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KIP CHAPMAN EDWIN WRIGHT ADAM GARDINER NIC SAMPSON
VIRGINIA FRANKOVICH JULIA CROFT KEITH ADAMS
28 JUNE 28 JULY
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0800 BUY TICKETS (289 842)
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BRUCE MASON
PLAYWRITING
AWARD 2010
FRINGE FESTIVAL BEST
THEATRE 2009 FOR
THE INTRICATE ART OF
ACTUALLY CARING
CHAPMAN TRIPP
OUTSTANDING
PLAYWRIGHT 2008 FOR
RUBBER TURKEY
CHAPMAN TRIPP MOST
ORIGINAL PRODUCTION
2009 FOR THE INTRICATE
ART OF ACTUALLY CARING
Eli Kent is an extraordinary
new voice in New Zealand
playwriting highly
original, complex, funny
and profoundly moving.
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5th July Raglan Yot Club
8th July Auckland Besos Latinos
11th july tauranga major toms
12th July Wellington Mighty Mighty
14th july cook strait interislander ferry
14th July blenheim the secret garden cafe
15th July Christchurch dux live
17th July Timaru Arthur Street Cafe
18th July Dunedin The Church Cafe
19th July Nelson Fair Field House
20th july cook strait interislander ferry
20th july palmerston north 0e cafe
21st july whanganui whanganiui musicians club
27th july hamilton milk & honey
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Me & Moon Tour
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A RED hoT SUMMER
Los Angeles troubadours Red Hot Chili Peppers have
been announced to play one show at Aucklands
Vector Arena in January. Pushing nearly 30 years at
the forefront of modern rock, the legacy themselves
return for the frst time in fve years as they celebrate
last years release and their 10th studio album,
Im With You. The line-up, consisting of constants
Anthony Kiedis, Flea, Chad Smith and John
Frusciante replacement/newcomer Josh Klinghoffer
will be supported by LA hardcore pseudo-supergroup
Off! at the show on Sunday 13 January.
hoLY LUCK!
NZ Music Hall Of Famer and The Exponents frontman
Jordan Luck has announced hell be hitting the
southern roads with The Jordan Luck Band (featuring
members of Dead Flowers and The D4) at the end
of July, with support from Auckland four-piece
Ekko Park. The two hard rock bands will be playing
three shows over three days, the frst at The Blue
Pub in Methven on Friday 27 July, the second at The
Woolston Club in Christchurch on Saturday 28 July,
with the third and fnal show at The Strawberry Tree
in Kaikoura on Sunday 29 July. Tickets are available
now through Cosmic Ticketing.
GIVE A hooT
Synth-pop indietronica-darling-gone-mainstream pop hit Owl City, AKA Adam
Young, has announced hell be making his way to New Zealand with his live
band before touring Australia in November for an all-ages show at Aucklands
Powerstation. The electronica hitmaker garnered more attention for himself with
his May release The Midsummer Station through Universal Republic and was
joined by blink 182s Mark Hoppus as well as Carly Rae Jepsen on the album. Kiwi
audiences should be no strangers to Owl City, considering his latest single debuted
at number one on the NZ iTunes and RIANZ charts. Tickets for the Monday 16
November show at the Powerstation are available now through Ticket Master.
ChECK, ChECK
While the line-ups for Rhythm & Vines and Rhythm
& Alps are yet to be announced, organisers have
dropped some names for who will be playing at the
R&V/R&A Soundchecks. On Thursday 04 October at
the Union Hall in Dunedin, Benga, Rusko and P-Money
will be playing at the warm-up R&A show, while
the R&V Soundcheck at Vector Arena in Auckland
on Friday 05 October will feature Nero, Rusko,
Labrinth and Home Brew. For more information
about the soundchecks as well as the bigger events
and info on ticketing, pricing and camping, head to
rhythmandvines.co.nz.
