To honour Shona Laing winning the IMNZ Classic Record award for her album South, GARY STEEL digs up his complete and unexpurgated 1987 interview with the NZ singer-songwriter.
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The Wall, Berlin, 1990 REVIEW
Berliners were busy tearing their wall down when musician Roger Waters arrived and built an even bigger one. His massive rock extravaganza The Wall hit Berlin on July 21, 1990. Gary Steel was there.
Watch This – The Best & Worst Streaming TV
The Witchdoctor team sifts through the mountain of streaming TV on offer and nominates the best… and worst.
Fit For Purpose? – Spin Clean Record Washer
Some gadgets save us time and cash and offer genuine solutions. Others are a complete waste of plastic. GARY STEEL assesses on a case-by-case basis. This time round he’s got a popular vinyl record washer in his sights.
Fit For Purpose – Pestill 4-in-1 ElectroSonic Pest Repeller
Some gadgets save us time and cash and offer genuine solutions. Others are a complete waste of plastic. GARY STEEL assesses on a case-by-case basis.
Bill Rieflin’s Ministry Of Sound
Sometime in the early 1990s GARY STEEL picked up the phone expecting to chat to Ministry’s Paul Barker, and found himself talking to drummer Bill Rieflin instead. As a tribute to Rieflin, who died this week, for the first time we print the transcript of that conversation.
Isolation Loops #1
GARY STEEL lives with his wife and two young children in a remote Northland beach community. How could the coronavirus lockdown make it any more isolated than it already is?
Sony PS-LX310BT Turntable REVIEW
A turntable for less than $400? It’s going to be shit, ain’t it? Well no, actually, writes GARY STEEL, who is still picking his jaw up from the floor.