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If I Were An Animal – the Christchurch online music show

Posted on Monday 25 October 2010 by | Comments Off

In case you missed it first time round be sure to have a peek at If I Were An Animal – the Christchurch online music show.

The show is produced by three New Zealand Broadcasting students (Libby Dallison, Karl Stanley, and Phillip Gow) for their major project. Because it’s a project the show consists of only has four episodes but it’s quite impressive. Let’s hope they can find the time and energy to make more.

Bands and events featured include: Flip Grater, The Datsuns, the CHARTdisc 4 release party, Cairo Knife Fight, The Eastern, Kids of 88, Sleepy Age, The Unfaithful Ways, Rare Shot Blue, The Dukes, Green Like Go, and Skudderhill.

I guess what spins my wheels is that while I have seen some of these artists live, listened to them on the radio, and read about them in various music publications seeing moving pictures of the artists adds yet another dimension.

Here’s the four episodes…

More details:

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Benga “Baltimore Clap”

Posted on Thursday 7 October 2010 by | Comments Off

Damn. Can’t believe I missed this first time round.

I gave the Benga album “Phaze One” a thrashing for a few weeks when it got released (June?) then clean forgot about it.

Didn’t realise there was a freaky video for “Baltimore Clap”. Exhilarating, captivating and depressing all at the same time!

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Gold – always believe in your soul…

Posted on Saturday 18 September 2010 by | Comments Off

After feeling sleep deprived from all the earthquake aftershocks, and at a loose end from not being able to do the show, this one put me back in a good mood. Let’s hope that this cunt goes on to do cover versions of Phil Collins, Paul Young, and Billy Joel.

I do believe that Spandau Ballet’s “Gold” is The Herb Whisperer’s karaoke/SingStar song of choice. However, none of us will ever be able to sing it again without gratuitously swearing throughout it.

THX ALISON !!!

By the way, here’s the original – just as dodgy. But a belter of a song!

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Box(set) of Orange Juice

Posted on Tuesday 24 August 2010 by | Comments Off

Orange Juice - Coals To Newcastle

The NME reported yesterday that Domino Recordings are set to release an Orange Juice 7 disc boxset on the 8th of November, possibly due to overwhelming public demand after The Joint played the title track of Edwyn Collins’ new CD “Losing Sleep” last Saturday. Possibly.

Entitled “Coals To Newcastle”, the release will comprise their entire discography plus video footage.

I’m particularly looking forward to the latter because it will include the official promo for “What Presence?!” – which I reckon to be the best Orange Juice single and a piece of video I’ve never seen. Derek Jarman directed to boot.

Sure, you can stream it online at Muzu.tv or vh1la.com or some other off -the-beaten-track video site but NOT if you live in New Zealand. We have to put up with some dodgy VHS footage of an Old Grey Whistle Test appearance or one of those motionless YouTube tributes…

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Newport (Ymerodraeth State of Mind)

Posted on Sunday 25 July 2010 by | Comments Off

And there truly is no province finer.

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Some Things For The Weekend:

Posted on Friday 16 July 2010 by | Comments Off

I’ve watched this a few times and I’m of the thinking that it’s one of the great TV / music moments- MIA on David Letterman:

I’ve watched this a few times and I’m of the thinking that Buju Banton (author of Boom Bye Bye) should get, ahem, a special birthday present in jail:

I’ve watched this twice and I’m of the sinking feeling that David Harvey is right when he says “Debt incumbent homeowners don’t go on strike”:

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Adolf Hitler versus Paul the Octopus

Posted on Friday 9 July 2010 by | Comments Off

It’s been an interesting World Cup. My wish at the start of the tournament was for a Spain versus Netherlands final with Spain edging it. That way, either the best team in the world is rewarded for several years of brilliant football OR the Dutch finally complete what they could not finish in 1974 and 1978. Never in my wildest dreams did I think it would happen! Roll on Monday morning.

But my abiding memory of the World Cup 2010 (apart from France, England, and Italy all hilariously choking) is of Paul the Octopus who has been successfully predicting the Germany results – including the semi-final loss to Spain.

Paul the Octopus has now been immortalised in a classic “Downfall” remix. Funny – I thought that YouTube had squashed all the Downfall videos.

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