12pm – 1pm

• Prince – When doves cry (Theatre of Delays remix)
• Todd Terje – Inspector Norse
• Sawlin – Excipidial
• Chloe – Watch out
• Unknown Mortal Orchestra – Thought ballune **NZ**
• King Khan & The Shrines – Lie fast die strong
• The Mariachi Brass feat. Chet Baker – It’s too late
• Dub Asylum – Skatta **NZ**
• Gonjasufi – The blame
• Roots Manuva – Much too plush
• Ninjaman – Murder dem
• Royalty – Halley S Trail

1pm -2pm

• The Big Pink – Hit the ground (Superman)
• Air – Surfing on a rocket
• Medicine – Time Baby II (remastered)
• Straightjacket Fits – Missing presumed drowned **NZ**
• M83 – Claudia Lewis
• New Order – Thieves like us
• Redshape – Static
• Mulchzoid – Black ballpoint pen (corrections in red) **NZ**
• TOKiMONSTA – Day job
• Yusuke Tsutsumi – A grave by the sea
• Yusuke Tsutsumi – The strip club
• Nicolas Jaar – Space is only noise you can see
• Freeland Whales – The great estates
• Piewarmer – Fucked if I know
• Tonetta – Glory hole

Other info.

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And if you thought this was Ice Cube’s first attempt at depicting modern Los Angeles, you’d be wrong. Here’s his 1988 documentary about the south central Los Angeles suburb of Compton…

And here’s the playlist in full…

12pm – 1pm

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• Todd Terje – Swing star (Parts 1 & 2)
• Darkside – A1
• Røb – Dawn **NZ**
• Saturations –  Refined **NZ**
• Pie Warmer – God help me Aunt Daisy **NZ**
• Frankie Rose – Know Me
• Shit And Shine –  Klipp
• Dub Asylum – Point blank **NZ**
• Tenor Saw – Ring the alarm
• L Que – Shake down
• Nicolas Jaar – With just one glance

1pm – 2pm

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• DJ Earl – Dummy Mix 104 (Excerpt)
• Tokimonsta – Bright shadows
• Vampire Slayer – 4our
• Nancy Dupree –  Docta King
• Deniro Farrar – NWO (Featuring Shady Blaze)
• Blind Lemon Jefferson – See that my grave is kept clean (see the Anthology of American Folk Music for more info)
• Girls –  Lawrence
• Felt –  Mexican Bandits
• Hallelujah Picassos – Shivers **NZ**
• Sharon van Etten – Magic chords
• Stephen Paul Smoker – Green City

Speaking of the 1980s, couldn’t resist sorry. Got reminded of the original last night and then this morning Woody aka Mudd of Sound Check reminded me of this lovely version of “I can’t go for that” as performed on Daryl Hall’s web TV show Live from Daryl’s House…

And here’s the playlist in full…

12pm – 1pm

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• Lindstrøm – Quiet place to live
• Mr Oizo - Douche Beat (Theatre Of Delays Remix)
• Planningtorock – The One (Bolton Version)
• Light Asylum –  Dark Allies
• Doctors – Super awesome Japanese holiday **NZ**
• Saturations –  Superphased **NZ**
• Parallel Dance Ensemble – Run **NZ**
• The Juicy Bananas –  Bad Man
• Daryl Hall & Chromeo – I can’t go for that
• Nurses –  Dancing Grass
• The Voluntary Butler Scheme –  Manuals

1pm – 2pm

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• Roots Manuva – In the throes of it
• HomeBrew feat. Tourettes – Listen to us [video] **NZ**
• Oneohtrix Point Never – Replica [video]
• Tom & Jerry –  Maximum Style
• J-Live –  Pronouned Spitta
• Spank Rock – DTF DADT [video]
• The Flamin’ Groovies –  Slow Death
• Ipswich – Mackie **NZ**
• The Death Set –  Chew It Like A Gun Gum
• Peaking Lights  -  Marshmellow Yellow (Main Attrakionz Man World Remix Produced By Squadda B)
• Sharon van Etten – Serpents
• Psychic Babble – Let Me Change
• Tonetta – This old world

12pm – 1pm

• Snilloc – Lines
• Santé - Raton
• Cut Copy – Sun God (Andrew Weatherall Mix)
• Dub Asylum – Jumping Jack Skank **NZ**
• Co La – Smooth Solidarity
• Jay-Z And Kanye West –  Otis
• Ella Fitzgerald – I get a kick out of you
• Bronski Beat –  Why? (Extended Mix)
• Sleigh Bells –  Born To Lose

