Posts by Richard Stewart
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Hard News: Friday Music: Walking Distance, in reply to Geoff Lealand,
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I heard Wilco refereed to as Dad Rock recently, lamenting the popularity of boat shoes at their gig
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Hard News: Friday Music: Walking Distance, in reply to Tom Semmens,
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I don't know about lasers and dancing girls - I prefer my dance music dirty and grimy at 3am in a poorly lit dive - but a DJ can sure work on a regular festival stage without a sweaty tent.
I was lucky to see DJ Click at Womad last month and it absolutely went off. I've never heard of him before (he's French but has spent a bit of time in Rajasthan sampling traditional beats and chants) but he sure mixes up the genres. -
Hard News: Friday Music: Noise for the neighbours,
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For me, the Powerstation is simply the best live music venue in Auckland. The cash-only bar never has long queues, the sound is usually spot on, and taxis are waiting right outside the door when it's time to go home.
Basically, it's everything Vector isn't
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Hard News: Friday Music: The Cool Return,
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mmmm Tricky. Yummy.
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Hard News: Friday Music: Right back in there,
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The memory permanently etched into my brain from that era is that of the Windsor Castle's resident act, the notorious Team Policing Unit.
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Capture: Someone, Somewhere, In Summertime, in reply to Jos,
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Yes Lake Okataina is indeed a treasure. I've been fishing and walking around there for over 25 years on and off, and every time i visit it's just as breathtaking as the first time. Now they've opened up the Western track for mountain biking ; it's rated a grade 3 but it's very steep and rutted in places.
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Capture: Someone, Somewhere, In Summertime,
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I biked the Western Okataina track from Lake Okereka to the Okataina Outdoor Education Centre last week. The swim in the lake afterwards was heaven!
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Hard News: The Waterview Bore, in reply to Dastardly Bounder,
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OK to be fair that is the proposal.
We'll just have to wait and see what the finished article looks like, but I can't help thinking that it will be akin to keeping the facade of the Queens Head Tavern while bastardising the surrounding landscape. -
Hard News: The Waterview Bore, in reply to thomas,
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"i'm expecting the impact of the work once completed to be positive."
For motorists in the short term, but not for the beautiful Oakley Creek Walkway and waterfall.
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Hard News: Friday Music: Summer Live, in reply to Karen White,
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Would really love to see Devo and Elvis too - but I can't get past the winery thing. It's just, well, not appropriate.
