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Mike O'Connell

Tue, 18 Oct 2016 22:53:30 +1300

Hey, how’d your stall go yesterday?
And I met the fine Mr Dalziel at last – and met again after many a long time the fine Mr Parkes...whom I look forward to see performing with Cardigan Bay, as Ian has recently re-posted, this Thursday at the Darkroom.

BTW Anita…

Hugh Wilson

Tue, 18 Oct 2016 22:20:11 +1300

Special post Russell, words other than that elude me ..

I’ve thought a bit about records and covers that are important or significant for me following first hearing of that exhibition, the two being quite seperate. In terms of covers Blerta’s ‘This is the life’ might be my favourite, thanks…

Simon Grigg

Tue, 18 Oct 2016 18:59:29 +1300

Aw Gawd. I see someone suspiciously similar to late 80s me… Any idea which gig Simon?

It wasn't a gig as such, it was The Asylum which was the house club Tom Sampson and I hosted in the venue when there were no booked bands. We had a roll-in/roll-out club…

Tim Michie

Tue, 18 Oct 2016 15:19:32 +1300

Aw Gawd. I see someone suspiciously similar to late 80s me… Any idea which gig Simon?

Rich of Observationz

Tue, 18 Oct 2016 15:00:27 +1300

considerable fleet of DJs

I thought the collective noun for a group of DJs was a "flange", like baboons.

Ian Dalziel

Mon, 17 Oct 2016 14:16:23 +1300

market forces...
I got a good bite off your hand tied twitter lure (thank you), made the rent, but not three figures, but two banana boxes of silverfish food released back into the environment – slow and steady... Good crowds though.
– met the fine Mr O'Connell at long last,…

Russell Brown

Mon, 17 Oct 2016 13:58:46 +1300

Hey, how'd your stall go yesterday?

Ian Dalziel

Mon, 17 Oct 2016 13:21:55 +1300

Here's an ad I did from 1986 for some Galaxy gigs*
and maybe this interview was filmed there?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qYa8zMe5lU

*ad sourced from
http://nostalgiablackhole.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoid=196094811

Russell Brown

Mon, 17 Oct 2016 10:52:03 +1300

Closer to 3 I think – The Galaxy was January 86 I think until about Sept 88. The stage was moved then and it was reopened in time for Run DMC in November as The Powerstation.

And for Housequake!

;-)

JacksonP

Mon, 17 Oct 2016 10:42:48 +1300

was probably somewhere in this shot

I think I see Mat at the back, so that's probably my ear. I was actually looking at these photos on your blog yesterday. Wow there's some familiar faces in that crowd.

And I've got a Mantronix earworm.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKOzSio5RZw

Simon Grigg

Sun, 16 Oct 2016 19:04:10 +1300

Wow… only two years as The Galaxy

Closer to 3 I think – The Galaxy was January 86 I think until about Sept 88. The stage was moved then and it was reopened in time for Run DMC in November as The Powerstation.

The pic is the old stage/dancefloor at…

FletcherB

Sun, 16 Oct 2016 12:02:43 +1300

. The Mt Eden one opened in 1986 and was The Galaxy (uppercase T and a y) and was owned by Phil Warren and Don Lillian. When they sold it in 1988 it became The Powerstation (the stage was moved at the same time).

Wow… only two years as The…

JacksonP

Sun, 16 Oct 2016 09:51:44 +1300

The Mt Eden one opened in 1986 and was The Galaxy (uppercase T and a y) and was owned by Phil Warren and Don Lillian.

Coincidentally, Owen H and I were reminiscing on twitter about the time Shriekback played The Galaxy in ’87 (which surprisingly he missed). Early ’87 was…

Joe Wylie

Sat, 15 Oct 2016 13:36:26 +1300

Little Queen st no longer exists I discovered buried by that monstrosity downtown shopping something. Which never worked. I used to love the jumble of shops that was downtown Ak. All gone, ah progress... or was it developer madness...

