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Rachaelking

Thu, 25 Mar 2010 18:30:38 +1300

Thanks Rob!

Rob Stowell

Thu, 25 Mar 2010 10:31:52 +1300

Half-way through and enjoying Magpie Hall a lot. Just thought I'd mention it :)

Rachaelking

Thu, 25 Mar 2010 09:14:27 +1300

I'll amend that. It's not non-existent. The ideas are still ticking over and sometimes words make it onto the screen or page. I'll change it to 'slowly'.

Rachaelking

Thu, 25 Mar 2010 09:10:45 +1300

Ha! Non-existent at the moment due to the baby that popped out just after the last novel was finished. Two kids. Tired. Writing on hold. Not for long I hope. Thanks for asking!

Sacha

Wed, 24 Mar 2010 23:44:26 +1300

How's writing, now that you're here?

Rachaelking

Wed, 24 Mar 2010 22:56:07 +1300

...mainly by people that had little or no connection to the Dunedin scene at that time

How incredibly patronising, Grant! Philip has stated it exactly as it was, that I played "for a time" (and yes, recorded, but with your connections you'd know that), which pretty much sums up my…

philipmatthews

Wed, 24 Mar 2010 12:43:25 +1300

Fans of all things early 80s should check this very good Jon Savage column and its embedded Section 25 song. From a time when post-punk electronics crossed over with early rap/electro jams ...

recordari

Tue, 23 Mar 2010 18:26:05 +1300

Listening to Conan and the Mockasins and realized why it had that slight air of familiarity. It is certainly unique and very cool, but it did remind me of The Legendary Pink Dots, who I loved back in the 80s.

The first two songs on Snat are just brilliant. The…

Ian Dalziel

Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:10:15 +1300

Ian – I think you are my old friend from South Intermediate and Cashmere

Well spotted that woman!
Karen – so that's where you got to... ;- )
How wonderful to hear from friends in exotic places... aaahh, the scattered alumni of Mr Moore's Room at South Intermediate... (I believe…

Karen Prentice

Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:35:12 +1300

thanks for that Ian – I think you are my old friend from South Intermediate and Cashmere

Ian Dalziel

Sun, 21 Mar 2010 15:37:34 +1300

In related news, Paul Weller just received the NME gong for being a 'Godlike Genius'. While the title does seem a bit OTT, I agree he deserves at least equal status to Bobbie Gillespie.

So what songs did this God bloke write?
I've heard the GOD track on Onset/Offset's __Solid…

Rob Hosking

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 19:50:10 +1300

Came across this Weller collaboration with someone called Andy Lewis a year or so back on an Uncut giveaway compilation. Boring picture, great picture is boring the the song is great. The tune is very Motown, the horns very Stax-ish

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJYNFs2Eb7A

Simon Grigg

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:41:33 +1300

Our weekend in this part of the world is rather dominated by the mayhem, largely peaceful so far, of Thai democratic murmurings:

Redshirts (this morning) in Sukhumvit / Chit Lom

recordari

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:41:05 +1300

For a mouldy old bastard, this 12" mix of his new single is well fab in a plastic Motown way.

This mouldy old bastard thanks you. And Russell for the 'too legit to quit' download link. Shit, did I just inadvertently reference MC Hammer, again?

Steve Barnes

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:04:14 +1300

Anyway...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNGY9POR4Hs

Steve Barnes

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:59:14 +1300

I thought she was cool
You may have been misinformed

Well, she was certainly "cool" the last time I spoke to her.
I made the mistake of referring to her as the "Curator" of the Museum, she responded "I am not a Curator, I am a Museumologist"
I asked her if…

Simon Grigg

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:54:24 +1300

That Paul Weller remix is available as a legitimate free download.

You mean I didn't have to duff around stripping the audio offa that..damn

Russell Brown

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:40:45 +1300

That Paul Weller remix is available as a legitimate free download.

Simon Grigg

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:13:21 +1300

In related news, Paul Weller just received the NME gong for being a 'Godlike Genius'.

For a mouldy old bastard, this 12" mix of his new single is well fab in a plastic Motown way.

