Don’t be surprised if you’ve never heard of the band The 3Ds. This post is in celebration of the fact that they have recently played their first live show in 12 years in North Carolina where their old record label, Merge Records, is based. This little known NZ band is one of those ̵[...]
July 21st, 2009 - 1:10 am § in Observations
Swanndri Fail
How is it possible that the iconic NZ brand Swanndri can be out of stock for its iconic Original 100% Wool Bush Shirt? Surely a Medium Olive version would be available somewhere in New Zealand for sale. Some web manager isn’t doing their job. One word: Fail I’ll try again another day. Fo[...]
July 14th, 2009 - 11:17 pm § in Music
3 Things You Should Know
I received an email today from my mate Junior. It read: The new dinosaur Jr album is sooo damn good.. sounds even better wearing flannel The new sonic youth album is also very very good. I saw nunchukka superfly at club 77 last week by myself and about 20 other over 40 and they fucking blew me aw[...]
July 13th, 2009 - 12:05 am § in Observations
5 Indicators You Are Enjoying Your Job
1. It’s Sunday night and you are looking forward to Monday morning. 2. It’s Monday morning and you are not looking forward to Friday afternoon. 3. You go home from work tired, but strangely exhilirated. 4. You don’t have time nor inclination to waste time roaming the Internet durin[...]
July 12th, 2009 - 11:53 pm § in Music
Zane Lowe
Cool article about Zane Lowe, BBC Radio 1 DJ, and general multi-media bod who’s a style leader. I particularly like this: This is where Lowe sees his future, as a trusted authority – “a valid and authentic recommender” – in a world increasingly devoid of record shops and record labels.[...]
