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A Guide to Cult Folk Musician Maxine Funke in 10 Records Dunedin-based avant-garde musician Maxine Funke pens hushed stories of the mundane and magical moments in everyday life.

And another: @martynpepperell.bsky.social broke down the dense discography of wonderful folk musician Maxine Funke.

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I wasn't intending to turn this into a thread, but it seems to have happened anyway.
It's about the great plague on our lives: the extreme wealth of a tiny number of people.
And what to do about it.

Rolling Stone Deep Dive: The 3Ds, 'The Venus Trail' We take a closer look at the quintessential Dunedin album of its era, despite the 3ds containing three Auckland-bred musicians.

Wrote about one of my fav LPs!

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Wow we have The Post leading with headlines about a "Please explain" to Labour for Auckland lockdowns - but turns out our response wasn't only world class, the Auckland lockdown was only FOUR days longer than recommended

Stuff is corporate media crap and it shows. #nzpol #newzealand

Figurines of Brady Bunch and Partridge Family fighting each other

I have created a diorama of the Partridge family attacking the Brady Bunch family. My life is very boring.

Lockdown, vaccine decisions 'considered and appropriate' – Royal Commission The Covid-19 Royal Commission has broadly backed the decisions taken during the pandemic, while identifying areas for improvement.

The Covid-19 Royal Commission's second report has been published, I've read (almost) all of it and here are the key takeaways:
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Tell SXSW: Don't break your promises — commit to no warmongers at SXSW! As the U.S. and Israel wage a new war of aggression on Iran and Lebanon, SXSW still refuses to fully cut ties with the U.S. military and the war industry. In 2024, after large scale organizing effort...

I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: Tell SXSW: Don't break your promises — commit to no warmongers at SXSW! . Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...

Porirua's old street naming guidelines binned The Porirua City Council's Te Puna Kōrero committee agreed on Thursday to abandon a 20-year-old policy for street naming.

Decolonising street names.

now more than ever. This looks like an amazing spot.

Cool to have this confirmed!

Albini Sessions (Benefit for Letters Charity), by Fugazi 12 track album

Holy heck, Fugazi just released the 1992 Albini sessions for Bandcamp Friday! Proceeds going to Letters Charity.

move slow and repair things

Now signed to Sunreturn, Big Sigh will release their debut EP Tether on May 2nd.  Today, they share the EP’s title track describes as a reminder to stay grounded: “Sometimes I forget that I’m planted on the earth, and I feel like I’m going to fly away in the wind.”

🔊 linktr.ee/sunreturn

If she's put on gardening leave will she be a garden Noem?

Covid hospitalisations climb as New Zealand enters new wave There’s been an increase in hospitalisations and in wastewater detections, and it’s expected to last another month or two.

Thanks to this article, I went from "I must get my booster before winter" to "I will get my booster this week". So today, between meetings, I went to my local pharmacy as a walk-in. The entire process (including the precautionary hanging around afterwards) took 15 mins. Get to it Kiwis #nz

Princess Chelsea: Watch Special Live Session at Abbey Road Princess Chelsea and her band performed 10 songs at Abbey Road's Studio Two in November 2022.

Princess Chelsea has the “Record of the Week” on Rolling Stone (AU):

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I wish all Golden Earing's songs were as good as Radar Love. #moontan

It's a long hangover for the airline industry. What Seymour won't mention is that Air NZ paid back it's COVID loans. Qantas, which has just declared a profit did not.

14 followers away from 9K...once it happens there will be another massive IHN Bandcamp codes bonanza

Eliane Radigue - Echos_Engsubs This is "Eliane Radigue - Echos_Engsubs" by Eleonore Huisse on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

The beautiful documentary « Éliane Radigue - Échos » by Eleonore Huisse has just been made available to honor Éliane Radigue’s passing: https://vimeo.com/541076521/d661c359f7

#electronicmusic #experimentalmusic #soundart

The Terminals – Batwing [NZ, Alternative] (1988)

The Terminals – Batwing [NZ, Alternative] (1988)
https://redd.it/5nbm5p
https://youtu.be/0Gvb3b1iYWs

If you find these stolen guitars, bass and drum parts, report them!

Forgot About Your Now, by White Saucer from the album Bad Nocturno/Forgot About Your Now

White Saucer asking the questions what if Earth teamed up with Basic Channel on a disco track and also how slow is too slow to disco?

whitesaucer.bandcamp.com/track/forgot... #experimental #drone

Trilogie de la Mort by Eliane Radigue on Apple Music Album · 1998 · 3 Songs

ooof never wanted this day to come, rest in peace to one of my favorites & most important composers ever, eliane radigue. her music really changed my life.

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The Sound Before Sound: Éliane Radigue | Gagosian Quarterly Louise Gray on the life and work of Éliane Radigue, pioneering electronic musician, composer, and initiator of the monumental OCCAM series.

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Farewell to French composer Éliane Radigue (1932-2026) who taught us the radical power of slowness, of patience, and attention stretched to the threshold of perception. Her work will continue to resonate—slowly, endlessly—like a tone that never quite fades.

Where exactly are we going to “move-on” all the people in need of housing? Won’t be into the 3,500 cancelled new state home builds, or the 900 up for sale: yeehawtheboys.substack.com/p/where-exac...

The wealthy want to look away "moving on" the visible signs of poverty

Full rant here:

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Everything but the actual issues.