Posts by Mike O'Connell
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Hard News: Friday Music! Special Records, in reply to Rob Stowell,
I think I was sitting jst behind the mysterious Willy at one stage.
Aha, the plot thickens...
Stephen was in good voice
Apparently Bill had largely forgotten the words (!) - hadn't played those in eons - but Stephen can recall and sing just about anything I'm told. I'm not sure but are Son of Cronos and Girl at Night Vacuum-era songs? For the latter, it looked like Bill wasn't quite ready for Malcolm to join the fray - but he got up there anyway!
One thing the night missed though were the keyboards - hence no e.g. Thought I Knew You or Russian Rug. Anyway, small quibbles for what goodies we got over nearly 2 1/2 hours.
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Hard News: Friday Music! Special Records, in reply to Rob Stowell,
No Rob, I am not Willy. Not quite sure who he is - but he gets around - filming the songs at 'In Love With These Times' recently plus plenty of stuff this year from RDU's Museum gigs, Delaney Davidson, etc.
John Chrisstoffels was also recording but he said he was only capturing the 'non-touring' line-up songs which will form part of the Builders tour documentary.
Yeah, the Campbell set was fab - and there's this too, appropriately, Nick Bollinger revisits a Flying Nun classic from Bill Direen's Builders - from The Sampler this week.
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Hard News: Friday Music! Special Records, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
Looking forward to the Darkroom gig. Couldn't make the first outing as of course Bill Direen and Builders were at the Darkroom. Various musicians from the past teamed up with Bill in various line ups including - courtesy of the indefatigible Willy Biscuits - Son of Cronos (with Stephen Cogle)
and Accident (with Beatin Hearts line up of Malcom Grant and Campbell McLay)BTW Stephen Cogle will be appearing in Auckland soon with Dark Matter and the Terminals at the Nowhere! Festival, Nov 3-6. From what the Eventfinda websites say, there are two - yes two - Terminals gigs (with others) the same day (Sat 5th), afternoon at Audio Foundation and evening at Whammy Bar
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The Nowhere! Festival 2016 in Auckland has been announced. A cracker programme brings an eclectic mix appearing over three venues - Audio Foundation, Whammy Bar and the Wine Cellar and includes a rare live appearance from the Terminals, making a rare live appearance, Tying in with this is the re-release of their 1990 release Uncoffined - and an interview with drummer Peter Stapleton.
I'm rather tempted to head north, more so than to Laneway. Here's the eponymous single from the album
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I don't recall anyone posting about this yet. Some of you may have wondered what has happened to some of the great shows that were hosted by RDU - until the infamous 'fallout' earlier this year, Unfortunately, most of the fallout between the old guard and the new unfolded while the 40th Anniversary was being celebrated. There's a lot of hearsay in what has happened - I won't go there.
Instead, you'll be pleased to know many of those fine shows have re-surfaced on 8K, They launched in July, on IndiePendance Day! V cool site and there's a 8K Facebook page too.
Old RDU show favourites have returned in much the same guise, including The Joint, Human Pleasure, Pincolada Soundsystem and Skew-Whiff (i.e. Michael Daly and Chris Stone, former hosts of Sunday arvo's Vintage Cuts.)
Here's what the Joint pair got up to yesterday:
On today’s show marvel at Dolly Parton’s first ever recording (14 years old), Adam & The Ants reinterpreting The Village People, brand new Wiley, a (rightly?) long forgotten JAMC dance remix, an Annie collaboration, a Cyrus family collaboration, angry hip hop (is there any other kind?) and Thurston Moore’s tribute to Chelsea Manning
And Skew-Whiff was sampling just now Jackie Mittoo - so how about a bit of Ghetto Organ for a stunning Sunday afternoon...
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Hard News: Friday Music: After the…, in reply to Russell Brown,
Oh – and this!
In the diary - though Ian might have me heading out to Sumner first to see Cardigan Bay. Here's a couple of less familiar-to-these-ears tracks, The Cup
and, Do You -
Hard News: Friday Music: After the…, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
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Hard News: Friday Music: After the…, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
But it just felt like they were channelling Minisnap …,
Talking to Paul Kean today who mentioned Minisnap, who were most impressive in their last outing as a five piece, have been invited to appear at Nostalgia 2017. Just a date to pencil in for now, March 4.
Also, good news for us southerners Breathing Cage will hit out 'shores' mid-Jan-ish for a couple of dates. Apparently they had an outing in Auckland recently which they say went really well. Did any PA-ers go?
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Hard News: Friday Music: After the…, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
a kick-ass band has formed and will be debuting in Sumner on the same night as Bill Direen
Will be a scramble to get to both but worth a shot. Gosh, haven't seem Blair perform live in ages, old Dux, as The L.E.D.s.
BTW, Cardigan Bay...a fine pedigree, I'm sure Shayne P Carter would agree!
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Speaker: Christchurch: We're not…, in reply to Sacha,
The reign of ECan's commissioners is over
Next month's election will bring seven elected councillors to join up to six commissioners in a hybrid model never before attempted at a local authority.
Bazley and Williams are retiring. At the meeting (the Tuesday Club) chaired this week by Garry Moore, the three candidates present were in strong agreement that the new Chair should be 'selected from the elected'!
Interesting to see, and interesting timing, the release just prior to local elections of the Environment Defence Society's (EDS) report How effective is NZ’s resource management system?
There's plenty to digest for policy wonks and prospective candidates alike ahead of these elections. Noting too that this is not just the work of EDS alone, a grouping that would not necessarily be on the same song sheet (at least with EDS).
In a surprising twist, four very different and diverse organisations are united in the view that the RMA and wider resource management system is not delivering for the environment nor for business.
Those 'diverse organisations' are the Employers and Manufactures Association, New Zealand Council for Infrastructure Development, Property Council New Zealand and the EDS).
There's plenty to drill into, e.g., this key outcome:
Key outcome: Capture of (particularly local) government by vested
interests has reduced the power of the Resource Management
Act to appropriately manage effects on the environment.Effects on the water system...among a number of things, I wonder how soon the new ECan Council will move to re-assess the Zone Committee structure and decide whether it remains the 'fit for purpose' approach to managing the region's water.
