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recordari

Wed, 20 Apr 2011 08:02:38 +1200

I don't remember whether it was a Telecaster or a StratocasterJim Steinman.

Clearly he wasn't paying attention. Telecasters rule, m'kay?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8Fceovsarw

chris

Wed, 20 Apr 2011 05:25:49 +1200

Thanks for that Christopher, I'm always looking for increase my arsenal, I'll have to look into that little green book.

Danielle

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 11:22:45 +1200

22nd anniversary of Doolittle

Fucking hell. I seem to be having an increasing number of these sorts of moments of clarity lately. :)

Russell Brown

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 11:01:03 +1200

The former.

Sacha

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 11:00:57 +1200

Music, you say? 22nd anniversary of Doolittle brings free downloads (note Melissa Lee, Katrina Shanks et al) of early Pixies concert in Greece.

Danielle

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 10:50:21 +1200

Which? The droning country pop or the Steinman drama-fest?

Russell Brown

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 10:48:38 +1200

I think I might like ‘It’s a Heartache’ better than ‘Total Eclipse of the Heart’, though…

Ever since I simultaneously laughed and cried through a well-oiled group singalong of 'Heartache' at Jolisa’s dad’s “fun-eral” I have never heard it the same since.

Danielle

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 10:46:39 +1200

a droning country pop number called “It’s a heartache”

I think I might like 'It's a Heartache' better than 'Total Eclipse of the Heart', though...

(I am quite a one for country pop.)

nzlemming

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 09:23:36 +1200

Apropos of nothing but too good not to share, rumours of Rodney Hide starting a new, more liberal party than ACT are unfounded.

Rex Widerstrom

Mon, 18 Apr 2011 22:52:36 +1200

So Steinman performed all the songs himself

Superiorly, too. *genuflects reverently*

Air Supply... meh... I almost couldn't forgive him for that. But still, considering what he got out of Bonnie Tyler, previously famous for a droning country pop number called "It's a heartache", for Air Supply to have worked with…

Kumara Republic

Mon, 18 Apr 2011 19:31:39 +1200

Don't worry, I won't torture others by linking to those tracks. You're not wearing boat shoes and jeans by any chance? :)

Considering the sap that Air Supply usually put out, "Making Love" was a vast improvement. In the words of Steinman, "two boring idiots from Australia. Working with them…

Kumara Republic

Mon, 18 Apr 2011 19:27:45 +1200

Interestingly, Meat Loaf was originally to have recorded that particular album, but he was more than a bit knackered after 3 years of non-stop touring. So Steinman performed all the songs himself.

Sacha

Mon, 18 Apr 2011 19:19:42 +1200

Steinman, eh.

For a period in 1983, two songs written and produced by Steinman held the top two positions on the Billboard singles chart, with "Total Eclipse of the Heart" at number one, and "Making Love out of Nothing at All", performed by Air Supply, at number two.

Don't worry,…

Rex Widerstrom

Mon, 18 Apr 2011 18:31:15 +1200

it reinforced again how utterly crap most commercial 80s music was

Look, nobody disses Jim Steinman and no one gets hurt, okay?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIu1BZC0zTg

There's something... compelling... about it all. And to go straight from an overture that wouldn't be out of place in something by Wagner to the spoken word…

Tim Michie

Mon, 18 Apr 2011 13:20:01 +1200

Late to the party but way the hay...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDBxWQtgypY

Jacqui Dunn

Sun, 17 Apr 2011 10:40:19 +1200

Fantastic "Sanctus", thanks Ian. Just right for a Sunday morning and a lapsed Catholic :)

Ian Dalziel

Sun, 17 Apr 2011 07:43:21 +1200

and if it's all foreign and sung too...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIxEPYkXkU8

only way ya could misinterpret it might be...

Ethan Tucker

Sat, 16 Apr 2011 20:35:53 +1200

There should be 80 seats in parliament 70 electorate and 10 list seats...

