Public Address | Cafe | Hard News: Sweet Rocksteady https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/ en-us Copyright (c) 2026 Public Address Jolisa https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159631#post159631 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159631#post159631 Disquiet. Hard to overlook the crimes committed against grammar in pursuit of a pretty slender plot. Although I think the pizzle image was a singularly clever one, and would give the writer that much, at least. ]]> Tue, 30 Mar 2010 17:01:30 +1300 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159521#post159521 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159521#post159521 Fun fare for the comma woman...
I thought you might enjoy Germaine Greer's guest appearance on Oz ABC's great book show – First Tuesday Book Club * (from 2008) she holds
her own and takes the pizzle...

* sadly only runs on Arts Channel in NZ, but
lotsa excerpts on the…

]]> Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:07:44 +1300 Joe Wylie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159447#post159447 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159447#post159447

. . . an alternative national news weekly that ran 17 issues and faltered due to lack of lawsuits (free publicity!) and money...

Right, money. This highly singular entrepreneur bankrolled the glorious Nation Review through its twitchy startup phase, and occasionally stepped in to prop it up when it faltered.…

]]> Tue, 30 Mar 2010 09:46:24 +1300 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159435#post159435 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159435#post159435

Reckon! Vicks Vaporub-quality fury.

I read that and thought about where she might actually be applying it on Mr Nowra's unfortunate body.

]]> Tue, 30 Mar 2010 08:07:01 +1300 Jolisa https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159434#post159434 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159434#post159434 Probably NSFW portrait of Greer at 60. Hot damn! I hope I look this befuddled, unruly, and demented* when I'm posing nude for the National Portrait Gallery at that age.

Er, not that it's all about appearances or anything, of course, and yes, I know, "show me the distinguished bloke writer…

]]> Tue, 30 Mar 2010 06:25:07 +1300 Jolisa https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159433#post159433 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159433#post159433

That is some top-notch high-grade 24-carat invective there. And righteous too.

Reckon! Vicks Vaporub-quality fury. There's a fair amount of rhetorical throat-clearing before she gets to Nowra, but that only makes for a more satisfying yield of hawkable loogies when she finally deals to him. (Mixing my oto-laryngological metaphors a…

]]> Tue, 30 Mar 2010 05:37:01 +1300 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159414#post159414 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159414#post159414

was it worth a good chunk of the AU$40 annual subscription price?

Duh. My mistake.

]]> Mon, 29 Mar 2010 23:12:37 +1300 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159410#post159410 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159410#post159410 Germane thoughts...
all this talk of Germaine Greer (and wombats!) makes me miss that fabulous old '70s Oz paper Nation Review
I still have yellowing Leunig cartoons torn from that august organ... I had peripheral, but enjoyable, involvement in two publications that tried to emulate its outlook – Ferret published…

]]> Mon, 29 Mar 2010 22:56:33 +1300 stephen walker https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159394#post159394 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159394#post159394

Yep, it is online right there on the website.

was it worth a good chunk of the AU$40 annual subscription price?

]]> Mon, 29 Mar 2010 19:21:59 +1300 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159380#post159380 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159380#post159380

That is some top-notch high-grade 24-carat invective there. And righteous too.

Fabulous. There are times to let rip with language, and this was one of them.

]]> Mon, 29 Mar 2010 17:05:32 +1300 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159378#post159378 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159378#post159378

Shame the original article isn't available online; it would be interesting to see if the rest of it was anything like that opening salvo, or if it was creatively edited to bring more publicity to the (aptly named, in this instance) Monthly.

Yep, it is online [[http://www.themonthly.com.au/monthly-essays-louis-nowra-better-self-germaine-greer-and-039the-female-eunuch039-2298|right there on the…

]]> Mon, 29 Mar 2010 16:55:30 +1300 Stephen Judd https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159376#post159376 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159376#post159376 Mon, 29 Mar 2010 16:43:55 +1300 philipmatthews https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159373#post159373 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159373#post159373 Mon, 29 Mar 2010 16:20:23 +1300 Jolisa https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159371#post159371 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159371#post159371 On the Louis Nowra dis of Germaine Greer, I rather enjoyed Helen Razer's hilarious/ furious response. Contains jolly excellent swears and a few leg-crossingly disturbing mental images, not least the one about Clive James.

