unreadable as in difficult to get through. the layout didn't help but it was a fairly impenetrable tomb.

yes you did highlight the gordons androidss but my point was no to criticise you writings but to highlight that because so few people do write about this stuff and…

Hey, you read it, you get to criticise it. No skin off my nose. Sure it's flawed; if I was to do it again I'd interview more fans, women etc. but until someone else pulls finger, it's all we got.

fair call, but that's why I didn't go into the…

"..the post punk genre is particularly weirdly served with a couple of prolific independent scribes busily re writing history in the way they want to see it, gleefully omitting…

got to say I was disappointing with Shute's book. the mentions of things south of wellington were patchy. He discussed a certain…

Maybe it's a Steve thing.

I resemble that remark ;-)
Anypoo, media Player Classic does all that and is tiny. You can get it with CCCP (Combined-Community-Codec-Pack)

Why doesnt quicktime have all the goodies built in?why add codecs.

It does have a lot of codecs built-in, and Perian and Flip4Mac are listed on the official MacOS X Software site, but Apple apparently doesn't want to bless .avi or .divx to the point of bundling them. Maybe it's…

but I don't think that means QT is "crap".

let their game down for a while.
they may have fixed it now but in browsers and media players, you snooze, you lose users.
right when avi was the best delivery medium for download videos quicktime did a shit job on…

I consider myself lucky to have seen the LEDs live twice this year (another bonus of living in Wellington). But I hope they make it up to Auckland soon.

Blair promises to in the PA Radio interview.

I consider myself lucky to have seen the LEDs live twice this year (another bonus of living…

quick time is crap for playing avi files, its codec this and codec that, where as vlc just plays them without discussion, and its free,

It's my experience that, enhanced with a single set of free codecs, Perian (which has the sweetest install process you could hope for), QuickTime does…

Nah, I'm gonna disagree. I use VLC for the odd job, but tooled-up QuickTime provides, I think, better performance and far more options for saving, exporting, etc.

quick time is crap for playing avi files, its codec this and codec that, where as vlc just plays them without discussion, and…

or you could just download the best media player for mac and not worry with all that other carry on.

VLC player

Nah, I'm gonna disagree. I use VLC for the odd job, but tooled-up QuickTime provides, I think, better performance and far more options for saving, exporting, etc.

The…

VLC player

thank you LEDS for the present.

Now, I'm happy to admit to technological shortcomings as much as the next perp but for some reason when I go to the so-called download page for this thread to get the free LEDs song, I instead get a streamed song... which is nothing like a download.

You need to…

Russell, when you…

Churton's writing is valid for his personal perspective as much as anyone else's but hi 20 page essay in mysterex on the gladstone was practically unreadable and bore little resemblance to the actual happening at the venue.

was that him? It was unsigned as i recall...no I agree, it was…

...the picture painted and the actual events.

...It'd be great to have 15 versions.

But as said, his detail is amazing at times.

almost spooky, which makes things like his pop mechanix article disappointing where he attempts to end the story on a high note in australia when in fact there were a good 4 extra years of interesting events in the bands history.…

Roy Montgomery describes his efforts to persuade Sam Hunt NOT to buy a Bob Dylan LP.

"I really can't sell it to you — why not buy the new John Cale or another…

New Zealand is still a small enough country where you can easily re write history by simply being the one or 2 people to actually 'document' it in your own image. Its not like the competition is tough or anything.

Agreed, mostly, Rob. To my mind the history of the…

I did an interview with Blair Parkes from the band for tomorrow's Public Address Radio

Ok, excuse my ignorance, but what station and frequency is this being broadcast on and at what time, please ? Also, is / will there be a podcast of it ?

To raise money for a breast cancer charity, she's had a cast taken of her torso (on YouTube!), which will be painted by her boyfriend then auctioned to some lucky fan.

Seems that everyone's doing it, even the boys.

and increasingly ambivalent about my book...

No, don't be. John may have his flaws as he is the first to admit but I still like the man a lot (and when I was a club co-owner the sight of he and Bruno Lawrence staggering through our doors always bought a…

Coupled with the fact that some have a vague historic value now

Still with you and increasingly ambivalent about my book...

, and they were then re-used in the 2006 reissue without a word of request from anyone....yes I'm pissed off still.

Still... and also just a little curious about…

Ahhh, yes, well I'd be thoroughly pissed off about that, it'd be like losing favourite photos of family.

Coupled with the fact that some have a vague historic value now, and they were then re-used in the 2006 reissue without a word of request from anyone....yes I'm pissed off still.