Then it wouldn't be MMP and it wouldn't be proportional representation. In fact, that's even less proportional than Supplementary Member. And with only 41 required for a majority the pool of talent would be much smaller. There'd…

recordari

Sat, 16 Apr 2011 20:16:35 +1200

when it's all done in foreign.

Pfft. Try misinterpreting this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdVcKfAZJMU

Peter Darlington

Sat, 16 Apr 2011 17:56:30 +1200

And yet loves Pendulum? You should tease him about that.

Indeed, although he's dried up a bit on that front. As have they...

andin

Sat, 16 Apr 2011 17:19:44 +1200

And because I can. I hope Rock isnt a dirty word in your vocab Steve.
And may I venture, it could be the the abundance of major chords that seems strange to the modern ear. Accustomed, as it has become, to the minors and sevenths, and that other thing..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32EZgesi7b4&feature=player_embedded#at=179…

andin

Sat, 16 Apr 2011 16:52:05 +1200

Why does no one post opera, or at least opera singers, on Fridays?

Saturday OK?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTXE36Lr-lc&feature=related

webweaver

Sat, 16 Apr 2011 16:01:03 +1200

So because I went to see the very wonderful Michelle Shocked at Bar Bodega on Thursday night AND got her to sign a coupla CDs for me afterwards AND gave her a hug and thanked her for being a much-loved part of my life for the past 25 years, here…

uroskin

Sat, 16 Apr 2011 15:22:45 +1200

But really, if it's music that you like, then sucks yaboo to what anyone else says about it.
It's why I both like Concert FM and bFM.

Jacqui Dunn

Sat, 16 Apr 2011 12:46:47 +1200

That argument could go either way

A real swinger!

Steve Barnes

Sat, 16 Apr 2011 12:29:04 +1200

And yet loves Pendulum? You should tease him about that.
Very dry Russell,
That argument could go either way...

Russell Brown

Sat, 16 Apr 2011 12:19:49 +1200

Too much reggae and hefty dub in Tom’s childhood meant his chances of being a metal fan were always fairly slim. He absolutely hates metal

And yet loves Pendulum? You should tease him about that.

Russell Brown

Sat, 16 Apr 2011 12:18:27 +1200

And to those who knock opera, Iva Davies (Icehouse) & Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden) are on record saying they’re operatically trained.

If I was sticking up for opera I'm not sure those would be the examples I'd choose ...

Jackie Clark

Sat, 16 Apr 2011 12:09:45 +1200

I don't know if I've told this story before, but when I was living in London, this guy came stumbling into the pub where I worked to ask for directions to somewhere or other. He stayed and had a drink and we got chatting. He had on this guitar pendant…

Kumara Republic

Sat, 16 Apr 2011 12:06:14 +1200

I can safely say I have the following in my personal playlist, in equal measure:

Punk, metal, reggae, ska, world, new wave, proto-techno, alt, British Invasion, psych, arena rock, stage musicals... to name a few.

Mind you, John Peel was pretty eclectic too. And to those who knock opera, Iva…

Sacha

Sat, 16 Apr 2011 11:58:58 +1200

So many misinterpretations

lolnui

Steve Barnes

Sat, 16 Apr 2011 11:51:12 +1200

Wassa matta wid joo? Yew doan like Joe Cocker either!

Well, at least you can understand what Joe Cocker is singing about.
So many misinterpretations when it's all done in foreign.
;-)

Jacqui Dunn

Sat, 16 Apr 2011 11:16:49 +1200

Because all opera is crap

Wassa matta wid joo? Yew doan like Joe Cocker either! Natcherly, yew banned from da middle class!

Peter Darlington

Sat, 16 Apr 2011 10:55:17 +1200

Your niece and nephew used to love It's a Long Way to the Shop and Highway to Hell when we were in Kuwait, I never had a problem with it (er, seeing as it was me playing it ahem).