FACToR IN ThE FEAR
Industrial heavyweights and metal mainstays Fear
Factory have announced theyll be returning to
New Zealand in support of their new album The
Industrialist. Last here in 2010 supporting Metallica
in Christchurch, the Los Angeles duo of Burton C.
Bell and Dino Cazares will be joined by touring
members Matt DeVries and Mike Heller for the one
New Zealand show at Aucklands Powerstation on
Saturday 22 September. Tickets are available through
Ticket Master and at Real Groovy.
NoThIN BUT
ThE BLUES
1990s alt-rock icons Weezer have
announced theyll be coming
our way in January for the frst
time in 16 years. Some of you will
have kids older than that. Touring
company Chugg Entertainment
said that Weezer will be performing
a collection of greatest hits and
rarities in addition to The Blue Album
from start to fnish (the album that
featured hit songs My Name Is Jonas,
Buddy Holly, Undone The Sweater
Song, Say It Aint So, Only In Dreams
and more). Tickets for the Friday
11 January show at Vector Arena in
Auckland will be available through
Ticket Master from Thursday 26 July.
SoLA RoSA
RETURN
Celebrating their ffth studio album
Low And Behold, High And Beyond,
genre-defying ensemble Sola Rosa
have announced theyll be touring
the country in August as they
showcase new material as well as
the extensive back catalogue. Having
been in the producing game for over a
decade, songwriter Andrew Spraggon
has led the Sola Rosa sound in a
new direction with the new album.
Spraggon teams up with Spikey
Tee, Ben White, Matt Short, Cherie
Mathieson and L. A. Mitchell for the
Low And Behold, High And Beyond
tour which will hit Auckland, Raglan,
Ohakune, Havelock North, New
Plymouth, Wellington, Christchurch,
Dunedin and Queenstown. See the
tours pages for dates and venues.
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The countrys most iconic summer festival is
no more. Weve known that for months. 2012
was the last year that New Zealand would be
graced with the Big Day Out, and were yet to
see how the summer will play out without the
mainstay of international and local acts that
would usually be rocking out.
Will another festival take its place? Will
Laneway be the new favourite festival? Will
Rhythm & Vines or its southern counterpart
Rhythm & Alps draw in bigger crowds than
ever? Will the smaller festivals around the
country start seeing more people travel and
make a road trip out of their summer? Or will
the acts that are playing at the Australian Big
Day Out just make their way over here for
separate gigs?
The Big Day Out line-up announcement
always brought news of a multitude of
different bands making their way down
under. As a nation of moaners, some years
we would call the festival too indie, while
some years it would be too stadium rock.
Now that its gone, its too bad. Next year,
the Aussies have indie and mainstream
darlings from all around the world playing at
the BDO: Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Killers,
Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Vampire Weekend, Band of
Horses, Kaskade, Animal Collective, Sleigh
Bells, Foals, Crystal Castles, OFF!, Against Me!,
Childish Gambino and Jeff the Brotherhood
to name just a few.
Many concertgoers will be buying their
tickets to one of the fve Aussie shows
already, which is understandable.
But were posing the question concerning
what New Zealand will do with this gap
in the market, and it seems that its being
flled with international headliners over
the course of a few months instead of one
day of 45-minute sets. Monday saw the
announcement that Kiedis and co. will be
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WiNNiNg
Favourite drink? Central Otago Pinot Noir.
Favourite restaurant/caf? Smiths of
Smithfelds, London.
Favourite takeaway? Indian Gulshan
Tandoori, London.
Favourite classic flm? Anchorman, the legend
of Ron Burgundy.
Favourite childhood memory? Playing in the
Ashburton Silver Band.
Favourite party food? Chipolatas.
Favourite vice? Sleep.
Favourite song? Danny Boy.
Favourite meal? Roast NZ lamb and veggies
when I return home.
Favourite cause? West East Divan Orchestra
peace through music.
Favourite label to put on your relationship?
Loving.
Favourite 90s TV show? Seinfeld.
