In the Nov/Dec issue of Idealog magazine, Russell Brown writes that Prime Minister Helen Clark may end up thanking Neil Finn for the comments he made in the May issue Real Groove magazine (he was "sickened - to see Helen Clark getting up at the music awards and taking the bows"). "For some time, people around Clark have been trying to steer her away from giving The Speech: an increasingly threadbare string of Kiwi Music slogans that barely varies from year to year," writes Brown. "Nearly a decade on, things have changed. Local music sales are slipping, and there is genuine concern in the industry that parts of the cultural effort may not be money well spent." Read the full article.In the Nov/Dec issue of Idealog magazine, Russell Brown writes that Prime Minister Helen Clark may end up thanking Neil Finn for the comments he made in the May issue Real Groove magazine (he was "sickened - to see Helen Clark getting up at the music awards and taking the bows"). "For some time, people around Clark have been trying to steer her away from giving The Speech: an increasingly threadbare string of Kiwi Music slogans that barely varies from year to year," writes Brown. "Nearly a decade on, things have changed. Local music sales are slipping, and there is genuine concern in the industry that parts of the cultural effort may not be money well spent." Read the full article.