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Kōhachiro Miyata, shakuhachi (Elektra Nonesuch Explorer Series 972076-2) #opshopgold

"Southland Monkey-Puzzle" (1973), silk screen print by Robin White. Dunedin Public Art Gallery: digitalnz.org/records/4340...

According to the Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers, "there have been no confirmed reports of [AI book buying, scanning & shredding] happening in Australia”. Wonder what NZ booksellers' experiences are? www.news.com.au/technology/o...

AI labs buy, scan, shred millions of rare booksIf you have retreated to physical books because the internet is too full of AI slop, bad news — now they’re shredding the books to feed their AI slop machines.www.news.com.au

Stephan Kunze has being doing some fantastic service interviewing #vaporwave artists, documenting the scene's often fugitive histories. Here is his latest, a chat with Mr. @disasteradio.bsky.social.

Single-only synthpop rarity from 1983. "On the Mountain" by John David. youtu.be/lhDGnCjMuOo?...

JOHN DAVID - ON THE MOUNTAINYouTube video by BACK TO THE 80'Syoutu.be

'Down time doesn't exist here,' states Eldred Stebbing, '... if we can't get hold of something quickly we make it ourselves.' Extensive 1987 article on Stebbing Studio (NZ) in 'Sound Engineer and Producer' magazine. www.muzines.co.uk/articles/fam...

Family Affair (Sound Engineer and Producer, Aug 1987)Stebbing Recording Studioswww.muzines.co.uk

Some music items from the Alexander Turnbull Library, ready for a show-and-tell today… First up, charts for Prince Tui Teka’s band of the 1970s, including for the Indonesian song ‘Mimpi Sedih’ upon which the melody for ‘E Ipo’ was based. natlib.govt.nz/schools/teac...

“New Women in Rock” (1982, ed. Liz Thomson)

"Pulse, legato, harmony, tone colour, rhythm, triads, tuning - each appeared in the draft curriculum with incorrect definitions" www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361...

‘Riddled with errors’: How AI has been used in drafting the new school curriculumA primary school music teacher has flagged major errors in the music curriculum he suspects have “all the hallmarks” of AI, and while the ministry admit it used it to help, it disputes its use for any...www.thepost.co.nz

In-depth review of an in-depth biography. David Herkt considers Craig Robertson's "Chris Knox: Not Given Lightly". landfallreview.com/the-voices-t...

Classic NZ historical marker using local materials, here a riverstone from the Ōtaki River out of frame to the left. It commemorates the first aircraft flight in the Wellington district, in January 1914, by Will Scotland. He ascended to 500 ft and circled the area for 20m.

Been catching up with this 2025 podcast on the 1970s Mr Asia drug syndicate case. It's good work, incorporating new i/v's and publications. Probably too much to expect, but would be good to have a book too based on all this fresh research. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/mr-asia-p...

Mr Asia: A Forgotten History - new podcast reveals full story behind NZ drug empireThe untold story behind New Zealand's most notorious drug syndicate.www.nzherald.co.nz

Lost dystopias

Great to be here at the NZ Nationa Library for Gareth's talk

From Lower Hutt to the "edge of space" www.rnz.co.nz/news/science...

School students successfully launch high-altitude balloon into the atmosphereLower Hutt primary school students have successfully launched and retrieved a weather balloon which went high into the atmosphere.www.rnz.co.nz

After every new drop from @500songspodcast.bsky.social, it's always fun exploring the maze of musical rabbitholes that appear. Exhibit A this time round, "Snowblind" by Judy Henske and Jerry Yester 👇👇 m.youtube.com/watch?v=pv7j...

Snowblind (Remastered)YouTube video by Judy Henske - Topicm.youtube.com

Followup prompt: Which Springsteen cover uses the most underappreciated font? www.reddit.com/r/BruceSprin...

From the BruceSpringsteen community on RedditExplore this post and more from the BruceSpringsteen communitywww.reddit.com

Mike Lloyd has published a research piece-de-resistance on the forgotten links between NZ war memorials and the Phoenix palm. Link to his 10,000 word article in the blogpost below 👇👇 thelocalarboretum.blog/2026/07/20/n...

New Publication: ‘Beside the Cenotaph’Here are six examples of cenotaphs, obelisks, or similar World War One memorial structures that all have phoenix palms beside them: Source: Postcard of a war memorial, Akaroa. Ron Scarlett Collecti…thelocalarboretum.blog

Frost on the clover

A reminder! Gareth Shute will be speaking about his recent book history of NZ popular music, at the National Library of New Zealand, this Thursday (23/7), 5.30-7.00pm. natlib.govt.nz/events/songs...