Guest columnist GEORGE HENDERSON is shocked by a book of 1990s interviews with more than a few repugnant personalities.
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I woke. Now I must just be.
This time last year singer-songwriter JOHN HANLON was in Auckland ICU with toxic shock and expected not to survive. Here’s what happened next.
Get Back – the shortest review of the longest movie
Guest reviewer GEORGE HENDERSON writes about the band that came in from the cold – on Peter Jackson’s sprawling Get Back film.
They wore it well: 10 great outfits on New Zealand record covers
A new book by STEVE BRAUNIAS presents 100 strange, beautiful and sometimes disturbing New Zealand LP covers. He selects 10 of the best and worst dressed.
China’s ultra-high-end hi-fi
Think you know everything there is to know about the audiophile scene? This will leave you gobsmacked: TONY WAINHOUSE writes about his incredible hi-fi initiation in Hangzhou, China. “In the highest room, in the tallest tower. Standing taller than most men. Rearing up on hind legs to brandish its menacing […]
The secrets of a good home theatre system
What makes a home theatre system really sing? GARTH MURRAY of Theophany knows a thing or three about the science of loudspeakers.
Smith Dreams – The Fall in New Zealand 1982
Crazed fan HELEN COLLETT meets up with The Fall’s Mark Smith for a long grilling in a Wellington pub. Photos: Charles Jameson.
Simple Minds – New (Zealand) Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)
HELEN COLLETT almost succumbs to the elements hitching a ride to the Simple Minds 1982 gig in Auckland and Jim Kerr writes in her diary.