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Ian Dalziel

Wed, 01 Jun 2011 10:46:19 +1200

There's another "excellent performance
by Don McGlashan" here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIp4KcB2IJk&feature=player_embedded
well an excerpt anyway
– when he teamed up with Shayne Carter and Sean Donnelly to cover I don't mind for this
Toy Love Tribute album

I see burning sky records have Squeeze tribute album too..

TOTH to Simon Grigg -…

Kris V

Tue, 31 May 2011 21:12:57 +1200

I'll be up your way in July, Geoff... I could record your favourite 'instructions' so you can replay them as needed without straining the vocal chords :)

Sacha

Tue, 31 May 2011 16:13:39 +1200

Great idea :)

Geoff Lealand

Tue, 31 May 2011 15:44:20 +1200

On things musical and local: excellent performance by Don McGlashan at the Academy of Performing Arts at the uni on Saturday night. Good to run into Malcolm Ibell again, who was doing sound.

I want to get one of those loop pedal devices Don was using--so I can use it…

Ian Dalziel

Tue, 31 May 2011 13:01:18 +1200

happenstance...
Schrödinger's cats perform...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DfJc0Une5g&feature=related

Not so much a segue, as a side on...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgjKiKQOiV4&feature=related

recordari

Mon, 30 May 2011 09:20:32 +1200

EAT:

Edited After Track. Doh!

Sacha

Mon, 30 May 2011 09:12:24 +1200

in case the pendants are looking

shhh

recordari

Mon, 30 May 2011 07:43:04 +1200

Oh, go on...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1LI1rul6pQ&feature=related

EAT: It's a happening thing, in case the pendants are looking, but nice segue in any case.

Sacha

Sun, 29 May 2011 23:34:02 +1200

It's a wonderful thing

And it's happening to ya

Simon Grigg

Sun, 29 May 2011 23:10:39 +1200

I have to say that my distance has made me thrill more at what I see and hear from New Zealand, rather than less.

The place buzzes and I take some pride in what comes from our shores.

And – more – you understand the uniqueness of what we have…

Islander

Sun, 29 May 2011 19:56:02 +1200

I guess it depends on where artists – including writers – draw their strength fom eh? Many of us see this place as just getting up into gear (govt. funding would be a good idea however, because we are – small...)(Private patronage appears to be dependent on your known/apprehended political…

Jackie Clark

Sun, 29 May 2011 19:07:20 +1200

I think so Islander. He hasn’t lived here for any long period of time, in the last 20 years, and I sense disconnection for him. He lives, of course, in a city which is very other. So different to here – different language, different way of doing things. He eventually…

Sacha

Sun, 29 May 2011 18:37:49 +1200

Ta Jackie. Seems a popular place with some of the other Kiwi musos too.

Islander

Sun, 29 May 2011 18:33:34 +1200

And his reported comments echo his estrangement from ANZ-

Jackie Clark

Sun, 29 May 2011 18:27:42 +1200

He's lived in Berlin for the last few years, Sacha.

Islander

Sun, 29 May 2011 18:10:15 +1200

Or maybe based on the Moon?

Sacha

Sun, 29 May 2011 17:52:18 +1200

Is Hamish based in NZ or the UK at moment?

Jackie Clark

Sun, 29 May 2011 17:34:57 +1200

I knew you'd know all that! Ta xx

Ian Dalziel

Sun, 29 May 2011 17:24:05 +1200

Lars Out Loud
everyone loves a Trier...

Russell Brown

Sun, 29 May 2011 17:12:53 +1200

Hamish's pronouncement was that it was the best concert by a NZer he has ever seen. Which went then into his "NZ is a cultural wasteland these days. The arts are dying here. The artists who make it don't take government money. The whole funding mechanism is broken down" etc.…

Jackie Clark

Sun, 29 May 2011 16:39:32 +1200

Sacha

Sun, 29 May 2011 15:02:38 +1200

One sign said the car park closed at 10pm.

Because there's no nightlife around there, eh

Ken Sparks

Sun, 29 May 2011 13:31:06 +1200

We had our car locked in overnight at that carpark whilst at the Fat Freddy's Drop show (excellent I thought but couldn't they do with a drummer?). There were a few other disgruntled punters around but it was a fine night and we just walked home. There was a $9…

Russell Brown

Sun, 29 May 2011 11:19:59 +1200

The Standing in Silence show was pretty magical last night — I don't think I've seen anything like it before.

