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recordari

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 15:10:36 +1200

Jo Nicholls-Parker "Perky" bob!

Best ironic use of 'perky' of all time. Just sayin'.

Ian Dalziel

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 14:45:54 +1200

a good way to burn up the dosh...

Christchurch's KLF mystery has been solved.

I had wondered when I saw a sign on Linwood Ave... the only Steve Austin I know was the Six Million Dollar Man ... Chch needs a wrestling aficionado in office as much as it needs…

philipmatthews

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 12:48:53 +1200

In other music news, Christchurch's KLF mystery has been solved. Well, I was scratching my head anyway ....

http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/opinion/blogs/campaign-chatter/3985402/Nathan-3-16-The-Peoples-Champ

Ian Dalziel

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 11:54:29 +1200

re the 3Ds article on the Flying Nun site...
Information specialist, Bruce Russell and/or the content editors are gonna have to lift their game
a tad...
ya can't get away with a 3rd paragraph intro like...

After initially forming as a trio (hence the name) they were joined in early…

Tim Michie

Mon, 02 Aug 2010 15:46:22 +1200

How about linking Juvenilia – The Verlaines Wikipedia to the Flying Nun site... both would be as accurate as each other and we all save the label some time.

Caleb D'Anvers

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:58:12 +1200

Exciting news, but I wanted to reiterate Peter Ashby's point that there's a lot more work to do, especially on the shop interface. It's great that they're selling MP3s, but at the moment individual songs (rather than whole albums) don't seem to be available. And I'd like to know what…

recordari

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:05:20 +1200

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5dccsUc8qA

ETA: That animation is disturbing after a while. Fish lips are somewhat distracting. Just listen to it maybe?

Geoff Lealand

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:04:03 +1200

Stephen: thanks for posting the Newport vid. Much appreciated.

If you ever take the Paddington to Cardiff train, you pass through Newport and wonder why!

philipmatthews

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:00:18 +1200

And another.

http://www.jackbooks.com/Leigh/online/einstein.htm

philipmatthews

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:39:23 +1200

Where's all the bloody poetry 'en?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4x2lflwdqs

recordari

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:25:42 +1200

Isn't it National Poetry Day ores um, thing?

Where's all the bloody poetry 'en?

Oh, here 'tis.

Andre Alessi

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:01:19 +1200

http://www.youtube.com/v/iG8zNSf0c9k

Double Rainbow Guy from a different angle.

philipmatthews

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:54:45 +1200

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkxwP2A677E&feature=related

Paul Campbell

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:04:41 +1200

Well it is Friday and I just had to pass this on ..... I just had to call NZ Post's international parcel service 800 number and was put on hold .... maybe it's a case of 'unclear on the (marketing) concept' but they played me Split Enz's "6 months in…

andin

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:53:14 +1200

"Big Leeks will inspire you"

Nice little item on Christopher Hitchens last night on Media 7.
His book is a fun read. But its a bit of a stretch at the end when he tries to claim he saw the WMD's in Iraq while there with Wolfowitz.

And Rachel Lang…

recordari

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:53:19 +1200

"Chips, cheese, curry makes you feel brand new".

Straight to T-Shirt please. Now!

Stephen Judd

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:12:10 +1200

For Geoff:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNfbX6uvA6s

Peter Ashby

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 03:27:20 +1200

So I went to the Flying Nun shop for a looksee. I clicked on The Verlaines and wondered what songs were on 'Juvenilia' since all my Verlaines is on, currently unplayable, original '80's vinyl it would enable me to get some of my old favourites onto my iPod. So I…

Sacha

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:55:27 +1200

Ta for the mention, Jason – and my appreciation for your hard work pulling the WordCamp event together too.

Steve Barnes

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:38:19 +1200

Actually that would be a great band name

I'm sure Dawn Raid would welcome them with open Arms.
;-)

Paul Campbell

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:59:51 +1200

The Armed Offenders Squad

Actually that would be a great band name – just think of the posters around town and the 1000s of similarly dressed kids who would show up to shows

Steve Barnes

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:30:26 +1200

They always look like they are having a lot of fun, those fellas.

The Armed Offenders Squad?
;-)

Geoff Lealand

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:29:24 +1200

I was sent a wonderful p**take clip about Newport, South Wales (based on JayZ's New York) but I can't seem to shift it here.

Has anyone heard the latest release from Arcade Fire yet?

I feel like it is Friday as I am on to the concluding paragraph of a…

Jason Kemp

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:28:17 +1200

Good to see that Roger is using the free WordPress dot com service. Work in progress is the best way to go. I call it live prototyping and most projects can be live in a few minutes although we often password them for a while :)

Sola Rosa uses "self…

Jackie Clark

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:20:48 +1200

They always look like they are having a lot of fun, those fellas.

recordari

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:43:50 +1200

During the week I heard Riki Gooch, aka Eru Dangerspiel talking on bFM about the release of the live CD/DVD Great News For The Modern Man: Live At the Auckland Town Hall. October concerts coming also, which I will be trying to get tickets to before they sell out.

The…

Jackie Clark

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:25:17 +1200

Also, go look at Reuben Sutherland's gorgeous new video for the Phoenix Foundation's 'Pot'.

I do love Phoenix Foundation's atmospheric vibe. As soon as I heard Pot, I thought how beautifully it makes manifest the idea of an ensemble. Such gorgeous harmonies. Yum.

Richard Taggart

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:22:13 +1200

Hi Russell, is Media 7 still on the iTunes feed – there's been nothing via podcast for 10 days, which is a shame...

Robyn Gallagher

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:53:28 +1200

I'm so excited about the new Flying Num website. There are a few titles I've been after for years, so I'll be keeping an eager eye on the shop for back catalogue rereleases.

In the meantime, here's a searing live-to-air version of he Straitjacket Fits song "A.P.S".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlzUL6bgkFo

JP Hansen

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:44:16 +1200

Neil Finn repays David Byrne for Neil's appearance at the DB concert in AKL a few years back.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqTowMKuz6s

The fun starts around the 4 minute mark

3410

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:41:44 +1200

Hey, if anyone knows Firefox 3, could you please tell him that his latest update is fucking up my email?

Russell Brown

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:27:44 +1200

and seriously, should you be telling the world
you're not home? – at least tell them about the
friend with the Dobermann who is house -sitting
so no-one gets hurt!

Yes, there is a friend house-sitting. And our cat is quite ferocious when the mood takes him.

Steve Barnes

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:26:28 +1200

Indeed, you wouldn't be wanting unwelcome visitors, mind you I suppose it don't matter what you tell them, they smash their way in anyway. On the day that Crusher Collins blames the media for the public losing respect for the police it is, almost, laughable. I wonder what…

Ian Dalziel

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:48:26 +1200

Thankless hellhole stinks. Grand enigma.*

... one-again owner Roger Shepherd...

Good on all the King's horses and all the King's
men © for putting Roger back together again,
I knew he was a bit loose,
but I didn't know he'd broken...
:- )

Russell Brown

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:31:57 +1200

That's not the same Roger Shepherd of nz.comp fame, notorious hater of Lunix and other challenges to the global Microsoft hegemony?

No, Roger Shepherd, founder of Flying Nun Records. You need to get out more ;-)

Matthew Poole

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:28:11 +1200

There's also a new blog by founder and one-again owner Roger Shepherd

That's not the same Roger Shepherd of nz.comp fame, notorious hater of Lunix and other challenges to the global Microsoft hegemony?

Public Address

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:28:11 +1200

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