Posts by Simon Grigg
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And when you get to my age you also realise that one person's shit tune is another person's Anthem ...
I found myself humming that Spandau Ballet song the other day and was quite worried, but then I convinced myself that I was humming PM Dawn instead so that was alright.
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I CALL ON SIMON GRIGG TO ARBITRATE/INFORM/EDUCATE!
Ok, it was on Mike Chunn's label (actually owned by him and Tim Finn) and was his baby. That said, Ray was angling for an update of Mod for years...he'd approached me to do it with The Screaming Meemees, so I think he may have pitched the idea to Mike.
And yes, one of them did become a member of Radio Backstab AFAIR. And I think he went onto to something else later on...maybe Dawn Raid associated.
Simon / Nick...what I really want a copy of is your Ak89 tape (but not on tape as I don't have a deck). I'd love to hear what that sounds like now. Any chance?
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Ha.....Duncan Grieve has posted about the The World Class Wreckin' Cru
And there I was thinking I was the only one.....
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you didn't agree with the demise of radio or the superiority of internet in the music market place, yet
Because the 'above' I referred to was above and did not say either of those things
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('Aliens' need to register their whereabouts within 24 or 48 hours of arriving - nobody used to bother, but it suddenly seems more important).
A pretty standard situation in most of Asia. Here in Indonesia technically we can't have anyone staying at our house without registering them with the police. It's often ignored but the threat hangs over you. I think Malaysia is the same.
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my posts are long, they make not great sense.
uh, I think they do make sense and its a crime that Bright Grey wasn't the smash hit that it screamed out to be, its a song that will be a New Zealand classic (horrible word but you know what I mean) in 2025, which kinda makes the point that radio should have been playing it but missed the boat. How you move the mooring posts to allow Bright Grey to get on the boat (yes, I know, a gruesome bit of third form imagery but there you go) is the question. Maybe you should rename it Bright Gray Bartlett if there is a change of govt, and you're in...
And, despite the digital revolution and all that, radio still matters to get into the public consciousness. Not as much as before but almost.
Having a major record label behind us has achieved occasional plays on the Rock and ZM but nothing approaching being playlisted.
And there I was believing the hype that Flying Nun was a plucky little indie ;)
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I'm having trouble see why we seem to agree yet some seem to disagree while agreeing.
It's Cook Strait, Rob.....
I agree with everything Russell says above, but before we even apply those, I do think the basic premise that any funding or support is applied under needs to be revisited..and if, as you say Rob, the application in practice has veered, then that sort of thing needs to be addressed.
But we need to look at what we are trying to achieve before we try to achieve it.
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I concur with a) and b). So by what process does one revise the brief and vet the young blood ? Who does it ?
I hate to say it..in a land awash with committees and bureaucracy as NZ is, but I guess you pull some people together to work these things through. But the time to do some is soon, and hopefully the exit of a major record label (with others surely to follow) will provide the impetus to do so. It should.
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Fair enough but how so irreplaceable ? Surely no one is irreplaceable or indispensible ?
Sure, but it's hard to overstate how much industry knowledge, how many contacts, how much unprinted information Brendan has in his head.
No one is irreplaceable, but this is one very clever, very motivated man..why toss that away.
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To put you on the spot Simon.
Is BS the man for these times ?
I don't want to see Brendan gone at all. His knowledge, experience and empathy are irreplaceable, but I think we need a) a revision or fine tuning of the brief (regardless of what is on the website...rather as it is applied), b) some fresh young blood at a roots level, from a non-commercial radio background with some input into the decision making.