Posts by Grant McDougall
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Hard News: Music: At long last the…,
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Great band in their day, but it's all been downhill since The Hit Parade albums 20 years ago, sadly.
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I was never a fan of Holmes, even less so given the over-the-top obits refered to above.
As for Seven Sharp, what a dog's breakfast. It seems confused and directionless. I thought the piece on post-traumatic stress disorder was a good, solid article, but why have it at the end instead of the start ?
The rest was irrelevant, bland puff-pieces.Also, there is no need for three presenters. Have that many reiterates the lack of leadership and direction. Time is wasted letting them all bang on, rather than just hitting into a story.
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Hard News: Music: Summer Season,
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I went troppo in the Portil pre-Christmas sale, bought assorted albums by Augustus Pablo, Toy Love's Gluepot live, the Verlaines' Bird-Dog and Some Disenchanted Evening,Judee Sill Big Black's Songs About F--king and a few more including Len Lye's Composing Motion, a comp of the sounds made by his kinetic sculptures.
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Hard News: Music: In before Christmas,
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Still problems with the autoplay, Russell.
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Hard News: Music: In before Christmas,
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Sorry this isn't on topic, but looks like Leslie Longstone is falling on her sword over the Novopay debacle.
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Hard News: Music: In before Christmas,
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I use IE on Windows 7 and the top clip started playing automatically. It was a bit embarassing as a) it was loud and b) I'm in the public library.
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Hard News: Music: In before Christmas,
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Is the bar in the Street Chant clip an actual bar in Auckland or just a studio mock-up ?
Either way, it's a cool clip.
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Hard News: Friday Music: A Year of It,
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Can't say I've bought a lot of albums this year, but the local music scene here in Dunedin has been absolutely over-flowing with new, young bands. I reckon I've gone to more gigs this year than in the past five or six years combined.
Two gigs really stood out: Astro Children, Opposite Sex and Die ! Die ! Die ! at the Crown in May, and Space Bats Attack, Astro Children, A Distant City and Idiot Prayer at 12 Below a month or so ago.
Radio One has also been having free gigs for card-holders during the year, so it's been a heap of fun to also see Strange Harvest, Dudley Benson and others I can't remember live this year.
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Hard News: Friday Music: Summer Live,
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Myself and a few others are flying up from the South Island for the Neil Young concert in Auckland. It'll be awesome.
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Hard News: The Velvet Underground Etc., in reply to Rich of Observationz,
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Slow Boat's owned their site for decades, so rent prices are no excuse for their steep prices.