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Stupid

Mon, 05 May 2014 20:34:42 +1200

Great to see you rocking' the AXEMEN Muldoon poster along with the mullet :-)

Rob Stowell

Wed, 30 Apr 2014 10:46:05 +1200

Great piece. Thanks :)

Russell Brown

Wed, 30 Apr 2014 07:54:55 +1200

Roger Donaldson and Max Thomson were Playdate photographers, also.

And its chief sub was Tom McWilliams, who long ran the Listener subbery.

I only met Des Dubbelt the once, when I wrote the Planet story, but my goodness he was a gentleman.

Ian Dalziel

Wed, 30 Apr 2014 07:03:38 +1200

a happy medium...
Playdate, among whose contributors was one Max Cryer.
Roger Donaldson and Max Thomson were Playdate photographers, also.
Russell did a piece here on Playdate editor, Des Dubbelt, back in 2003
– including a reprint from his 1994 Planet article...
...which goes on to precis the history…

David Cohen

Wed, 30 Apr 2014 00:26:44 +1200

Russell, I don't think you mentioned two local magazines that existed well before RIU: Hot Licks and, much earlier still, Playdate, among whose contributors was one Max Cryer.

Simon Grigg

Tue, 29 Apr 2014 17:27:19 +1200

Slight mistake in the Judith Tizard pic, btw: It says "1996" but National were in gov't then and won that year's election, too. "1999" maybe ?

Well spotted Grant. It's 1996 but JT was minister in waiting. Fixed.

Here's another that might work for you too:

http://www.audioculture.co.nz/labels/f-star-records

Grant McDougall

Tue, 29 Apr 2014 13:57:45 +1200

Bloody great write-up ! RIU was a real font of knowledge and info for provincial kids around the country in those pre-internet times.

Slight mistake in the Judith Tizard pic, btw: It says "1996" but National were in gov't then and won that year's election, too. "1999" maybe ?

81stcolumn

Tue, 29 Apr 2014 12:29:07 +1200

In late 1987, I got another record store job, this one working out the back at the big Virgin store in Marble Arch. Richard Branson had just taken the company public and the accountants had begun to arrive, but there was still a touch of the counter-culture about the place…

Virginia Brooks

Mon, 28 Apr 2014 23:58:54 +1200

Rip it up was a great mag back in the day. Thanks for the writing Russell. Glad to hear the mag is going to be free for all again.

I remember catching the bus into town as a teen – finding RIP – coming home and tuning into BFM on…

Hebe

Mon, 28 Apr 2014 22:49:50 +1200

I enjoyed your piece Russell. A life well-explored: the 80s haircuts were collateral damage for us all! Isn't life an odd circular business?

Venetia King

Mon, 28 Apr 2014 22:22:21 +1200

Great piece, thanks for sharing Russell. Is it just me or did you & Jordan Luck look like brothers in that photo with the other Dance Exponents?!

Craig Ranapia

Mon, 28 Apr 2014 21:59:26 +1200

The mullet in the 80s

I would be unkind about that, but in the mid-80’s my scalp resembled the place where morbidly obese and tragic hedgehogs went to die. So, no more snarking historically unfortunate dos…

kiwicmc

Mon, 28 Apr 2014 21:01:25 +1200

nothing wrong with the goatee, eventually we’ll be back in fashion…

Terence Hogan

Mon, 28 Apr 2014 19:07:50 +1200

I enjoyed the Audioculture piece Russell. Don't worry about the goatee, I've still got mine.

Sacha

Mon, 28 Apr 2014 17:36:58 +1200

remembering watching RWP with Dick and him seeing for what sounded like the first time how he came across on screen.

Sacha

Mon, 28 Apr 2014 17:35:26 +1200

love it

Russell Brown

Mon, 28 Apr 2014 17:25:49 +1200

Okay, it'll be difficult for Audioculture to post this (rights and all), but I just stumbled across this and I might as well post it here. Me on Radio With Pictures in in 1986:

http://youtu.be/x7kqJSSB4SY

Intriguingly, there's a touch of the the "old", slightly reedy, New Zealand accent in my…

Bruce Buckman

Mon, 28 Apr 2014 16:18:38 +1200

Jeez Russell, I had that exact same Nuclear Free Pacific T-Shirt, bought at Victoria Park Market I think.

Public Address

Mon, 28 Apr 2014 16:18:38 +1200

Discussion from blog post.