+ Download 12pm – 1pm – 88MB

1pm – 2pm

• Lindstrom – De Javu
• Snapper – Buddy **NZ**
• Saturations –  Kittens **NZ**
• Mulchzoid – Darkness sublime **NZ**
• Ipswich – I could care less **NZ**
• Psych Tigers – Romance **NZ**
• Doctors – Drug war **NZ**
• Theme Park – Milk (Amusement Remix)
• Chairlift –  Met Before
• Thee Oh Sees – The Dream
• Anthony Rother – Wave odyssey
• Long Ryders, The –  Christmas In New Zealand

+ Download 1pm – 2pm – 90MB

If 2011 was a culinary experience it was a shit sandwich.

For us anyway in Christchurch, New Zealand.

We thought we were doing quite well recovering from the big September 2010 earthquake and then the bigger February 22 earthquake hit. Hundreds of lives were lost, entire suburbs were rendered uninhabitable, and many people’s lives are in limbo while the recovery is being planned. I will be forever grateful that none of my family or friends were killed. A miracle really.

And then the June 13 aftershocks hit and then the December 23 aftershocks.

It’s like being served a shit sandwich and then being made to eat the leftovers every several months.

On a purely selfish note, many of my favourite shops, cafes, and music venues were destroyed. RIP places like the RDU studios, most of High Street, Galaxy Records, The Dux de Lux, Goodbye Blue Monday, The Media Club, and The Wunderbar.

But out of this disaster comes opportunity and creativity.

C1 and Alice in Videoland aim to reopen in the CBD early in 2012. James Scott reopened Embassy, Stencil, and SOS in Sydenham. Dave Imlay reopened Galaxy Records in St Asaph Street next door to the truly wonderful post-EQ Darkroom / The Archive. Kudos to these peeps for having the guts to stay and tough it out. Thank you for helping rebuild Christchurch from the ground up.

For much of 2011 music has been the last thing on my mind. I think I hardly listened to any music for several months after 22 February. Too mentally exhausted. And I never expected to hear any local music again in 2011, but as usual how wrong I was. Music and art may seem like a trivial luxury in these hard times but they are the things that will lift the spirits and help us feel optimistic about the future.

Andrew Dubber recently took a dig at music journalists decrying 2011 as a boring year in music in his blog Music journalism is the new boring. When I look back at 2011 I’m quite surprised how much music I ended up listening to and really enjoyed. And a lot of it is from Christchurch and New Zealand. All you’ve got to do is look in the right place.

So thank you to all the artists who contacted us through the year (via post, email, Facebook, and Twitter) and also to Chris Andrews of The Big City who put me on to some good local shit and RDU’s Bill Bird who never let earthquakes get in the way of good radio.

If you’re wanting a round up of 2011, here’s where to start…

Mulchzoid - http://mulchzoid.bandcamp.com/

Mmdelai - http://mmdelai.bandcamp.com/

Psych Tigers - http://psychtigers.bandcamp.com/

Spelunks (aka James Grant) - http://sleepoutrecordings.bandcamp.com/

Saturations (aka Blair Parkes) - http://saturations.bandcamp.com/

Doctors – http://doctors.bandcamp.com/

Ipswich - http://ipswich.bandcamp.com/

Dub Asylum – http://dubasylum.bandcamp.com/

Beastwars - http://beastwars.bandcamp.com/

Kerretta - http://kerretta.bandcamp.com/

For your Christmas/New Year lull viewing pleasure, here’s one of those classic TV moments you never thought would happen (well not back in 1990 anyway).

In 1990 Oprah Winfrey hosted a discussion about the PMRC (Parents Music Resource Centre) and their “Parental Advisory” labelling of records.  Guests on the show were Jello Biafra, Tipper Gore, Rabbi Abraham Cooper, Juan Williams, Ice-T and Nelson George.

I remember watching it, by pure chance, one lunchtime in the RDU offices (it was my first year there) and with the dozen of so people milling about it was a real “WTF?” moment before any of us had ever used the term “WTF?”. I think that’s the effect of Oprah Winfrey reciting Ice-T and Guns N’ Roses lyrics cold. Someone should give her a record deal.

Christoper Hitchens or The American

We always wondered how a debate between Christopher Hitchens and The Bugle’s American would pan out – now we’ll never know.