And, oh my, that Mercury Theatre is nice. What's the deal there? It was a base for Equippers church for a long time, and they seem to have looked after…

Biobbs

Sun, 29 May 2011 04:44:30 +1200

Here's a curiousity. In 1980, Auckland University fine arts student Justin Keen designed, built and operated a campus TV station for Orientation.

OMG! Orientation1980! I was there, a fresh-faced Stage I, and at the Toy Love gig!
Thanks for the memory – terrible to think it is so long ago…

Steve Barnes

Sun, 29 May 2011 00:02:03 +1200

Gil Scott-Heron: The Funeral Will Not Be Televised
Nice words.

Sacha

Sat, 28 May 2011 21:13:35 +1200

Possibly not safe for work

Steve Parks

Sat, 28 May 2011 20:55:17 +1200

Possibly not safe for work:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbW9JqM7vho&feature=player_embedded

Steve Parks

Sat, 28 May 2011 20:33:58 +1200

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpUqpLh0iRw&feature=player_embedded

Russell Brown

Sat, 28 May 2011 19:16:27 +1200

I bought I'm New Here and Winter In America in the HMV in Hong Kong a short while back.

I grabbed the 'Live at the Bottom Line' MP3 that 3410 linked to above, too. It's great.

Simon Grigg

Sat, 28 May 2011 18:43:41 +1200

I bought I'm New Here and Winter In America in the HMV in Hong Kong a short while back.

They were in the Easy Listening section.....

Russell Brown

Sat, 28 May 2011 16:23:07 +1200

Just went in and did some trades at Real Groovy. Picked up a very tidy 2nd-hand 12" of Gil's 'Re-Ron' for 10 bucks. Seemed very right.

recordari

Sat, 28 May 2011 14:23:02 +1200

Very sad. I'm new here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eV_astp3BjM

dyan campbell

Sat, 28 May 2011 14:21:23 +1200

So, so sad to hear of Gil Scott-Heron's death – he was a hero of mine,.

Whoever made the photo montage to "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" was too young to know who "Julia" refers to in the song.

The "Julia" Gil Scott-Heron was referring to was this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_KVTmllq9g…

Simon Grigg

Sat, 28 May 2011 14:09:01 +1200

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kdevhUCn7o

Sacha

Sat, 28 May 2011 14:09:01 +1200

Coming up shortly (after a piece on Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On" album), Radio NZ National talks to Dan Charnas about his book, "The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip-Hop".

Kumara Republic

Sat, 28 May 2011 13:51:44 +1200

In the end, the revolution never got televised. It's going online instead.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGaoXAwl9kw

Simon Grigg

Sat, 28 May 2011 13:41:15 +1200

This perhaps needs a repost too:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adq_e_NSzQ8

Full screen required

Russell Brown

Sat, 28 May 2011 13:26:14 +1200

May I highly recommend this set.

Thank you!

Sacha

Sat, 28 May 2011 13:16:02 +1200

Publisher and friend Jamie Byng who wrote a recent Guardian story on Gil Scott-Heron is the only source so far, via Twitter.

Gil Scott-Heron's death is NOT a rumour. I just called by Dorothy who is staying with Aunt Mimi in NY to tell me the news. I'm so sad.

3410

Sat, 28 May 2011 13:11:21 +1200

Gil Scott Heron has died

May I highly recommend this set.

Simon Grigg

Sat, 28 May 2011 13:07:34 +1200

Oh god, no...

Sacha

Sat, 28 May 2011 12:53:24 +1200

Gil Scott Heron has died

Still waiting to see media confirmation. But yes, bugger.

Russell Brown

Sat, 28 May 2011 12:15:35 +1200

Aw, damn. Gil Scott Heron has died:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UprRB_-8yBY

Ben Austin

Sat, 28 May 2011 10:03:40 +1200

They didn't have appropriate ID, which personally, I think was just an easy way for the Bouncers to say "your trainers are too casual"

recordari

Sat, 28 May 2011 07:40:03 +1200

I woke up with Tainted Love in my head and no one to blame.

And then I remembered the Cults.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcId8t9c4cc

PS. If you’re wondering how I got there, sing ‘baby baby’ behind the intro. Love this song, but.

