I’m an aging hack but what is the fuss over Home Brew? I’ve tried, but still don’t think they’re as good, or as outrageous, as they think they are.

QFT. A very small data point in my theory that there’s few things more banal, in art or…

Alan Perrott

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 12:22:04 +1300

yeah Anthony, that struck me too. It seems someone took the celebration and turned it into a moan.

and I know I'm an aging hack but what is the fuss over Home Brew? I've tried, but still don't think they're as good, or as outrageous, as they think they are.…

Simon Grigg

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 12:20:04 +1300

comes on cassette, because that's what all the cool kids are pretending to listen to these days

I was reminded by Paul Kean last night that I made the tapes that Toy Love played pre-band at their shows/on their tours all those years back. I had quite an (unpaid) industry…

Paul Campbell

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 12:18:47 +1300

I remember first seeing upstairs at the Cook, general impression at the time was that they weren't the Enemy – no one likes change

Grant McDougall

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 11:38:51 +1300

There's a fantastic photo doing the rounds on Facebook of all five Toy Love members on the red carpet yesterday. They all look in rude good health too, which is pretty good going, given Chris Knox's recentish tribulations in that regard.

peter mclennan

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 10:44:33 +1300

cheers for sharing the Stinkmix. Here's an interview i digitised and posted on Yotube, interview with Nathan Haines from 1995 (TV3's Frenzy) talking about his debut album... http://youtu.be/khibGAndrdA

Mike O'Connell

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 10:41:02 +1300

I saw Toy Love the once, the final ever Christchurch gig at the late, lamented Gladstone, August 1980. Forever indebted to a now passed away school mate for getting me a ticket. The wonderfully-named Stanley Wrench and the Monkey Brothers were support that night.

And what a fanboy’s dream indeed…

Allan Moyle

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 10:11:50 +1300

every time i see the 'Bride of..' vid I can't but help think that Gorrillaz must have caught sight of some of that imagery to inform their look.

Danielle

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 09:59:44 +1300

I might be finally showing that I'm not really down with the kids, but... why?

You just haven't heard music properly unless it has a bed of tape hiss and occasional tempo irregularity.

Sacha

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 09:37:46 +1300

They redefine notions of ordinary and humdrum.

I had successfully avoided hearing any of their stuff until last night. They do.

Kyle Matthews

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 09:32:25 +1300

comes on cassette, because that’s what all the cool kids are pretending to listen to these days

I might be finally showing that I'm not really down with the kids, but... why?

Anthony Behrens Esq

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 08:45:57 +1300

It was nice that Toy Love got the recognition they deserve...even if the setting was hideous. We waited up all night...way past our bedtime...to see the lovely old folk get their gongs. But was it worth it?
The voice-over while the band were up on stage was an embarrassment. Most…

Nora Leggs

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 08:16:04 +1300

auckland uni gym, shades pulled down

Geoff Lealand

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 07:51:42 +1300

But what continues to amaze (and depress) me is Six60 (I keep typing 'Sux60') winning awards for anything. They redefine notions of ordinary and humdrum.

Missed the whole Toy Love thing as I was studying in the US--Devo and The Waitresses were the local phenomena.

Robyn Gallagher

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 02:39:42 +1300

Here’s a Toy Love performance some of you might have seen: the band playing at Auckland University on the same Orientation tour that I snuck into in Christchurch.

Quality. Mr Knox’s angry growl made me feel all funny, which is what good rock should do.

comes on cassette, because that’s…

Public Address

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 02:39:42 +1300

Discussion from blog post.