Sometimes, the timing of these columns is a tad frustrating. Now, for instance.

For those of us preoccupied with popular culture, this week, and November 2 in particular, is a much-anticipated time. Works of art that people have discussed, argued and salivated over for decades will finally be revealed to the world on November 2.

Of course, I'm writing this on a deadline a few days earlier. It is – as I type – still October. So I can offer little judgement or opinion, even though these things have obsessed me for many years.

On the film front, November 2 sees the Netflix release of Orson Welles' final film, The Other Side of the Wind.

Welles' film about Hollywood, starring John Huston as a megalomaniacal director, stated shooting in the early 1970s and was still being edited when Welles died in 1985.

It has since been mired in legal battles, with only around 20 minutes of (brilliant!) footage emerging.

Now, after a premiere at the Venice Film Festival, it arrives on Netflix along with not one but two documentaries about Orson and the film, They'll Love Me When I'm Dead and A Final Cut For Orson: 40 Years In The Making.

Colour me excited.

On the same day, one of the all-time great albums gets a full excavation. Bob Dylan's 1974 masterpiece Blood on the Tracks is the latest to get total coverage, with one CD, two CD and six CD iterations.

The deluxe six CD option contains every take from the initial New York recording sessions, the songs added later in remixed versions, a book and a facsimile of one of Dylan's famous handwritten notebooks.

So today is quite auspicious on the cultural front...

Local shows

But, back to local news; I have a couple of gigs for you. The first is this Sunday (November 4), and is another bash at the Te Puna Quarry Park gallery featuring two virtuoso musicians, Craig Denham and Jon Sanders, who are otherwise known as the Alpaca Social Club.

Craig now lives in Prague and Jon in the South West of Ireland, but music keeps bringing them together.

Both have been to Tauranga before, most frequently with sadly disbanded Auckland folk/jazz wonders Beyondsemble. Craig plays accordion, various keyboards and whistles, while Jon will be wielding the very unusual gazouki - a bouzouki/guitar hybrid - as well as bass.

Both sing, and though what they play is a bit hard to define, it includes swing, jazzy rhythms, Eastern European sounds, Irish tunes and more.

Having seen them in different settings, I can just say that every show has been a unique experience and extremely enjoyable.

You can reserve seats by contacting Rosie via: waharaurosie@gmail.com, calling: 028 412 1316, or paying $20 on the door, which opens at 7pm. There will be complimentary tea/coffee and cake.

Hall news

Rosie used to organise her shows at The Te Puna Hall, where there were many great nights before it was demolished last year. Good news!

A new site has been found in Te Puna about 75 yards from the old site.

It's much bigger than the original site and the new hall will be slightly larger and have greenery, trees and a car park.

At present, paperwork for council building consents is being processed, after which there'll be a start on preparing the site. Fingers crossed for mid-late 2019. It's in the hands of the council now. And looking forward to next weekend, James Reid of The Feelers is coming to town for a solo acoustic show.

It's at Vinyl Destination on The Strand, on Saturday November 10, along with special guest Brendan McCarthy from local rockers Apollo Steamtrain, who will kick off the night with a solo acoustic set.

James has a new single out, Meet Me at the Troubadour, from his second solo album Time Is Another Lover, and there should be more than a few Feelers fans wanting to catch up on his current offerings. Doors open at 8pm, and tickets are $35 via www.eventfinda.co.nz