Favourite album? Wagner Ring Cycle, Solti and
Vienna Philharmonic.
Favourite type of groupie? My kids.
Favourite body part on you? My eyesight.
Favourite body part on someone else? My
wife Carmels eyes.
Favourite venue? Teatro alla Scala, Milano.
Favourite lyric? Siegmund heiss ich,
Siegmund bin ich! Die Walkre.
Favourite candy bar? Peanut Slab.
Favourite current TV show? The Colbert Report.
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bringing the Chilis to New Zealand in January,
with support from Off!. Both of those bands
are at the Aussie BDO. It seems as though the
line-up of our now-defunct festival is taking
the Soundwave route, where some bands
will hop across the ditch to play for Kiwi
audiences. And while thats a nice interim fx
for the lack of mid-January mega-festival, its
not nice on the wallet.
In November alone weve got Radiohead,
The Black Keys, Ben Harper, Grizzly Bear,
Coldplay and Mumford & Sons. In the winter
months were lucky enough to see many of
our local bands tour the country, but theres
no scratch for that international itch. Come
summer 2013, were going to have to pick
wisely, as its guaranteed that well be getting
more international acts coming our way,
whether theyre mega stars like RHCP or alt
favourites like Thee Oh Seas and Guitar Wolf
who rocked the country last summer.
On that note, isnt it about time Ty Segall
made his way here?
SIMON ONEILL
TENOR
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Some two years in the making and weve fnally got
a new Collapsing Cities album. The frst single off the
album debuted online several weeks ago, and fans
have been excited about the album release show this
week to see how the four-piece bring the impressive
sophomore album Strangers to the live fray. Clap Clap
Riot and Beach Pigs will play support.
Following their number one chart debut, the
countrys favourite underground rappers have
made it to the big time. They know how to throw a
successful 48 hour album release party in the most
disorderly of ways and how to run a pop-up store for
a week, so now theyre having a crack at taking the
party on the road with a seven-piece band.
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble make their frst return to NZ
since their jaw-dropping Womad performance in 2010.
Having collaborated with musical heavyweights Mos
Def, Ghostface Killah, Gorillaz, Snoop Dogg, Erykah
Badu, De La Soul and Prince to name just a few, the
eight-piece brass ensemble bring their acclaimed live
performance to Wellington this Friday and Aucklands
Powerstation on Saturday.
Hey Christchurch rock kids, how about a nice special
alt-rock treat to ease your way into the freezing
weekends? Sound good? Take one dose of Sherpa
with a shot of Bang Bang Eche and chase it with a
double of Zen Mantra. If thats not enough, try some
Dance Asthmatics, and you should be good.
COLLapSINg CItIES
HOME BrEw
HypNOtIC BraS ENSEMBLE
SHErpa
THE KiNGS ARMS
ALTiTuDE
BODEGA
Dux LiVE




The touring duo bring a midwinter
treat to Dunedin this week before
continuing to Nelson on Thursday,
a special show on the Interislander
ferry as well as one in Palmerston
North on Friday and Wanganui on
Saturday. See the harmonious young
artists on the last leg of their tour.
The Bread and Butter Letter is
putting on the frst monthly
installment of Nana Nights, an
evening with blankets, warm drinks,
knitting tables, board games and
bands. This month Cool Rainbows
and Sherpa feature at this event
inspired by nanas everywhere.
Every now and then we get a band
fnding their way over from Australia
that may not be all that well-known
here, but youre a fool to miss out
on. Van She are one of those bands.
The electronic gems that Van
She produce are nothing short of
ambient brilliance.
Its semester two, and you didnt do
the slightest bit of work over the
holidays. You should be at home
studying. But thats stupid. What you
really want to do is go out and firt.
AuSMs re-orientation week features
Bulletproof, Rugged Tekniques,
MayaVanya and Dan Aux.
