fourth edition

I hardly ever post twice in one day, but this needs to get out of my brain, through my fingers and onto my blog so I can stop saying Holy Guacamole!!!
Neil Finn announces “Seven Worlds Collide, pt. 2″.
In 2001 Finn had members of Radiohead, the Smiths and Pearl Jam playing with him for a [...]

Dear World,
Today I had an absolutely brilliant idea. And then I sat down, worked out a tentative plan, and made sure I could cross out the first line of my plan.
Love,
Karie
PS. Devising super brilliant plans is way easier when you are listening to New Zealand’s answer to Belle and Sebastian (youtube link)

I promised E. that I’d list the podcasts I like. I’m relatively new to podcasts (I’m slow on the uptake), so I’m yet to build up a list of definitive favourites. If someone has recommendations, I’d be happy to hear them!
Left Field Cinema is an intelligent podcast looking at both arthouse cinema (like Kieslowski) and [...]

This t-shirt WILL be mine.
In August 2000 I spent an entire day in Te Awamutu – I even have a picture of myself posing with a sign saying Te Awamutu – and it’s a small, small North island town in New Zealand. It only has two things going for it: its rose gardens and some [...]

I missed it by one day (oh dear!) but Happy 50th Birthday, Mr Neil Finn, soundtracker to the Ms Bookish life for a very, very long time.
Three youtube links:
+ Crowded House: Don’t Dream It’s Over
+ Crowded House: Nails in my Feet
+ Crowded House: Silent House (live ‘07)

Wheylona and I go back a decade (gosh). We first met when she worked in Sweden and was heading with friends to Denmark for a concert. I remember us walking through the streets of Copenhagen singing History Never repeats (youtube link) about twenty minutes after meeting for the first time. Ten years on, the American [...]

Sometimes I just effin’ love New Zealand. They do things differently there.
NZ man ‘used hedgehog as weapon’: “The police spokesman said the suspect was arrested “for assault with a weapon, namely the hedgehog.”
Poor hedgehog, though.