Fantastic award for Jordan! Whilst living in a grotty Sydney flat mid-80s - there were two Kiwi vinyl albums that got played non-stop by us homesick for Aotearoa: The Exponants & The Mockers. Back home just a few months later at 2ZM, we had Jordan in for an interview - whilst waiting at Broadcasting House reception he jumped up & gave one of the potplants a jolly good watering in front of stunned on-lookers. It was a classic Jordan Luck moment. Not sure whether the potplant survived. Andrew Fagan should be next for the Hall of Fame. And um, er Brooke Fraser ? Lovely girl and sings just as nicely as any averagely talented female singer/songer I've heard - but... I can't remember any of her songs!

Hey nice one Russell. Cool choices too!

Music month is always time for a good stir-up - issues need airing - hope they're listening.

Campbell Smith: A further development to be taken account of is the newly-created market for podcasts of work. Copyright owners or licensed providers now make podcasts available for purchase and obtain a return. The wide time shifting provision in the Bill will interfere with the normal exploitation of copyright owners and thus be in conflict with both the Berne Convention and TRIPs Agreement.

Thanks Russell - for rubbishing this comment. There is no fee for listening to podcasts or for subscribing to NZ Music podcasts on networks such as The Voicebooth. Many independent NZ artists and labels submit music with the understanding it is for podcast, and appreciate the feedback & interest - often from overseas music fans. Hopefully, for artists, that translates into gigs, sales, collaborations - the whole networking thing works its magic etc. I'd hardly call this "exploitation" of copyright owners. Artist details, weblinks etc are all acknowledged.