LydIa COLE & tOM Lark
NaNa NIgHt
VaN SHE
BuLLEtprOOf
DiGGERS BAR
ALLELuYA CAF
MONTECRiSTO ROOM
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FriDAY 20
This fve-piece hardcore force of nature play their
second of two shows this Wednesday before they
make their way home back to the US. My fatmate is
a garage and rock kid at heart but he started jumping
like a schoolgirl when he heard Terror were coming,
because he was a hardcore kid when he was younger.
If he knows whats good for him, he wont dance like a
schoolgirl at the show.
tErrOr
THE KiNGS ARMS

tHurSDAY 19
ShIT WoRTh DoING
MuSiC
Cuba St is coming together this Friday for Womens Refuge, and three of your
favourite venues will be partying together all night long. From 6-11pm you
can see Newtown Rocksteady, Paper Scissors and Redbird Jnr at San Fran Bath
House; the One For The Ladies night at Matterhorn from 10pm-3am with guests
Bella Kalolo, Lisa Tomlins, Open Souls Tyra Hammond, Vanessa Stacey and DJ
Ayehsa; or local DJ Kev Fresh at Goodluck Bar from 10pm. All proceeds will go to
Wellington Womens Refuge and Te Whare Rokiroki Maori womens refuge. Its a
good night for a good cause, so get involved.
CuBa fOr rEfugE
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The mid-year sellout music festival is back, now under
the guise of Homestyle instead of Soundscape. With
fve zones and over 30 acts including Kids Of 88, State
Of Mind, Redial, Filth Collins, Vengeance, Jamie McDell,
Pieter T, MC Woody, Tim Phin, Aural Trash and many
more, Homestyle is without a doubt the place to be in
Hamilton this weekend.
Following the release of the highly-anticipated
new album Air Chrysalis, Concord Dawn returns to
New Zealand in July for live shows in Auckland and
Wellington. Its been two years since The Enemy
Within, and now Concord Dawn (Matt Harvey) brings
his brand of high-octane heavy drumnbass back to
where it all began some 13 years ago.
Making his way all the way from the UK, Skeptical
(from the 2011 hit Marka) brings his drumnbass
madness to New Zealand for some very select shows.
This Saturday the producer will hit Aucklands Ink &
Coherent where hell blast some of the tracks hes lent
out to Ingredients Records, Exit Records, Dispatch,
Renegade Hardware, Metalheadz, Soul:r, Commercial
Suicide and more.
Lawrence Arabias The Sparrow tour will be the
last that the alt-pop sensation graces New Zealand
audiences with before he heads overseas to tour in
America and Europe. Auckland audiences can see the
golden boy at the Town Hall on Friday, while his fnal
show will be at Wellingtons Opera House on Sunday.
The Auckland based NZTrio are performing at Q
Theatre as part of the three-concert Loft Series which
celebrates local composer Karlo Margetics new work.
The chamber ensemble consisting of Justine Cormack,
Ashley Brown and Sarah Watkins will premiere
Margetics new compositions at this rare treat
HOMEStyLE
CONCOrd dawN
SkEptICaL
LawrENCE araBIa
NZ trIO: LIgHtBOx
ALTiTuDE
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OPERA HOuSE
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You could never accuse
the Flaming Lips of being
mundane its just not in
their repertoire. So what
happens when youve done it
all musically, broken all the
rules, taken all the drugs? Well,
you get a few new friends
together and do it all again...
but just you make it just that
little bit more extreme.
And when I say new friends,
how about bringing in a party
princess like Ke$ha to mess
with the too-cool-for-school
kids? Not a bad way to kick-start
this excellently tripped-out and
fucked-up foray. Ke$ha opens
Heady Fwends with a cheery
middle fnger raised skyward
(but aimed directly at her haters)
as she proves that shes more
than just a pop machine to be
used for mass consumption. On
2012, her ballsy vocal styling
melds effortlessly with the
Lips anarchic sound, creating a
piece of electronica that smacks
considerable ass.