Too much reggae and hefty dub in Tom's childhood meant his…

Jackie Clark

Sat, 16 Apr 2011 10:03:33 +1200

One of these days you'll have to meet my Mum. She's at the Auck Phil or NZSO concerts every 2nd Fri and Sat, and she goes to the Bridgeway Cinema with her friend, Joan, where they watch these filmed operas that go on for hours. She's a real buff.

Deborah

Sat, 16 Apr 2011 08:59:37 +1200

No, this is opera.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLtqZewjwgA

But really, if it's music that you like, then sucks yaboo to what anyone else says about it.

Rob Hosking

Sat, 16 Apr 2011 08:42:00 +1200

What is depressing is that most of his friends seem to like '80s power ballads (Bon Jovi, Poison etc...) and ACDC. WTF is up with that?

Blame Radio Hauraki and the average NZ work place for that I reckon.

They were playing ACDC in Unity Books yesterday arvo. I thought,…

recordari

Sat, 16 Apr 2011 07:52:00 +1200

;-)

Shouldn’t that have been a +3?

Some opera I like, although is this opera?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xpkRj99FH0

ETA: Reply fail. That was to Steve.

Lucy Stewart

Sat, 16 Apr 2011 07:27:29 +1200

Because all opera is crap, there I said it. Am I now banned from the Middle Class?.

No, but we're going to confiscate all your sav blanc.

Steve Barnes

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 22:57:51 +1200

Why does no one post opera, or at least opera singers, on Fridays?

Because all opera is crap, there I said it. Am I now banned from the Middle Class?.
;-)

DexterX

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 22:30:00 +1200

The Shanks speech is proof that there are too many people in the house with not enough to do and what they do do they do very poorly – I was waiting for her to mention "Obama Bit Laden" or “Obama Bytes Bin Laden”.

There should be 80 seats in…

Sacha

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 22:20:55 +1200

only here, mind :)

nzlemming

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 22:19:14 +1200

I'm doing as I'm told

That's a first.

Sacha

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 22:16:49 +1200

you said not to, but we're all thinking of your friend

I'm doing as I'm told

DexterX

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 22:16:36 +1200

I put on ACDC – Back in Black and after each of the first three songs on side one my three year old burst into applause – she just loved it.

recordari

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 22:15:30 +1200

They Might Be Giants

Nice.

Jackie, you said not to, but we're all thinking of your friend, and you for caring so much. Take care.

Jeremy Andrew

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 22:03:42 +1200

I was tucking my kids into bed this eveing with a few bedtime stories from Youtube: Tom Lehrer (Pollution, Poisoning Pigeons and the Elements), Green Jelly's 3 Little Pigs, Primus – The Devil Went Down To Georgia, They Might Be Giants (Istanbul, Dr Worm, several of their sciency ones -…

Paul Williams

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 21:27:09 +1200

Oh, Jackie. How wretched for your friend

Indeed. I hope it's helped to have got how you feel out and been heard. Many here will have been through something similar and know your and your friends feelings of distress.

Jackie Clark

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 21:07:42 +1200

Deborah

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 21:04:56 +1200

Oh, Jackie. How wretched for your friend.

Deborah

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 21:03:14 +1200

For many a year I’ve wondered to what extent grammar of this ilk is taken into account when grading ze international students’ work.

I usually correct the first page of an assignment, and leave it at that. It's not too onerous. However in the past few years I have been…

Ethan Tucker

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 20:47:16 +1200

Enjoyed The Greatest Man in Siam clip, particularly the banner on the king's palace:

King's Daughter Contest
Also bowling at 3.30pm

Very Simpsons! Or the Simpsons is very Shamus Culhane.

Jackie Clark

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 20:45:35 +1200

I just have the need to write something down. Please ignore this. Please don't respond to it. It’s only really for my eyes. I can’t write it on twitter or facebook because the dear friend I am writing about would see it, and that would just make her day worse.…

Caleb D'Anvers

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 20:39:44 +1200

Music, then
#nowplaying [2]:

New tracks from 50 Foot Wave (that's Kristin Hersh's punky side-project, btw). Spiky.