Bruce Jesson's eminently readable __The Fletcher Challenge: Wealth and Power in…

andin

Sat, 15 Oct 2016 13:21:22 +1300

You've jogged my memory now, Little Queen st no longer exists I discovered buried by that monstrosity downtown shopping something. Which never worked. I used to love the jumble of shops that was downtown Ak. All gone, ah progress... or was it developer madness...
The bands we saw there was…

Simon Grigg

Fri, 14 Oct 2016 22:50:16 +1300

Ah, I can see what’s happened here. There was a more recent Galaxy on Mt Eden Road – it’s now the Powerstation. I’ll let the editors know.

The 60s one was the Galaxie (in Little Queen Street, off Lower Queen Street, and owned for a while by Eldred Stebbing –…

Rob Stowell

Fri, 14 Oct 2016 22:38:16 +1300

Thursday October 20th!!! at the Dark Room
With Shane Carter/Don McGlashan the same night at the Aurora Centre. Still plenty of tickets, should also be a grand thing :)

Russell Brown

Fri, 14 Oct 2016 21:01:06 +1300

For anyone interested, Fela’s recordings are somewhat scarce on the streaming services, but copious on Bandcamp.

Some of them aren’t cheap by modern music standards – $9 for the 23 minutes of I.T.T. – but they are awesome.

Russell Brown

Fri, 14 Oct 2016 20:28:47 +1300

I am sorry to hear about Nicole, I only heard of her but never met her.

I literally wouldn't be who I am today had I not met her.

Russell Brown

Fri, 14 Oct 2016 20:26:31 +1300

Thanks for the memories and a bit more of an insight into that fab couple!

Yay! I was hoping someone else here would have memories of them. Bruce had reputedly sat in on percussion with Brownie McGhee. He got up from the audience and played congas once at a gig…

Stupid

Fri, 14 Oct 2016 19:24:35 +1300

Re: The Builders tour, at the forthcoming Auckland show (Audio Foundation Sat 22) there will be keyboards for at least part of the set, and two drummers. A few people have asked if there's ticket pre-sales, as far as I know it's door sales only $10

Stupid

Fri, 14 Oct 2016 19:11:53 +1300

Russell, wonderful to read of Bruce & Adele King! I think Bill Direen introduced them to Maryrose & I and soon after they became semi-regular guests for dinner, which usually mean't they would come over armed with exotic cooking ingredients, weapons, and you guessed it African LPs by Fela Kuti, Ebenezer Obey…

Russell Brown

Fri, 14 Oct 2016 17:56:55 +1300

Please note that this morning – flummoxed by the passing of Helen Kelly, tbh – I forgot what I was going to write about and have just now updated the post with the story of my first girlfriend, her exotic parents and a certain record.

Ian Dalziel

Fri, 14 Oct 2016 17:32:25 +1300

Tangible evidence!

Ian Dalziel

Fri, 14 Oct 2016 17:26:41 +1300

hall-of-fame honouree
I note that the NZ Music Hall of Fame Toy Love page only lists Alec Bathgate (guitar) • Mike Dooley (drums) • Chris Knox (vocals) • Jane Walker (keyboards)
as inductees – somehow Paul Kean (bass) has been left off!!

...and their site photo resizing cuts Paul off…

Ian Dalziel

Fri, 14 Oct 2016 17:19:15 +1300

The prior inhabitants may have been a bunch of junkies who left the toilet set solid to the brim with shit and paper (we had to pour hydrochloric acid in it and shovel the shit out with a trowel)
Very Trainspotting!

The Galaxy nightclub was in downtown Auckland city on…

Ian Dalziel

Fri, 14 Oct 2016 17:06:29 +1300

their next gig at The Dark Room (St Asaph St) on XXx xx xx of October(8.30ish start).
Okay scrub that I got the date completely wrong!!
It’s Blair Parkes and Cardigan Bay on Thursday October 20th!!! at the Dark Room
http://darkroom.bar/

Russell Brown

Fri, 14 Oct 2016 16:53:31 +1300

are Son of Cronos and Girl at Night Vacuum-era songs?

I think so, but I’m no expert :)

Hmmm ... same.

I would like to point out that the first time I heard 'Bedrock Bay' it was being played by the Volkswagens. Bill was quite the hit factory.

Russell Brown

Fri, 14 Oct 2016 16:50:19 +1300

Umm The Galaxy nightclub was in downtown Auckland city on Customs St, not as Nick Bollinger says. “At the Galaxy in Mount Eden” . Unless he is quoting Alastair who is mistakenly remembering.

