Wednesday, January 26, 2005
Radio Active 89FM Bodega NZ Music ShowPlaylist for Tue 25 January 2005.eskimo squad - bling bling dogs tha feelstyle - mybrotherswillkillyou the inkling - the booyeouw shamble bressa creeting cake - you & I ghostplane - lazy bones trillion - lucid end ebb - someone so true disasteradio - brown sound misfits of science - kiddie fiddlin' hummel - zenith david kilgour - living in space the phoenix foundation - hitchcock un-chart-ed - big day out special trinityroots - aoteoroa the 3ds - dust d-super - we ride tonight huely dwarfish - blue skies the tokey tones - the observatory blair parkes - east coast thrashing marlin - only the lonely pluto - moscow snow letterbox lambs - betty ford T the accelerants - up on your heels the fanatics - buddy sjd - from a to b or not to be cassette - what a relief ghost tones - material girl # | Tuesday, January 25, 2005
bizgirl at the bloggiesFor some unfathomable reason, bizgirl has made the shortlist for the NZ/Australian section of this year's Bloggies. As far as I can see, Natalie is the only NZ finalist in any of the categories (the rest of the NZ/OZ category short-list is Australian-based). So, yes, if you're feeling all patriotic (and are, in fact, a New Zealander), or are just a bizgirl fan, get on over there and vote.UPDATE: or perhaps not - it appears the popularity of the Bloggies has forced the voting site over its traffic limit, and it's been offline for much of the last 24 hours. There's a mirror of the page here, which you can't vote on, but can view the finalists from. Keep trying, I'm sure it'll pop up again at some point... UPDATE #2: good-o, the site is back online, and voting has been extended by a couple of days (until Feb 3) to make up for the lost time. Other sites we can recommend you give the nod to if you are without a clue are... meme: flickr web-app: haloscan european: my boyfriend is a twat aus/nz: bizgirl!! canadian: the adventures of accordion guy in the 21st century american: dooce entertainment: fluxblog political: wonkette tech: gizmodo topical: dooce writing: real e fun group: boingboing community: metafilter # | Tuesday, January 18, 2005
mp3 blog: debris - space defyerOk then, inspired by Chris over at the Big City MP3 blog, I've decided to add the occasional mp3 download to my site, starting with something I know I won't get into trouble for, as it's one of my band's tracks. Actually, I might still get in trouble, but to hell with it.This is one of my favourite Debris tracks. It contains all the crucial Debris song elements... 1) The lone guitar intro. We struggle to find the feel for nearly all of our songs straight off the bat, so we usually just let Aman play the first couple of bars alone to remind us just what the hell we were about to launch into, which was often... 2) Whacked out timing. I remember it took us about three months before we felt totally comfortable with the two totally different riffs used in this track. Try counting it out - it's a nightmare. The verse (the first bit, as we called it) is nearly, but not quite a straight 4 count, but really more of a 3 and a half count, then the chorus (the other bit), is, well, god knows what. It's all about the feel, you know? 3) 'Interesting' post-production. There's laser gun noise (or something) that gets triggered by the snare that I love. We re-did the bass with some more grunt after the initial recording, but, because of the crazed timing, it was impossible to click track it or use any other sort of cue. So, when the song dies about half-way through, and I'm expected to come back in with the big menacing bass growl, it was total guesswork on my behalf as to when to start the riff, and at what speed to play it at. It took about fifty takes to get it right. 4) Lyrical brilliance. I love Aman's lyrics. The song, incidentally, is about a peeping tom, and if "random'd out by space defyer" isn't the most poetic way to describe being the victim of a tree-climbing voyeur, then I'd like to see a better example. Here's the full lyrics, for those interested... my god, been caught with a light on random'd out by space defyer open shutters, treeward, hiding sick and tired peel off your skin, make it bark become that tree no need to hide there bringer of unease violated, you anger me my god, been caught with a light on random'd out by space defyer open shutters, treeward, hiding I've been defiled and you're out on your own stalked by an outsider and you're home all alone my space defyer guess I'll have to go now 5) It's also typically short - we rarely play a song over four minutes long, and this one clocks in at two and a half. So, a nice small download for you. Away you go... DOWNLOAD SPACE DEFYER [2.4mb] # | Wednesday, January 05, 2005
Radio Active 89FM Bodega NZ Music ShowPlaylist for Tue 4 January 2005.the black seeds - almost home (jet jaguar remix), voom - relax, nimbus - weather king pt 1, shaft - suck the pig, blam blam blam - there is no depression in nz, dimmer - drift, katchafire - I got ya back, jo dukie & dj fitchie - this room, max merritt & the meteors - get a haircut, sjd - from a to b or not to be, the shocking pinks - emily, goodshirt - buck it up, the chills - heavenly pop hit, concord dawn feat. paul mclaney - man for all seasons, salmonella dub - mercy (mu remix), dlt - black panthers, dub asylum - r u ready (paddy free remix), 147 swordfish - drug, king loser - 76 comeback, jpse - ray of shine, dana eclair - flame on lens, cassette - what a relief, twinset - boil the jug, david kilgour - i lost my train, signer - low light sleep # | Saturday, January 01, 2005
reading listStuff what I have read...April 2005 Paranoia - Joseph Finder Reflex - Stephen Gould The Pirates: In an Adventure with Scientists - Gideon Defoe Rhythm - Rebekah Palmer May 2005 The Race - Tim Crabbe Jumper - Stephen Gould # | |
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