Coming up…
All shows at San Fran, 171 Cuba Street, Wellington
Future Dates 2025
ATOMIC
San Fran
15 February, 8 pm
$15, door sales only
24 HOUR PARTY PEOPLE
San Fran
15 March, 8 pm
$15, door sales only
Please note: Dates may be subject to change.
Category Archives: random web stuff
Why Are People So Grudgeful? The Green Eyed Loco Man!
You couldn’t make it up! ‘Veteran rocker’ [sic] Mark E Smith faces RSPCA probe for chopping up rare red squirrels with hedge-clippers. More from the Daily Mail
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Um, like wow!
If you ever imagined Jarvis Cocker’s words in a cartoon character’s mouth, you are officially in heaven right about now! Common People with a little help from the folk from Riverdale And you thought Shatner’s version was the be-all-and-end-all?! Hat … Continue reading
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How to lose 3 million fans in one easy step
Nice article in the Guardian from St Etienne‘s Bob Stanley. With just one album, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark more or less destroyed their career. And they weren’t the only ones: the early 1980s were littered with commercial suicides. Bob … Continue reading
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New Velvet Underground track! No, really!
From Dead Flowers: I’m not into VU bootlegs really, but apparently this is a big deal. It’s the ONLY available live stuff from 1967 and has only become available in literally the last two days. Recorded just after the release … Continue reading
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Mani, Hook, Rourke, … Briggs??
From the NME Freebass, the group consisting of The Smiths’ Andy Rourke, New Order’s Peter Hook and The Stone Roses and Primal Scream bassist Mani, have revealed their new singer. Gary Briggs, formerly of Cornish-by-Manchester band Haven, will join the … Continue reading
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Anyone got a spare US$3m + ??
This is making me drool, tho’ I’d have nowhere to put it all! The World’s Greatest Music Collection : 3 Million Records, 300,000 CDs, 6 million+ Song Titles Fuller story here at Idolator Bill
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Sleeveface!
Because the internet is a wonderful thing, allow me to present the joys of Flickr group sleeveface, which is well worth a browse: There’s plenty more where that came from. Bill
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My list is BIGGER than your list!
You know how magazines & newspapers always seem to be printing lists of the best <genre> albums ever, or 100 albums you must hear before you do <activity X>? Well, the Guardian’s obviously trying to be the Daddy of ’em … Continue reading
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Control radio
To celebrate the release of Control, the Ian Curtis biopic (it’s just out in the States now too, y’know!) Viva Radio (aided & abetted by the most excellent Dan Selzer of Acute Records) have put together a 7 part radio … Continue reading
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If you (like me) couldn’t make it to the Cure in Auckland in August…
Here’s the next best thing (kinda)! Download the entire gig (all 35 tracks) here from Kiwi Concerts, a newish blog ‘celebrating great concerts that took place in New Zealand’. There’s some other good stuff there too, such as this Wellington … Continue reading
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