Writers, a quick reminder that applications for the Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship close this Friday, 12 June - details here
www.thearts.co.nz/awards/kathe...
Pad Chennington is a YouTuber, a DJ, a collector and former record label owner – but most of all, he's remained a fan of vaporwave first. I spoke to the content creator from New Jersey about making some of the most widely circulated videos about vaporwave music and culture.
IIML
It's been a year & a month since the launch of Eyeliner's BUY NOW, my 33 1/3 Oceania entry. Held at Flying Nun Records, Wellington, @disasteradio.bsky.social played a set. Nick Bollinger recently sent me his launch speech and you can read it here 👇👇
notunlikeatrumpet.wordpress.com/33-1-3/revie...
It's been a year & a month since the launch of Eyeliner's BUY NOW, my 33 1/3 Oceania entry. Held at Flying Nun Records, Wellington, @disasteradio.bsky.social played a set. Nick Bollinger recently sent me his launch speech and you can read it here 👇👇
notunlikeatrumpet.wordpress.com/33-1-3/revie...
15 years since the release of “Cigarette Duet” by Princess Chelsea. Even the demo was insanely catchy so I pushed for a music video but unsurprisingly NZ On Air weren’t keen to fund a song about smoking. Jonathan made a vid for it instead … which just passed 130 million views.
youtu.be/4TV_128Fz2g
Stephan Kunze
Established in 1970, the Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship gifts New Zealand writers an annual residency at the Villa Isola Bella in Menton.
Andy Partridge of XTC gives a tour of his hometown Swindon - or "Swine-don" as it was apparently once known - in this 1981 BBC clip. Quite a few chuckles in this.
youtu.be/fIiT41DEZAs?...
Robert Taylor, who introduced the morning bird call to Radio New Zealand in 1974, has passed away.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/communi...
Adverts for record gift vouchers, 1965. Woodward Advertising guard book, NZ National Library; natlib.govt.nz/records/3699...
Gareth Shute
Michael Brown
Michael Brown
Tribute to Dame Jools Topp (1958-2026) on the NZ National Library blog
natlib.govt.nz/blog/posts/d...
Rare NZ new age cassette up for sale... Jo Reid's piano-based "Resonance" (1987), though at the price being asked you'd probably want to hear what it's like first.
www.discogs.com/shop/item/41...
This webpage features references and links to reviews, interviews, and other coverage of Eyeliner’s BUY NOW (Bloomsbury Academic 33 1/3 Oceania). Reviews ‘Michael Brown. 2025. Buy Now&#…
This webpage features references and links to reviews, interviews, and other coverage of Eyeliner’s BUY NOW (Bloomsbury Academic 33 1/3 Oceania). Reviews ‘Michael Brown. 2025. Buy Now&#…
