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Ben Tangle's "All Of Our Chances" Single out today
Greg Johnson Vine Street Stories 30th Anniversary Tour
It was great to see Greg's Vine Street Stories 30th Anniversary Tour, the album live plus more, so good. Also nice of him to sign my first release 30-year-old CD! Although I mostly listen to his 'Tilt Your Interior - The Whole Kit and Caboodle' (box
Andrew Powell And The Philharmonia Orchestra... A Sony D50, Forty years on...
I saw a Facebook post on an Alan Parsons Project (APP) group wishing Andrew Powell Happy Birthday and remembered a lifetime of entertainment. As an industrial design student in 1983/84 I was fascinated by the brand-new CD technology being launched at the time. Went to look at the first
Missing Greg at the Hokitika Wildfoods Festival 2023
Today it's the Hokitika Wildfoods Festival 2023. This time last year I was in Hokitika, mid-ride on the West Coast Wilderness Trail, and had hoped to see, Kiwi musician, Greg Johnson performing at the 2022 festival. It was a bizarre coincidence as his music played a significant role
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'As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls' Fortieth Anniversary
Forty years ago, an iconic album was released. It was a couple of years later that I first heard it, courtesy of fellow design student Jeff Fisher at Unitec, and became a fan of Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays. The Arts Fuse have a lovely tribute to this album which,
Only one 'Like', but the best Like
The thing I like about Twitter is how direct and rapid, it is:
An evening with Pat Metheny | Auckland March 2020
I didn't know it at the time, but this could the last live event I see in 2020. It was early in the Auckland Arts Festival, itself was closed mid-way due to COVID-19 restrictions. It's the second time I have seen Pat Metheny, his second visit
Ushuaian farewells, Hello Buenos Aires! | Antarctic Mission Log 13
Ushuaia to Buenos Aires
Antarctic sounds and not sleeping on ice | Antarctic Mission Log 06
A night that spanned decades
David Byrne, American Utopia in Auckland
Oh wow, David Byrne American Utopia Tour, so impressive. Kimbra opened, note the cables to instruments. None of that for David Byrne; entire 12 piece band used wireless connections, danced complex choreography while playing, the whole performance. Just astonishing Set list from www.setlist.fm 1. I Zimbra (Talking Heads
Jean-Michel Jarre’s Favourite Synths
Brian Eno tweeted this; Jean-Michel Jarre's Favorite Synths #EMS #VCS3 #ARP2000 #ARP2500 #FairlightCMI #MemoryMoog #Eminent310 #Mellotron https://t.co/iH3xPgup2g pic.twitter.com/QoVA6Cagfu — Brian Eno (@dark_shark) April 4, 2018 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Two music heroes in one tweet! Direct link here: May 3,
Vale Rudy Sunde
Sad to hear today that family friend and West Auckland identity Rudy Sunde died. I’d didn’t write ‘passed away’ as the Rudy I knew wouldn’t didn’t have much time for euphemisms. By profession he was a Horticulturalist who became an Entomologist specialising in aphids. If you