tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.comments2023-10-28T18:12:33.101+07:00The Opinionated DinerUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger660125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post-27803157048551374432010-05-29T10:07:46.490+07:002010-05-29T10:07:46.490+07:00hey simon - it was pivotal music!Ben H has the pub...hey simon - it was pivotal music!Ben H has the publishing and he wrote most of the themes and melodies the rest was improvised or charted in that fantastic little band room out the back!!It was a time when Joel and nathan were still at school!it won jazz album of the year - Ive still got the weird green award.I also had my CD copy flogged ! The song was written for Riccardo - has had been Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17307102313009945308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post-9113169399278509202010-05-24T09:45:07.784+07:002010-05-24T09:45:07.784+07:00Yes. If you have any heart it becomes impossible t...Yes. If you have any heart it becomes impossible to live there, eventually. Or at least I found that. <br /><br />It is a tragically unhealthy place. I felt that living there was like being privy to constant bullying, or torture-specifically some kind of water torture or death-by-a-thousand-cuts. Impossible to stomach, impossible to understand, and impossible to stop. Maybe it is being too kind Will Robehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13190199985477299497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post-90534608818884254142010-05-23T13:39:57.538+07:002010-05-23T13:39:57.538+07:00Cheers Will. I've been rather busy with a coup...Cheers Will. I've been rather busy with a couple of projects and have not posted recently as much as I perhaps wanted to, but I appreciate the feedback.<br /><br />I'm actually working on an extended commissioned piece on Indonesia right now. As I'm sure you know It's an odd and confused country, in that as much as you want it to succeed it seems to be its own very worst enemy. Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09278183271703930217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post-56159370642724212162010-05-23T10:14:14.612+07:002010-05-23T10:14:14.612+07:00I wish you'd post little bit more about this. ...I wish you'd post little bit more about this. <br /><br />I worked as a journo in Indonesia for several years, and always found your commentary on Indonesian life refreshing and insightful. <br /><br />Too often the international press takes the hysterical position, ramps shit up in order to get their stories pulled from the wire; it's a shame you don't have a column somewhere... but Will Robehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13190199985477299497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post-52271340520288811842010-05-22T09:26:21.984+07:002010-05-22T09:26:21.984+07:00Yeah, I'm fine, I've just got two major pr...Yeah, I'm fine, I've just got two major projects underway which are taking timeSimonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09278183271703930217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post-71320711041651119992010-05-22T07:10:28.631+07:002010-05-22T07:10:28.631+07:00I mean two weeks.I mean two weeks.3410https://www.blogger.com/profile/07999268873476350686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post-26631227829613305022010-05-22T07:10:28.630+07:002010-05-22T07:10:28.630+07:00No posting in three weeks. Are you all right?No posting in three weeks. Are you all right?3410https://www.blogger.com/profile/07999268873476350686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post-6215147338892441262010-05-13T06:17:42.882+07:002010-05-13T06:17:42.882+07:00Wow...i cant believe that was 4 years ago. it real...Wow...i cant believe that was 4 years ago. it really is a sad state of affairs that the same stuff is being said now albeit by occassionally different faces !<br /><br />and i can't see that the status quo that sees Nz on Air dictate art and culture to us via mainstream broadcasters wont still be in effect for years to come.<br /><br />If they ever had a vision or a visionary leading it its pollywoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01295990157397125661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post-9153670108772943082010-05-06T02:01:33.156+07:002010-05-06T02:01:33.156+07:00God this was a trip down memory lane. The first 2n...God this was a trip down memory lane. The first 2nd Hand record place I went to was the Record Exchange's two stores in St Kevins Arcade.<br /><br />School teachers' stop work meeting, early 1979, day off school. Only 15, so we were supervised - Mum came up on the train from Papakura with me and a couple of mates.<br /><br />Mum was convinced there were drugs in the place. I couldn'tRob Hoskinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16781851818389502001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post-69997496172478377702010-05-03T19:31:45.712+07:002010-05-03T19:31:45.712+07:00Maybe something to do with the fact she's from...Maybe something to do with the fact she's from Otaki. <br /><br />As the Fourmyula once sang:<br /><br /><i>people turn on in Otaki / I wish you were here</i>Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09278183271703930217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post-78984724932761864052010-05-03T18:40:20.064+07:002010-05-03T18:40:20.064+07:00I love how everyone - everyone - in her music vide...I love how everyone - everyone - in her music videos walks with a fierce strut. Even the lady outside the dairy ends up looking like an old hooker plying for trade because of her unusually sexy pelvic action.Robynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278675946018423652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post-10272149751721907892010-05-02T18:46:43.327+07:002010-05-02T18:46:43.327+07:00I suspect if Brian Wilson was your dad your aspira...I suspect if Brian Wilson was your dad your aspirations would be to be as unlike him as possible.Chad Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07868991266873391804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post-75174418461273888352010-05-02T18:09:16.236+07:002010-05-02T18:09:16.236+07:00Shame it didn't rub off on her, huh..Shame it didn't rub off on her, huh..Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09278183271703930217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post-48600199045018572232010-05-02T17:52:14.542+07:002010-05-02T17:52:14.542+07:00Carnie Wilson remembers Brian playing 'Be My B...Carnie Wilson remembers Brian playing 'Be My Baby' every morning. She'd hear the drums starting and think, oh - Dad's up.Chad Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07868991266873391804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post-57219236952711092862010-04-23T14:45:36.383+07:002010-04-23T14:45:36.383+07:00and there is no projection or anger sweet one, I&#...and there is no projection or anger sweet one, I'm enjoying this.Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09278183271703930217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post-40938650895330479942010-04-23T14:42:48.327+07:002010-04-23T14:42:48.327+07:00heh, Balieye I'll take those semi literate com...heh, Balieye I'll take those semi literate comments to mean I've hit a nerve, even if its a resolutely cowardly one :)<br /><br />Have a great daySimonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09278183271703930217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post-12130934973501570072010-04-21T13:34:06.040+07:002010-04-21T13:34:06.040+07:00That's great. Thanks for taking the time. I ap...That's great. Thanks for taking the time. I appreciate it.3410https://www.blogger.com/profile/07999268873476350686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post-11350584661630060142010-04-21T11:28:49.509+07:002010-04-21T11:28:49.509+07:00ok, album was jan 83 http://australian-charts.com/...ok, album was jan 83 http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Todd+Rundgren&titel=The+Ever+Popular+Tortured+Artist+Effect&cat=a (with, I guess a ℗1982 copyright date hence the confusion) so I reckon the single was the same monthSimonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09278183271703930217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post-50329140281004282582010-04-21T11:19:01.134+07:002010-04-21T11:19:01.134+07:00it's on http://www.discogs.com/Todd-Rundgren-T...it's on http://www.discogs.com/Todd-Rundgren-The-Ever-Popular-Tortured-Artist-Effect/release/1393439<br /><br />which, looking at the Festival number for the release, was right at the end of 1982 (because the number is shortly before http://www.discogs.com/U2-War/release/786161 's in the Festival sequence and that was globally released on the same day). But when the single was lifted off Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09278183271703930217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post-19039219955904328222010-04-21T08:42:07.483+07:002010-04-21T08:42:07.483+07:00Hey, Simon, could you help me with a bit of archae...Hey, Simon, could you help me with a bit of archaeology? <br /><br />I need a release date (just the *month*, really - late '82 or early '83, I think) for a Todd Rundgren single, "Bang The Drum All Day / Chant". I've looked everywhere for the info. Thanks if you can help.3410https://www.blogger.com/profile/07999268873476350686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post-8607846065231006832010-04-18T18:13:07.167+07:002010-04-18T18:13:07.167+07:00I used to head out to gemini a bit in the 1980s..l...I used to head out to gemini a bit in the 1980s..lots of Hip Hop that no-one else had. They're outside the scope of this though as I was ruthless in limiting it to the Central city areas.<br /><br />Otherwise it would go on and on and on...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09278183271703930217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post-53490439047020862062010-04-18T16:14:30.701+07:002010-04-18T16:14:30.701+07:00awesome memories, great read
what about Gemini Re...awesome memories, great read<br /><br />what about Gemini Records in Otahuhu....dude had Planet Rock & all that real old school stuff<br /><br />swear Sam Hill bought his 1st copy of that from there<br /><br />RocknRoll records on fort st was my favsmac19https://www.blogger.com/profile/16505279848194483449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post-60725390083422905402010-04-15T14:59:01.132+07:002010-04-15T14:59:01.132+07:00Hey Simon
great read as usual, very informative &...Hey Simon<br /><br />great read as usual, very informative & amusing<br /><br />just a ? , u ever thought of doing a rundown on how the shopping is in your travels<br /><br />mens clothing, electronics etc<br /><br />just a thought<br /><br />shot from G-Field,NZsmac19https://www.blogger.com/profile/16505279848194483449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post-51735971633365497212010-04-13T14:59:21.695+07:002010-04-13T14:59:21.695+07:00The media are looking for stories that can be put ...The media are looking for stories that can be put into a 5 minute soundbite. Clearly defined goodies and baddies help, and like you say, it's complicated. <br /><br />(A friend of mine understands the situation, mostly. She spent several years in Thailand doing a PhD around Thai political issues. Her short explanation took half an hour. That doesn't fit with NZ news agendas).Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17092996828683002246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post-8931543631677730082010-04-13T13:27:26.854+07:002010-04-13T13:27:26.854+07:00That video footage was really interesting. You tak...That video footage was really interesting. You take care mate.<br /><br />xx VegasPeter Vegashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15149872361042961487noreply@blogger.com