Public Address | Cafe | Hard News: Music: Some deep belief

Ian Dalziel

Sat, 15 Jun 2019 13:42:09 +1200

5 stars too!!

Hugh Wilson

Fri, 14 Jun 2019 18:07:07 +1200

The Chills documentary got a write up in the Guardian – Australian cinema release in July apparently:

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/jun/14/the-chills-review-martin-phillipps-triumph-and-tragedy-told-with-extraordinary-candour

Murray Hewitt

Thu, 16 May 2019 12:44:32 +1200

From W. Somerset Maugham’s short story “The Alien Corn”:

She made a great sweeping gesture that took in the magnificent room with the beautiful things it contained and all of us. “If I thought you had in you the makings of an artist I shouldn’t hesitate to beseech you to…

Moz

Mon, 13 May 2019 15:33:53 +1200

Yeah. I still remember seeing the NDTs in Nelson is a long, narrow bar with the stage in the middle. It was a weird venue, and having their full-on brass section in a tiny space was an experience.

And trying to hitchhike out of Dunedin with "standing in the rain"…

Michael Thornton

Mon, 13 May 2019 11:40:07 +1200

This is very good Russell. BTW the version of "Night of chill blue" on the BBC Sessions LP is pretty good.

Paul Campbell

Sun, 12 May 2019 12:41:20 +1200

I saw the movie last night, there's a scene where they explain that he's tried a different drug now and it's worked ... they didn't go into details, but it wasn't just "you're cured".

The movie was great, not some airbrushed hagiography, but also not a tell all assassination -…

Hilary Stace

Sat, 11 May 2019 12:44:18 +1200

I found it a bit frustrating that the documentary didn't explain how he conquered Hep C. He is shown finishing a very expensive course of a drug that doesn't work and then he is suddenly cured, presumably by something else? I understand that was because of the availability of a…

Paul Campbell

Fri, 10 May 2019 23:14:00 +1200

Verlaines: Dunedin Spleen

https://verlainesband.bandcamp.com/album/dunedin-spleen

Ian Dalziel

Fri, 10 May 2019 20:44:37 +1200

Very sad to hear about Malcolm Black.

Chris Familton

Fri, 10 May 2019 19:29:24 +1200

Great piece Russell. There seems to be a real collision of nostalgia, confession, death and celebration going on in NZ music at the moment. Really sad news about Malcolm. I didn't know him personally but by reports he was a wonderful guy.

BenWilson

Fri, 10 May 2019 17:18:48 +1200

Songwriters need people who believe in them. And that belief is its own reward.

Too true. Artists generally are precious and fragile and they need our love and support. It's not like they don't earn it, but even if they don't, they should get it anyway.

Doug Hood

Fri, 10 May 2019 15:14:54 +1200

Thankyou Russell

Public Address

Fri, 10 May 2019 15:14:54 +1200

Discussion from blog post.