Public Address | Cafe | Hard News: Music: What the Flying Nun donation means, and why everyone should be looking at it

Ian Dalziel

Tue, 17 Jul 2018 15:48:38 +1200

All this, of course, is not to underrate the important fact that the Turnbull is a research library.
Compare and contrast to what's happening at Te Papa

Russell Brown

Tue, 17 Jul 2018 11:47:20 +1200

And good news re: Ode, Viking and Flying Nun. I was reminded of this old blogpost on the best of Ode's catalogue. Most of these are impossible to find, so it would be good if some say the light of day again:

Wow, that's fascinating! The 1860 Band track is…

Hugh Wilson

Tue, 17 Jul 2018 11:30:37 +1200

I enjoyed the history within Duncan Campbell's obit and if I recall right links to the Sunday jazz show had been posted up here before (upon listening to the linked episode I was struck by the back to back heaviness of the tunes featured, I think it was an African…

Richard Stewart

Tue, 17 Jul 2018 10:37:04 +1200

Thanks for the Diatribe bio Russell, some great memories there.

Sadly their drummer, Chris Whyte, passed away last week. Chris was a dear friend, and I have much to be grateful to him for, expanding my horizons and introducing me to a whole mess of different and new (to me)…

Bruce Wurr

Mon, 16 Jul 2018 15:24:31 +1200

Funnily enough was listening to Dangerous Game on youtube the other day.....it's a song that really resonated with a much younger me, possibly around 15 or so, and may even have incited (or contribute to) an interest in dub. Great drumming too.

Public Address

Mon, 16 Jul 2018 15:24:31 +1200

Discussion from blog post.