Shame the original article isn't available online; it would be interesting to see if the rest…

]]> Mon, 29 Mar 2010 16:09:21 +1300 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159349#post159349 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159349#post159349 I went to see Rocksteady on Saturday — and got the impression that if I hadn't given it a plug to Public Addressers, the audience would have been half the size.

I loved it. It's no cinematic masterpiece, but the soulfulness and good humour of the people on screen comes…

]]> Mon, 29 Mar 2010 13:03:16 +1300 Stewart https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159266#post159266 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159266#post159266 @Islander, tbh I hadn't seen the video of that when I posted it. I was aware of the song & linked to the 1st example I found in YouTube. Sadly, Jamaica seems to have become stuck with its "blam blam kulcha" since that track raised early concerns. ]]> Sun, 28 Mar 2010 09:43:09 +1300 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159265#post159265 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159265#post159265

Um, it's 3D/del Naja doing the "chuntering".

Well, the whole band really, but yeah: I corrected myself above.

]]> Sun, 28 Mar 2010 09:17:22 +1300 TracyMac https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159264#post159264 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159264#post159264 Um, it's 3D/del Naja doing the "chuntering". And that's ok, I would never have gone to a Lyndard Skynard concert. I'm not that fussed about certain rap artists making their opinions known about their hos either. So, funny thing, singing is often political.

Also, I thought the "classics" were ok,…

]]> Sun, 28 Mar 2010 01:15:15 +1300 Peter Darlington https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159261#post159261 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159261#post159261 Can I just say the linkage here has been teh awesome! Well done everyone.

When's Danielle back?

]]> Sat, 27 Mar 2010 19:54:39 +1300 Blake Monkley https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159244#post159244 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159244#post159244 Sunday sessions....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KM9dCRum5sg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERiTX9Pa23c

...where's the lighter gone.

]]> Sat, 27 Mar 2010 10:07:26 +1300 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159243#post159243 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159243#post159243

Russell, are you sure it was Tricky singing? I understood that he didn't want anything to do with Massive Attack anymore......

Nah, I meant 3D, didn't I? Gah.

]]> Sat, 27 Mar 2010 08:52:44 +1300 Ross McA. https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159242#post159242 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159242#post159242 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIztO3YrB_k&feature=related ]]> Sat, 27 Mar 2010 05:53:56 +1300 Deborah https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159240#post159240 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159240#post159240 Regarding Louis Nowra's piece on Germaine Greer (summary in The Independent, original article seems to be behind a paywall), there are, unsurprisingly, several responses:

– Hoyden about Town (Australian feminist blog, probably the biggest one) – responds itself and lists some other responses.
– Loved or hated, but still Germaine…

]]> Sat, 27 Mar 2010 02:46:20 +1300 Bruce Wurr https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159239#post159239 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159239#post159239 Sat, 27 Mar 2010 01:58:52 +1300 Pete Sime https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159238#post159238 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159238#post159238 I've been partial to Johnny Cash and Joe Strummer performing Redemption Song since I first heard their rendition.

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

]]> Sat, 27 Mar 2010 01:01:49 +1300 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159237#post159237 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159237#post159237 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNCsIrml_TA ]]> Sat, 27 Mar 2010 00:25:14 +1300 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159235#post159235 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159235#post159235 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UT3dGLLKw6o ]]> Sat, 27 Mar 2010 00:13:42 +1300 andin https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159234#post159234 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159234#post159234 Sometimes the combination of an infectious rhythm and a good lyric would come together. Does that sound harsh? Funny tho I don't like the stoner ones much hmm weird. Maybe I need to be there.
A favourite classic reggae song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWVxs1MN2ww

And umm one from a bit later with some…

]]> Fri, 26 Mar 2010 23:48:17 +1300 Islander https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159220#post159220 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159220#post159220 Syewart – the only thing I got from that vid is- that is one very small chimp who is afraid (look at the eye-direction – someone to the left of it is what it wants to please/obey)

-but yeh, blamblamblam – comes through=

]]> Fri, 26 Mar 2010 21:02:47 +1300 Rich Lock https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159218#post159218 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159218#post159218 Three from a London band from back in my day.

Not as old school, and a bit more dub, than a few on here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPRIwe0zkk8&feature=PlayList&p=1278DCBEEEA19C4B&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=12

And just because we haven't had enough references to Babylon yet.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjtU4d2EzPs&feature=related

And finally, if you ever wondered what a dub version of The Ruts…

]]> Fri, 26 Mar 2010 20:52:57 +1300 Stewart https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159214#post159214 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159214#post159214 I always wondered if Blam Blam Blam got their name from this one...