Steve Barnes

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 20:38:11 +1200

There are stereotypes, and then there are truisms. Just saying.

It's true, I do have a sexy arse. ;-)

Tim Darlington

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 20:18:57 +1200

What is depressing is that most of his friends seem to like '80s power ballads (Bon Jovi, Poison etc...) and ACDC. WTF is up with that?

Your niece and nephew used to love It's a Long Way to the Shop and Highway to Hell when we were in Kuwait, I…

Sacha

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 19:55:34 +1200

Music, then.
#nowplaying

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zI339U6GS9s

Jackie Clark

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 19:18:19 +1200

There are stereotypes, and then there are truisms. Just saying.

Paul Williams

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 18:42:35 +1200

It's only a stereotype if it isn't true, and in my case it pretty much was.

Reminds me of a Lloyd Cole lyric; "the reason it's a cliche is because it's true" (from It's a long way down, from his debut solo album).

More angsty-boy music; it's like a stereotype/cliche…

Sacha

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 18:34:16 +1200

Only because

get a room

Christopher Dempsey

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 18:34:16 +1200

And deep apologies for not being a Friday Frivolity commentator...

Christopher Dempsey

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 18:22:51 +1200

Oh, Gawd! I am distracting myself whilst I mark student essays and I just read the following sentence (sic) Most of France movies are speaks French. Admittedly from an ESL student but bloody hell!

AND

For many a year I’ve wondered to what extent grammar of this ilk is taken…

81stcolumn

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 18:03:06 +1200

Ooooh Motorhead – Finally the internet fairies have delivered this much needed mashup.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uI-yGzm65o

Jackie Clark

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 17:57:36 +1200

Only because you have a very sexy arse.

recordari

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 17:52:22 +1200

Cool eh?

Very. One of mine is picking up the piano, and once she gets it off her foot (ba-doom tish) she is learning things like Simon & Garfunkel, along with the standard piano stuff.

She also wants to play Black Eyed Peas, which ain't all bad. The other seems to…

Steve Barnes

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 17:50:05 +1200

I would have smacked your arses – because I did sexist shit like that back then – and told you to smile.

You still do Jackie, you still do.
;-)

Jackie Clark

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 17:40:46 +1200

So you were a happy slouchy angsty young man? Unheard of. I do love that image, though.

Steve Barnes

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 17:38:51 +1200

Introduce your children to your music

I tried introducing one of my boys to Bob Dylan, he wouldn't have a bar of it. One day I asked him if he could write down the lyrics to Black Diamond Bay for me as it was a song I wanted to add…

recordari

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 17:38:39 +1200

walking around all slouchy and angsty and antidisestablishmentarian like

eh? stereotype much

It's only a stereotype if it isn't true, and in my case it pretty much was. Of course, with a smile on my face too, just to confuse people.

Jackie Clark

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 17:33:20 +1200

Oh alright then. If you say so.

Sacha

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 17:32:21 +1200

wasn't true

wasn't

Steve Barnes

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 17:20:19 +1200

What is depressing is that most of his friends seem to like '80s power ballads (Bon Jovi, Poison etc...) and ACDC. WTF is up with that?

Blame Radio Hauraki and the average NZ work place for that I reckon.

Jackie Clark

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 17:10:31 +1200

tell me it wasn't true – I am woo woo

Jackie Clark

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 17:10:09 +1200

That is exactly what I mean. Morrissey? Please. You don't have to be miserable to be intelligent.

Sacha

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 17:09:51 +1200

walking around all slouchy and angsty and antidisestablishmentarian like

eh? stereotype much

recordari

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 16:59:49 +1200

I have a vision of the young men that some of you must have been, walking around all slouchy and angsty and antidisestablishmentarian like.

