It’s the future but not as we dreamed

A local girl with a local song for local people for NZ Music Month
Are you a local?

“A woman of mixed race who wore fluorescent thrift-shop outfits and proudly sported dental braces onstage, she refused to conform to conventions of how female performers — punk or otherwise — were expected to appear.
Although her wobbly, discordant shriek and the band’s music fitted the punk template well enough, X-Ray Spex’s colourful image was a refreshing contrast to the nihilism of older colleagues; The Rough Guide to Rock describes them as “a wonderful, shambling, musical mess of rebellion, fashion and fun”.
Poly Styrene wrote songs about consumerism, conformity, racism and alienation, …

Listening to the Minds yesterday whilst I had a wander around Grey Lynn was good fun… rewind

Just so bloody good

Take that mouseman

For Jacqui who passed away over the weekend.

A light hearted pop re-edit for the week
clap and dance for joy

It’s not always about us… some music is simply for others – be it an age thing, a style thing or simply a ting thing…
I care not for this song nor the business model it supports… art is commerce and t(w)eens are a market every fat aging white male covets…
enjoy or not depending on your market position

I watched The Shock Doctrine last night and my response is this…