Speaking of pop machines,
how about the woman who
broke up one of the greatest
pop products of all time? Oh yes,
Yoko Ono makes an appearance
on Do It sounding like a mad
mixture of 60s art rock and
70s funk, all the while adding
more fuel to Heady Fwends
experimental fre. To go with
the left-of-feld choices, there
are also some less controversial
heavy-weight guest
appearances from the likes of
Biz Markie, Erykah Bardu and
a scary-sounding Nick Cave
(amongst others). All help to
build a considerable rep for this
collaborative effort.
But with the Lips it isnt
about their rep Its about
pushing the envelope and
having a grand ol time while
doing it. On the fip-side,
collaborative albums like this
can often let the guests take
over. But each track on Heady
Fwends is indelibly a part of
Flaming Lips canon. Their
signature eclecticism catches
each collaborative artist in its
maelstrom, sucking them in
and spitting them out, sticky
with a coating of chaos-candy
that only the Lips can provide.
This album sure wont please
those looking for a linear listen,
but its a fun ride if you let
yourself go and just enjoy it.
WriTTEn BY DarrEn MasLin
ALBuM OuT NOW: THE FLAMING LIPS AND
HEADY FWENDS
ALBUM REVIEW
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SAturDAY 21
SuNDAY 22
A new musical featuring classic local pop music, Loyal
tells the story of a navy unit on peacekeeping duties.
The notions of optimism in the face of adversity, love,
life and loyalty are all questioned in this show with
music from Bic Runga, Dave Dobbyn, Brooke Fraser,
Crowded House and more.
Using cutting edge multimedia and electronics to
blur the line between whats imagined and whats
real, Australias Frank Newman directs this genre-
bending visual experimentation with his trademark
combination of sharp storytelling and animation.
Internationally-renowned Wagnerian tenor Simon
ONeill leads the crme de la crme of local and
international singers for this concert performance
of Wagners astounding The Valkyrie (Die Walkure).
The near six-hour opera epic is one of the most
extraordinary musical events ever to grace the stage.
Checkout Chicks is part Glee, part Hairspray and
part Legally Blonde all set at your local corner shop.
Presented by the Auckland Theatre Company as part
of The Next Big Thing festival, this gloriously over-the-
top production is material developed by some of our
future thespians.
Matariki arrives at Aucklands Silo Park this Saturday
as the Maori New Year festivities combine interactive
displays and performances, light installations and
video projections with music from Anika Moa, Ria Hall,
Anna Coddington and DJs, as well as a telescope on
loan from the Stardome planetarium and observatory.
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CHECkOut CHICkS
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tHurSDAY 19
FriDAY 20
SuNDAY 22
SAturDAY 21
Whos in the dead supergroup for
your dream hologram show?
Tina turner Rolling On The River!
Shes not dead but Id love to see her
in her prime.
Whats an upcoming flm youre
jazzed about?
So busy havent been to the movies
in yonks.
Where can your stalkers fnd you
during the weekend?
You better keep up stalkers, cause
I hop around like a bunny on heat.
I love to explore new nooks and
crannies and see lots of theatre.
What happens when you mix Coca
Cola with Pepsi?
You get rather strong paint stripper?
Your signature im an amazing
cook dish is
I make a mean lasagna.
The best TV show around at the
moment is
Tabathas Salon Takeover - love her!
ARTIST Q&A
The best place for a date night is
Somewhere warm and quiet with wine
and candles.
Youd get arrested if the police knew
that you
No comment.
People say you look like
A young good-looking Seymour
Hoffman or an older, uglier Prince
Harry.
Five celebs on your f**klist?
Now that would be telling, but heres
a hint theyve all been crossed off
the list.
Kittens or puppies?
Both!
What generic current affair has your
blood boiled?
Too many to pick from.
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A collection of eight short works from
seminal local choreographers Moss
Patterson, Taane Mete and Jack Gray,
Kaha juxtaposes traditional dances
against creative modernity resulting in
a voice unlike any other.
