Today's paper arrives on the first day of October; three quarters of the year has passed. It always seems at around this point that the year has rushed by,... Read More

And here we are again; it's musical Groundhog Day. We're in on-again/off-again territory and I can't help thinking the single most useful thing for the Bay right... Read More

Once again I write this while much of the city and the Bay remains silent, devoid of live music. It's been harder this time. The Delta variant has screwed over... Read More

I don't know anybody who is happy about the state of television at the moment. That's what I was going to write about this week, and I still intend to. But there's... Read More

During our first lockdown last year, one of the saddest losses to Covid was the extraordinary American producer Hal Wilner. Initially a producer with Saturday Night... Read More

It's official - John Key has moved to town; no, not that one, the other one... I mentioned this a couple of weeks back and promised further information; consider... Read More

I had my first brush with cancel culture last week, and I can't say I'm a fan. It was a result of the column I wrote a fortnight back lambasting Recorded Music... Read More

After last week's sustained rant we've got snippets this time; strap on those short attention spans. And the snippets du jour are a distinctly mixed bag: new... Read More

A few weeks back I wrote of APRA's annual Silver Scroll songwriting awards. Specifically I wrote that the Australasian Performing Right Association have stripped... Read More

You'll have to give me a little leeway with this column; it's hard to find the right tone just before deadline when you hear a friend has died. Especially when... Read More

I've been thinking this week about community; a couple of events on July 24 show again that it's happening and growing all around us. First of all though, I must... Read More

It seems I've been on a bit of a rant recently; let's return to regular stuff. Largely. This week that includes: Reb Fountain in Katikati; a band with a name... Read More