Posts by Russell Brown
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Hard News: Guess that Prince thing was…, in reply to Jackie Clark,
oooh, I may - I LOVE her voice.
Er, you mean this bloke?
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Also, this is bloody arresting: British singer Alex Clare's cover of Etta James' 'Damn Your Eyes'.
And his dubstep version of 'When Doves Cry'.
Really quite different.
There's also a pretty average Jamiriquois-type track called 'Too Close' on the album. It appears now that the smart performer goes all over the genre map. Theophilus London is another example.
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Hard News: Guess that Prince thing was…, in reply to Jackie Clark,
Oh, look, another BDO will pass me by. Who the hell are half these people? Although, if I was rich, I would go just to see Angus and Julia Stone.
You may be interested in the disco remix of 'Big Jet Plane'.
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Oh, I forgot to note that Odd Future are in the lineup. That's Tyler the Creator's crew. Watch that space for media moral outrage.
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Hard News: Guess that Prince thing was…, in reply to George Darroch,
He's giving the entire thing away on his site; you have to admire his bravery and ambition.
He basically looked at it and realised that retail sales of recordings wasn't where his money was coming from. For the time being it makes sense to have as many people hear his record as possible.
He's also the reason you don't hear Leilani Momoisea on Radio NZ any more -- they're in New York together. Now there's a handsome couple.
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Hard News: Guess that Prince thing was…, in reply to Robyn Gallagher,
I’m surprised at how sad and wistful “It’s Rugby” sounds. Like someone taking a long look back and realising they’ve forgotten to pay tribute to rugby.
I gather Jordan wrote the song during the last RWC. The vintage clips from the old days foster the sense of wistfulness you mention.
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Hard News: Guess that Prince thing was…, in reply to bob daktari,
saw mr wilson on a boat party in sydney about 3 years ago… best thing I’ve been too for, oh, too long, magic – shame some vital parts on his reel to real melted in the sunshine.
I follow him and Leftside Wobble – both old-schoolers from Britain – on Soundcloud and I do dream of getting Leftside over to play a Public Address event one day.
Also, that link worked for me but I redid it anyway.
GW for BDO!
Yeah. It’d be nice to have something like that amongst the dance music lineup. They could drop a shithouse Australian trance DJ to make room …
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Up Front: It's Not Sex, and It's Not Education, in reply to Ross Mason,
At least nobody knows who I am.
You're a penguin.
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Hard News: Who owns the news?, in reply to Geoff Lealand,
Just on the quiet, I have been compiling a regularly-updated Media Ownership in NZ resource for media teachers for over ten years but AUT didn't seem to know about this.
Link, plz?
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Hard News: The Minister's Brain Has Exploded, in reply to DexterX,
One Question - Where is the Plastic Waka??
Should it not have been in place for the RWC Opening?
It will be by the Viaduct, but I think only for the last two weeks. The whole idea's a mess, really.
