Author Archives: jb

>For free

Posted on 5 April, 2007 by jb

> I slept last night in the Fairmont hotel (laughs)I went shopping today for jewelsThe wind rushed around in the dirty townAnd the children let out from the schoolsI was standing on a noisy cornerWaiting for the walking greenAcross the … Continue reading →

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>The suffocating ignorance

Posted on 4 April, 2007 by jb

>Meg at Not a woman of few words had a good link to an Radio New Zealand interview with Shelley Gare. the author of Airheads (which I haven’t read, but it comes highly recommended) It recalled Jeffrey Hart’s review of … Continue reading →

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>The Midweek Mixtape – 4 April 2007

Posted on 4 April, 2007 by jb

>Mix and Match #3 Getting good by now – steep learning curve. This runs to 90 minutes and 11 seconds and it must have used every single molecule of CrO2 on the fucking tape. High fives all round when the … Continue reading →

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>One beer doth not a summer make…

Posted on 2 April, 2007 by jb

>This is a Neumarkter Lambsbräu Hefeweizen – my first unfiltered wheat beer of the backyard season. 5.1 RPM. Organic, of course. (Eat your heart out, Croz.) If I’m honest, I actually prefer Erdinger, but that prick Beckenbauer advertises for them … Continue reading →

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>Don’t ask me (about Fred Dagg) – #2

Posted on 2 April, 2007 by jb

>Essential knowledge A “dag” is – as Wikipedia so tenderly points out…”wool on a sheep’s rear contaminated with mud and fæcal matter” And I always thought it was the shitty bits of wool around a sheep’s bum…… Live and learn. … Continue reading →

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>Our Giants

Posted on 31 March, 2007 by jb

> This may be heading us deep into trivia territory, but it might give the world an idea of the iconic status that Tim enjoys in New Zealand. Big new winery opened in Havelock North in 2003, big open air … Continue reading →

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>No, not Alvin Lee. Not Arthur Lee, either. ALBERT Lee….

Posted on 29 March, 2007 by jb

>“When St. Peter asks me to chronicle the highlights of my time down here on earth, I’ll be able to say (with pride, if that’s allowed) that for a while I played rhythm guitar in a band with Albert Lee.”Emmylou … Continue reading →

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>Joni @ The Beeb Part 2

Posted on 28 March, 2007 by jb

>So here’s Part 2 (24.9MB 56:00) of “Come in from the cold – The return of Joni Mitchell”, courtesy of the folks at Rogue Amoebaand again with thanks to Croz. To whose semi-collaborative Monday Mix you should definitely listen. And … Continue reading →

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>The Midweek Mixtape – 28 March 2007

Posted on 28 March, 2007 by jb

>At this stage, I hadn’t really seriously worked on a concept (apart from Guess Who binding Mix & Match #1 with Mix and Match #2. Duh.) OK – the “Cocaine” link between Jackson Browne and JJ Cale.But not really a … Continue reading →

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>John Peel @ Bayern 2

Posted on 27 March, 2007 by jb

>John Peel has been instrumental in providing exquisite entertainment, expanding my musical horizons and driving me down the slippery slope to insolvency for going on for 40 years. He still does. Just happened to be listening to Bayern 2 – … Continue reading →

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