Music
12:00am Fri 31 Jul, 2009
It's time to hand the keys to Chez Watusi back to their owner. I can't believe the month has flown by so quickly. I had so much more I wanted to write about and... Read More
12:00am Fri 24 Jul, 2009
However you cut it, it's all about the money. In the past few days it has emerged that Tauranga is home to a greater musical shame than a limp music scene, saccharine... Read More
12:00am Fri 17 Jul, 2009
One raver takes a swipe at the local live music scene, cover bands and Jazz Sundays After two weeks of Mr Nice Guy, and with only three more stirs of the spoon... Read More
12:00am Wed 15 Jul, 2009
Tauranga's Harmony a Plenty men's barbershop chorus performed at a birthday party at No. 1 The Strand last weekend and is now preparing for Sounds Capital. The... Read More
12:00am Thu 09 Jul, 2009
As I type, we are mere hours away from Michael Jackson's official public farewell and subsequent burial, entombment, mummification and cryogenic storage. The... Read More
12:00am Fri 03 Jul, 2009
Okay, I have five columns in which to change the local musical world, or at least raise some questions. Perhaps I can answer some, too, and stir up debate if possible.... Read More
12:00am Fri 26 Jun, 2009
This will be my last column for a month - it's been a long time and I need a break. And it has been a long time. Looking back I notice that I wrote my first column... Read More
12:00am Fri 19 Jun, 2009
Many things have changed in the music biz in the past couple of decades, and the role of the music video is no exception. Just as home mixing technology has brought... Read More
12:00am Fri 12 Jun, 2009
These are tough times, and everyday there seems to be another sign that the world has gone barking mad. This week I have a whole pile of music for you, an unreasonable... Read More
12:00am Fri 05 Jun, 2009
I've been thinking about Susan Boyle in the last few days, well not Susan Boyle herself but that ungainly thing now known as the Susan Boyle Phenomenon. And of... Read More
12:00am Fri 29 May, 2009
This week, more of the music I'm listening to - some Kiwi stuff, but I'll start with my current fave, Benji Hughes. I've been mentioning him for a while now,... Read More
12:00am Fri 22 May, 2009
I don't, as it happens, own an i-Pod, so returning home brings the pleasure of being reunited with my music. Having spent the best part of the past couple of... Read More
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ACC's financial squeeze: The human toll
10-Dec 17:00
Fight to save trees from solar farm plan
10-Dec 15:52
Christmas dinner for four for less than $100
10-Dec 14:01
Summer: Fireworks spark kiwifruit orchard fire
10-Dec 12:44
Biotoxin shellfish warning from Mount to Maketū
10-Dec 11:45
Foodbank donations top $120k at halfway mark
10-Dec 11:23
296ha blaze near SH47 started accidentally
10-Dec 11:00
Logs removed from Whakatāne bridge
10-Dec 09:00
Farming: New pilot programme to attract youth
10-Dec 08:04
Akaroa King Salmon listeria recall
10-Dec 07:34
Rāhui along Mount coast to protect kaimoana
10-Dec 07:00
Family carers win landmark Supreme Court
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