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Hugh Wilson

Tue, 23 Feb 2016 13:02:35 +1300

On the summer festival tip, came across this recent ‘Rainbow Serpent’ set by Mista Savona, download button too:

https://soundcloud.com/mistasavona/rainbow-serpent-festival-2015-mista-savona-dj-set

Howard Edwards

Mon, 22 Feb 2016 12:25:53 +1300

Thanks for the link to the history of Charles Begg and Co, Russell. I remember a lot of musos in ChCh used to hang out there, including Neville Claughton who worked there for many years. In particular I recall seeing Eddie Hansen and other members of the as-yet unknown band…

Ian Dalziel

Sun, 21 Feb 2016 09:17:50 +1300

I read the news today, oh boy…
http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/77104624/review-raggamuffin-2016-a-night-of-noshows-rejigs-and-reggae

Raggamuffin organisers must be dreaming if they’d thought The Game would get through NZ Customs unquestioned – despite promoters lying to punters telling them the rapper had missed his flight from Dubai (something you’d think they’d have known at least 17 hours…

Geoff Lealand

Sat, 20 Feb 2016 22:33:59 +1300

I love Anthonie Tonnon's 'Successor'. Such great music for long road trips. Even more impressed to receive friendly emails from him, when I asked about future gigs,

Stupid

Fri, 19 Feb 2016 18:10:32 +1300

I just listened to all the Taite finalists in a row... one could be forgiven for thinking it was an audition for a new Lynch movie, well that was my first reaction, anyway since I'd gone to the trouble of searching out the clips, here they are, hear for yourself.…

Ian Dalziel

Fri, 19 Feb 2016 15:21:50 +1300

Might be time to reread (again)
I found it via
my local library
wouldn't surprise me if Scorpio Books stock it as well, now they have a new home in 'town'.
(heck, I remember Scorpio when it was Pisces and out in Fendalton...)

Mark Easterbrook

Fri, 19 Feb 2016 14:28:19 +1300

Oh wow, I'd forgotten about FreakAngels. So good.

nzlemming

Fri, 19 Feb 2016 13:31:26 +1300

I've just 'discovered', and have been enjoying, Warren Ellis's* excellently curated ambient music podcasts, not to mention his and Paul Duffield's FreakAngels web comic

The thing that was really crap about FreakAngels was that it finished. Loved it and loved waiting for the next edition (A whole week?? Gods dammit…

Russell Brown

Fri, 19 Feb 2016 10:43:38 +1300

*That’s the comic-writing Warren Ellis, not the musician one in The Bad Seeds and Grinderman.

Guess which one I immediately thought of?

Russell Brown

Fri, 19 Feb 2016 10:43:13 +1300

Hi, the Apple Pie Bed embed is missing (for me).

Thanks. my internet was behaving a bit oddly yesterday – I thought it had loaded. Fixed now!

Ian Dalziel

Fri, 19 Feb 2016 10:33:57 +1300

Lawrence Nightingale to the rescue...
Apple Pie Bed embed is missing
try this link:
https://soundcloud.com/lawrence-arabia/apple-pie-bed-demo

...if it was a wine (or cider) I'd say:
"lightly sparkling, with glints of Nilsson and Wilson, from the Beatlesque gravels, a good vintage. Cellar plenty. Quaff often!"
or something like that
:- )

I've…

LIISA

Fri, 19 Feb 2016 10:00:09 +1300

Hi, the Apple Pie Bed embed is missing (for me).
Love the contrast between DD and DH – both great.
Happy Splore.

Public Address

Fri, 19 Feb 2016 10:00:09 +1300

Discussion from blog post.