I first got into Justin Timberlake when I got into Nsync back in 2001, and that was sparked by seeing the Nsync IMAX concert film “Bigger Than Live”. So when I heard that Mr JT was coming to Aotearoa,… um… I was kind of indifferent to it all. I couldn’t be bothered to go and [...]
You know who needs to shut up? Jermaine Dupri needs to shut up.See, last year I made this prediction about the world of music in 2007: To help steer people back to albums, I reckon we’ll see more concept albums, with bands (and record companies) trying to convince us that all the album tracks are [...]
I went to the Grey Lynn Park Festival yesterday. It didn’t rain, which is a remarkable achievement. Nice one, the weather. The park was full of people and entertainment, but in a way there was nothing special. A lot of it is the same sort of stuff that is found at other festivals and market [...]
My Garageland story starts on Wednesday 13 March, 1996, at the Wailing Bongo bar at Waikato University. But because it’s a story, it changes with every retelling. This is the latest version: There was a Flying Nun trio playing at the Bongo – Chris Knox, Superette and Garageland. Excellent. So I was in a good [...]
So, I was a week into Movember, when I realised that my moustache wasn’t growing. I was a bit concerned about this, but have since discovered that despite all the advances in sexual equality over the past 30 years, women in New Zealand still can’t grow facial hair. I’m disappointed, but I have decided to [...]
It’s been about a year and a half since I experienced the special combination of razors and lasers and sedatives and painkillers that made up the Lasik experience, and it’s really good not having to wear glasses any more. It’s not a hugely life-changing thing, but rather its benefits are made up of lots of [...]