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Graham Reid's many things
December 2008
Ring out the old, ring in the new . . . (Dec 31)
The Last of the Long Lunches . . . (Dec 22)
He's just an excitable boy . . . (Dec 16)
The movie that cried out to be made (Dec 12)
Following The Songlines (Dec 09)
Feelin' Groovy . . . Happy Again (Dec 05)
The Key's under the Matt (Dec 01)
November 2008
The End is Nigh . . . Again? (Nov 10)
In Your Neighbourhood (Nov 04)
October 2008
As the world turns . . . (Oct 30)
Modern Life is Rubbish (Oct 28)
Make It Easy On Yourself (Oct 23)
It's life Jim, but not as we know it . . . (Oct 07)
August 2008
Back from the big backyard (Aug 04)
July 2008
No Town Like Alice (Jul 27)
Couch life and low opinion (Jul 23)
The Pope, the Veitch, his Spies and my Brother (Jul 14)
Food for Thought (Jul 06)
June 2008
Carter The Unstoppable Dick Machine (Jun 13)
May 2008
Mix tape 2008 (May 23)
Whistle while you work (May 19)
Don't know your past, don't know your future (May 16)
My Brilliant Korea. (May 13)
Encounter with a master musician (May 08)
Historic present, present tense and future perfect (May 07)
Seoul Searchin' (Sorry, it had to be used!) (May 06)
Smart Korea Move (May 05)
Soul to Seoul (May 03)
April 2008
Truth. Compassion. Forbearance. Propaganda (Apr 18)
Even Better than the Real Thing? (Apr 16)
Golly, where does the time go? (Apr 15)
Flight into escapism (Apr 13)
Politics on the pages (Apr 01)
March 2008
The canyons of my mind (Mar 20)
Sing like you're winning (Mar 02)
February 2008
They will come, so build it. (Feb 15)
An aerial ballet of steel and cement (Feb 07)
January 2008
A Day In The Life Of . . . (Jan 11)
Alt.Nation: The Endless Summer (Jan 11)
And I'm going to lose weight too . . . (Jan 01)
November 2007
Hey, good lookin' (Nov 30)
The Age of Reason (Nov 06)
October 2007
The Lion Doesn't Sleep Tonight (Oct 27)
September 2007
The Shock of the Familiar (Sep 10)
Whisky, suits, me (Sep 01)
August 2007
With a little help from my friends . . . (Aug 26)
Alt.Nation: Ask not for whom the fat lady sings . . . (Aug 23)
Diana of Wails: The Princess and Me (Aug 20)
The Cure -- for what ails you (Aug 15)
July 2007
It's Not Easy Being Green-ish (Jul 16)
A missive from an ancient mariner (Jul 04)
June 2007
Traveller Tales (Jun 15)
Music to my ears (Jun 03)
May 2007
We . . .the People? (May 31)
Auckland: The past is present (May 22)
Nothing, if not critical (May 18)
So You Wanna Be A Rock'n'Roll Star (May 09)
April 2007
Age shall not weary me (Apr 22)
Sideslap: 5 Years And Mounting (Apr 18)
You say Goodbye, and I say Hello (Apr 16)
The Chinese envoy is here (Apr 06)
Step away from the lipstick, ma'am (Apr 04)
March 2007
All the News That's Fit (And You Know It) (Mar 17)
Festive fare -- to middling (Mar 10)
Every Rose Has Its Thorns (Mar 05)
February 2007
"See The Man In The Motorcade" (Feb 22)
Life? In the Fast Lane (Feb 20)
Alt.Nation: Word . . . Up (Feb 19)
My City In Ruins (Feb 14)
January 2007
Cash from Chaos (Jan 29)
Rock Follies (Jan 23)
The Kids Are Alright (Jan 22)
It's Only Rock'n'Roll (Jan 16)
The writing on the Wall (Jan 11)
The Sounds of Silence (Jan 02)
December 2006
The Roaring Silence (Dec 02)
November 2006
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (Nov 25)
Alt.Nation: Build it -- and they will be stunned. (Nov 15)
Once more on the tiles (Nov 03)
October 2006
Alt.Nation: When the laughter ends (Oct 27)
Let there be light . . . (Oct 22)
Alt.Nation: Fireworks unlikely as Government threatens to cancel Christmas (Oct 18)
The smack 'em debate. (Oct 12)
Oh! Canada! (Oct 03)
September 2006
The Strange and the Familiar in Canada (Sep 30)
Fly Me To The Moon (or Vancouver) (Sep 26)
Thai coup, or Thai food? (Sep 21)
Alt.Nation: Mental Health Strikes 1 in 2 (Sep 20)
Chairman Mao and student unrest (Sep 17)
Off The Record (Sep 11)
Anniversaries: Lest Me Forget (Sep 07)
August 2006
