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Mike O'Connell

Thu, 23 Apr 2015 13:45:17 +1200

For Ian... Martin Phillip(p)s plays in the Garden City twice within a week! Martin '3 p' Phillipps (The Chills) at the Peterborough St Library on May 1. And Martin '2 p' Phillips – a guitarist nonetheless – plays at the Darkroom this Saturday with his band [[http://www.godbowstomath.co.nz/About | God Bows…

Mike O'Connell

Thu, 23 Apr 2015 11:59:22 +1200

Thanks for that Matthew. Sheep Effect... ah, I'm pretty sure Rex Visible played guitar in place of an absent Alister Parker. They were pretty raucous. Also notable for Nocturnal Projections and Children's Hour playing their first S Island shows, the latter doing a second set in a small tent across…

Geoff Lealand

Wed, 22 Apr 2015 23:56:26 +1200

I have been to the Tuning Fork a couple of times (most recently for C W
Stoneking). It is a good venue to hear music but the crowd can be distracting, with all the toing-and-froing by blokes who don't seem able to listen to music without a beer clutched in…

Matthew Goody

Wed, 22 Apr 2015 10:56:20 +1200

I don’t know what happened to those recordings. And I don’t think I’ve ever seen captured photons from that event – but perhaps someone somewhere does?

Sound & Vision has a cassette copy of 1983 Punakaiki Festival recording from Radio U done by none other than Mr. Blair Parkes.

Meant to…

Mike O'Connell

Tue, 21 Apr 2015 16:53:46 +1200

Nice. His solo sets at a couple of Chch libraries were a highlight of NZ Music Month in 2011. Will be good to hear these translate to a fourth album.

I also came across The Wastrels' The Jenner Affair and was reminded how fine a song Angels in…

Kebabette

Mon, 20 Apr 2015 11:55:26 +1200

Sorry, amending that now. Thanks for your editory eye!

Ian Dalziel

Mon, 20 Apr 2015 07:41:17 +1200

curiouser and curiouser…
numbering was 5468 first thing this morning
I’ve posted two comments – back to 5466!!

trying to get my head around how a digital program could do this – I can see how a mechanical counter might 'seize up' or 'freeze' – but computers are our friends,…

Ian Dalziel

Sun, 19 Apr 2015 18:57:19 +1200

testing…
1... 2...

Ian Dalziel

Sun, 19 Apr 2015 18:54:37 +1200

testing.... testing... testing...

Ian Dalziel

Sun, 19 Apr 2015 18:51:57 +1200

That’s really quite odd.
what’s odder is now it’s going backwards
this one was 5465!
The Big Crunch is beginning….
I’m guessing this post’ll be 5464…

Russell Brown

Sun, 19 Apr 2015 18:12:33 +1200

We missed SJD at Southbound Records yesterday – arrived just in time to see people staggering out of a very hot, crowded shop.

But Sean was kind enough to offer names on the door for their Saturday night show at The Tuning Fork. So Jim and I went.

Firstly, SJD…

Russell Brown

Sun, 19 Apr 2015 18:01:00 +1200

That's really quite odd.

Ian Dalziel

Sun, 19 Apr 2015 16:19:35 +1200

odd om-meter…
I couldn’t help but notice the counter for your posts appears to have been ‘stuck’ at 5466 for while now.
Either I go side on
or
I’ve reached peak-irrelevance!
Neither would surprise me…

Russell Brown

Sun, 19 Apr 2015 14:57:51 +1200

Getting back to the theme of this post, Penny Lane in Sydenham was absolutely humming yesterday. Armfuls of stuff, all vinyl half price (except DD’s Diamond Dozen), heading out the door. Nice that the sleeve artists Scott Jackson and Sam Harrison happened to be on hand with Delaney during the…

Mike O'Connell

Sun, 19 Apr 2015 12:17:09 +1200

Getting back to the theme of this post, Penny Lane in Sydenham was absolutely humming yesterday. Armfuls of stuff, all vinyl half price (except DD's Diamond Dozen), heading out the door. Nice that the sleeve artists Scott Jackson and Sam Harrison happened to be on hand with Delaney during the…

Mike O'Connell

Sun, 19 Apr 2015 11:47:49 +1200

Cool! BTW I couldn't help but notice the counter for your posts appears to have been 'stuck' at 5466 for while now.

Jonathan Ganley

Sun, 19 Apr 2015 11:03:29 +1200

I don’t play my Fall in a Hole much

he is not appreciated

MES, at the first Mainstreet show, 1982.