Raybon Kan takes his critically-
acclaimed stand-up show to Hamilton
for one night this week. After
impressing audiences in the comedy
festival, Raybon promises his un PC
show will offend everyone.
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EdithHaller Sieglinde
ChristineGoerkeBrnnhilde
JohnWegner Wotan
JonathanLemaluHunding
Margaret MedlynFricka
Pietari Inkinen Conductor
Plus eight of NewZealands nest
singers as the Valkyries
Anopera inthree acts sung inGerman
withEnglishsurtitles
Duration: 5hours 40minutes
including twointervals
22Jul WELLINGTON 3pm
25Jul CHRISTCHURCH 5pm
28Jul AUCKLAND 4pm
For ticket details goto
nzso.co.nz
Wagners epic tale
of gods and men
An opera in
concert
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra presents
THE
VALKYRIE
Wagner Society of NewZealand
Patron: Sir Donald McIntyre
Wagner NewZealand Foundation
Withsupport from
Scan to listen
- Ride of the Valkyries -
... the experience of
hearing a whole Wagner
opera is unforgettable.
Peter Shaw
North&SouthMagazine


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snopsis online ct
nzso.co.nz/
valkyrie
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Enquiries call 09 282 4402
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GEORGE HENARE GERALDINE BROPHY TE KOHE TUHAKA ANDREW GRAINGER CARL BLAND
NANCY BRUNNING SCOTTY COTTER ROB MOKARAKA NICOLA KAWANA CIAN ELYSE WHITE
Auckland eatre Companys landmark production of
Bruce Masons profoundly human masterpiece
What is more honourable: the truth that hurts, or the lie that heals?
im no Family Guy fan, siding (like
the writers of The Simpsons did)
with Trey Parker and Matt Stone
when South Park painted the
show as a collection of random
gags assembled by manatees.
Seth MacFarlane the shows
creator, writer and voice actor has
nevertheless made a solid frst
foray into flmmaking, a format that
perhaps by its very nature restricts
the tangents his imagination is
able to take, and Ted beats the early
efforts of Parker and Stone. Thats
not to paint this as anything other
than a very silly flm though, with the
animated foul-mouthed pot-smoking
teddy bear of the title barely given
the most cursory explanation for its
existence and Mark Wahlberg doing
what he does best, ultra deadpan
dullard comedy (as seen to great
effect in The Other Guys and more
accidentally in The Happening).
Theres still space for brief fights
of fancy, with celebrity cameos
and the odd fantasy sequence
reminiscent of Family Guy (as is the
banter in Ted), but MacFarlane shows
a good grasp of the flm medium
by keeping things pretty simple.
That includes the plot, which is
both paint-by-numbers and tepidly
misogynist, focusing on Wahlbergs
character John and his refusal to
grow beyond a stoner man-child
even at the nagging behest of his
girlfriend (Mila Kunis). While it aint a
great flm for these reasons (as well
as its pacing and resolution), Ted is
great viewing packed full of laughs
and boasts great creepy supporting
performances from Joel McHale and
Giovanni Ribisi.
WriTTEn BY sTEvE nEWaLL, fLicks.co.nz
in cinEMas noW
DirEcTED BY sETH MacfarLanE
sTarrinG: Mark WaHLBErG, MiLa
kunis anD sETH MacfarLanE
tHE dark kNIgHt rISES
Of the wider Judd Apatow-directed flms including
The 40 Year Old Virgin, Funny People and the Apatow
produced ficks such as Forgetting Sarah Marshall,
Superbad and Pineapple Express, Knocked Up was
the one that brought the comedy clique of Seth
Rogen, Jason Segall, Martin Starr and Paul Rudd into
the mainstream comedy fray. Its a dude classic for
him and her.
