We were jabbering about the crap album cover, so Sir Paul challenged me to design a fresh one. I didn't manage that, but we saw this from my Imagine Multimedia designs. Ripples in a Pond is a better title imo.

It's a very good album, much like McCartney III was. My favourite tracks were Down South, Never Know and Life Can Be Hard. Any coincidences between our albums are unintentional. - I think they've tweaked Home To Us. Ringo's drums sound more natural. Overall, the use of quantising is pervasive, excepting the lead vocals. There might be some autotune on the backing harmonies. It sounds very 21st Century, but it flattens out the rock'n'roll energy. Early rock has swing elem

A art show/museum piece about Palestine. Really interesting; packed in a lot for a room that was tiny. The most interesting part for me...

This was in Porirua, so it didn't affect my boycott to review this gig. Lucinda found it, so I was along for the ride. - This was a...

Param is a friend of John Psathas, and I met him briefly as a composition student. John had mentioned that he wrote musicals and operas,...

Finally saw this. I reckon it's cool that my rant in the park inspired all these uncut news programmes. Though, to be fair, there's...

I've known Umar since we were in high school, and we've collaborated a few times, so this isn't an unbiased review. This was quite nice....

Well, this was obviously testing the waters for a potential leadership bid. I wasn't really satisfied with her answers around whether...

For someone that's supposed to be a communicator, this was a bloody terrible interview. That's why I want to vote her out. - She clearly...

That was a fascinating interview. Other than Jack's obsession with the National-Green coalition, it was mostly very enlightening. ...

This is a really fascinating album: Steve Lehman is well-known in jazz circles for being a composer that uses spectral techniques in his...

This is a movie review; the film isn't on Letterboxd. 4/5 - a profound meditation on war. I've seen this while tripping on acid -...

Big fan of the group! I thought this was quite cool, and had some real swing. I've always wondered if anyone from the group writes down...

A free gig at Te Papa's amphitheatre. We had a sesh outside Circa: very different to the last time that all 3 of us were at Te Papa......

Something that I often think is that NZ movies mostly have terrible acting. It's rare to watch a Kiwi film that has consistently good...

Well, it's more interesting than the last one. Chris Luxon looked quite hurt by the welfare question -- his eyes squinted; I think that's...

I saw an Ad on a digital billboard bussing into town this arvo, and figured: why not?👋 - Where my head is: not stoned. 🌿 My $50...

.... been a long time. Re: processed foods, I noticed that the budget bags of Countdown crisps that I purchased yesterday have 'no...

Well, I skip a lot of 'new music' gigs because I'm somewhat tired of the scene and avoiding Jake. Plus I'm very selfish, and mostly focus...

3/10. Despite name-brand movie actors, some nice photography and good music, this film was practically stillborn. The plot wasn't...