Posts by Andrew G
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Not so great for moving a load of firewood &/or a couple of sheep.
Not such a common sight these days on the morning commute in the big cities I'd suggest. The sheep tend to make a terrible mess of the leather seats in the X5.
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This is from an Aussie, Saturday morning show for teens. Only the JSBX could pull this off at 11am. Brilliant.
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"Simon Sweetman looks like he's too young to remember the "bad old days" of New Zealand music, when there was no airplay, even for insanely popular bands (Screaming Mee Mees, Blam Blam Blam, Toy Love, etc) - and when Crowded House had to get airplay overseas before they got played here."
Well he should remember. The sad state of airplay for these bands carried on all the way through to the mid/late 90's. In '96 there was only about 6% NZ content on NZ radio(ironically songs from artists that could really have done with the supprt 20 years earlier) and that's not so long ago.
I know in many ways NZMM focuses mainly on the more commercial end of the market, but many of these "commercial" artists wouldn't have been heard on a commercial radio playlist 10 years ago and while there are many great artists that will still not get the direct exposure through NZMM, I believe it has the effect of increasing the audience for these artists. I guess it's a branding exercise with the message that NZ music is a quality product and this message does in some cases have a trickle down effect. Maybe one day we'll have 30% local content on radio as a result.