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stink-finger.com proudly presents BMP Sessions

stink-finger.com proudly presents BMP Sessions

a night featuring:
-Bob Daktari spinning anti-folk records backwards to get messages from the other side while playing his geetar and showing off his vocal skills
-Websta and his wrestling moves vs DiscoNinja’s stabby toy throwing mayhem
-Bn1 hanging from the roof hook by his genitals, and not screaming in pain.
-Lelo performing an extended 20 minute DJ set [...]

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We are the angry - do our tastes define us?

We are the angry - do our tastes define us?

Musical tastes and personality type are closely related, according to a study of more than 36,000 people from around the world.
The research, which was carried out by Professor Adrian North of Heriot-Watt University, is said to be the largest such study ever undertaken.
It suggested classical music fans were shy, while heavy metal aficionados were gentle [...]

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Bob: Stink-Finger Podcast #02

Bob: Stink-Finger Podcast #02

In the eighties I used to do a radio show on a student station… the guy who did the show after me hosted the country music show, he was in my eyes old… and played all his music from cassettes – thus I mocked him.
I remember one day he told me that when I to [...]

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Music so bad its good

Music so bad its good

Us resident stink fingerites have seriously sound music taste, we are taste makers… what we like is always worth checking out if not grabbing somewhere somehow - modest much… fuck that shit we are musical gods… worship us!
Yet even we the pillars of good taste and fashionable trouser suits sometimes get it wrong - or [...]

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We are not alone

We are not alone

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The Real Reason MP3s Rule

The Real Reason MP3s Rule

Moving day and a record collection do not go hand in hand…. so dreading putting my records back in order - its been over 10 years since they have been so orderless, kind of dreading it to be honest, so time consuming… I am also looking forward to finding slabs of wax I had forgot [...]

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Enemies List

Enemies List

From my fave music industry commentator, (if you hadn’t guessed I’m the industry wanker at stink finger), Bob Lefsetz comes this amusing and accurate Enemies List. For those new to Bob, the other one, check the link below and join his email list - he’s a prolific and opinionated man, beware his music rants, he [...]

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Kimya Dawson - Auckland Girls Grammer Hall 24/6/08

Kimya Dawson - Auckland Girls Grammer Hall 24/6/08

I couldn’t tell you the last time I set foot in a school grounds let alone attended a concert at a school, lets say its been a while… however there was no way I was going to miss seeing Kimya Dawson, a anti folk singer I have listened to on and off for some years.
I’d [...]

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Sometimes the best sound is...

Sometimes the best sound is…

…silence
Having just spent sometime outside the city I have had the great joy to actually have had moments when the only sound was silence - sometimes interupted by some bird calls. Now that I am back in the 09 I can hear the constant drone of the motorway and as comforting as this actually is, [...]

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Universal loses promo CD battle

Universal loses promo CD battle

Music giant Universal Music Group has lost a court battle to stop an eBay trader from reselling promotional CDs he had bought from second hand stores …
Dismissing the American case, US District Court Judge S James Otero said that Mr Augusto was protected by the “first sale” doctrine in copyright law.
This says that once a [...]