Occupy Auckland vs Trespass – the Police
Check out this letter spotted on Facebook today…… [More...]
Leave John Key Alone!
“All that he is trying to do i lie without getting caught – but all you people want is answers, answers, answers!”… [More...]
Gone too far.
Dubstep has always been horrid to moi, but now, now it’s just gone too far.
Ruining childhood memories of classic tv ads…
Ew. Ew. Ew.… [More...]
Hayley Westenra claims to hit notes humans can’t hear
In a recent interview with UK’s Daily Mail, the Christchurch songstress claimed that she can hit notes so high that the human ear cannot hear them.
Westenra told the newspaper she could hit notes that no human could detect, but certain animals would “prick up their ears” when they heard it.
Dogs were particularly responsive and her pet cockatiel “goes crazy when I sing”.
“I was recording one album in Salisbury and there was a family of llamas next door.… [More...]
Photo of Iggy Pop in Auckland record shop in 1979 (with my brother!)
Simon Grigg posted this amazing photograph by Chris Slane on his most excellent blog today – it’s of Iggy Pop at Taste Records in Hight Street in Auckland in July 1979. Also in the picture, apart from Simon and Iggy, are Kim Sinclair, Terry Hogan (designer of AK79 and Class of 81 album covers), Yvette Parsons, Anne Louise Parsons and my big brother in the very foreground, Jonathan TIdball.
Check out Simon’s post on his blog – with a larger version… [More...]
Dog-step – No! Bad dog! No!
Thanks to my wonderful friend Bex for this clip.
When little dogs make dubstep, things go terribly wrong.… [More...]
