Archive for 2010
September 03 2010
Gig Guide 3 — 9 September 2010
posted by Steven Shaw at 12:45 pm
Nathan Haines & the Dream Band
Click through for gig listings…
September 02 2010
Lady Diana and Other Choice Links
posted by Ana Samways at 4:05 pm
Controversy: An underwear ad in China using an illustration of the late Lady Diana has outraged people in the UK. Unveiled on the 13th anniversary of her death, the campaign at Shenzhen airport in southern China mortified some British travelers with the tagline, “Feel the romance of British royalty”…
(More after the jump)
September 02 2010
Devil’s Elbow — Sand on Chrome
posted by Steven Shaw at 2:42 pm
Devil’s Elbow Sand on Chrome
The debut album from Hawke’s Bay duo Devil’s Elbow is an absolute delight. Frontman and guitarist Alec Withers sings gritty, swaggering vocals, backed up by solid drumming and fine harmonies from former Garageland stickman Andrew Gladstone. The result is some very catchy desert rock with occasional cow-punk and even folk leanings…
September 02 2010
John Key in a Waterbed
posted by Ana Samways at 11:04 am
NZ On Screen has procured a gem of a clip from an early version of Close Up (1987) featuring a baby-faced 25-year-old ’senior forex trader’ with Deidre Barlow glasses who plays squash in teeny tiny stubbies. His name? John Key…
September 02 2010
Dancing At The Movies
posted by Ana Samways at 9:30 amA brilliant montage of dance scenes from 40 movies. Footloose was one of the very first movies I saw at age 14 (there was no movie theatre in Balclutha). It was on a school trip to Dunedin to the bread factory and I feel deeply in teenage love with Kevin Bacon. (Shame about Swayze and the fags)…