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Tony P

Sat, 06 Sep 2014 16:35:32 +1200

And the weather is atrocious at the moment. Going to be a heavy ground to play on tonight.

Tony P

Sat, 06 Sep 2014 16:32:04 +1200

Considering I live right next to the park-Yeah. Cept I have a gig to play at the famous Cabana Hotel.

Ian Dalziel

Sat, 06 Sep 2014 15:51:27 +1200

the Napier Warehouse has vinyl
Any 8-tracks?

:- )

Should be quite a night in Napier, have fun!

Russell Brown

Sat, 06 Sep 2014 15:43:52 +1200

Having trouble with my remote machine, the one up North. Traffic bursts around midnight lasting through the night then stopping around 7.My guess is a bot kicking in and who knows how widespread

Spark customer?

Tony P

Sat, 06 Sep 2014 15:22:33 +1200

Nothing to do with what's come before but the Napier Warehouse has vinyl-some really diverse and odd stuff from a copy of Hotel California to some cool jazz reissues. As always with the Warehouse it's just lying about under the cd racks. Today I picked up Brubeck's Take 5 and…

The Ruminator

Sat, 06 Sep 2014 14:49:04 +1200

Deep Obsession did a cover of Lost in Love in the 1990s. It's a dancey version. And I saw the music video for it ONCE. And it was the most spectacular acid trip of a video. Since that time I have looked so hard to find that video to see…

Gareth Swain

Sat, 06 Sep 2014 14:18:24 +1200

Johnny Cooper profile is now up on AudioCulture

One part of that write-up makes me laugh: I know it's just a spelling mistake, but the part about... Cooper [...] visited Korea as party of a concert party entertaining New Zealand troops ...makes it sound like everyone else was the concert…

Steve Barnes

Sat, 06 Sep 2014 11:55:03 +1200

My computer is behaving like a sloth
Having trouble with my remote machine, the one up North. Traffic bursts around midnight lasting through the night then stopping around 7.My guess is a bot kicking in and who knows how widespread, I do take reason able security precautions.. Traffic peaking around…

Ian Dalziel

Sat, 06 Sep 2014 11:27:06 +1200

My computer is behaving like a sloth
and missed the edit window – grrrr…
I jumped in and used my editing superpowers for you :-)

ta muchly.

turns out the sloth might have been external
not that I am a Sputter customer – but it may be a…

Russell Brown

Sat, 06 Sep 2014 07:25:32 +1200

My computer is behaving like a sloth and missed the edit window – grrrr…

I jumped in and used my editing superpowers for you :-)

Man, that Lesley Maclean poster is such a classic. I should do something on her work for Audioculture some time.

Ian Dalziel

Fri, 05 Sep 2014 16:26:52 +1200

My computer is behaving like a sloth and missed the edit window – grrrr…
Here is the link for the Poster in the previous post.

plus there is this rare Toy Love poster from Sydney
where you could always find them on a Tuesday night…

plus a couple of early Chchch…

Ian Dalziel

Fri, 05 Sep 2014 15:53:50 +1200

Step right up folks…
New Zealand’s Musical History ephemera for sale:
This fine Lesley Maclean masterpiece for Flying Nun from 1984…
and more, see my other listings.

:- )

Simon Grigg

Fri, 05 Sep 2014 14:58:45 +1200

Given the talents of all the players involved

I remember grimacing at the time – the players being Chris Mai'ai, Alan Jansson and Grant Kearney of course, all of whom went on to somewhat more illustrious things.

Russell Brown

Fri, 05 Sep 2014 14:56:48 +1200

Given the talents of all the players involved, it is a case where the whole is most definitely not greater than the sum of the parts.

Christ. That really is risibly derivative.

Simon Grigg

Fri, 05 Sep 2014 14:56:15 +1200

Chris Bourke’s Johnny Cooper profile is now up on AudioCulture. Sad day, he really was a pioneer, albeit sometimes accidentally.

Rock Around the Clock is usually regarded as the first rock and roll record cut outside the US, and was released in NZ before the Haley version.

stephen clover

Fri, 05 Sep 2014 14:18:52 +1200

"I'll take you out / like a jerk" ??

Robyn Gallagher

Fri, 05 Sep 2014 14:05:00 +1200

Here's "Break the Beat" by the Chain Gang, a New Zealand attempt at Belgian house from 1990. Given the talents of all the players involved, it is a case where the whole is most definitely not greater than the sum of the parts. It reached #22 on the singles charts.…

Robyn Gallagher

Fri, 05 Sep 2014 13:24:17 +1200

I've just watched the documentary Musical Minds, about Nick and JB, two music fans who have been hosting a hilarious music show on a public access TV station in America for over 10 years.

Nick and JB are both on the autism spectrum and while the doco starts being about…

Public Address

Fri, 05 Sep 2014 13:24:17 +1200

Discussion from blog post.