There is only one response to that. Has anyone seen my trench coat and Karl Marx t-shirt?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUjZjyIyNoE&feature=fvwrel

Jackie Clark

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 16:46:11 +1200

Obviously not. But seriously, I have a vision of the young men that some of you must have been, walking around all slouchy and angsty and antidisestablishmentarian like. And can I just say? I would have smacked your arses – because I did sexist shit like that back then -…

Andre Alessi

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 16:39:50 +1200

Oh, Gawd! I am distracting myself whilst I mark student essays and I just read the following sentence (sic) Most of France movies are speaks French. Admittedly from an ESL student but bloody hell!

A friend who works in tertiary education for a performing arts course once had an ESL…

Sacha

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 16:34:48 +1200

Now I know how to torture you.

what, Elton John wasn't enough?

Sacha

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 16:33:17 +1200

logging and farming

chris

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 16:21:55 +1200

Most of France movies are speaks French.

I can’t figure out which is worse, the grammar or that this is a point the student deemed worthy of inclusion. For many a year I’ve wondered to what extent grammar of this ilk is taken into account when grading ze international students’…

Simon Grigg

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 16:21:08 +1200

Dunno if it's been mentioned here before but The Weeknd's House of Balloons mixtape – gratis from their site – is pretty special in a kind of XX meets post R&B way – if that means anything (throwing words together to try and put a loose tag on it).

Jackie Clark

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 16:17:19 +1200

Now I know how to torture you.

Peter Darlington

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 16:06:42 +1200

You're Nelson way, though, aren't you? Expect the local musical soup to be a bit different than Southland, say.

It's near Nelson. A logging and farming town. :)

andin

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 15:51:25 +1200

Lots of nice links and good music time to get my head out of books.

Friday visions, the music connection has an -ologist and an ACDC clip.
fucking strange... is the populace murdering each other in the streets?(making police life difficult and needing quelling). Is this how it goes for…

Sacha

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 15:43:54 +1200

rural South Island

You're Nelson way, though, aren't you? Expect the local musical soup to be a bit different than Southland, say.

Geoff Lealand

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 15:40:58 +1200

I still don’t own an ACDC record

…and for your peace of mind, you should keep it that way. This ain’t singing; it is very loud gargling!

Jeez–we have the dubious delights of ZZ Top and Good Charlotte playing here this weekend.

I am out of here, bundle of student…

Peter Darlington

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 15:37:50 +1200

Shudder. Caught a few minutes of Mannequin on telly the other night and it reinforced again how utterly crap most commercial 80s music was. I'm sure there are some who find the genre just wonderful. So long as they keep it well away from me..

I know. We live in…

Peter Darlington

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 15:33:25 +1200

Jamie Xx

The Fact Mag mix this week is pretty fine too.

Ooh, thanks for tip. Will check that out.

Sacha

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 15:30:02 +1200

What is depressing is that most of his friends seem to like '80s power ballads (Bon Jovi, Poison etc...) and ACDC. WTF is up with that?

Shudder. Caught a few minutes of Mannequin on telly the other night and it reinforced again how utterly crap most commercial 80s music was.…

recordari

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 15:27:39 +1200

But na, I get offensive so I try not to be easily offended :-)

I can't help feeling a bit like the school boy nerd who one day gets to be in the 'in the know crowd' and forgets where he came from. It took me months to work out…

Simon Grigg

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 15:22:15 +1200

Jamie Xx

The Fact Mag mix this week is pretty fine too.

In fact, the Fact Mag mixes are a constant source of fineness.

nothingelseon

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 15:22:05 +1200

Any chance you could get the Autotune the News folks onto that NZ parliament footage? Seems an opportunity too good to miss.

Stewart

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 15:21:37 +1200

You spoilin' for a fight, boy?

But na, I get offensive so I try not to be easily offended :-)

Kumara Republic

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 15:20:49 +1200

Thanks Jackie, that makes more sense than my version...
Why didn't I think to check urbandictionary?

Or TV Tropes. Surgeon General's Warning: May be hazardous to your productivity.