Ian Dalziel

Sun, 19 Apr 2015 10:23:31 +1200

what was the camera
Probably was an Agfa 'instamatic' – though these prints have aged like Kodak film/printing (probably printed at Jumbo Prints) – can't be certain.
I worked as a messenger boy at Agfa when I was in high school (in fact it was passed on to me by…

Mike O'Connell

Sun, 19 Apr 2015 09:26:40 +1200

While I’m freeing old frozen photons – here’s a couple of shots of Naked Spots Dance

Keep freeing up those photons! NSD eh. Saw them at the '83 Punakaiki Festival – a bizarre night when they played, Two perhaps three mud or body painted topless dancers – very King Kong-Skull…

Mike O'Connell

Sun, 19 Apr 2015 08:36:17 +1200

I get a sense that there might be more photos taken inside the Gresham than inside the Gladstone! I didn't realise Alister Parker was in the BC/DH.

BTW what was the camera Ian? One of those 'click and print' Instamatics? Many of my family's prints from that era came out…

Russell Brown

Sat, 18 Apr 2015 12:10:11 +1200

A couple of years ago I threw out all my CDs, earlier this year I deleted all my mp3s. Now I’m 100% streaming, either Spotify or YouTube. It works.

There’s a lot to stream now – not just Soundcloud but great BBC and NPR playlists, even whole preview albums on…

Robyn Gallagher

Sat, 18 Apr 2015 11:42:29 +1200

A couple of years ago I threw out all my CDs, earlier this year I deleted all my mp3s. Now I'm 100% streaming, either Spotify or YouTube. It works.

Ian Dalziel

Sat, 18 Apr 2015 07:03:08 +1200

While I’m freeing old frozen photons – here’s a couple of shots of Naked Spots Dance – I think* I may have even taken these at the soundcheck at Victoria University before their support of The Fall – ain’t life a cyclic old thang…

*(but I can't be 100% sure…

Ian Dalziel

Sat, 18 Apr 2015 06:53:35 +1200

Not quite as much hair now, but….
Speaking of old rockers …- and as Minisnap are playing at the library with Martin too – here’s a photo of (arguably) Paul Kean’s first band, the Basket Cases / Detroit Hemroids – before Toy Love and The Bats – live at the…

Ian Dalziel

Sat, 18 Apr 2015 06:46:19 +1200

into the void...
I picked up FiaH at Slowboat about 5 years ago. $90. But well worth it .
Well if no one else bids, Jackson will have scored a well deserved bargain!!
;- )

Kumara Republic

Sat, 18 Apr 2015 00:17:46 +1200

Just got back from seeing Midge Ure (of Ultravox and Visage fame) at Bodega. Not quite as much hair now, but his voice still holds its own.

Rob Stowell

Fri, 17 Apr 2015 22:14:21 +1200

That is very cool :)

Mike O'Connell

Fri, 17 Apr 2015 21:59:12 +1200

This is a great track, can't wait for the doco.I really dig Bombino from neighbouring Niger. He played at our WOMAD festival this year. Here's Tar Hani, live from, I think in his home town of Agadez:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Adfb17JQYtg

Mike O'Connell

Fri, 17 Apr 2015 20:39:16 +1200

Fall in Hole tour is legendary. Though a recording of the Mainstreet show, FiaH pretty well encapsulates the Canty. Uni Ballroom show too. I believe Chris Knox attended all the NZ dates and of course copped a lot of strife from MES for recording Mainstreet shows. Does anyone know if…

Rob Stowell

Fri, 17 Apr 2015 20:05:03 +1200

Ive got a metre or so of vinyl I need to let go of. We should have organized a stall!

Alan Perrott

Fri, 17 Apr 2015 20:01:26 +1200

mate, feeling your pain.

Nora Leggs

Fri, 17 Apr 2015 16:51:56 +1200

is the printer up and running? I should really organise a belated batch of photo-cards!

andin

Fri, 17 Apr 2015 16:41:39 +1200

listen toyour world

That was beautiful

Ian Dalziel

Fri, 17 Apr 2015 16:01:19 +1200

can I ask why you’re selling them?
let the purging begin...
Well much like your copies they've been in my care for 3 decades and I haven't had a turntable for two decades, I have them because I was around at their birth and were done by people I know,…

Grant McDougall

Fri, 17 Apr 2015 15:38:19 +1200

The Fall in a Hole record is a legend (two records: 1 @ 45rpm and 1 @ 33 1/3rpm)

I highly recommend reading long-serving Fall bassist Steve Hanley's recent memoir The Big Midweek. Crikey, talk about suffering for your art. Loaded with lots of great details, anecdotes and crossing paths…

Ken Double

Fri, 17 Apr 2015 15:35:02 +1200

I still have my Krypton Hits. I shall pass it on to my children who will listen distractedly to the attendant backstory before sticking it next to Godley and Creme's "Consequences" box set in the garage sale that follows my premature death in a home brewing accident. It is foretold.

Alan Perrott

Fri, 17 Apr 2015 15:11:50 +1200

also, just to toss a track into the mix, found this yesterday – it’s a live (and better) take on a track from an album of African bands recorded by Damon Albarn, Brian Eno and Nick Zinner from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. this was Zinner’s project…he’s the palangi standing at…

Alan Perrott

Fri, 17 Apr 2015 15:00:02 +1200

can I ask why you're selling them? I don't play my Fall in a Hole much (OK, never) but I kinda like knowing it's there.

