I was actually going to lay off the New Zealand stuff for a bit. Cultural history, localism and identity are going to be major themes in the book, but I planned to mix it up a bit in the blog. However, a good case study has pretty much fallen into my lap in the last [...]
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I had the opportunity to interview Stephen from Amplifier, who were selling classic Flying Nun records online – classic and archetypal albums – but had their catalogue pulled, much to the dismay of some NZ music fans, for whom the ongoing availability of FN records is part of the culture of NZ music.
1) A lot [...]
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Peter McLennan writes (on Facebook):
WHAT THE???? Amplifier.co.nz just had to delete titles by JPSE, Mint Chicks, The Bats, HDU, Garageland, Kilgour, Knox, SJF, as Warners not repressing. Lets hide our musical heritage under a rock so no-one can hear it! IDIOTS! Haven’t they heard of the long tail? Jeeeeeeeezzz…..
These are legendary and important artists in [...]
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I interviewed Brendan Smyth from New Zealand On Air yesterday when I met him at The Great Escape in Brighton, and we talked about how hearing local music on commercial radio contributes to a sense of identity and nationhood.
Sadly, I lost a good deal of the recorded interview thanks to a technical cock-up, but I [...]
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