Public Address | Cafe | Hard News: Friday Music: Magnificent melancholy

Russell Brown

Thu, 07 Apr 2016 15:23:27 +1200

Ours was actually a micro home theatre system and took CDs in a DVD drive that was achingly slow to scan and start playing. It had an old 30-pin iDevice dock but, of course, no HDMI.

TracyMac

Thu, 07 Apr 2016 01:57:33 +1200

Hah, I literally gave away my Yamaha mini-system – purchased in London in 1998 – last week. The only thing wrong with it was the lack of modern connectivity, and the 3 disk CD changer being a bit temperamental.

I went the full-blown 5.1 audio receiver route – no TV,…

Mike O'Connell

Tue, 05 Apr 2016 08:56:51 +1200

There was recently a bit of a chat about The Walking Dead... last night's season finale Last Day on Earth, with the introduction of Negan, was one of the most gripping, tense and scary finales to anything anywhere that I've seen for a very, very long time.

I was 'warned'…

Ian Dalziel

Sun, 03 Apr 2016 08:46:11 +1200

Bad vibrations...
I see Fairfax and Stuff being helpful to their readers again by running their 'pre tour interview' with Brian Wilson a week after the concert – sigh
http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/78451999/the-beach-boys-brian-wilson-battles-on
It was in the hard copy Sunday today also – at least they got Randle McMurphy spelled correctly in the…

Russell Brown

Sat, 02 Apr 2016 13:56:27 +1300

Brian Eno just tweeted the link to a 1971 Sun Ra show in the Netherlands.

It's a very, very good recording. Only hassle is that each track is a separate download. Mr Eno has the finds.

Russell Brown

Sat, 02 Apr 2016 13:54:16 +1300

Further on the Lontalius tip, here he is talking about the album with Samuel Flynn Scott for Music 101.

Mike O'Connell

Sat, 02 Apr 2016 12:53:01 +1300

Not quite music but... RIP Ronnie Corbett

I want four candles...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaGpaj2nHIo

And, reprised with Harry Enfield, 'e as a problem wif 'is Apple!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIaXSBSQ0W0

Ian Dalziel

Sat, 02 Apr 2016 10:12:22 +1300

through a glass, lightly…
Catcher of the rye…?
definitely a catcher of the eye!
http://phys.org/news/2014-11-exploring-amazing-patterns-left-whisky.html#nRlv
and
www.erniebutton.com
If you’ve ever looked closely at the dried rings whisky leaves behind in a glass, you may be among the few who’ve noticed just how stunningly beautiful they can be. But what’s behind…

Mike O'Connell

Fri, 01 Apr 2016 16:12:53 +1300

it seems like “These Days” was written by

...Ian Curtis and JD :-) It's been a while so I dug it out!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2LmLpC4TYw

Mike O'Connell

Fri, 01 Apr 2016 14:49:26 +1300

Anthonie Tonnon has a new video – for an 'old single' – Sugar in the Petrol Tank. Some of the footage looks familiar, from 'Chinatown' area of Dominion Road

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-6Qs11LweI

One year on since its release, still can't get over how damn good his album Successor is

Ian Dalziel

Fri, 01 Apr 2016 14:12:58 +1300

Invasion of the Body Snatchers...
My old 80GB iPod Classic... this device and its tiny hard drive would survive the zombie apocalypse.
Hence the shuffle function, I guess?
;- )

Jason Kemp

Fri, 01 Apr 2016 13:55:24 +1300

I listened to the Jackson Browne interview on Kim Hill last week and it seems like “These Days” was written by him (when he was 16) but first recorded and made famous by Nico. I may have that wrong.

During the interview towards the end they played a live version…

Robyn Gallagher

Fri, 01 Apr 2016 13:18:11 +1300

Broods have a new single out today. It's called "Free" and the while the video isn't out yet (but will be soon), the song is on all the usual digital platforms.

It's fabulous pop, and if anyone can break the NZ music drought in the top 40, it's Broods.

Public Address

Fri, 01 Apr 2016 13:18:11 +1300

Discussion from blog post.