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W.A.S.P. @ The Wiltern, Los Angeles
The most outrageous band in the world play a home town show
Read more...The Night Before (Great Sounds Great) 2026
Five fresh acts, two venues, one big night for The Night Before
We caught Elly Mae, Nameless and Brainless, Dale Kerrigan, re:ruby and girls factory play across two venues in Newtown as part of Great Sounds Great's "The Night Before" festival.
Read more...Can I Touch Your Feet?
The strangest pre-dive gear-up encounter
That was when it got weird
He looked up at me, crouching in the dirt, oddly calm, his hands plucking at my shoelaces, becoming more urgent, and as his eyes locked on mine he asked - "can I touch your feet?"
Read more...Teen Jesus & the Jean Teasers @ San Fran, Wellington
Teen Jesus glorify San Fran in first Wellington show
Aussie rockers Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers played their last Glory tour date at San Fran in Wellington.
Read more...Last Ever Last Ever
My brief career as a bootleg kingpin, and Wellington's finest rock band's last ever show
Bootleg Empire
In the late 80s, my best friend and I ran a bootleg concert tape business from our bedrooms. Bootleg concert tapes are unofficial recordings of live concerts, traded without any revenue going to the band.
We told our parents it was a grey area of copyright law. (It really wasn't).
Read more...Tangalooma Wrecks
Diving Tangalooma Wrecks, off Moreton Island, Brisbane Australia
The upside of fully remote
I was working fully remote for an Australian company Octopus Deploy, and once in a while they'd bring teams together someplace for a taste of co-location, and you could take a personal day before or after if you wanted.
Which sounds to me like a golden invitation to go diving!
Read more...Shihad @ Meow Nui, Wellington
Shihad's last ever show
Shihad's last ever show, in front of an adoring hometown crowd.
Read more...My Favourite Part of My Last Vacation
Reflecting on my favourite day from my last holiday, and why that is
Read more...How to make a Wine Cork Notice Board
Tidy up those bits of paper and feel good about wine consumption with this easy DIY craft project
How to make a Wine Cork Notice Board
I'm not generally regarded as an arts and crafts type of person. Arts, perhaps, especially the musical kind; and crafty, sure, I can identify with that; but put the two words together and generally that's enough to make me run for the hills.
However I've been collecting wine corks for seemingly forever, and the last couple of years I've been assiduously putting off this project, until last weekend when I said to myself, you know what, get it done. And so I did.
I'm amazed it turned out so well, so the least I could do is share with you how easy it is to do for yourself.
Read more...You're Already Not Dating Her
All you have to lose is the knowledge you never tried
The Wisdom of Dave Navarro
You may be familiar already with the music of Jane's Addiction. I discovered them early in my love affair with rock music. Fronted by enigmatic singer Perry Farrell, featuring the creative percussion of Stephen Perkins, the spacious, melodic bass of Eric Avery, and soaring above it all, the epic guitar stylings of Dave Navarro.
Dave Navarro isn't just an intensely gifted musician though. He is so much more. Not least, a philosopher of life.
Let me explain.
Read more...That's the ten most recent. There are 8 posts and 14 gigs in all.