Sam F

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:02:44 +1300

it used to be $15 before they got rid of Vanda Vitelli, I thought she was cool

You may have been misinformed

Steve Barnes

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 13:49:43 +1300

This could be inspiring, or sleep inducing depending on your bent.
If you're in Auckland Thursday week check this out..
LATE @ The Auckland Museum

Smart Talk: Tim Hazeldine / Susan St John / Brian Gaynor
Great Music: The Bellbirds (featuring Don McGlashan and Sean Donnelly of SJD) /…

Russell Brown

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:29:13 +1300

Ladies and gentlemen, should you be at risk of taking life too seriously on a Saturday, I heartily commend to you this slab of brilliant disco nonsense:

http://soundcloud.com/lefreaks/le-freak

Rich Lock

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:45:53 +1300

ropey Black Sabbath song

There are no ropey Black Sabbath songs. Fact.
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Except for the ones where Ronnie James Dio was the singer, of course...

giovanni tiso

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 09:59:51 +1300

Hadyn is going to chime in with updates from the cricket, too. It's a PAS bonanza.

giovanni tiso

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 09:58:44 +1300

Yes. I don't know why he had to suddenly cut to a series of Maisy cartoons though – that was a weird programming decision.

Hilary Stace

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 09:41:55 +1300

Nice to hear sometime PAS poster Mark Cubey filling in for a sick Kim Hill this morning. He's usually her producer. Shows you really need the back room to support the front line.

recordari

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 07:41:22 +1300

Recordari, interested in your impressions of the Nathan Haines and Hollie Smith albums

First impressions, both very good. Need a bit more time to get into them, but when I heard the first song off Hollie Smith's album on bFm, I pulled the car over to send in a text…

Simon Grigg

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:53:56 +1300

While there is a risk it might devalue the original experiences from your past I would never turn down a chance to hear that list...ever.

Yep, agreed, but then, despite the names, JD / NO never really split

Bruce Wurr

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:36:08 +1300

As someone who's been to quite a few of these "reunions" I've found it a mixed bag, but definitely more good than poor. Some I'm not sure you can even class as reunions – did they even split up in the first place? And how do you classify a solo…

Sacha

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:45:54 +1300

Recordari, interested in your impressions of the Nathan Haines and Hollie Smith albums

3410

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:22:05 +1300

I haven't; I'll keep an eye out for it.

Simon Grigg

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:17:23 +1300

Just realised while clearing up a pile of books that it's Charlie Gillett who wrote The Sound of the City, the very in-depth book about American music, 1945-'71.

Try and track down his Making Tracks, the history of Atlantic, if you've not read it..perhaps the best rekkid label book ever,…

recordari

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:06:45 +1300

I find myself in this odd place where I can't be bothered with nostalgia one day and loving it the next, but mostly the first.

I wear my nostalgia like a comfortable old leather jacket, to coin a phrase. New music is something I also crave. Just got Hollie Smith,…

3410

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:06:16 +1300

Just realised while clearing up a pile of books that it's Charlie Gillett who wrote The Sound of the City, the very in-depth book about American music, 1945-'71.

ScottY

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:35:37 +1300

Now here's a bit of Friday night funness...

Thanks Steve. What a brilliant site. Whole Lotta Sabbath is electric. It's incredible how good a ropey Black Sabbath song can be made to sound.

Steve Barnes

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:38:24 +1300

Now here's a bit of Friday night funness...
I speshly like the Stayin' Alive in The Wall mashup.
Enjoy.

Simon Grigg

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:05:35 +1300

The Jerry Dammers-less Specials were fantastic. Well, anybody I've spoken to thought so, and I would have to agree.

Not saying they weren't but it kinda stood against everything they originally stood for, but then what they stood for was, I guess, largely defined by Dammers, and that second and…

recordari

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:48:38 +1300

I was thrilled when The Clash didn't bother, and The Jam won't I'm sure. I had trouble with the Jerry Dammers-less Specials and the PIL footage is horrendous.

The Jerry Dammers-less Specials were fantastic. Well, anybody I've spoken to thought so, and I would have to agree.

Also went to…

Simon Grigg

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:39:47 +1300

I like the shape of this argument from Mark Fisher

Mostly the way I feel about reunions. I was thrilled when The Clash didn't bother, and The Jam won't I'm sure. I had trouble with the Jerry Dammers-less Specials and the PIL footage is horrendous.

The AK79 2008 thing, given…

giovanni tiso

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:53:17 +1300

Awful people; that segment should be distributed to schools so that small children can be warned of the sort of people who influence their lives.

Loved the part where they complained that in a country like New Zealand when somebody has an objection to an ad, they manage to be…

philipmatthews

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:52:06 +1300

For me, the 3Ds are one of those bands who were so great at the time that I don't want to spoil my memories of them if there's even if the slightest risk they'll be half-arsed. Which it sound like they weren't. But there are some reunions of great bands…

Steve Barnes

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:43:52 +1300

Ah, those were the days.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmmJ0l9wO_o&feature=channel

Grant McDougall

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:35:50 +1300

Did you see the reformed 3Ds live, Grant? If so, any good? I didn't get around to it.

