Public Address | Cafe | Hard News: Music: The Others Way, a victory of tribe over mere demographics

andin

Fri, 07 Sept 2018 16:48:31 +1200

for the pleasure of a support gig!

yep support bands crews were expected to turn up at load in and out which was ok if the main act was worth sticking around for.Tho' by the 3rd night it just got to be a pain in the lower back and I…

Ian Dalziel

Fri, 07 Sept 2018 16:02:41 +1200

My roadieing days were 35-40 years ago now.
Ditto.
I remember being shocked by Aussie road crews who actively disliked the band they were crewing for – it was just work!
Getting paid was quite a concept though …
Especially after, say, packing The Hitmen in and out, up & down…

andin

Fri, 07 Sept 2018 09:48:41 +1200

the people in the music industry we often mistakenly think are indestructible
My roadieing days were 35-40 years ago now. But I still remember having to load a full single 4way system and lighting rig into the truck by myself cause the band that night just decided to fuck off.…

Ian Dalziel

Fri, 07 Sept 2018 09:14:43 +1200

Here’s a random Radio Station for y’all to enjoy – WGXC from NY State –
Where Michael Wilde has a monthly ’Mostly Singles’ show – he has recently (last year) been introduced to the body of work by Jay Clarkson and the wider NZ Music scene – he has (understandably)…

Russell Brown

Fri, 07 Sept 2018 08:41:43 +1200

RNZ Music's Mixtape with Fiona McDonald

Russell Brown

Thu, 06 Sept 2018 15:50:06 +1200

Did you get to see Miss June? Damn they were good.

I’d checked out a few bands I didn’t know well beforehand, and Miss June were absolutely one that got my attention. But they were a total clash with the Chickens …

Good to know my hunch about them was…

Nick Russell

Thu, 06 Sept 2018 15:20:06 +1200

It was a great night. Did you get to see Miss June? Damn they were good. Watching kids hurl themselves around manically in a sweaty basement took me back a lot of years to some very good/bad places.

Russell Brown

Thu, 06 Sept 2018 14:50:44 +1200

Oh, and here’s a pic of Bene that didn’t go in the post.

Public Address

Thu, 06 Sept 2018 14:50:44 +1200

Discussion from blog post.