Kumara Republic

Sat, 28 May 2011 01:41:44 +1200

Speaking of nostalga, I saw Disasteradio last night on Brick Lane, at a Nintendo themed gig. The MCs were dressed as Mario and Luigi, which was pretty neat for the 30 something aged audience

Did Sonic and Tails happen to crash the party? Or did the bouncers intercept them at…

Ben Austin

Fri, 27 May 2011 23:57:30 +1200

Speaking of nostalga, I saw Disasteradio last night on Brick Lane, at a Nintendo themed gig. The MCs were dressed as Mario and Luigi, which was pretty neat for the 30 something aged audience

Sacha

Fri, 27 May 2011 21:58:38 +1200

I thought I'd done that

force of habit (said the nun to the bishop)

Stephen Judd

Fri, 27 May 2011 21:39:42 +1200

Thanks to this Metafilter post, today I learned about the Jolly Boys.

Here, they look their best:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZoImzA5iO4

Here, they sound better:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vBnPQbd3ak

I am suspicious of all these "hey, we discovered cool old dudes" revivals, but I like this too much to care.

Bruce Wurr

Fri, 27 May 2011 20:54:37 +1200

thanks Sacha, I thought I'd done that.....sigh......you helped me last time, I even looked up the last post!

Islander

Fri, 27 May 2011 20:29:44 +1200

Thanks recordari! In a difficult week – which included me mislaying some of treasured cds (now, thankfully retreived) – just listening to "Marianne" made a difference-

islander, who is not a fan of the Cloud in any way/shape/unform-

Sacha

Fri, 27 May 2011 20:21:11 +1200

Meant to post this last week

NB: If you paste any full Youtube link (including the 'http' but none of the square brackets bizzo like other links here), it embeds automatically so people can see what it is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BacPDrDeY8U

Bruce Wurr

Fri, 27 May 2011 20:08:46 +1200

Meant to post this last week....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BacPDrDeY8U

Also just read this yesterday – a great article. http://thequietus.com/articles/06318-how-the-music-industry-is-killing-music-and-blaming-the-fans

Geoff Lealand

Fri, 27 May 2011 17:42:23 +1200

oops. That didn't quite work---but my intentions were noble.

On another topic, I would be interested in thoughts about the new version of Brighton Rock As a huge fan of Greene, I went to it with some reservations (given the lukewarm reviews) but it had some really good things going…

Geoff Lealand

Fri, 27 May 2011 17:33:14 +1200

Found it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERzNIzrEnLg

Geoff Lealand

Fri, 27 May 2011 17:30:08 +1200

On a recent Later With Jools, Rumer sang a lovely, lovely song Aretha. Anyone willing to post it, if available?

Geoff Lealand

Fri, 27 May 2011 17:28:17 +1200

Russell. I got rather trapped on the NZ On Screen Site.

That is not about being trapped but entranced!

Out in the Street made New Zealand seem like a more exciting place.

recordari

Fri, 27 May 2011 12:33:06 +1200

In a claw back to previous weeks, I've been desperately wanting to hear SJF So Long, Marianne for some reason, but can't find it to beg, borrow, or legitimately download for money, anywhere.

So in the mean time, here's the original.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZ61su9H5RU

Lilith __

Fri, 27 May 2011 12:24:42 +1200

And, ooo, it's Friday, so I finally get to post this wee gem, Icelandic bands that are not Sigur Rós, as introduced to you by your friend, Iceland.

It's even funnier because I found this link in Sigur Rós's FB feed.

Peter Darlington

Fri, 27 May 2011 12:24:07 +1200

No music clip but an entertaining Friday read from Mad Decent's Diplo in Vanity Fair partying at Carnival in Trinidad:

There were the early fêtes—the soca rave, then an after-party, then some eight or nine a.m. breakfast raves sponsored by more liquor companies, then a drive home for…

Lilith __

Fri, 27 May 2011 12:21:58 +1200

Rhian Sheehan is awesome! I was introduced to his work by his wonderful book collaboration with his photographer Dad, Grant: New Zealand Landscapes. You're supposed to listen to the music while you look at the pictures, but both music and pictures also stand alone.

Graeme Edgeler

Fri, 27 May 2011 12:15:33 +1200

I've had this stuck in my head since it aired a few nights ago. Daniel Radcliffe can not just act, but also sing and dance ... who knew?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HR5ArnGJfmw

Marcus Turner

Fri, 27 May 2011 11:59:52 +1200

Russell. I got rather trapped on the NZ On Screen Site. Nostalgia can actually be a bit painful.

Russell Brown

Fri, 27 May 2011 11:38:22 +1200

Cool!

Ethan Tucker

Fri, 27 May 2011 11:29:57 +1200

Not a clip, but knowing PA is a fan I snapped this Ladi6 gig poster in East Berlin on Sunday. She gets around.

Public Address

Fri, 27 May 2011 11:29:57 +1200

Discussion from blog post.