Yeah, I did actually, at Sammy's. It wasn't as cataclysmic for me as it was back then, mainly because I knew what to expect. But they certainly played a stormer and can…

Paul Litterick

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:20:31 +1300

The panel that discussed the Rhys Darby ad could easily recycle themselves in cabaret as The Three Douches.

Awful people; that segment should be distributed to schools so that small children can be warned of the sort of people who influence their lives.

philipmatthews

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:20:00 +1300

The classic first ep and Shotgun Blossom line-up of Snapper was outstanding, but they were never as good after it splintered. They really were a "that line-up or not at all" type of band.

I have a soft spot for ADM, myself.

Hope it didn't sound like I was overstating…

Andrew G

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:13:17 +1300

I too enjoyed the Media 7 show last night. I have it on series link via MySky but it misses the start every week. Slightly frustrating but I'm sure I'll live.

Sad news about Alex Chilton. I'm still getting over Mark Linkous's (Sparklehorse) death from a couple of weekends back.…

Grant McDougall

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:10:45 +1300

I believe that Rachael King was in the 3Ds for a time as well. There was a period when Denise Roughan was out of the band; don't think she was on any records though.

Rachael's involvement in the 3Ds has been massively over-stated, mainly by people that had little or…

Anarchangel

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:53:38 +1300

Much as I love Echo and the Bunnymen, I'm a little shocked that the award went to a website that automatically plays loud music and opens pop-up windows won an award. Is it 2002? That said, that was a common failing among the nominees.

Paul Rowe

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:34:51 +1300

Geoff, Old Crow were great last night, you're in for a great show.

Paul Williams

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:26:43 +1300

Hey Jonty, thanks for these two lovely stories. Will watch the media7 ep asap...

giovanni tiso

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:39:18 +1300

They need perspectives from outside the advertising industry, and less self-congratulation.

The panel that discussed the Rhys Darby ad could easily recycle themselves in cabaret as The Three Douches. I liked the show apart from that segment though.

philipmatthews

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:38:21 +1300

Media 7 was top-notch last night but I am still not warming to The Ad Show which followed.

I only saw the first ep. Didn't do it for me at all and I haven't gone back.

Geoff Lealand

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:36:00 +1300

Media 7 was top-notch last night but I am still not warming to The Ad Show which followed. They need perspectives from outside the advertising industry, and less self-congratulation.

One weekend I don't need to angst about the Chiefs. It is their turn for a cup of tea and a…

Cecelia

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:28:34 +1300

I have just watched Media 7 and enjoyed it very much. Great people on the panel.

philipmatthews

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:06:41 +1300

I believe that Rachael King was in the 3Ds for a time as well. There was a period when Denise Roughan was out of the band; don't think she was on any records though.

I read in my local paper than Wooden Shjips, when they played Wellington the other day,…

Jonty

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:02:22 +1300

Thank you, Russell, for that fascinating Media 7 programme. Like many other people I've had a brush with Asberger's upon discovering that one of my grandchildren (a boy) was diagnosed as such when he was about 13, as too was the son of a close friend who was of a…

Paul Litterick

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:20:28 +1300

Another sad loss: Charlie Gillett who, among many other things, was a enthusiast for Fat Freddy's Drop.

Paul Litterick

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:01:59 +1300

Big Star, live, in 1993 – their first gig in 19 years:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nu_gB34pHLA

3410

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:52:24 +1300

BTW, no one ever talks about Big Star's Live album, but it's the greatest.

Eddie Clark

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:31:20 +1300

The 'Mats said it best

Indeed. Children by the million sing for Alex Chilton.

Robyn Gallagher

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:28:37 +1300

The 'Mats said it best:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTSJYZyouek

3410

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:08:58 +1300

I finally met Graham Reid at Christmas after reading him for decades, and the one thing I wanted to say to him was to thank him for turning me on to Big Star in '92. Still some of my most favourite records. Highly recommended discs.

Nice to talk to Jimmy…

bob daktari

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:55:30 +1300

Jeffrey Lewis at tabac this weekend for me... if his facebook is correct (promoter fail methinks)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFGVMsoVHPc

Grant McDougall

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:54:58 +1300

I would be greatly obliged if the Blues not only won, but also played some rugby worth watching.

It'd be nice if the Highlanders could do the same tomorrow, but I don't live in hope.

Also, while there's not much I agree with Chris Rattue about, I was inclined to…

Jake Pollock

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:39:04 +1300

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9LGwzGnx5w&feature=player_embedded

Public Address

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:38:57 +1300

Discussion from blog post.