Alt.Nation: The price to pay (Aug 31)
Silence is Golden (Aug 24)
Life in other countries (Aug 20)
July 2006
Alt.Nation: Go ahead, make my charter (Jul 22)
Alt.Nation: More New Zealand on Air (Jul 20)
Alt.Nation: New Zealand, on Air? (Jul 17)
The ratepayer is revolting (Jul 12)
The French Connection (Jul 07)
Good Day Sunshine (Jul 03)
June 2006
Snow on the Yelps (Jun 24)
And the band played on (Jun 22)
Music to your ears. From Elsewhere. (Jun 18)
Chaos is in the mind of the beholder (Jun 12)
And the horse you rode into town on. (Jun 05)
Et al, etcetera etc (Jun 01)
May 2006
Alt.Nation: It's all in the game. (May 25)
Alt.Nation: You have been warned, sort of (May 23)
Alt.Nation: When disaster strikes -- and misses (May 16)
Trade? Me? (May 12)
Alt.Nation: Dancing, with the Star (May 08)
Their Satanic Majesties Behest (May 01)
April 2006
The Solomon Islands: A Situation Report (Apr 20)
Alt.Nation: The "write" stuff (Apr 19)
To boldly split an infinitive (Apr 12)
And the hangover goes to . . . (Apr 05)
March 2006
Talk is Cheap (Mar 30)
Go fourth, y'all (Mar 23)
Troubled times in Thailand (Mar 15)
Oh, what a tangled Web we weave . . . (Mar 08)
February 2006
If your memory serves you well (Feb 28)
In Two Minds (Feb 19)
Let them eat cake (Feb 16)
AltNation: Something is rotten in the state (Feb 13)
Can you pass me the remote, please? (Feb 07)
January 2006
AltNation: Pet Sounds (Jan 31)
AltNation: Word Up (Jan 25)
Over and Outta Here. (Jan 21)
Alt.Nation: Sick of ham yet? (Jan 06)
December 2005
Look back and wonder (Dec 19)
Christmas Under Canvas (Dec 05)
November 2005
The Return of Alt.Nation: Diary of a Boring Expat (Nov 28)
Simply the Best (Nov 25)
Home again, naturally (Nov 20)
September 2005
Three Feet High And Rising (Sep 29)
Ich bin ein Berliner (Sep 21)
Leavin' on a jet plane (Sep 09)
Drinkin' Muddy Water (Sep 06)
August 2005
Alternative Nation*11: The Time of the Season (Aug 30)
Alternative Nation*10: The Final Countdown (Aug 24)
Alternative Nation*9: We are Devo (Aug 18)
Alternative Nation*8: The vision thing (Aug 16)
Alternative Nation*7: Visions of Joanne, huh? (Aug 10)
Alternative Nation*6: White Riot (Aug 08)
Alternative Nation*5: The money-go-round (Aug 05)
Alternative Nation*4: Search and Ignore (Aug 01)
July 2005
Alternative Nation: Beat on the B'crat (Jul 29)
Alternative Nation: Tea for . . . Who? (Jul 27)
Alternative Nation: Go Ahead, Make My Date (Jul 25)
London Calling (Jul 08)
June 2005
Do We Still Shoot Horses? (Jun 20)
Wham, Bam, Thank You Mum (Jun 14)
Bread and Circuses (Jun 10)
May 2005
Of cabbages and kings (May 31)
Unputdownable, for true (May 23)
Teacher's Pest (May 17)
Clear and Present Danger (May 12)
Letter From America (May 04)
April 2005
Static and surface noise (Apr 12)
Clear communication (Apr 02)
March 2005
And dogs will bark (Mar 16)
City life (Mar 13)
Come. Feel the noise (Mar 04)
Pope seen jogging (Mar 01)
February 2005
Mate, how bad was that? (Feb 24)
Lord of the ring (Feb 06)
Of time and the drivel (Feb 01)
January 2005
Ask Ms Manners (Jan 27)
Brash pop and Brash politics (Jan 25)
Prince's sign o' the times (Jan 19)
Fit, and you know it (Jan 14)
Business as usual (Jan 12)
December 2004
Under a Pacific sky (Dec 31)
From here to modernity (Dec 17)
Our people, today (Dec 15)
Channel surfing (Dec 10)
Family matters (Dec 04)
The week that is (Dec 02)
November 2004
Death and passion (Nov 29)
Suds and the City (Nov 25)
Facts of the matter (Nov 22)
Past, present, future (Nov 11)
Days of Rage (Nov 07)
The money-go-round (Nov 01)
October 2004
The Puritans, again (Oct 26)
Hurry up and wait (Oct 12)
The Shape of Things to Come (Oct 05)
September 2004
Age of reason (Sep 30)
Stay home, traveller (Sep 19)
Sport, art and suffering (Sep 16)
Scratching the vinyl (Sep 06)
August 2004
The King, and the animal kingdom (Aug 26)
Going, going, but never off the island (Aug 19)
Keeping perspective (Aug 18)
Deep in the Heart of Texas (Aug 13)