* Actually there is a chance The Bugle can be revived by clicking and voting via Facebook.

And here’s the playlist in full…

12pm – 1pm

• I:Cube – Transpiration
• Mickey Moonlight – Interplanetary music
• Tristesse Contemporaine – I didn’t know
• Miike Snow – Devil’s Work
• Woowoos – Fizzy Lettuce (Teeth!!! Remix)
• Gescom –  Cake Mic
• Mulchzoid – Ravens **NZ**
• Raleigh Moncrief – Lament For Morning (White Horse Mix Featuring Chelsea Wolfe)
• Black Star – You Already Knew
• Olof Arnalds – With tomorrow / I’m on fire
• Cocteau Twins – Iceblink luck
• Mmmdelai – Sicily Sea (Pyramid Sunset Remix) **NZ**
• Terry Malts – Tumble Down

+ Download 12pm – 1pm – 90MB

1pm – 2pm

• Papa Levi –  Mi God-Mi King
• Christopher Rau – Last time was so good
• Coolrunnings – Rusk
• Doctors – Suspension **NZ**
• The Boxcar Rattle – Hallucinogens **NZ**
• John Maus – Fuck the earth
• Little Dragon – Little Man (Tycho Remix)
• Mike Patton – Twin Primes
• Black Milk And Danny Brown – Zap
• This Will Destroy You – The mighty Rio Grande
• Pink Playground – Dark Bloom

+ Download 1pm – 2pm – 84MB

And here’s the playlist in full…

12pm – 1pm

• The Wookies - Acapulco golden
• The Wookies – Discotecno
• Amerigo Gazaway Of Gummy Soul – Feel Good Inc. (Gorillaz Featuring De La Soul)
• Papa Levi –  Mi God Mi King
• Roots Manuva – Here We Go Again (Faltydl Remix)
• Scratch Massive – Take me there (feat Jimmy Somerville)
• Loney Dear – Calm Down
• High Places – Year Off
• Parallel Dance Ensemble – Wildchild **NZ**
• Riva Starr & Fatboy Slim – Get Naked (Dub Mix) (Featuring Beardyman)
• Frank Alpine – Feelings
• Disasteradio – No pulse **NZ**

+ Download 12pm – 1pm – 81MB

1pm – 2pm

• Yellowman –  Sensemilla
• Freddie Gibbs and Madlib – Deep (vocal)
• Nicolas Jaar – Don’t Break My Love
• Apache Dropout – Radiation
• Apache Dropout – Schoolgirl
• Apache Dropout – Teenager [free album download!]
• Half Man Half Biscuit –  Song To The Siren / Vatican Broadside
• Straightjacket Fits – Missing presumed drowned **NZ**
• Doctors – A is for **NZ**
• Fairewell – Born Under A Bad Sign (Echo Lake Remix)
• Royalty – Cookie dough (Jimmy Edgar’s Cookiee Monster remix)
• Pop. 1280 –  Bodies In The Dunes

+ Download 1pm – 2pm – 83MB

And here’s the playlist in full…

12pm – 1pm

• Kölsch – Der alte
• Tensnake – Need your lovin’ (Tiger & Woods remix)
• Brodinski – Let your beat control your body (feat. Louisahhh!)
• Parallel Dance Ensemble – Possessions **NZ**
• Parallel Dance Ensemble – Shopping cart **NZ**
• Parallel Dance Ensemble – Run **NZ**
• Scratch Massive – Waiting for a sign (feat. Koudlam)
• The Fall – Nate will not return
• Black Tambourine – A lot of friends
• John Maus – Rights for gays
• Fabulous /Arabia – Up to my neck in shit **NZ**

+ Download 12pm – 1pm – 83MB

1pm – 2pm

• Trickski – Pill Collins (samples Phil Collins’ “I’m not moving”)
• Tommy Ill – Birdbath **NZ**
• Spank Rock – Car song (feat Santigold)
• Danny Brown & Black Milk – Black & Brown
• Wale – Pick… six
• Freddie Gibbs and Madlib – Thuggin’ (vocal)
• Oneohtrix Point Never – Laser to laser
• Pikachunes – Nervous **NZ**
• Psych Tigers – Summertime **NZ**
• S.C.U.M. – Whitechapel
• The Horrors – Endless blue
• Bailter Space – X
• Joakim – Piano magic
• Super Furry Animals - Golden retriever

+ Download 1pm – 2pm – 80MB