Once again I write this while much of the city and the Bay remains silent, devoid of live music. It's been harder this time. The Delta variant has screwed over... Read More

I don't know anybody who is happy about the state of television at the moment. That's what I was going to write about this week, and I still intend to. But there's... Read More

During our first lockdown last year, one of the saddest losses to Covid was the extraordinary American producer Hal Wilner. Initially a producer with Saturday Night... Read More

It's official - John Key has moved to town; no, not that one, the other one... I mentioned this a couple of weeks back and promised further information; consider... Read More

I had my first brush with cancel culture last week, and I can't say I'm a fan. It was a result of the column I wrote a fortnight back lambasting Recorded Music... Read More

After last week's sustained rant we've got snippets this time; strap on those short attention spans. And the snippets du jour are a distinctly mixed bag: new... Read More

A few weeks back I wrote of APRA's annual Silver Scroll songwriting awards. Specifically I wrote that the Australasian Performing Right Association have stripped... Read More

You'll have to give me a little leeway with this column; it's hard to find the right tone just before deadline when you hear a friend has died. Especially when... Read More

I've been thinking this week about community; a couple of events on July 24 show again that it's happening and growing all around us. First of all though, I must... Read More

It seems I've been on a bit of a rant recently; let's return to regular stuff. Largely. This week that includes: Reb Fountain in Katikati; a band with a name... Read More

Everyone seems to be talking about drugs right now; or perhaps I just need some different friends... For starters, everyone still seems unhappy about the result... Read More

The French Film Festival is on right now, so let's go a little French this week. Only a little mind you. We don't want to accidentally slip in un peu Français... Read More