6:00am Friday 29 Apr, 2022
Prolific local singer Shirley Ryder has been at it again: she has a new album and it is ready for release during NZ Music Month. This will be her fifth... Read More
6:00am Friday 22 Apr, 2022
OK! Orange is here and with it music and we are absolutely indubitably rolling again. Some starts immediately, some will arrive after a predictable... Read More
6:00am Thursday 14 Apr, 2022
We live in a divided country; it’s sad to see and I don’t know what can be done to solve the problem. I’m not talking about Covid... Read More
6:00am Friday 08 Apr, 2022
Welcome to another week of things not quite happening. It is, as pretty much everyone I run into says, a bit weird at the moment. Not that I’m... Read More
6:00am Friday 01 Apr, 2022
All of us have wished, sometime, for a time machine. It would come in handy for many a situation: the brief instant you realise you have just fallen... Read More
6:00am Friday 25 Mar, 2022
Let’s start this week with some birthday wishes. It happens that one of the Bay’s more famous residents, the very fabulous Richard O’Brien,... Read More
6:00am Friday 18 Mar, 2022
Is it too early to get nostalgic for CDs? I must confess to being slightly baffled by still-flourishing vinyl revival. What is it people hear in vinyl? “The... Read More
6:00am Friday 11 Mar, 2022
“Great photography is about depth of feeling, not depth of field.” That’s something Australian photographer Peter Adams said; and... Read More
6:00am Friday 04 Mar, 2022
We’re thinking of changing the name of The Watusi Country Club to Fortress Watusi. It does feel that way at times. Since last week’s column... Read More
6:00am Friday 25 Feb, 2022
Last week I included a quick glance at shows cancelled, postponed or confirmed; this week it’s all about that. Two of the uncertain upcoming shows... Read More
6:00am Friday 18 Feb, 2022
Although it wasn’t widely reported, certainly not as widely as it should have been, two weeks ago we lost one of the greats from New Zealand’s... Read More
6:00am Friday 18 Feb, 2022
Yay! Phase Two! Things are moving at last...I know it’s strange to welcome an outbreak of disease, but if something is inevitably going to happen... Read More
6:00am Friday 04 Feb, 2022
Looks like I jumped the gun last week; next week it might the shark, but last week it was the gun. Omicron has not hit. Yet. Many things I predicted... Read More
6:00am Friday 28 Jan, 2022
Here’s Johnny! We’ve had plain Covid, Delta and now it’s time for Omicron. Since December we've been holding our metaphorical... Read More
6:00am Friday 21 Jan, 2022
Let’s start in un-bypassed and unlikely-to-ever-be-bypassed Katikati. People must be getting sick of this. Katikati is a beautiful town. Some... Read More