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Ben Austin

Mon, 02 Feb 2015 23:28:13 +1300

Hari was just interviewed on John Safran’s first 2015 Sunday night show on Triple J, on his new book.

http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/safran/

Ian Dalziel

Sat, 31 Jan 2015 16:41:10 +1300

Searching for the god particle...
...while you are in Stanmore Road there is a neat exhibition at the Linwood Community Arts Centre's Eastside Gallery (cnr Worcester St).
works by Michael Springer
...some pieces are painted on slate from St Lukes church roof
i got triggers of messrs H. Bosch and…

Ian Dalziel

Sat, 31 Jan 2015 16:33:18 +1300

Press One for Accounts...
If you're thinking of using Neil Finn's music as your company's hold tune, think again.
The Kiwi recording artist this morning tweeted his disdain for such use of his songs: "I'm ready to fight against the use of my songs for customer service hold music."
I'm…

TracyMac

Sat, 31 Jan 2015 16:11:40 +1300

Love the Aretha. One of my favourite tracks of hers, and that's a great remix.

Russell Brown

Sat, 31 Jan 2015 15:41:39 +1300

Should be easy enough to track down. I had a quick check and Chc Library has 4 copies – all being read btw

Reading it on my iPad already :-)

Mike O'Connell

Sat, 31 Jan 2015 13:31:23 +1300

Should be easy enough to track down. I had a quick check and Chc Library has 4 copies – all being read btw.

Shocking stuff and I was reminded of Strange Fruit and dug around a little and found some articles. This one [[http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cifamerica/2010/sep/18/strange-fruit-song-today | Strange Fruit is still a…

andin

Sat, 31 Jan 2015 12:41:42 +1300

" mongrel music made up of European, Caribbean and African echoes, all mating on American shores."
Sounds like musical heaven to me, but Gunslinger sez it was "musical anarchy and evidence of a recurrence of the primitive impulses"
Looks like a good read, if depressing in a wider sense.
How…

Russell Brown

Sat, 31 Jan 2015 11:29:29 +1300

I noticed this a bit late for the blog, but this story of the pursuit of Billie Holiday, adapted from Johann Hari’s book Chasing The Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs , is a shocking and still relevant read. I will have to find this…

Ian Dalziel

Sat, 31 Jan 2015 07:09:24 +1300

the Vinyl Countdown...
Auckland Record Shops
I can remember trundling round many of these on a monthly basis dropping off Rip It Ups – after spending the preceding week chasing some of them for ad copy, Robin Lambert was usually last and usually complicated with dense type, then I'd to…

kiwicmc

Fri, 30 Jan 2015 20:40:52 +1300

The article says late 80's but it must have been open in 1980 as I was living at home in first year of uni.

kiwicmc

Fri, 30 Jan 2015 20:24:52 +1300

I'd like to give a shout out for Colin at Revival Records in Victoria Street. Passed many an hour there after uni in the '80s before getting a bus back to the cultural wasteland of the North Shore. A lovely bloke who kept a small selection of rarities under the…

Alan Perrott

Fri, 30 Jan 2015 15:24:11 +1300

nice link to Kris – he does the Lord's work, no pun etc.

Dave Patrick

Fri, 30 Jan 2015 13:32:51 +1300

I can attest to Robin Lambert's skill as a salesman in Sounds Unlimited – I would walk in, he'd recognise me, suggest 2 or 3 new arrivals to listen to, and I would inevitably leave with what I'd been intending to buy AND the 2 or 3 he'd played for…

Russell Brown

Fri, 30 Jan 2015 12:47:37 +1300

Looks like Ms Barnett has worked out that irony doesn’t have to mean detachment. She sounds almost pissed off. And her band sounds pissed off too. Cool!

She sounded really pissed off when they played that one at Laneway.

Ken Double

Fri, 30 Jan 2015 12:45:08 +1300

Looks like Ms Barnett has worked out that irony doesn't have to mean detachment. She sounds almost pissed off. And her band sounds pissed off too. Cool!

Public Address

Fri, 30 Jan 2015 12:45:08 +1300

Discussion from blog post.