Somehow it seems like summer has arrived since last week - the sun is shining and the little birds chirping.Or maybe it's the smell of horse manure. Yesterday I... Read More

Spotify. Let's talk about Spotify. But, first, I must ask - have vegetarians gone insane?And, lest anyone - especially vegetarians - examine that question and assume... Read More

Sometimes it's hard to stick to just music. Occasionally, I do start to feel like a ‘What's On' board.It was gigs last week. Why? Because there are just so... Read More

We continue the occasional series wherein Winston expounds on things that currently make him happy. And this week, once again, it's gigs, gigs, gigs. Big gigs, small... Read More

Consistency. Got to have consistency. Once again this week we have a great gig and something else.The difference this week is that instead of something weird and... Read More

There's been a lot of talk recently about a lack of local music venues. This week there's some good news on that front.A new music venue, or at least a drastically... Read More

Okay. This week I'm going to do it properly. Silly stuff first.The rest of this week's column isn't silly at all. It's about a brilliant reggae band called 1814... Read More

Sometimes the outpouring of silliness in the world is so surprising that it's hard to know where to start.Which creates a bit of a bind when there's actually something... Read More

I knew there was something wrong with this election.No, not Dirty Politics or GCSB spying, or capital gains taxes that no one can explain or quickly-forgotten ministerial... Read More

Here we are, almost three years down the track, and FINALLY a new Kokomo CD! As curmudgeonly as that 'FINALLY” may be, I figured I'd divest myself of that... Read More

I was downtown on Sunday, strolling along The Strand, and I started to feel good about Tauranga again.It can be easy to get disillusioned with this city, especially... Read More

This week there's more action on the Art Gallery's old joanna, and good news for CDs but, before that, an important rescue mission.They say the first casualty of... Read More