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

]]> Fri, 26 Mar 2010 18:08:10 +1300 Simon Grigg https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159213#post159213 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159213#post159213 Live from Channel One, in the 1970s, The mighty Mighty Diamonds:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwt5J_BNBLg&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLkZgugz5is&feature=related

and two from Johnny Clarke from the same decade @ King Jammy's & Bunny Lee's

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_O3LI-xSFqE&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80kEvkdSlO4&feature=related

]]> Fri, 26 Mar 2010 18:05:49 +1300 recordari https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159205#post159205 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159205#post159205 I like tying things together. Hmm, I mean musically.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJ4M2Kyr0fY&feature=related

]]> Fri, 26 Mar 2010 16:32:09 +1300 flash https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159203#post159203 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159203#post159203 flash – you've got the Auckland double pass. Can you get back to me asap with an actual name?

Hi Russell, awesome, thanks.
I've sent you an email with my details.
(can't figure out how to quote other people's posts)

]]> Fri, 26 Mar 2010 16:30:17 +1300 philipmatthews https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159200#post159200 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159200#post159200

She is prepared to make bold statements on the basis of bugger-all, isn't she? One would think that she has something against the Herald on Sunday.

But declaring that the Herald's Super City coverage comes from the "Fear and Smear School of Journalism, generating more hysteria than light on the…

]]> Fri, 26 Mar 2010 16:05:42 +1300 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159194#post159194 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159194#post159194

It was like some surreal art thing

As was the accompanying tweet

]]> Fri, 26 Mar 2010 15:31:17 +1300 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159193#post159193 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159193#post159193

Janet Wilson has a view ...

She is prepared to make bold statements on the basis of bugger-all, isn't she? One would think that she has something against the Herald on Sunday.

But declaring that the Herald's Super City coverage comes from the "Fear and Smear School of Journalism, generating…

]]> Fri, 26 Mar 2010 15:25:46 +1300 Peter Darlington https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159192#post159192 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159192#post159192

Never, ever. My heart swelled the other day when I asked my 4 year old in the car what he wanted, tentatively suggesting "The wheels on the bus". The answer, firmly, was "NO. Bob Marley's Buffalo Soldier".

Nice. My kids, now teenagers are fond of comments like "This is another…

]]> Fri, 26 Mar 2010 15:21:49 +1300 Rich Lock https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159191#post159191 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159191#post159191 Apologies if this doesn't work. Firewall means I'm flying blind.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxELSzay2lc

]]> Fri, 26 Mar 2010 15:21:11 +1300 bob daktari https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159190#post159190 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159190#post159190 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Kl8MIMER4U

we heard the same announcement last night – very odd. Fun night

]]> Fri, 26 Mar 2010 15:16:15 +1300 Marcus Turner https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159189#post159189 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159189#post159189 @Kate

My friend Clive used to like "The Israelites" when he was a kid, but he misheard the words; he'd sing "OOOOOOoooooh my ears are alight".

It definitely has something.

]]> Fri, 26 Mar 2010 15:12:14 +1300 BenWilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159188#post159188 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159188#post159188

PAS is quite the hotbed of reggae heads doncha know. Never be scared to throw around some Caribbean goodness in here.

Never, ever. My heart swelled the other day when I asked my 4 year old in the car what he wanted, tentatively suggesting "The wheels on the bus". The…

]]> Fri, 26 Mar 2010 15:08:42 +1300 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159185#post159185 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159185#post159185 Oh, and I plumb forgot to tell the funniest story from the Massive Attack show last night.

We're standing out in the upstairs foyer chatting to some friends.

The apparently omnipresent house PA system suddenly burst into life with an alert tone from the ceiling above our heads:

**"THERE WILL…

]]> Fri, 26 Mar 2010 15:01:22 +1300 Peter Darlington https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159184#post159184 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159184#post159184 On a different note. My entry for the big dumb dance tune of the week has to be Nero's remix of Holiday by Dizzee Rascal. Make your weekend a better place here:

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

]]> Fri, 26 Mar 2010 14:58:20 +1300 pacap https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159181#post159181 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159181#post159181 always liked...
an england story
http://www.souljazzrecords.co.uk/releases/?id=11133

and for a remix of one of the classic's

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xpNRTeVd3w

]]> Fri, 26 Mar 2010 14:55:08 +1300 Peter Darlington https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159180#post159180 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159180#post159180

Awesome. Reggae. Something I think I can actually comment on.

