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Hugh Wilson

Thu, 11 Feb 2016 12:10:00 +1300

Oh, and I forgot to mention Sydney. Not a lot I wanted to add, but having spent 4 weeks there over the past two months – and having lived there for 3 years in the late 90s – the decline is very visible. Oxford st close to the CBD is…

Hugh Wilson

Thu, 11 Feb 2016 12:06:58 +1300

A minute late to this one

Good looking on the Ska clip. The accompanying reference to Jamaican political figures of the 70's prompts me to mention Marlon James' 'A brief history of seven killings', the 2015 Booker winner. I'm still reading it, but as it is set in the 1970's…

JacksonP

Mon, 08 Feb 2016 17:40:34 +1300

Putin sure as hell won’t like it. Quite infectious, here’s Chaika

Wow. That’s quite something. They sure are brave. More background here.

andin

Mon, 08 Feb 2016 16:34:29 +1300

Booker T. Jones

Yeah I used to have that on vinyl, bought in Sydney many years ago.
I sold it in a depressed, needed money state of mind, fuck it!

Ian Dalziel

Mon, 08 Feb 2016 12:10:38 +1300

a TT's wet dream, OTT of OT proportions...*
a confluence of Christians – many elected Baird without knowing they were getting a proselytising wowser.
The Sydney Morning Herald described Baird's government as "the most devout in living memory," with a concentration of powerful religious figures in its upper echelons.
The…

Russell Brown

Mon, 08 Feb 2016 11:49:36 +1300

So it’s not just Kiwis the bullies that run Oz hate, they hate Australians too…

This is bizarre, isn't it? I've seen a couple of stories about the strict (and weirdly arbitrary) new liquor rules, but it clearly goes further than that.

Ian Dalziel

Mon, 08 Feb 2016 07:58:12 +1300

Fundamental as anything...
Meanwhile across the Tassie – a new chorus of 'Advance Australia Fear' is added
A New Zealand musician has been kicked off a popular festival's line-up, after kissing a policeman's gun during his set.
Kody Nielson, best known for his former band The Mint Chicks with his…

Ian Dalziel

Sun, 07 Feb 2016 18:32:20 +1300

Who did the music for this forgotten gem of a movie which uses Martin Luther Kings death as a leaping off point.
Booker T. Jones

krothville

Sun, 07 Feb 2016 17:53:48 +1300

What a bummer, looks like part three has been taken down from youtube...

andin

Sun, 07 Feb 2016 16:51:38 +1300

Booker T Jones.
Who did the music for this forgotten gem of a movie which uses Martin Luther Kings death as a leaping off point. The picture quality is shite but in most other aspects it rises above blaxploitation effortlessly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkL__q4-4qw

HDPA needs to pull her horns in judging by…

Matthew Goody

Sun, 07 Feb 2016 13:36:04 +1300

to the author of this rather interesting parody

Wow, thanks for posting this.

Strange coincidence, as I know Scott and my wife used to work with him.

Mike O'Connell

Sun, 07 Feb 2016 10:13:23 +1300

Hot of the press, new from Pussy Riot. Pretty powerful commentary on the current Russian political landscape. Putin sure as hell won't like it. Quite infectious, here's Chaika
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VakUHHUSdf8
(English subtitles can be toggled on and off)

Joe Wylie

Sun, 07 Feb 2016 07:01:20 +1300

They managed to get Oasis, but let’s not forget Labour also tried to recruit Pulp and Jarvis Cocker which didn’t go so well.

Not only music. According to the author of this rather interesting parody they co-opted public sculpture as well. Perhaps that's why [[http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/christchurch-life/art-and-stage/visual-art/72528425/Gormley-statue-installed-on-the-Avon-River|Christchurch has been "gifted" an Antony…

Matthew Goody

Sun, 07 Feb 2016 05:12:20 +1300

the role of political spin in Tony Blair’s embrace of Oasis and Creation Records.

They managed to get Oasis, but let’s not forget Labour also tried to recruit Pulp and Jarvis Cocker which didn’t go so well. It did produce a great rejected Pulp tune Cocaine Socialism that told…

Mike O'Connell

Sat, 06 Feb 2016 18:21:16 +1300

Your link didn't work. Here's Boogie Wonderland
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=god7hAPv8f0
Maurice was childhood friend of Booker T Jones. And i though, what the heck...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQgftmOeK_c

Hilary Stace

Sat, 06 Feb 2016 10:39:11 +1300

I'm going to use this thread to tell a story from my current research project. The Dunedin 'sound' goes back further than many might imagine. In the early-mid 1960s, 'Teen Time' at the YMCA was Dunedin's answer to Liverpool's Cavern. Local bands would play to crowds of young people and…

Eediot

Sat, 06 Feb 2016 10:12:16 +1300

RIP Maurice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGNdb_E8SIY
(Although the version on Live At Rio is the definitive original in my opinion. Dare you not to dance around the kitchen to that!)

EDIT: Fixed your embed. For YouTube clips, just paste in the URL, nothing else.

Rosemary McDonald

Sat, 06 Feb 2016 10:00:27 +1300

ahem … Delilah

and you, Sir Dalziel, are the successful applicant for the job of proofreader at the Herald.

;-)

Ian Dalziel

Sat, 06 Feb 2016 09:18:10 +1300

Muphry's Law
means Samson of the Delilha fame!
ahem ... Delilah
:- )

Russell Brown

Sat, 06 Feb 2016 00:02:36 +1300

Wow – part three of Music Moguls, on music PR, is way the best of the three.

Great, if alarming insights into the way music PR influenced tabloid newspapers and the role of political spin in Tony Blair's embrace of Oasis and Creation Records. The actual story of Noel's famous…

Rosemary McDonald

Fri, 05 Feb 2016 20:28:59 +1300

And we can always rely on Winston to explain the metaphor.

What am I to make of that? Steven is a bit of a political Sampson without hair.

(I am, of course assuming that the Herald reporter (Ooh! Look! It's Claire!) means Samson of the Delilha fame!)

Steve Barnes

Fri, 05 Feb 2016 17:56:50 +1300

Oh joy, entertainment ;-)
I see the Herald is running a “spot the difference” game.

Eediot

Fri, 05 Feb 2016 17:37:20 +1300

That Ska doco is awesome!

Ken Double

Fri, 05 Feb 2016 17:20:45 +1300

Key's avoidance of any situation outside the House where he may be challenged is a pattern, doubtless a strategy and definitely a disgrace. And he gets away with it.

Oh yes, God, Prince. Something will go wrong. Bound to.

JacksonP

Fri, 05 Feb 2016 17:11:26 +1300

This might be the latest-breaking major tour news I’ve ever seen. Prince and his piano are coming – this month!

If you happen to get an early warning of where tickets can be obtained, could you please, um, not tell anyone else until you've told me. :-)

Russell Brown

Fri, 05 Feb 2016 16:29:50 +1300

This might be the latest-breaking major tour news I've ever seen. Prince and his piano are coming – this month!

Public Address

Fri, 05 Feb 2016 16:29:50 +1300

Discussion from blog post.