LINKS
A collection of
links to some of my highly recommended websites.
Elsewhere
Interviews,
features, travel articles and music reviews by Graham Reid.
Igmusic
Homepage of Ian
Morris, music producer, songwriter, member of ThÕ Dudes and advertising music
maestro. With rare music, things never to say in a studio, ÒrockÕnÕroll/not
rockÕnÕrollÓ lists and Dudes memorabilia.
Stupid Ad
ÒCelebrating idiocy in New Zealand TV
advertisingÓ. Or biting the hand that once fed.
David
Hepworth
http://whatsheonaboutnow.blogspot.com/
Blog of David
Hepworth, very British, mock curmudgeonly editorial director of ÔThe WordÕ
magazine, which he co-founded with editor Mark Ellen, along with ÔMojoÕ, ÔQÕ
and ÔEmpireÕ.
The Word
http://www.wordmagazine.co.uk/
ÒIntelligent
life on Planet RockÓ – the podcast is especially recommended.
RockÕs
Backpages
http://www.rocksbackpages.com/
ÒThe ultimate
library of rock music writingÓ.
Rockcritics.com
The history of
rock music journalism
NZBC
The New Zealand Blogging Corporation
resurrects a fine old brand.
Dub Dot Dash
http://dubdotdash.blogspot.com/
Pop culture,
music, television, vinyl and assorted junk.
Living
With Music
http://papercuts.blogs.nytimes.com/tag/living-with-music/
Writers reveal
their favourite music to the ÔNew York TimesÕ.
Home of
the Groove
Great streaming
radio of classic and rare Southern R&B, with informed commentary.
Observer
Music Monthly
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/omm
Astutely edited
free supplement to the Observer, hip, fun and smart.
From Abba
to Zappa
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/observermusic/
Blog of the
excellent ÔObserver Music MonthlyÕ.
Opinionated
Diner
Any developments
in New Zealand pop in the last 30 years, Simon Grigg was usually involved: the
arrival of punk, independent label rock, house music, club life, ÔHow BizarreÕ
É thoughts from an expatriate now based in Bali.
Windy City
Strugglers
http://www.windycitystrugglers.co.nz/
Since 1968, New
ZealandÕs leading jug, blues and roots band.
New
Zealand Pop History
Thorough encyclopaedia
of New Zealand pop from 1960s to 1980s
New
Zealand Song History
Wiki-like
history of New Zealand folk, songs and musical Kiwiana.
Public
Address
A variety of
commentators on current affairs, pop culture and life from a New Zealand
perspective.
Radio New
Zealand
Homepage of New
ZealandÕs public radio network.
Saturday
Morning with Kim Hill
http://www.radionz.co.nz/nr/programmes/saturday
Radio New
ZealandÕs Saturday morning programme: current affairs, books, music and
everything else.
Listener
New ZealandÕs
weekly current affairs, culture and broadcasting magazine, founded 1939. Since
1988 the print home of music writer Nick Bollinger.
The Page
Andrew
JohnstonÕs digest of poets and poetry.
Down in
the Flood
http://www.highwatereverywhere.com/
American roots
music history, with samples.
WWOZ
Streaming radio
from the streets of New Orleans: R&B, funk, jazz and great local ads.
WFMU
Archive music
programmes and interviews from New Jersey public station; ÔGive the Drummer
SomeÕ especially recommended.
BBC Music
Club
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/musicclub/documentaries_index.shtml
BBC radio music
documentaries, archived.
Te Ara
Culture in the
deeper South exists: a government-sponsored encyclopaedia of New Zealand
history.
Independent
Obits
http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/
Dead people
donÕt wear plaid: the art of the obituary.
Frenz
Home of all
things Enz & Crowded House.
Crowded
House
http://www.crowdedhouse.com/s_home/index.php
Crowded House
official website.
Famous for
16 Minutes
http://www.frenz.com/16min/index.html
Diary of Peter
Green, Split Enz/Crowded HouseÕs Australian minder for over 25 years.
Enzology
Jeremy
Ansell, the George Martin of radio engineering (or is that Joe
Meek?),
produced this masterful 10-part documentary on the history of
Split
Enz.