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NZ writer Graham Reid has seen more concerts and interviewed more people than he can remember - his blog on Public Address today even describes finding a ticket stub for a Pulp concert he genuinely…
Walls of sound: the world's greatest recording studios
What is it that gives certain studios an aura, while others are cold and sterile? Today, technology allows whole albums to be recorded in a bedroom - yet the great studios, such as London's Abbey…
New website for Porirua Festival of the Elements
Porirua's popular Waitangi Day Festival of the Elements has a new website address - www.elementsfestival.org.nz.
Top writers to show the way at Waiariki
He's passionate and serious about his writing, and attracted attention from the moment he first got published. She's energetic and multi-talented, not only writing great books for kids, but also…
The Treaty Debate Series 2007
February 2007 will see the return of the much-anticipated Treaty Debates at Te Papa. First held in 2005, they have become a notable contribution to the national debate over the Treaty of Waitangi.…
ASB Community Trust pumps $1 million into Auckland arts scene
More than $1 million has been pumped into the Auckland arts scene in a raft of grants just announced by community funder ASB Community Trust. Recipients include the Moving Image Centre, the New…
Literature's legacy of honourable failure
What makes a good writer? Is writing an expression of self, or, as TS Eliot argued, "an escape from personality"? Do novelists have a duty? Do readers? Why are there so few truly great novels? In…
Memorial Service for Denis Cohn
Denis Cohn, founder of the Denis Cohn Gallery, died in Fiji on 14 December and was cremated at Wailoaloa Beach, Nadi. The Denis Cohn Gallery represented many of New Zealand's leading contemporary…
Bachelorette does Isolation Loops
Courtesy of NZ Musician Magazine - Dec 06 Issue Down in the deep south, by the mouth of Rakaia River, in a town with a population of 85, camped in a hut built by her great grandfather, Annabel…
JamGlue Remixing for the Masses
The newly launched www.jamglue.com promises remixing for the masses. The site features an online audio editor that allows you to clip tracks, control their speed and volume, and nest tracks in other…
An alternative history: what if NZ had joined Australia in 1901?
Courtesy of The New Zealand Herald In this extract from New Zealand as it Might Have Been, edited by Stephen Levine and published by VUP, writer Kathryn M. Hunter imagines an alternative history,…
NZ short film wins American competition
A self-financed short film shot in Auckland in a single day has scooped the top prize in an acclaimed online competition. Some Of My Best Friends Are American is the first NZ film to be entered in…