PAS is quite the hotbed of reggae heads doncha know. Never be scared to throw around some Caribbean goodness in here.

]]> Fri, 26 Mar 2010 14:53:01 +1300 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159179#post159179 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159179#post159179 Okay — better pick winners now so people know where they're at.

octopusgrrl — how's about I award you the CD? Can you click the little envelope next to my name over there and get me an address?

flash – you've got the Auckland double pass. Can you get back…

]]> Fri, 26 Mar 2010 14:52:15 +1300 flash https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159177#post159177 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159177#post159177 And one more for good luck.
I only recently discovered this but the track is good fun

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ro9LLHJIvtA

]]> Fri, 26 Mar 2010 14:45:37 +1300 giovanni tiso https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159175#post159175 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159175#post159175 Fri, 26 Mar 2010 14:08:56 +1300 philipmatthews https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159174#post159174 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159174#post159174

I presume this is due to panic over falling revenue manifesting as hysteria in the reporting..?

Janet Wilson has a view ...

]]> Fri, 26 Mar 2010 14:08:22 +1300 slarty https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159171#post159171 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159171#post159171

the owner of the New Zealand Herald

Anybody interested in putting together a consortium to buy Granny and operate it under a trust structure? I hate to admit I'm taken to reading the DomPost now because the Herald has become soooo awful.

I presume this is due to panic over…

]]> Fri, 26 Mar 2010 14:00:23 +1300 giovanni tiso https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159167#post159167 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159167#post159167 Yes, one wonders if there is enough of a market for actual competition within cities. I mean if Auckland doesn't have it...

I was reading some vintage Bruce Jesson yesterday. After observing that "New Zealand's business and bureaucratic culture is saturated with the amorals attitudes of the New Right", he…

]]> Fri, 26 Mar 2010 13:51:18 +1300 Kyle Matthews https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159166#post159166 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159166#post159166

Yes... have wondered about that one for a while. Has this ever been referred to a competition commission (or similar)?

Didn't the competition (the Star) just go out of business? It's not like the Herald bought them up.

]]> Fri, 26 Mar 2010 13:46:54 +1300 flash https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159164#post159164 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159164#post159164 Oh, and on the Massive Attack / Horace andy subject, if you haven't already heard this, you really should:

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

]]> Fri, 26 Mar 2010 13:35:31 +1300 flash https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159161#post159161 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159161#post159161 Awesome. Reggae. Something I think I can actually comment on.

This one is absolutely fantastic. It is on the album "Children Of Jah (1977-1979) – Various Artists". any Reggae fan that doesn't have this album is denying themselves on of life's great pleasures.

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

And, if I'm not breaking any…

]]> Fri, 26 Mar 2010 13:32:35 +1300 Kate Hannah https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159159#post159159 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159159#post159159 this is my all time favourite . . . fantastic for dancing too while holding an overwrought baby

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzMWe6XyVdc

]]> Fri, 26 Mar 2010 13:18:19 +1300 octopusgrrl https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159157#post159157 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159157#post159157 Something we used to love playing to my son when he was a baby – lie him down on the floor in front of the speakers (volume low) and the bass would soothe him into sleep!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iQxCG1c39I

]]> Fri, 26 Mar 2010 13:16:44 +1300 Carol Stewart https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159156#post159156 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159156#post159156 I've always had a soft spot for ..

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

]]> Fri, 26 Mar 2010 13:12:14 +1300 Danyl Mclauchlan https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159154#post159154 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159154#post159154

I'm already looking forward to next week's show, which takes the 40th anniversary of the publication of The Female Eunuch as a kick-off point. We have Marilyn Waring and Gemma Gracewood with one more panellist tbc

Garth George! Garth George! Garth George!

]]> Fri, 26 Mar 2010 13:06:28 +1300 Peter Darlington https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159150#post159150 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159150#post159150 Gregory Isaacs classic at Sunsplash. Boom!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyEP_st9csI

]]> Fri, 26 Mar 2010 12:57:42 +1300 John Curtis https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159149#post159149 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159149#post159149 Augustus Pablo. That melodica is the backing track to many a long night in Ward Lane Tavern (RIP), Hamiltron.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiaekG1Q0UE

]]> Fri, 26 Mar 2010 12:57:27 +1300 BlairMacca https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159148#post159148 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159148#post159148 Off topic, but would the news media just leave Bailey Kuariki the fuck alone. Do they go after the other people involved in the same way??
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10634432

]]> Fri, 26 Mar 2010 12:56:08 +1300 Andrew E https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159147#post159147 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159147#post159147

Or, you need a pliant government that happily allows a daily newspaper monopoly in every city.

