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Moz

Tue, 04 Sep 2012 10:44:21 +1200

And score it is too – a support gig gets you a pro-rata % of the APRA fee, so if you play 10 songs and the main act plays 20, you get 10/30ths of approx 2% of the gross ticket sales – yay.

Hence the popularity of short songs in…

Simon Grigg

Tue, 04 Sep 2012 06:22:18 +1200

At the time, the biggest gig any NZ band had ever played at home.

That honour might actually go to Larry Morris. The Angels were booked to play with David Bowie at Western Springs and pulled out at the last moment. The posters were already printed so Larry quickly renamed…

Andrew Dubber

Mon, 03 Sep 2012 11:31:17 +1200

Might be worth noting that "minor hit" of theirs secured them the support slot for Dire Straits at Western Springs. At the time, the biggest gig any NZ band had ever played at home. Few have topped it since.

Also – go through every compilation of kiwi hits that's ever…

Grant McDougall

Sun, 02 Sep 2012 14:27:43 +1200

Glenn, they were definitely in Gisborne for Millenium Eve, as I recall seeing the posters around town...and shuddering. Though given the circumstances, it's entirely feasible they also in Whangamata, too.

Sacha

Sun, 02 Sep 2012 11:43:12 +1200

how people blow up such minor achievements in their own minds

Can picture fascinating interviews along those lines being added to the trove at some stage. Might require strong liquor.

Samuel Scott

Sat, 01 Sep 2012 23:35:27 +1200

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqcmnSYT0lw

Samuel Scott

Sat, 01 Sep 2012 23:34:56 +1200

HA, wikilarious

That scrub life blog rules.

Lilith __

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 22:13:38 +1200

All the cyber bickering seems a terrible lot of fuss just to be able to say, "The Satellite Spies? Yeah, that's my band."

Perhaps this is the equivalent of The Dirty Frypan Argument between flatmates? ie. a great excuse for a row? It's not usually about the frypan. :-)

Robyn Gallagher

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 21:50:43 +1200

I have a soft spot for "Destiny in Motion" because it was a track on the very first recorded music I bought – a compilation cassette tape called "The Hit Zone", circa 1985. Back then (I was 10) they seemed cool. But with all this hooha, over the name, they…

DexterX

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 20:05:24 +1200

I always thought that Destiny in Motion was akin to a bowel movement

How Blasé, How Blasé – Destiny in Motopm – sounded like a retread – the bastard child of a Duran du run run and the Fixx – The 80s produced some awful stuff

Here is a retread…

Paul Brislen

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 19:01:27 +1200

Job done – looks like the LinkedIN profile has been updated. No reference to anything in motion.

Andrew G

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 16:06:55 +1200

Destiny in motion was an 80s minor hit but what's amusing is that both of them still want to be associated with it. OK, admitting you were part of SS at a party amongst friends so they can all have a light hearted chuckle at your expense, that would be…

Chip Matthews

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 15:59:35 +1200

You can also hear the S.F.T. track with Raiza Biza over the top. Track was released to the net this week, also well worth a listen. http://soundcloud.com/raizabiza

Chip Matthews

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 15:57:02 +1200

Allan, if you brought the one released yesterday, Riz also has a great one, Gemini from a couple months ago. Notable is the "friends" track with MC Arme, awesome song. Also, check out S.F.T.'s remix of HomeBrew's Yellow Snot Funk. Dude is on fire with the head nod music.

Geoff Lealand

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 15:45:43 +1200

I always thought that Destiny in Motion was akin to a bowel movement

Allan Moyle

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 15:41:22 +1200

local beatmaker S.F.T. There’s plenty to dine on at his Soundcloud account

Thanks for that tip – had listenummage and ended buying the cool Rizvan EP online as a result.

Simon Grigg

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 15:06:02 +1200

That SS story is hilarious. I was pulled aside years back by one member – not saying which – and asked who I regarded as the Satellite Spies and would I support him with a letter.

I said I really had no idea, and (didn't say this bit) really had…

Miche Campbell

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 13:45:20 +1200

I loved _Destiny in Motion_ when I was 15. I know better now.

Can't help thinking that the best outcome would be a judge dissolving the band as a legal entity and telling the two of them to get over it and go for a beer.

Tim Michie

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 13:41:04 +1200

Among other regertable recollections (including SS 'warming up' the crowd at some stadium gig) one thing I knew them for was a synducate of businessmen finacing their venture (and I would speculate, losing some shirt). From such failures we may have to thank them for the government sponsorship of creatives…

Glenn Pearce

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 13:30:46 +1200

Satellite Spies played at the Sandown Hotel, Gisborne, on New Year's Eve, 1999. Gisborne's population is normally 32,000 or so. On Millennium Eve, it swelled to over 40,000.
And how many turned up to see Satellite Spies bring in 2000, you ask ?

Twelve, I'm told. Dear oh bloody dear.…

Russell Clarke

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 13:20:56 +1200

Small correction, it's Enprise, not Enrise.

Allan Moyle

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 13:07:09 +1200

the Sandown Hotel, Gisborne
ahhh the old "Sandpit" an early '70's corporate brewery concrete behemoth booze barn in the suburbs. Was wrong on so many levels, not least that it was where grab a DPB "granny" was played during week nights by travelling sales reps and in the weekends became…

Grant McDougall

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 12:27:20 +1200

Twelve, I'm told. Dear oh bloody dear.

bob daktari

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 12:23:17 +1200

digging the jellphonic here, the blog is a daily smile inducer... solid track too

suns out and its a glorious day... for some beats

can never get enough of this... and adore that someone has edited the two sides of the 12" release into one as it should be

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8_BAoVwoaM…

Rich of Observationz

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 12:22:00 +1200

I guess the Communications Tribunal will be able to deal with this.

At length.

Repeatedly.

On the taxpayer's dollar.

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Fri, 31 Aug 2012 12:22:00 +1200

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