Posts by Shayne Stuchbery
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Yeah allright Graham, I'll put in my two cents mate.
I found myself nodding my way through your post and like everyone else, I echo your statements. In fact it is nice to get some distance from the Kiwi penchant for picking out one statement and having a fit about it, and missing the point entirely. (Neil, not Finn..heh)
10 000 odd miles away from NZ and the Canadian music industry standards seem healthy for the most part.Seems to be industrious too. Allways a bunch of good bands and performers playing nearby. Obviously good quality (Arcade Fire, New Pornographers and so on)
However the radios still have to be forced to play Can content and people still tend to beleive that while Can bands are good and everything, they are not really as good as the stuff from over the border. Interestingly this was the prevalent attitude as I was growing up in Whangarei. (Kiwi music sucks bro) So while I agree that bands, like anyone wishing to succeed at anything, likely need to work their guts out, I am convinced there is still a need for the support.
And maybe sometimes that support needs to be there even if the music is a bit horrible. The whole idea of working hard at making good music is that it gets better right? So if you go to support a band four or five times and its still horrible maybe you give up but you did your bit.
You either lose four or five good friday nights when you could have been catching Fat Freddys Drop or the like, or you find yourself at the starting point of a great thing. "I was there when these guys were crap" you say to your mates from the nosebleeds in the bleachers. You also have the original presses of the horrible first attempts to brag about and sell on ebay to stalker fans.
Oh, hang on, I think I might have just picked something out and had a slight fit about it....What say you savages.
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Um, I am overseas, but does anyone else love "Kaikohe Demolition"? and think it should certainly air on the telly? Managed to fluke a veiwing it when I was in NZ last and it gives me homesick twinges when I think about it. If it is old news then ignore me... if it doesnt ring bells then I think it should.
Heaps of hard case Bros, Northland in all its rugged glory, good laughs, some raw truth, and retreads courtesy of a chainsaw. What more does one need in a doco?