Hard News by Russell Brown

Thanks to DJ Dubhead for the heads-up on this. The reggae reunion documentary RockSteady: The Roots of Reggae is now officially on YouTube:

gaining consents is Job Number One if you’re trying to stage an outdoor music festival

A top tip is that not all councils require consents, depending on how many days you want to go on for.

Taupo didn't, at least until a few years ago, and were very helpful to Kiwiburn when it started. You needed 15 Charles Bronson clones with their pet Doberweilers to keep the gang kids out, though. Actually, a Siberian Tiger might have been better.

A bit tangential to the above, but loosely related to the serato coverage of recent weeks … the ‘playlist retreat’ video went up overnight and looks to be an interesting watch ... my embedding skills seem a bit rubbish but here goes ...

And have been enjoying this Mr Thing mix, which by the sounds of the Jackson 5 therein flosses some of serato’s capabilites ..

https://www.mixcloud.com/HolyGrooveFestival/dj-mr-thing-uk-exclusive-mix-for-couleur-3-radioholy-groove-festival-2015/

It’s been a big week for Marlon Williams, who also picked up five nominations for this year’s New Zealand Music Awards.

Has been a superb year for Marlon... stellar performance at sold out shows in Theatre Royal in June and again last week at St Michael's and All Angels (where he sang as a choir boy singer not so many moons ago) - both with equally stellar casts.

And he's back in town for a sold out already show Marlon Williams sings songs for the Loons on Dec 23. Marlon is apparently giving all the proceeds from this show to the Loons Theatre Trust in Lyttelton to help buy seats in the new theatre.

Here's Fazerdaze from Silver Scrolls night with Marlon's Dark Child:

The Fall play the Powerstation tomorrow night. And Kiran Dass has interviewed early Fall member Martin Bramah for The Spinoff.

Thanks Russell, I look forward to this every page every week.

FWIW I am listening to Trinity Roots Citizen, on the digital equivalent of high rotate, it gets better with every listening.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xmx4FRgGbcE