Archive for 2010

September 03 2010

Nathan Haines & the Dream Band

Click through for gig listings…

September 02 2010


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”…

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September 02 2010

Devil's Elbow Sand on Chrome

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

John Key

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 am

A 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)…