Love will tear us apart: Close is a real tearjerker
GARY STEEL cries like a baby through an award-winning film that explores the crumbling relationship between two 13-year-old besties.
Smart home tech outfit Rithum goes with Connected Media in NZ
UK-based smart home tech company Rithum announces Connected Media as their latest Rithum Switch distributor for New Zealand.
Forty years ago – Philbo keeps a low profile
To celebrate New Zealand Music Month GARY STEEL reaches far back into his archives for two pieces he wrote on musician Phil Bowering.
Local boutique JAVA brand delivers brand spanking new models
Breakthrough technologies and unique circuit designs feature in just-released six-strong JAVA amplifier line-up.
Forty years ago – This act ends with a bang
GARY STEEL loves interviewing obscure and entertaining NZ bands. Back in 1983 Moving Targets had big plans. Where are they now?
Dire Straits 40 years ago
GARY STEEL interviewed two members of Dire Straits both before and after their 1983 gig in a dangerously windy Wellington.
Technics releases surprising new streaming amp
Technics’ new Grand Class SU-GX70 is a universal streaming amp with a wealth of source functions including video connectivity.
Space waltzing back in time
Musings on a week of listening, watching and the rest of it. This week GARY STEEL reads a couple of entertaining Kiwi music books.
The knows no bounds world of Ryuichi Sakamoto
Ryuichi Sakamoto died a few days ago, though the world only learnt about it today. GARY STEEL with a personal appreciation.
Learning to be kind again… even to those we oppose
The media engineered a circus last weekend and the end result is that no one benefited, writes GARY STEEL.
UB40 – Militant and hot as. An interview with Astro
When GARY STEEL spoke to UB40's Astro 40 years ago the hitmaking band still described themselves as anarchists.
Blast from the past: Michael Franti and the Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
Thirty years ago GARY STEEL sat down at an Auckland sidewalk café to chat with Michael Franti ahead of their performance in Auckland.
A streaming dilemma – hi-fi used to be so easy!
Musings on a week of listening, watching and the rest of it. This week GARY STEEL auditions a streaming preamp and loses his self-confidence.
The best (and worst) streaming TV shows & films this month
A regular column in which GARY STEEL sifts through the mountain of available streaming TV and brings your attention to great new and old
Cyclone response by telco and council leave small community in the dark
A nine-day telecommunications blackout was bad enough but the farcical response by the telcos was worse, writes GARY STEEL.
Monster bumper edition March wine column!
Witchdoctor's wine guru PHIL PARKER is back with another behemoth of vinous voluptuousness. March madness ensues!
Still revered and reviled: Dark Side Of The Moon at 50
Audiophiles and space-heads love it but Pink Floyd’s Dark Side Of The Moon - which turned 50 this week - has its detractors writes
When I’m 64 – and what comes after
It happens to the best of us. GARY STEEL reflects on turning 64 and what it means to someone of his generation.
Pussycats in leather: Skid Row land in Auckland
Vulgar and abusive on stage, wild metal animals Skid Row purr in the presence of tabby-tamer GARY STEEL in this 1990 interview.
Horror hangovers and how to avoid them
PHIL PARKER, as we know, is a wine legend and therefore, a seasoned pro at the art of hangover maintenance.
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