The best (and worst) streaming TV shows & films this week
A regular column in which we sift through the mountain of available streaming TV and bring your attention to great new shows as well
Theophany demo tour hits the road
The Covid-delayed Theophany loudspeaker road show will tour Level 2 areas of the North Island from Friday.
Facebook rocks/sucks/whatever
The recent outage of the social media giant shows how dangerously over-reliant we’ve become. I know a couple of people who don’t use Facebook.
The Best (And Worst) Streaming TV Shows & Films
A regular column in which the Witchdoctor team sifts through the mountain of available streaming TV and brings your attention to great new shows
Nutshells – Ephemera & Detritus
RTR Countdown capsule reviews, April 1990 NZ Music Reviews, Evening Post, 11-6-87 https://www.witchdoctor.co.nz/index.php/2016/05/every-day-in-may-day-1/ Winter Music Wellington City, 1986 Some items for the fireside, music
The Ultimate A-Z Of Album Reviews By Gary Steel – Y
Gary Steel is slowly compiling all his album reviews in one place. This is a work in progress, or what we call a “live
The Faded Glories – when the carnival is over
In March 1994 GARY STEEL wrote an epic feature in which he tracked down Kiwi notables whose celebrity star had faded or been truncated.
The Witchdoctor Q&A – Bruce Aitken
Veteran Kiwi drummer Bruce Aitken has a storied career and an avalanche of incredible new music released this month. We subject him to the
The Witchdoctor Q&A: Grant Gillanders, expert in NZ pop music history
Grant Gillanders deserves a medal for his services to New Zealand music. The archivist/label owner submits to the great Witchdoctor Q&A.
Thrilling The Arabs – The Cure in NZ 1981
Still a cult act when they toured NZ in 1981, The Cure were down-to-earth enough to “hang” with their Wellington fans and even jam
Meemees hit the top
Forty years ago the Screaming Meemees were a genuine pop sensation in NZ. GARY STEEL marks the occasion with two stories from 1981.
Picture imperfect – wee monsters behaving
Raising kids is an object lesson in the flaws of humanity, but small signals keep optimism’s flame burning, writes GARY STEEL.
A Wellington band not like the others – The Digits
GARY STEEL pulls yet another mouldy 40-year-old story out of his considerable behind. This one’s about an obscure Wellington group called The Digits.
Before Flying Nun there was… Bunk?
New Zealand was a different planet back in 1981. GARY STEEL dips into his bulging archive with this piece on Wellington record label Bunk.
Snakefinger’s 1981 NZ tour that wasn’t
GARY STEEL excavates a thing about Snakefinger for a tour that never happened from his mouldering vaults. Originally published 12 May 1981 Sometime
Penknife Glides – Sharpies Stab At Success
GARY STEEL pulls another piece from his oozing back catalogue - 1981 story about Auckland band Penknife Glides.
And in the darkness bind them…
What better than a line from Middle Earth to introduce our primer on dark beers. NEIL MILLER is your guide.
La De Da man – Kevin Borich
Freshly disinterred from the festering annals of Gary Steel’s back pages, yet another obscure interview that time forgot. Today, it’s a 1981 story about
The best & worst streaming TV shows & films this week
The Witchdoctor team sifts through the mountain of available streaming TV and brings your attention to great new shows as well as those to
Mind the gaps – Dimmer classic toured 20 years later!
Prompted by its 20th anniversary and an upcoming tour to mark the occasion, GARY STEEL reassesses Shayne Carter’s greatest album. IMPORTANT NOTE: This
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