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Russell Brown

Wed, 09 Dec 2015 15:04:09 +1300

UPDATE: Righto, I’ve arranged it so that I can collect names for the free doorlist for the Friday Save the St James show detailed below. Just click the email icon at the bottom of the post and send me a message with your name(s) and “St James” as the subject…

Russell Brown

Mon, 07 Dec 2015 20:48:59 +1300

this one-off ABC/Screen Queensland doco, out about a month back, with another take of the Saints – the Stranded Documentary 2015:

Good to see this on YouTube now. The political scene-setting is really interesting, parts of the diversion into the Brisbane music scene less so. It’s a good complement to…

Jonathan Ganley

Mon, 07 Dec 2015 20:43:40 +1300

the reviewer clearly didn’t want to be there

It may have been more reserved back by the bar, but the reception the band got down the front was really enthusiastic. There were some young kids who had grabbed the stage front positions before the support band had even started, and…

Martin vandem

Mon, 07 Dec 2015 07:55:24 +1300

Thanks Jonathan for the Thurston Moore pics. I suspect that the 13th Floor reviewer wasn't the only one who would have preferred to be at the St James for Father John Misty.

Enjoyed the show but kept thinking about what I was missing. Some of the longer cuts have sections…

Bruce Wurr

Mon, 07 Dec 2015 07:53:53 +1300

That was an appalling review – the reviewer clearly didn't want to be there, and spent most of his words informing us of this......I thought it was a great show.

Mike O'Connell

Sun, 06 Dec 2015 09:11:46 +1300

On the heels of the excellent Great Australian Album series which emerged earlier this year and included Go-Between's' 16 Lovers Lane and The Saint's I'm Stranded is this one-off ABC/Screen Queensland doco, out about a month back, with another take of the Saints – the Stranded Documentary 2015:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4GASQ7Sv3I
Nicely…

JacksonP

Sat, 05 Dec 2015 11:59:08 +1300

Hollie Fullbrook and Tiny Ruins released the Hurtling Through EP via Bella Music last week. Her collaboration with Hamish Kilgour. It's stunningly beautiful.

Was lucky enough to see Hollie and Bic Runga earlier this year play the Wintergarden. They recorded the title track of the above around that…

Russell Brown

Sat, 05 Dec 2015 11:23:38 +1300

big ups to the banner advertiser above!
Whisky Galore – catcher of the Rye?
– reopened last night I hear.

They're a fine bunch at Whisky Galore.

Shaun Scott

Sat, 05 Dec 2015 10:29:40 +1300

so many choices today for you aucklanders!
here's another one (if you are not heading to the phoenix game of course)
Age Old 2015
Lineup includes Astro Children and Opposite Sex from Dunedin, as well as LIAM FINN, MISS JUNE, NEW GUM SARN, SALAD…

Joe Wylie

Sat, 05 Dec 2015 09:57:53 +1300

Thanks for that, great clip. If you hadn't pointed out the Confucian subtext I'd have assumed that kind of thing started back around 1970 with Giorgio Moroder :)

Jonathan Ganley

Sat, 05 Dec 2015 09:40:06 +1300

My photos of the Thurston Moore show at the Tuning Fork last Thursday are over at Elsewhere. I enjoyed it, other people not so much.

Chris Waugh

Sat, 05 Dec 2015 09:14:43 +1300

Umm, I'm not sure anybody really wants this, but Psy has a new song out, Daddy (and it kinda seems to have weirdly Confucian undertones, and not just the appearance of the character 孝 (xiao4 = filial piety) in the background):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrG4TEcSuRg

Ian Dalziel

Sat, 05 Dec 2015 06:21:43 +1300

the last word on The Last Word…
http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/food-wine/74735383/new-owners-save-the-last-word-whisky-bar-from-closure
big ups to the banner advertiser above!
Whisky Galore – catcher of the Rye?
– reopened last night I hear.

spontaneous free plug:
take a leap of fourth…
Dramfest 26-28 Febrewery, 2016
which will be so good they are arranging…

Mike O'Connell

Fri, 04 Dec 2015 15:59:30 +1300

Might look better like this...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khoinasN2YA
And UMO's new vid for Necessary Evil, way cool!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqjWidsMhvM

Mike O'Connell

Fri, 04 Dec 2015 13:54:40 +1300

You may also care to note that Unknown Mortal Orchestra play the St James the following night

That must be a pre-tour show? I hope the St James can be saved a là our Theatre Royal. Would love to have seen UMO gracing that venue but they're at the Foundry…

George Darroch

Fri, 04 Dec 2015 13:52:41 +1300

So much goodness here. It just keeps getting better…

(I can’t be the only who thinks that the Wkend is terribly overrated, however. The cover is a slight improvement.)

Tim Welch

Fri, 04 Dec 2015 13:36:43 +1300

it was a marvellous night in Auckland last night
Brilliant, wasn't it! Bikes and beer...

Geoff Lealand

Fri, 04 Dec 2015 13:13:15 +1300

Paste Magazine's ''The 5o Best Songs of 2015' * is fun. Gin Wigmore "Written in the Water" at #36 and Unknown Mortal Orchestra "Can't Keep Checking My Phone" at #13.

* can't seem to link on my iPad but you can find it easily with a search,

Russell Brown

Fri, 04 Dec 2015 12:56:43 +1300

Ah, you too?

Very much. Problems connecting with some major CDNs – Facebook, Soundcloud, etc. Feels like a cacheing issue to me, but I'm no expert.

Russell Brown

Fri, 04 Dec 2015 12:55:33 +1300

Morales back here on Sunday Jan 17th too…

I'm there.

Shaun Lott

Fri, 04 Dec 2015 12:48:58 +1300

Or that might just be my 2 Degrees internet connection. God, I miss Snap.

Ah, you too?

Gareth Ward

Fri, 04 Dec 2015 12:48:39 +1300

Morales back here on Sunday Jan 17th too...

Public Address

Fri, 04 Dec 2015 12:48:39 +1300

Discussion from blog post.