Andrew G

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 15:17:05 +1200

(but keep your house a ACDC-free zone!)

Just for that Geoff
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98I85ceICRM

I still don't own an ACDC record but there ain't a better rock guitar sound so gratuitously pushed up in the mix as this one.

Sorry, back to Everything but the girl now.

James Butler

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 15:16:24 +1200

Even more passive-aggressive: Let Me Google That For You

recordari

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 15:14:03 +1200

Why didn't I think to check urbandictionary?

Or this.

Note: Having been sent there my self on more than one occasion, I'm hoping you won't take offence.

Jackie Clark

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 15:09:31 +1200

Ah, Google. The saviour of menopausal women and men everywhere.

Stewart

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 15:05:33 +1200

Thanks Jackie, that makes more sense than my version...
Why didn't I think to check urbandictionary?

Jackie Clark

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 15:02:23 +1200

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=YMMV

Stewart

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 14:59:40 +1200

Mate, what is YMMV? I've been meaning to ask for a while and the nearest acronym I could reverse-engineer was "You Make Me Vomit" and that doesn't fit in most cases where I've seen it.

Jackie Clark

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 14:56:24 +1200

And yet I love the Pet Shop Boys. Cerebral AND fabulous.

Paul Williams

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 14:56:24 +1200

from Everything But the Girl?

Yup. In the post EBTG era, he's a pretty successful DJ and producer. He's put out, at least, four Buzzin Fly CDs which IMO are fantastic. He's toured Sydney a couple of times too (saw him about four years ago). More on [[http://www.youtube.com/user/buzzinflyfilms|his youtube channel…

recordari

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 14:53:15 +1200

Most of France movies are speaks French. Admittedly from an ESL student but bloody hell!

My best ever was 'Do not beat your bowel with your chopsticks'. It's etiquette Jim, but not as we know it.

Sorry – I know I've probably broken something in you!

Nah, it's all good.…

Jackie Clark

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 14:47:38 +1200

Is that a bit weird? I was into dancing in the 80's, and EBTG always seemed to be more cerebral than I required. Sorry – I know I've probably broken something in you!

Geoff Lealand

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 14:45:57 +1200

Oh, Gawd! I am distracting myself whilst I mark student essays and I just read the following sentence (sic) Most of France movies are speaks French. Admittedly from an ESL student but bloody hell!

recordari

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 14:43:54 +1200

I have to say.

Another YMMV moment. Fair enough.

ETA: Introduce your children to your music

The best success we've had is the Juno soundtrack. Kimya Dawson is great for car trip singalongs, and the joy that a family of five can get from the singing in unison of the…

Geoff Lealand

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 14:40:15 +1200

Kids liking the same music as their parents. That's just..... wrong, no

It is possible...and, indeed, a source of shared pleasure, as with books, films, TV programmes. Catherine Rose (17) and I both like Death Cab for Cutie, Arcade Fire, Tom Lehrer (and more) but disagree on Bright Eyes and…

Jackie Clark

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 14:35:43 +1200

Yes I had heard of them – my time era after all and I was in England at the time, but they never appealed to me, I have to say.

recordari

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 14:28:32 +1200

I have never heard of her. Thank you.

Welcome. But you have heard of her more famous band Everything But the Girl, right? That's Ok if not, it's just, umm, if it was up to me, they would be compulsory.

Jacqui Dunn

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 14:26:54 +1200

Dear God, that Shanks speech is deeply disturbing.

Jackie Clark

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 14:19:45 +1200

I have never heard of her. Thank you.

Peter Calder

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 14:09:12 +1200

Dear God, that Shanks speech is deeply disturbing. This woman is on a publicly funded salary? Tell me she is one of those, you know, like people you create on the interweb thingy with your computer but they're like, not really real. Computer-generated, that's it.

recordari

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 14:08:45 +1200

I used to see Ben Watt and Tracey Thorn around quite a bit when I worked in the West End.