Ah, I can see what's happened here. There was a more recent Galaxy on Mt Eden Road…

Russell Brown

Fri, 14 Oct 2016 16:47:29 +1300

Speaking of which, I will be at the Heritage Week Market Day at the Arts Centre this Sunday

I have alerted the Twitter hordes.

I actually have issue #1 of The Face, although it unfortunately has various bits cut out of it. It was along with I.D. #1 and various…

Russell Brown

Fri, 14 Oct 2016 16:39:56 +1300

New album from freshly-announced hall-of-fame honouree Bic Runga, Close Your Eyes , out November 18.

Rob Stowell

Fri, 14 Oct 2016 16:24:33 +1300

are Son of Cronos and Girl at Night Vacuum-era songs?
I think so, but I'm no expert :)
One thing the night missed though were the keyboards
I half-expected Pete Fryer (who was there too) to get on a keyboard. Missed opportunity!

andin

Fri, 14 Oct 2016 16:05:24 +1300

Umm The Galaxy nightclub was in downtown Auckland city on Customs St, not as Nick Bollinger says. “At the Galaxy in Mount Eden” . Unless he is quoting Alastair who is mistakenly remembering.
And he missed out The Brew with Bob Gillette and Doug Jerubim.
We had to leave at…

Mike O'Connell

Fri, 14 Oct 2016 15:57:23 +1300

Nowhere! Festival, Nov 3-6.

BTW the Friday night includes performances from Dark Matter and a Stapleton – Elborado – Kraus collaboration. Peter 'Buck' Stapleton is also of course in Eye.

Mike O'Connell

Fri, 14 Oct 2016 15:44:17 +1300

I think I was sitting jst behind the mysterious Willy at one stage.
Aha, the plot thickens...

Stephen was in good voice

Apparently Bill had largely forgotten the words (!) – hadn't played those in eons – but Stephen can recall and sing just about anything I'm told. I'm not…

Rob Stowell

Fri, 14 Oct 2016 15:19:59 +1300

I think I was sitting just behind the mysterious Willy at one stage. JC was getting close-ups for the doco, with the director/dp getting wider shots. It'd be great to get a 2-3 camera edit and good audio of those two sets. Stephen was in good voice, and 'dirty and…

Mike O'Connell

Fri, 14 Oct 2016 15:06:30 +1300

No Rob, I am not Willy. Not quite sure who he is – but he gets around – filming the songs at 'In Love With These Times' recently plus plenty of stuff this year from RDU's Museum gigs, Delaney Davidson, etc.

John Chrisstoffels was also recording but he said he…

Rob Stowell

Fri, 14 Oct 2016 14:46:09 +1300

Was that you recording these clips, Mike? I should have said hello!
Stephen was great, but the set with Campbell was dynamite :)

Mike O'Connell

Fri, 14 Oct 2016 14:18:05 +1300

Looking forward to the Darkroom gig. Couldn't make the first outing as of course Bill Direen and Builders were at the Darkroom. Various musicians from the past teamed up with Bill in various line ups including – courtesy of the indefatigible Willy Biscuits – Son of Cronos (with Stephen Cogle)…

Ian Dalziel

Fri, 14 Oct 2016 13:14:13 +1300

...and speaking of Sunday evenings coming down...

Here is a taste of Blair Parkes and Cardigan Bay – the first song of their first ever gig at the wonderful Sumner School Hall last weekend – and a reminder of their **next gig at The Dark Room (St Asaph St) on…

Ian Dalziel

Fri, 14 Oct 2016 13:05:42 +1300

The Top 10 Haircuts of the 80s.
Speaking of which, I will be at the Heritage Week Market Day at the Arts Centre this Sunday (Oct 16, 10am – 4pm) selling fine copies of '80s mags such as The Face, Blitz, New Sounds New Styles and at least one…

Ken Double

Fri, 14 Oct 2016 12:20:55 +1300

Went to the first night of the McGlashan/Carter tour last night. By jingo those two are good for each other. Shayne brings the toughness to Don's lyricism and vice versa. Also they chose each other's set list so there was no complacent pandering to the hits. Not sure Don was…

Public Address

Fri, 14 Oct 2016 12:20:55 +1300

Discussion from blog post.