Yes... have wondered about that one for a while. Has this ever been referred to a competition commission (or similar)?

]]> Fri, 26 Mar 2010 12:53:25 +1300 recordari https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159146#post159146 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159146#post159146 Just trying to tie things together.

John Lydon + Tim Buckley = Song to The Siren
This Mortal Coil + Alex Chilton = Kangaroo

And here it is, but by Big Star. R.I.P
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fP2t6flTmyY

]]> Fri, 26 Mar 2010 12:50:21 +1300 Paul Litterick https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159145#post159145 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159145#post159145 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPSF9vBeP2s ]]> Fri, 26 Mar 2010 12:49:11 +1300 Hamish N00nan https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159144#post159144 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159144#post159144 From the great movie of the same name:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGE4dnrPPZQ

]]> Fri, 26 Mar 2010 12:38:57 +1300 horse https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159143#post159143 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159143#post159143 Scientist – Dance of the Vampires.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OLccug3RKU

As featured on K-JAH, the only station worth listening to. At the time, it drove me batty that every time I stole a car, I'd have to retune the radio to 103.7FM.

:)

]]> Fri, 26 Mar 2010 12:38:39 +1300 3410 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159140#post159140 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159140#post159140 Dr. Alimantado meets Horace Andy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byqsapvsSIk

]]> Fri, 26 Mar 2010 12:29:06 +1300 Rich of Observationz https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159139#post159139 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159139#post159139

Sense has prevailed, and [Independent News and Media] has flicked the assets that have been costing, rather than making money

So the moral of that is that to make money in newspapers, you need more Garth George and less Robert Fisk.

Or, you need a pliant government that happily allows…

]]> Fri, 26 Mar 2010 12:28:42 +1300 philipmatthews https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159137#post159137 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159137#post159137

Can't make the movie either way, but let's kick it off with this

I see John Lydon's been raiding his classic 1977 playlist ...

]]> Fri, 26 Mar 2010 12:28:24 +1300 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159134#post159134 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159134#post159134

have you seen the diatribe by Louise Nowra against Germaine Greer in the Aussie journal The Monthly (the current issue)?

No! But I'm most interested.

[Edit] Here it is.

]]> Fri, 26 Mar 2010 12:24:22 +1300 recordari https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159133#post159133 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159133#post159133 Agree on Massive Attack. Leave the politics at home next time please, and start the classics before we get antsy.

I always get nervous when someone other than Liz Fraser does Teardrop, but Martina Topley Bird mostly nailed it. The older stuff was excellent. Safe from Harm one of many…

]]> Fri, 26 Mar 2010 12:24:01 +1300 Graeme Edgeler https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159131#post159131 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159131#post159131 Rocksteady? I was expecting a post about mining!

And then I saw the words "Speaking of..." and expected a segue to mining.

And there's a new mash-up ... featuring Rep John Boehner losing the plot over healthcare reform

I was able to flick on the C-Span feed for the end…

]]> Fri, 26 Mar 2010 12:19:09 +1300 MikeE https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159130#post159130 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159130#post159130 David Rodigan – King of the Soundclash

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2T4eRSOd9A

]]> Fri, 26 Mar 2010 12:19:05 +1300 Clubfoot . https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159129#post159129 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159129#post159129 Ahh, the Mid-Nineties – the top NZ Reggae tours of all time – Mad Prof. Macka B, Sister Audrey and Kofi; African Head Charge; Dub Syndicate and Audio Active. Serious sounds, Sounds serious, You must be crackers!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tD8urw2G-WA

]]> Fri, 26 Mar 2010 12:14:59 +1300 Geoff Lealand https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159128#post159128 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159128#post159128 The Monthly (the current issue)? ]]> Fri, 26 Mar 2010 12:11:55 +1300 nothingelseon https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159123#post159123 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159123#post159123 Can't make the movie either way, but let's kick it off with this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_H7TEG4uu0

]]> Fri, 26 Mar 2010 11:58:22 +1300 Public Address https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159122#post159122 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-sweet-rocksteady/?p=159122#post159122 Discussion from blog post.

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