I think now I'd just walk up and say 'I think we might have similar taste in music, can I buy you a drink?' Well, I'd like to think I…

Peter Darlington

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 14:05:13 +1200

Kids liking the same music as their parents. That's just..... wrong, no?

Well, that was my point. He's busy listening to cheesy dance mixes, d&b and dubstep and totally has his own tastes which I've never tried to influence, he could like Bieber for all I care. But several times he's…

Russell Brown

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 13:55:21 +1200

Kids liking the same music as their parents. That's just..... wrong, no?

Lolz. In my house, I'm the one who gets told "that's not even music!".

uroskin

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 13:52:59 +1200

Several times now the older boy has come to me and asked what I'm playing
Kids liking the same music as their parents. That's just..... wrong, no?

Russell Brown

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 13:46:58 +1200

I love the Friday thread; it's perfect Autumn day in Sydney, ideal for Buzzin fly (Ben Watt). His weekly radio show is here for those that like a little UK house (now if that's the wrong lable, cut me some slack).

Ah! I was a big fan of the Lazy…

Peter Darlington

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 13:38:52 +1200

I should also say I find my kids discovery of music interesting, just to see where they go with it. Our place is awash with music but I've never consciously tried to push anything on them so it's interesting to see them evolve their own tastes.

Several times now the…

Peter Darlington

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 13:30:10 +1200

As a rule I find anything posted on UKF is gonna be paint by numbers crap.. lol.

Oh, it's super cheese alright. Damned foot won't stop tapping though...

Jackie Clark

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 13:00:56 +1200

If I may, I'm celebrating Breaks Co-op at the moment. Because I'm missing my brother something rotten, but also because I like his music. So I offer you some beats from my brother, Hamish Clark . I love this because "One finger at a time, relax your grip and free…

MikeE

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 12:58:04 +1200

As a rule I find anything posted on UKF is gonna be paint by numbers crap.. lol.

Sacha

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 12:53:37 +1200

Ben Watt

from Everything But the Girl?

Sacha

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 12:52:42 +1200

Silly name, very good music

Cool. Classroom scene is great too

Paul Williams

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 12:45:19 +1200

Peter Darlington

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 11:55:47 +1200

Some freshly baked beats from P Money as well:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3iQkQyuj9o

Tony Judd

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 11:52:56 +1200

tUnE-yArDs.

Silly name, very good music:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ1LI-NTa2s&feature=player_embedded

more here:
http://hypem.com/#!/search/tune-yards/1/

Heather Gaye

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 11:51:10 +1200

And, finally, because it’s one of the greatest rock songs of all time
Immediate thought was "pff! that's unlikely", but OH MY GOD, thankyou for sharing!

Russell Brown

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 11:45:35 +1200

a lined refill,

The team got a special thrill from that one. We love the stationery cupboard at Top Shelf.

Robyn Gallagher

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 11:40:21 +1200

Best thing about the Gregory Brothers interview: one of the Gregory brothers says "dag", which I haven't heard since the '90s. (That's the US slang dag, not the NZ slang dag.)

Second best thing about the Gregory Brothers interview: Jose's Aotearoan gift. No bullshit chocolate fish or L&P. Jose gets real…

Russell Brown

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 11:38:47 +1200

Is good.

It is!

Should have written about it this week — never mind: it'll still be good next week ...

Peter Darlington

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 11:38:37 +1200

If you want a weekend banger I suggest you grab this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ix9AauGdpEk

My 16 year old has been rattling our windows with it for the last few weeks. I've been approving.

Andrew G

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 11:38:29 +1200

Whew, that Saints track just gave me the kick up the arse I needed today – Yeah!!

Tom Ackroyd

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 11:36:06 +1200

Stream the new David Kilgour album “Left By Sort” here.

Is good.

(Thanks to @ArchHillMystery & @jesstherese)

Public Address

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 11:36:06 +1200

Discussion from blog post.