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Tom Johnson

Fri, 22 Apr 2016 21:46:17 +1200

Prince, too early bro.

Peter Darlington

Thu, 14 Apr 2016 13:59:45 +1200

Nelson has a second records sale to go with tunes and a pint of your fine craft ale at Rhythm & Brown on New Street from 4.00pm.

bob daktari

Thu, 14 Apr 2016 10:50:28 +1200

I see what the local stores are doing as the most positive thing for the ongoing nature of the day – making it about the stores and putting on a great day

it was and always should have been Record Store Day not record release day, the exclusives took over…

Kebabette

Thu, 14 Apr 2016 08:56:54 +1200

We've done a post on all the stuff going on in Ōtautahi including some quotes from Dave at Galaxy and Garry at Penny Lane. There's also a special vinyl record cutting event on Friday 15 April at 12pm at the Canterbury Museum as part of their Exhibition “Alternative Radio: RDU98.5FM…

Russell Brown

Thu, 14 Apr 2016 07:32:48 +1200

Alan Perrott on The Spinoff: Bum note: how Record Store Day lost its cool

I kinda agree and disagree. It's notable that stores in Auckland have downplayed the international RSD releases in favour of just one or two local ones – or none. Why wouldn't you drop into Flying Out…

Nat Curnow

Wed, 13 Apr 2016 20:05:43 +1200

Have a sensational time in old new York Russell, look forward to hearing all about it.

Gareth Swain

Wed, 13 Apr 2016 18:09:08 +1200

Thanks for responding Bob, Heather, and Robyn.

Joanna

Wed, 13 Apr 2016 16:40:00 +1200

it's made me think about situations in online communities that I'm currently involved with and what I can do to help prevent another type of situation like this.

Yup, this. As I've said before things are ugly all over the place and we need to get better at paying…

Robyn Gallagher

Wed, 13 Apr 2016 16:32:47 +1200

I really want to say that NZmusic was a great site, and I only ever had positive experiences from it. But I was a scary nerdy rock chick in my late 20s, not a young teen.

The NZM community was brilliant, and I loved that some teen could get into…

Robyn Gallagher

Wed, 13 Apr 2016 16:18:36 +1200

Is that why the site closed down? I always wondered why it disappeared all of a sudden.

The closing of NZmusic.com had nothing to do with the Tidball issue. I believe he hadn’t been active on the site for many years prior to it closing, with his online focus moving…

Heather Gaye

Wed, 13 Apr 2016 16:11:21 +1200

Is that why the site closed down?

No, nothing like that, it just ran its course. None of the admins knew anything about Tidball.

bob daktari

Wed, 13 Apr 2016 16:07:36 +1200

Robyn has ya covered

http://robyngallagher.com/tag/nzmusic-com/

was a great site, sad to see the community was abused in such a manner

Timmy H

Wed, 13 Apr 2016 15:32:01 +1200

Read the Spinoff piece. Christ.

I was a core member of NZM from approx. 1999 (age 14) – 2004. Have a suspicion that I know/knew at least one of the girls in the story. And I certainly remember the user geekboy.

My NZM participation was a truly formative experience, and…

Russell Brown

Wed, 13 Apr 2016 15:16:07 +1200

yes

Thanks.

Gareth Swain

Wed, 13 Apr 2016 14:53:58 +1200

What is said to have happened, happened in music's own spaces – starting with the much-loved bulletin board NZMusic.com. A shared passion for music became a pretext for predation.
Is that why the site closed down? I always wondered why it disappeared all of a sudden.

Danielle

Wed, 13 Apr 2016 14:44:13 +1200

I had a number of mutual Facebook friends with Andrew Tidball. It was interesting watching the numbers drop down in the first 24-36 hours after the Spinoff piece was published.

Ian Dalziel

Wed, 13 Apr 2016 14:08:25 +1200

So sad to hear about Jim Laing, the Loving Grapevine loses another vintage...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aBgQRgwC9g&nohtml5=False

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9w4vM_tqsvc&index=39&list=PLdXm3hmDtSojFlaIQWbM1tbpI5uRjH8EN

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9j2rnuvfg8&nohtml5=False

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRjx0BoFDOA&index=48&list=PLdXm3hmDtSojFlaIQWbM1tbpI5uRjH8EN&nohtml5=False

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjBjd-AYPWE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z79411ZTDI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3lx1JjUloU

Russell Brown

Wed, 13 Apr 2016 14:04:38 +1200

Peter McLennan's national Record Store day roundup.

Jean Hughes

Wed, 13 Apr 2016 13:40:17 +1200

Take a humungous bite out of the Big Apple Russell and look forward to reading all about it when you are back.

Joanna

Wed, 13 Apr 2016 13:07:40 +1200

Are there women you need to listen to? Guys you should keep a better eye on? Things you should say?
We all need to take responsibility for this.

yes

Mike O'Connell

Wed, 13 Apr 2016 12:50:16 +1200

Sad to hear about Jim Laing – he was in one of my chemistry classes back in the day. Great guitarist (I loved the fuzzy feedback of Einstein) plus he got to sing vox on a number of JPSE tracks incl. I Like Rain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLSgk78IfNM

Public Address

Wed, 13 Apr 2016 12:50:16 +1200

Discussion from blog post.