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For a mouldy old bastard, this 12" mix of his new single is well fab in a plastic Motown way.
This mouldy old bastard thanks you. And Russell for the 'too legit to quit' download link. Shit, did I just inadvertently reference MC Hammer, again?
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Recordari, interested in your impressions of the Nathan Haines and Hollie Smith albums
First impressions, both very good. Need a bit more time to get into them, but when I heard the first song off Hollie Smith's album on bFm, I pulled the car over to send in a text that went something like. 'Holy hell, that's effen fantastic!' Maybe a bit of a reactionary response, but I'm not down-grading it just yet.
In related news, Paul Weller just received the NME gong for being a 'Godlike Genius'. While the title does seem a bit OTT, I agree he deserves at least equal status to Bobbie Gillespie. Possibly higher... The first video sound is about 30 secs off sync, which gets annoying, but he plays Start and Eton Rifles in the second, definitely for nostalgic purposes. Although Eton Rifles made the hair tingle a little. Have the 7" of that, along with about 5 others (out of town, so can't go and count them).
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I find myself in this odd place where I can't be bothered with nostalgia one day and loving it the next, but mostly the first.
I wear my nostalgia like a comfortable old leather jacket, to coin a phrase. New music is something I also crave. Just got Hollie Smith, Nathan Haines, Salon Kingsadore and Gorillaz. Noticed Durrutti Column have a new album also, written for Tony Wilson. Sort of 'New Nostalgia', as it were. Always loved his spacious guitar thing.
So much great music, so little time.
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Ah, but what is art? How can we define it? Are our definitons objective, or subjective? How do we tell what is 'good' art, and what is 'bad' art?
Arrgrrrrrhh!!! Not that again. Too soon.
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I was thrilled when The Clash didn't bother, and The Jam won't I'm sure. I had trouble with the Jerry Dammers-less Specials and the PIL footage is horrendous.
The Jerry Dammers-less Specials were fantastic. Well, anybody I've spoken to thought so, and I would have to agree.
Also went to see the 'From the Jam' show at Sky City a while back, and I was pleasantly surprised. Ok, so without Weller, it's not The Jam, but it was still a good night out.
The Bunnymen at Laneways have been picked to pieces, but seeing them play All My Colours live is something I'll never forget. The Pixies was just The Business.
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Sorry for this
No worries. Sometimes you need someplace to say something.
Thanks for that. It was also a bit 'on topic', well on the car topic at least, as Tim was an avid car lover and motoring journalist, publishing books on Trucking in New Zealand and regular contributions to the Classic Car Magazine. Loved reading the Mini stories just now, which was my first car.
Along with inspiring countless budding artists, it does seem he was one of those people that contributes a great deal to those around him, and will be greatly missed.
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In my yoof, I rode a ten speed around the open roads of the Bay of Plenty. Being literally blown into a ditch by the vortex off the back of a logging truck taught me that keeping left was not just recommended in the road code, it was bloody common sense self-preservation. It does annoy me when I see cyclists two abreast on busy highways. Yes you may be entitled to do it, but not all drivers are going to see it that way, or even see you at all, IME.
Now I'm riding Scooters on both city roads, and in the country side, I can also appreciate the differences between the three vehicles in question. When some git passed a group of us through the winding roads from Piha the other day on a blind corner, it highlighted how the reckless actions of others can put lives at risk unnecessarily. We were doing 60 - 70 on the open stretches and slowing for the corners, as advised by the signs. Clearly the swell on the East Coast was superior on that particular day, and no pesky scooterists were going to slow them down.
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Sorry for this, but I just heard Tim Chadwick, whom I met last year at a scooter gathering, passed away in a car accident. He was a 'driver' in every sense of the word. R.I.P Tim.
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Just as an aside, being the only non-drinking driver with a car and licence at 15 in a small town has some advantages. Let's just say I was popular with the dads.
Drivers look at other drivers eyes ALL the time. They don't expect to be seen. It's total rubbish to say drivers don't look out for pedestrians, and dogs, and little objects on the road, etc.
This is how I try to survive on a motorbike. I am invisible, until I see the whites of their eyes. But, it could be said that plenty of people who aren't 'drivers' in Ben's sense, still drive.
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As for expanded vision, I started my pilot's licence at 14 (weird, but I don't remember any complaints). 'Rich kid' you all scream? No, saved the money from after school jobs. 'So just a wanker then?' Yeah, that.
Didn't finish it as it happens, but while sitting on my cushion so I could see the horizon I was supposed to be aiming at, you did get a sense of the importance of peripheral vision. While driving multi-lane highways, it comes in handy some times.
Now I'm also on motorbikes, looking past the edge of a full faced helmet has it's moments.
Finally how does Ben get away with talking about cars and bikes being sensual and all that without a second look? Has he got a badge I don't have yet?