Posts by Richard Wain
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saw The Clean last night at Leigh Sawmill Cafe (an hour or so north of Aukilani) - something I've been looking forward to for months, had dinner and accomodation there booked long ago.
magic.
high point possibly David Kilgour attempting to escape the never-ending encore by crawling under the piano at stage left, then giving up and actually playing a song from under said piano, legs crossed while lying on the floor invisible except for his feet. bugger, I can't remember which number it was but it was one of the bigger tunes... anyone else there who can recall?
boy that crowd made sure they got their money's worth, the encore must've lasted half an hour or more. they even played Beatnik, AND Tally Ho. and there were two new ones, instrumentals. and possibly something new to be recorded offshore in April or so, according to both Hamish and David now (I asked them). nothing's for sure with The Clean but fingers crossed.
three times or maybe four now I've seen them, apparently that was the first NZ tour for 21 years? first time I've ever seen them anywheres except Dunedin...
magic.
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perhaps my most memorable Flying Nun moments weren't particularly musical except in terms of the personnel involved having musical links, esp. to the Nun (RIP, whatever this thread may otherwise imply!).
yes, it's that damn football thing (y'know, soccer).
for example there was the last bFM vs Flying Nun game (Russell Brown was in the b team with me too as I recall, but several of the girls in the squad actually worked harder, especially Renee Jones, formerly of the Nun I think? but now of IMNZ/NZ Musician etc, she was everywhere).
anyway Shayne Carter, playing for the Nun, got a good ball just outside the six yard box with all the time in the world, picked his target and drilled it past me in the box... but then Renee's boyfriend Phil Armstrong got the ball upfield, spotted big Dylan of Flying Nun off his line in the opposite box and dinked a beautiful floating chip over the flailing custodian and into the net. Draw... Apparently Newsboy and friends were doing a live commentary on bFM on the sideline, never heard it though.then there was the final outing of the winter game two seasons ago, when Shayne and I were the sole NZ representatives in a new Latin American side that year - imaginatively called America. we'd clinched the Cup already and needed a win to take out the 3rd Division and win promotion too... the winner was duly delivered by a wonderful late strike from outside the box into the top corner from a top player, Mariano, of Argentina.
The final whistle blew.
All the Latinos grabbed each other, cheering and leaping around, the whole bit: whipped their shirts off, whirled them around their heads, took off on a victory lap, chanting and singing.
Shayne and I stood there, looked at them, then at each other before bursting into laughter and sheepishly walking to the sideline.
bloody undemonstrative Kiwis eh? somebody taped it, was pretty funny to see the contrast...
team pic taken shortly afterwards here:
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so Belt of Nelson, if you met your
>current wife of 5 years on nz dating dot co dot nz. We have a beautiful 3 year old son and she's currently 2 days overdue with our 2nd
then did the wife-to-be tick the “Wants to have children within two years” box? or did it just happen? c'mon Belt, let it out.
and how about that biological clock eh? must be a bitch to sleep with that fcker ticktockticktocking away all night... there's always adoption ladies!
African babies are the cutest anyway (just ask Madge).
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Damian's right about iTunes, it's DRM-crippled over-priced crap that's there not for music lovers but to help sell iPods.
Damian's wrong on this though:
show me a music lover who doesn't download mp3s via p2p and I'll show you a music lover who hasn't heard of p2p
like sure I've heard of it, I just don't bother, if I like something I'll buy it - why settle for a crappy MPwhatever (Apple etc) file if you really like music? I'd rather have a CD (or an SACD or 24-bit CD or whatever - but CD's all right. vinyl's better!)
this is a good link on the whole thing, courtesy of Dubber's excellent New Music Strategies mailing thingy:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/newmusicstrategies/~3/54263349/
"The average 128kbps mp3 file — still apparently the most common compression ratio — contains about an eleventh of the data that was on the original CD. In other words, ten times as much audio information has been thrown away than has been kept. This is not an argument for audiophiles — even the most casual observer can tell the difference"
Apple's only real innovation with music is their filing systems (the iPod wheel and the whatchucallit home organiser thingy) - fat files must be the way forward: no DRM, nice sound quality. then I won't have to buy the whole CD to get the songs I want (and yes I'm aware there are a very few innovative sites who do this already - I'll get there eventually!)
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Joanna & Andrew, you can paper over the Wellington vs Auckland bit all you want - sure there's lots to do! better bars I'd say while the restaurants are as good (the music scene's better up north) - but the thing is, Auckland's got the weather too.
Wellington weather just sucks. you're all in denial about that down there... and hey, I'm a South Islander!
go the Welly rugby teams though. HURRICAAAAAANES!!!
on another note, why is John Campbell the only interviewer who can admit to reading Hager's book while the injunction remains in force - Russell? I don't get that.