Mmmm... currant/apple!

PS. If you're listening to NatRad right now, here's a Rock chaser for that dirge.

(I wonder if they do Harry Nilsson's "I'd rather be dead than wet my bed"?)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzgdKSRqKLY&p=7B7E250ABE8B4E64

I downloaded a new Channel 4 doco called The Trouble with the Pope and went to watch it on Friday night. Got about 3 mins in, to the personal story of an abuse victim. Had to stop.

Stick with it – these are stories that have to be heard, especially…

The pain of abuse, this mans hurt is gut wrenching.
A bracing reminder, if you have the stomach.

I downloaded a new Channel 4 doco called The Trouble with the Pope and went to watch it on Friday night. Got about 3 mins in, to the personal story of an…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jHqndf9Kx4&feature=player_embedded

Well its not decided by a panel. The shortlist of 20 is, but beyond that its voted for by every APRA member who bothers to do so.

I understand it wasn't always quite as transparent. A few years back, before the current APRA mgmt, the results sometimes underwent a bit…

Okay, you can't expect everyone to 'get' the difference between a record and a song, but a Silver Scrolls panel still would, surely. :)

Well its not decided by a panel. The shortlist of 20 is, but beyond that its voted for by every APRA member who bothers to do…

It is about as far off some sort of industry stitch up as you can get.

No. I was a wee bit despairing the year that terrible Brooke Fraser song beat 'Crazy? Yes! Dumb? No!', 'Beautiful Haze' and Liam Finn's 'Second Chance'. But, as you say, last year 'Apple Pie…

Every now and again something totally awesome like Apple Pie Bed wins without receiving huge amounts of airplay, but more often than not the winner will be a big hit, people tend to like big hits, and more people love Young Blood than don't

Okay, you can't expect everyone to…

Well Graham Reid expressed some misgivings about your last record ;-)

...he didn't hate it. I read Elsewhere often, but Graham got it round the wrong way; Happy Ending had our best album cover but was our weakest record – and Buffalo is our most cohesive and complete record to…

They sometimes sound to me like The Phoenix Foundation's Tribute band. In a good way.

Heh, I think they quite good. :-)

Of course anyone following Arch Hill recordings already knew that.

They sometimes sound to me like The Phoenix Foundation's Tribute band. In a good way.

http://pitchfork.com/tv/%23/musicvideo/8384-neil-young-hitchhiker-reprise

Don't care that he has done similar things for 40 years, cause that still made my hair tingle.

And thanks, found Deerhunter Helicopter. Haven't given them enough time, by all accounts.

Craig Y

To misquote 'Pulp Fiction':

The only one who f-s with Mrs Roy is Dr Roy

I'd have given it to the Julia Deans song. But I'm not saying the whole thing's now meaningless because my pick didn't win.

Now you mention it, me too. Seeing her singing it live even more so, as while the album version is good, her belting it out in person…

Mr Kaye I will never forget 'the beardy Coldplay' comment NEVER!!).

Sorry Sam, but that made me laugh out loud. My bf was reading over my shoulder, read that comment and said "oh, is that the guy from Phoenix Foundation?"

architecture dancer

respect

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bh9UPDjh2H0

I think it is truly soul-destroying that custard squares are on the seemingly endless list of things not supposed to be consumed by pregnant women. (I seriously considered having a first post-natal meal of Bluff oysters and a custard square.)

If you mind taking the trouble to make yourself a…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1BLzf4kWFM&ob=av2n

But yeah, despite the fact that in-person I really like the guy and that I oft agree with his dislikes, I do find his harshest articles are utterly unjustified. He really missed the boat on…

Craig Y

Tears For Fears as "one of the best bands of the 1980s".

He's probably not alone* in that view you know, and I'm quite fond of some of the early stuff, and like Craig, don't always switch off Phil Collins (I'm wondering which ones it's Ok to like though, cause,…

But I guess Sweetman's entitled to a different opinion? Can't we have critics calling it as they see it, rather than repeating the received opinion?

Well, sure — but could he be a little less hipper-than-thou about it? I don't much like The Naked and The Dead either, but there…

Lol. Temuka?

Tumeke!

I seriously considered having a first post-natal meal of Bluff oysters and a custard square.

ETA: Eww! Separate, Ok, together, that's way too much visceral texture for one meal, IMhO.

it wasn't prearranged, I promise, he had told me he knew how to play it a few months ago so when I saw him in the front row.

And from @homebrewcrew on tour:

Tour update: We made negative $2000 last…

I think they're a bit like, say, the Screaming Meemees or the (Dance) Exponents, in that their commercially acceptable sound is actually their "natural" sound. That's just how they are.

And I did get the impression from our interview that they're serious about their music. I think it's the transition…

I mean, this is a man who likes crap like Phil Collins, Sting, Tracy Chapman and once, in North & South described the dreadful Tears For Fears as "one…

Thanks, Recordari. Maps is beautiful song – even moreso when I heard the backstory

Hadn't heard, but there's this interview, and it is clearly an important song to them.

Anyway, back to NZ, seen these guys twice recently and they are fun with a capital FU.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3Zddd5nXcQ

They're off exposing themselves to the mainland in CHCH, Dunedin and Gore as we speak (with a slightly smaller touring lineup).

Wait, that doesn't sound quite right.

Oh, and while we're sort of on the subject and did anyone else find it odd that there's not a single mention (that I can find) of who the panel actually were.

TBH, found the whole thing quite mystifying. Had a great time though!

Disclaimer of interest: I play in…

Calling it the Critics Choice prize and then not having any actual criticism or even a critic to…

Young Blood is a great track. Captures all the Animal Collective/MGMT vibe, but to me is fresh and damn catchy as all hell

And the album's actually quite varied. It's not a work of genius, but it is a good record, I think.

But I guess Sweetman's entitled to a different opinion? Can't we have critics calling it as they see it, rather than repeating the received opinion? Or is it unpatriotic to criticise Keeeeweee bands under any circumstances?

It's the sad, attention-seeking way that Sweetman does it.

Even if you don't like…

Can't we have critics calling it as they see it, rather than repeating the received opinion?

I welcome people raising informed concerns about the state of our music industry, and it's certainly not about musos being Kiwi.

However Sweetman bitching beccause TNAF aren't rock and roll enough for his tastes…

Didn't that just happen?

He called it, Sacha disagreed at about the same volume.

Isn't that how it's s'posed to work?

it's a dead duck now; some cool kids that can say "yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah" can win. That says Game Over.

Isn't the band he's thinking…

But I guess Sweetman's entitled to a different opinion? Can't we have critics calling it as they see it, rather than repeating the received opinion? Or is it unpatriotic to criticise Keeeeweee bands under any circumstances?

During the last song, Emily Littler took off her guitar and handed it to a guy in the crowd who proceeded to blaze away on it.

I'm quite sure it was pre-arranged, but it was…

The Press recently reviewed them as:

Last week someone messaged me on Facebook: "How do we get a CD to you?" they asked. Once they had saved up for postage ("didn't want to…

Simon Sweetman can't resist being a crusty know-nothing. Apparently he's keen on Phil Collins.

And I'm sure he thinks he's being all brave and shit. Twerp.

But when Chris Knox or Dave Dobbyn or James Milne/Lawrence Arabia won a Silver Scroll you knew it was because he had written a great song; a song that danced, that pulsed, that was alive -…

Post what ya got.

Extra: Pope Godwins himself

The leader of the Roman Catholic church concluded a speech, made before the Queen and assembled dignitaries at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh, with the argument that the Nazi desire to eradicate God had led to the Holocaust and a plea…

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