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Hard News: Friday Music: New Classical

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  • bob daktari,

    So great to finally get a glimpse into what Shayne’s been working on

    Not overly fussed on the leisure remix, Montell2099’s original works are way more interesting

    For those looking for a refreshingly interesting homage to the purple one’s legacy might I suggest Michael Morley’s Gate…

    https://gatemm.bandcamp.com/album/prnth

    Must watch the jungle dodo’s had the pleasure of being in London as it kicked in, I was a white dude in a flying nun sweatshirt and docs sweating in the clubs (that would let me in) looking quite out of place and loving every single second of it all – it was the sound of london in a way d'n'b could never be

    auckland • Since Dec 2006 • 540 posts Report Reply

  • Ian Dalziel,

    Jammy bleeders…
    Some other minor classics from last century….

    Plus
    if it’s moody ya want, here’s some London magick – from a bona fide ‘working’ class hero – Alan Moore… The Highbury Working

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report Reply

  • mark taslov,

    Some old shit that was lying around.

    Te Ika-a-Māui • Since Mar 2008 • 2281 posts Report Reply

  • Ian Dalziel,

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    Signs of the times…
    Toy Love signs to Deluxe Records
    Here’s the band on that fateful day pictured with Tim Murdoch (WEA boss), Michael Browning (Deluxe & exAC/DC manager) and Terence Hogan (WEA A&R and friend).
    .. and another pic celebrating after the deed with an ‘abnormally puny roadie’ off to the side at the back.
    :- )

    Not sure who took the pics, possibly Phil Peacocke or Murray Cammick?

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report Reply

  • Jonathan Ganley,

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    Posters on Symonds St for 'In Love With These Times'

    Since Dec 2006 • 234 posts Report Reply

  • Russell Brown, in reply to Ian Dalziel,

    Toy Love signs to Deluxe Records

    I love these pictures!

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 22850 posts Report Reply

  • LIISA, in reply to Ian Dalziel,

    Russell, can we please have a ‘like’ button, if only for Ian?

    Wellie • Since May 2008 • 46 posts Report Reply

  • TracyMac,

    For me, DnB was a revelation after crap hi-nrg and mostly-boring (to me) generic house that you got in the gay clubs in the late 80s/early 90s.

    Of course, as time went on, there was plenty of samey-samey DnB as well, but it's still my favourite dance genre. Although there's some fine UK dubstep of a few years ago I enjoy, and some more recent iterations of trap.

    Speaking of nostalgia dance music (but not the good kind), I went to a gay club in Adelaide a few weeks ago, and other than the young guys "dancing" while simultaneously looking at their phones, the music would not have been out of place in 1989. Maybe it picked up later, but I departed early, for some reason.

    Canberra, West Island • Since Nov 2006 • 701 posts Report Reply

  • Ian Dalziel,

    Rider wails…
    Keisha Castle-Hughes hits the Roadie for punk new role
    Says the Herald headline,
    "Keisha Castel-Hughes in a new television show Roadies appearing on the SoHo channel" says the photo caption – (quality subs are hard to find apparently).

    Castle-Hughes portrays outspoken sound engineer Donna Mancini in the show, which follows behind-the-scenes dramas of the crew working for a successful rock band.

    Nice of Cameron Crowe to tip a hat to NZ’s own Celia Mancini ( King Loser and former Into the Void* manager)
    :- )

    http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=11650379


    *ITV – Playing at The Wunderbar June 10th!!

    Into the Void vocalist Ronnie van Hout will be in Christchurch on a secret mission so the band thought they would make good use of him. And what better way than with a gig!
    Joining them will be Christchurch’s own Ex Waves – an unholy marriage between Dick Dale & The Cure, they’ll add their own sonic stamp to the proceedings.

    http://www.undertheradar.co.nz/gig/50129/Into-The-Void—Ex-Waves.utr

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report Reply

  • Ian Dalziel,

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    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report Reply

  • Ian Dalziel, in reply to ,

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    ‘abnormally puny roadie’ off to the side at the back.
    :-)

    That phrase was Chris’s description of me from his introduction to the Rock Strips comic – I recently recovered my original art for that, above are some dodgy photos of my 3 pages of dodgy doodles…

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report Reply

  • Russell Brown, in reply to LIISA,

    Russell, can we please have a ‘like’ button, if only for Ian?

    <LIKE>

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 22850 posts Report Reply

  • Russell Brown, in reply to Ian Dalziel,

    ‘abnormally puny roadie’ off to the side at the back.
    :-)

    That phrase was Chris’s description of me from his introduction to the Rock Strips comic

    Ian, we both know you only looked puny.

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 22850 posts Report Reply

  • Mike O'Connell, in reply to Ian Dalziel,

    *ITV – Playing at The Wunderbar June 10th!!

    Can anyone place the still on the UTR page? I love that reference to the late great (very recently) departed Ian Watkin and was reminded of his involvement in BLERTA - and started watching segments the madcap Pythonesque Blerta Revisited - brilliant!

    And with NZ ON Screen being a superb repository of Watkin's back catalogue there's plenty on offer including his role as the axe-wielding title character in the surreal, no-dialogue short Blackhearted Barney Blackfoot from 1980. And in a short, which might be quite difficult to make today, he plays a well-meaning but dim tour leader, trying to make Wellington sound exciting (!) there's Loose Enz - Graham's Mum and the Goulden Tour from 1982.

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 385 posts Report Reply

  • Ian Dalziel, in reply to Mike O'Connell,

    Can anyone place the still on the UTR page?

    an image search indicates it's probably Ian Watkin as Uncle Les in Braindead
    NSFW:

    and surprisingly the whole movie seems to be here as well
    dunno if that's okay or just a Joycean 'pretty legal'

    I guess you found the Neville Purvis Family Show on NZ on Screen as well:
    http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/the-neville-purvis-family-show-episode-1978/overview

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report Reply

  • Ian Dalziel, in reply to Ian Dalziel,

    Neville Purvis Family Show

    Okay sorry, Watkin isn' in that episode - but I think he was in some of them - great to see Chchch's own Henry Sunderland gnoted gnomologist and Rob Muldoon in there though...

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report Reply

  • Mike O'Connell, in reply to Ian Dalziel,

    an image search indicates it’s probably Ian Watkin as Uncle Les in Braindead

    Aha,no hadn't caught up with Neil Purvis. But I can see how my winter Sundays are going to be spent!

    Muldoon, what a character - he even called in the airforce (a solitary Skyhawk?) for Sleeping Dogs. Couldn't ever imagine 'popping down to Bellamy's' for an ale with Key or Joyce.

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 385 posts Report Reply

  • Brent Jackson, in reply to Russell Brown,

    Russell, can we please have a ‘like’ button, if only for Ian?

    <LIKE>

    <LIKE>

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 620 posts Report Reply

  • Trevor Nicholls,

    This is totally off-topic except it relates to live music in Auckland, and this seems like a discriminating audience to ask for advice.
    If I was to pay a flying visit to the Power Station for a gig later this year, what would you suggest as an affordably convenient establishment at which to overnight?

    Wellington, NZ • Since Nov 2006 • 325 posts Report Reply

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