Alan Perrott

Fri, 17 Apr 2015 14:59:04 +1200

yeah, but the poms seem to have developed an odd system where you form an orderly queue to get to a counter where you then ask for what ever you're after (not even knowing whether or not they've got it in the first place) which is possibly more seemly than…

Ian Dalziel

Fri, 17 Apr 2015 14:55:51 +1200

Ooh. Post the the link when they’re up
Fall in a Hole:
http://www.trademe.co.nz/music-instruments/vinyl/lps-33-rpm/other/auction-875044032.htm

20 Solid Krypton Hits:
http://www.trademe.co.nz/music-instruments/vinyl/lps-33-rpm/other/auction-875030849.htm

I know I'd get more for these on Ebay – but I feel connected, and that behooves me to release them back into the catchment from whence they were spawned.

Don't hold…

Hugh Wilson

Fri, 17 Apr 2015 14:13:42 +1200

Over here in Melbourne the RSD phenomenon is seemingly getting bigger every year. I’ll be heading along to Northside Records which will be featuring a performance by Paul Kelly among others, which is a ‘nice’ parallel of sorts to Neil Finn performing at Slow Boat given the respective mana /…

Russell Brown

Fri, 17 Apr 2015 13:50:59 +1200

Me too – I’m putting the above two vinyl treasures on Trade Me later today!

Ooh. Post the the link when they're up and I'll let some people know.

peter mclennan

Fri, 17 Apr 2015 13:41:11 +1200

cheers for the link,. Here’s a great story by Murray Cammick that I dug out from Real Groove, 2001. An interview with Larry Morris of Larrys Rebels,about how he quit the band when their managers didn't book them any accommodation after a gig in Whitianga, and also the time he…

Ian Dalziel

Fri, 17 Apr 2015 13:31:24 +1200

…dusting off a treasure trove of rare and collectable records
Me too – I’m putting the above two vinyl treasures on Trade Me later today!

It’s been so long since I looked carefully at the Solid Krypton Hits record – I forgot I had done the label artwork lettering –…

Ian Dalziel

Fri, 17 Apr 2015 13:22:27 +1200

Hume annoyed…
Martin Phillips will be playing at Central Library Peterborough
…any chance Martin Phillipps might show up instead?

For some reason I expect libraries to get these things right – even the poster is wrong…

The memory jogger I use is Star Wars
– Martin is a solid gold…

Kebabette

Fri, 17 Apr 2015 13:11:15 +1200

Fantastic, I spotted that now – thanks to you. Am linking to it in my blog post.

Mike O'Connell

Fri, 17 Apr 2015 13:08:32 +1200

Cheers! And in my previous post, I linked to Vicki's article, now online.

Mike O'Connell

Fri, 17 Apr 2015 13:02:17 +1200

I was in Nelson last Saturday, damn, out by a week... meanwhile there are indeed RSD events in Christchurch

Penny Lane in Sydenham will host Delaney Davidson (signing copies of his new vinyl release, Diamond Dozen – hopefully playing a small set too) before he jumps on plane…

Kebabette

Fri, 17 Apr 2015 12:58:12 +1200

And yes Martin Phillips will be playing at Central Library Peterborough for the NZ Music Month launch gig. Yowsa! More about it here.

Kebabette

Fri, 17 Apr 2015 12:56:18 +1200

Ōtautahi stuff on Record Store Day – Galaxy Records has Bad Evil live instore ("middayish"), and rare and collectable vinyl from the vaults. Pennylane Records will be celebrating over the weekend too, Lyttelton's Delaney Davidson will sign copies of his limited edition vinyl release Diamond Dozen at the Sydenham store,…

Peter Darlington

Fri, 17 Apr 2015 12:28:27 +1200

Waaaah, in Nelson we're having our first ever RSD without an, um.... record store. With the demise of Everyman Records last year we're a soulless, musicless hellhole. Well, not quite, the good folks at Rhythm & Brown on New St are mixing up fine Nelson craft ales with a second hand…

bob daktari

Fri, 17 Apr 2015 10:14:42 +1200

Having read far too many of the Record Store Day is bad for "x" articles of late its quite heartening and not surprising that the sentiments aren't echoed by the surviving stores in NZ – most of the very real problems of the day don't seem to impact here at…

Mike O'Connell

Fri, 17 Apr 2015 09:47:20 +1200

All the action's in the north – nothing I'm aware of in Chc :-( Penny Lane or Galaxy may host something but when I last checked there was nada on the radar. Whoa, that will be a treat in New Plymouth!

We're also supposed to be over May as NZ…

Public Address

Fri, 17 Apr 2015 09:47:20 +1200

Discussion from blog post.