Public Address | Cafe | Hard News: Music: The Passing of Vega https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/ en-us Copyright (c) 2026 Public Address Mike O'Connell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-music-the-passing-of-vega/?p=363881#post363881 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-music-the-passing-of-vega/?p=363881#post363881 Nice obituary in the Guardian. Here's Cheree from the sefl-titlted debut
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBw-RCKTuWM

On a different, I-missed-it-totally, note, Bernie Worrell of Parliament/Funkadelic fame Parliament/Funkadelic also died recently.. Computer I'm on just now has no speakers so I'm hoping this is good! Flashlight, recorded live in NJ in…

]]> Tue, 19 Jul 2016 12:10:54 +1200 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-music-the-passing-of-vega/?p=363875#post363875 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-music-the-passing-of-vega/?p=363875#post363875 Tue, 19 Jul 2016 11:27:50 +1200 Jonathan Ganley https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-music-the-passing-of-vega/?p=363858#post363858 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-music-the-passing-of-vega/?p=363858#post363858 Mon, 18 Jul 2016 21:10:41 +1200 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-music-the-passing-of-vega/?p=363848#post363848 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-music-the-passing-of-vega/?p=363848#post363848 Later, on the bus home, the penny dropped – it was the ex-bass player from Wellington punks Flesh D-Vice…

I recall in the late 80s that you could be assured f a solid NZ ex[at turnout to what to the rest of the world were pretty fringe acts.

The one…

]]> Mon, 18 Jul 2016 19:08:16 +1200 Pete white https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-music-the-passing-of-vega/?p=363845#post363845 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-music-the-passing-of-vega/?p=363845#post363845 Good music does not age .....

https://soundcloud.com/pete-dnanz/pete-gordon-breaks-set-sample

This is a portion of a 'breaks' or break-beat set..... it is around 10 years old .....and is by a New Zealand dj called Pete Gordon.

He's still one of my favorite Dj s despite being in semi-retirement for quite a while now.…

]]> Mon, 18 Jul 2016 18:16:04 +1200 Grant McDougall https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-music-the-passing-of-vega/?p=363808#post363808 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-music-the-passing-of-vega/?p=363808#post363808 I too was lucky enough to see Suicide in London, in '98 at a gig at the Royal Festival Hall as part of the John Peel-curated Meltdown Festival.

An excellent electronica trio, Add N To (X) opened up, then Suicide followed, playing all of their debut, plus a few songs…

]]> Mon, 18 Jul 2016 13:26:41 +1200 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-music-the-passing-of-vega/?p=363791#post363791 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-music-the-passing-of-vega/?p=363791#post363791 some excellent corrective graffiti by Viv Albertine at a British punk rock exhibition that contrived to erase all the women of punk. Go Viv. ]]> Mon, 18 Jul 2016 10:21:39 +1200 bob daktari https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-music-the-passing-of-vega/?p=363790#post363790 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-music-the-passing-of-vega/?p=363790#post363790 If not for Suicide I'd never have got into Springsteen – something I doubt anyone has ever said

Essential and much loved band in my world... everything about them is so just freaking cool

]]> Mon, 18 Jul 2016 10:19:19 +1200 Public Address https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-music-the-passing-of-vega/?p=363789#post363789 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-music-the-passing-of-vega/?p=363789#post363789 Discussion from blog post.

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