None of the photos supplied to John were ever returned. For me it was things like the first Suburban Reptiles photoshoot, early Meeemees live shots etc etc..a huge number.

Ahhh, yes, well I'd be thoroughly pissed off about that, it'd be like losing favourite photos of family.

You're really going to have to elaborate now Simon...

None of the photos supplied to John were ever returned. For me it was things like the first Suburban Reptiles photoshoot, early Meeemees live shots etc etc..a huge number.

by which I meant photographically

Those two words: Dix and photographs are best not put in the same sentence, for a few of us. Even after all these years, it's a very sore point.

Christ! Does that mean we should look out for the slightly ironic Simon Grigg revival?

After a good night's sleep I feel fully revived already today.

Like many who feature in Mr Dix's book, as fine as it might be, I'd love to see a tweaking in the accuracy of…

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Okay – this is my final Friday…

you feature in a fair bit of the '70s and '80s don't you...

... by which I meant photographically

Christ! Does that mean we should look out for the slightly ironic Simon Grigg revival?

Perhaps someone in the PAS universe could do Stranded in Paradise: Redux?

Incidentally, for no particularly reason, I dug out my copy of Dix's Stranded in Paradise recently ... you feature in a fair bit of the '70s and '80s don't you...

Christ! Does that mean we should look out for the slightly ironic Simon Grigg revival?

Lucky bastard! His new album is actually quite good (and it's a pleasure for an old Jam / TSC fiend to say that as he's got boringly rockist in recent years).

He did three or four tracks from the new album, but the highlights for me where tracks from Stanley…

Is this a good place to say how freaking amazing it was to go to a Paul Weller (Sydney) gig last night... I'd've kissed him

Lucky bastard! His new album is actually quite good (and it's a pleasure for an old Jam / TSC fiend to say that as he's…

A couple of years ago a friend of mine, in her early 30s, was at a work do. After a while much drink had been drunk and the 19-year-old student part-timer declared that everyone should…

My 10-year-old daughter was wandering around the house last night signing, "I kissed a girl and I liked it . . ." A little disconcerting.

More or less disconcerting than if she's been singing "I kissed a boy and I liked it . . ."?

gagging for the new Timmy Schumacher single with the guy from OpShop singing on it, but no, too risky apparently.

Its a stormer of a tune. with the kind of crossover yet credible sound that The Chemical Brothers manage with their colaborations. Plus the OpShop guy does sound gooooood [and…

oh yeah, iz speshiul. and a divine video too. utterly mesmerising.

After having scorned Fleet Foxes rather brutally in another thread, I'm gonna do a humiliating 180 and say that I agree.

I was turned by hearing this on this podcast, where, enticingly, a beat is mixed underneath a minute…

As for Ladyhawke, I reckon she's gonna be a flash in the pan. Her songs are insubstantial and pretty laboured, compared to, say, the far more original and talented Bachelorette.

This is really floating my boat at the mo; Fleet Foxes' 'White Winter Hymnal'. Just luvverly.

oh yeah, iz speshiul. and a divine video too. utterly mesmerising.

Slant and other critics suggest that Perry may be homophobic...

Perhaps not so much homophobic as "exploiting the stereotypical image of pretty bi-curious girlies making out for the titillation of heterosexual men".

Does it for me, though.

Meow ('pop electric acoustic country music recorded on a hazy Sunday afternoon type thing')…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrQRS40OKNE

he hadn't worked out why people start spewing comparisons when they hear his band.

Isn't that what every armchair critic does with every band? In any case, maybe it's just that they remind us of so many things we like.

the weirdest comparison they got was the Pet Shop Boys

…

From Wikipedia:

Perry's mother, Mary Hudson, who is an evangelical Christian preacher, said she disliked the song, stating: "It clearly promotes homosexuality and its message is shameful and disgusting..."

[SNIP]

Slant and other critics suggest that Perry may be homophobic...

Man, she just can't win...

This concerns the ACTA treaty, currently being secretly negotiated by MED – this will, if passed in its current form, allow any content owner to…

all a bit twee for my ears. I think I'd done my dash with understated kiwi shoegazers quite some time ago.

it's cos I'm black innit...

Anyways, I though Ladyhawke had great energy, which is probably what's driving their success. I still love…

You could do a lot worse than spend some of your free-offer 25 eMusic downloads on this album, because it's brilliant, and you'll be able to say you were totally into Deastro before he was famous.

Oh, and of course, if you were thinking of actually signing up with eMusic,…

This week I've been listening/watching Kitty Daisy & Lewis cover of the Canned Heat song 'Going Up The Country' its awesome

www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxW3Ed7GrhQ