Cruel Intentions was one of the original 90s teenage
sex dramas. If thats a thing. Ryan Phillipe, Sarah
Michelle Gellar, Reese Witherspoon and Selma Blair all
found their tinseltown footing from this teenage soft-
core sex and romance romp that was a cult classic for
anyone in their teens.
kNOCkEd up
CruEL INtENtIONS
TV3, 8:30PM
FOuR, 8:30PM


Hot damn, its arrived. The fnal of Christopher Nolans
Batman trilogy has fnally come our way. Anticipations
are high and the blogoshpere is rife with expectations.
Can the third flm close the chapter on Batman in a
satisfactory way? Bat icons Bane and Catwoman make
their frst appearance in Chris Nolans universe in
the closing tale, inspired by none other than Charles
Dickens A Tale of Two Cities.
GENERAL RELEASE
SuNDAY 22
Zooey Deschanels TV show grew on us as the season
went on. Yeah, the marketing for it was ridiculous and
adorkable is a fucking stupid word. But the cast is
solid and once you get over the hump of geek-chic
quirk-is-cool writing, you can get to enjoying the
actual show. This Tuesday sees the show start back
from episode one if youre interested in catching up.
NEw gIrL
FOuR, 8PM

Leading straight on from season three, Parks &
Recreation dives into season four this Tuesday. Well
go on record and say that its one of the funniest
shows on New Zealand television at the moment,
which isnt surprising when you look at the improv-
genius cast of Amy Poehler, Adam Scott, Aubrey Plaza,
Chris Pratt, Aziz Ansari and more.
parkS & rECrEatION
FOuR, 9PM

tuESDAY 24
tHurSDAY 19
AuCKLAND
HAMiLTON
WELLiNGTON
DuNEDiN
CHRiSTCHuRCH
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CiNEMA RELEASE
3D FiLM
DVD RELEASE
BLu-RAY RELEASE
For the next month or so, Auckland
audiences will be treated to a
veritable plethora of indie flms at
the New Zealand International Film
Festival. Well feature a couple of
flms every week at the festival, but
for information and the full listing of
whats on head to nzff.co.nz.
This Disney nature doco follows Oscar
the Chimpanzee, an orphan taken in by
an adult chimp in the Ivory Coast and
Ugandan rain forests. Produced by the
same crew that made Earth and African
Cats, Chimpanzee is an insightful
family-friendly flm for all ages.
NZIff CHIMpaNZEE
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Chicks dig bad boys. Bad boys and scars. And guys dig naughty things.
In Japanese, wagamama means naughty child. So if youre a bit of a
nerd, trying to impress that bad boy or naughty girl, take them out
to Wagamama for a bite or two. Even better, heres some scintillating
dinner conversation so you wont be lost for words: Did you know
that a child said to be wagamama demands constant attention?
Thats so Gen Y, right; Wagamama was launched in 1992. So were
Taylor Lautner, Selena Gomez and Miley Cyrus.; Youre really hot. Like
this meal Im eating. Sorry, was that too forward? Do you want me to
be backwards instead? Nailed it.
A couple of Saturdays ago it was date day. We call it Terrifc Lady Day,
because it has a nice ring to it and the lady feels terrifc when you give
her a whole day named after her. We went to the Parnell markets in the
morning to see if I could steal some free food from my Italian friend
who works there. He wasnt there, but the people from Whoopie were.
They make cake pies that look like melting moments, and eating one
of these things is like making out with an angel. It was terrifc. I cant
remember the name of the guy, but he said they have a store in Grey
Lynn and a snazzy website where you can see all of the super pretty
Whoopie pies and cake-esque loollipops called Whoopie pops as well.
wagaMaMa
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8PM, San Francisco Bathhouse
GamEplan
8PM, BATS Theatre
kroon For your kai
7PM, The Southern Cross
thE SESSion
9PM, Matterhorn
Thu 19
Emily FairliGht BanD
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marG layton &
BanD w/ Bill lakE
8PM, Hotel Bristol
thE niGEl
pattErSon trio
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Wed 18
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hEat thrEE
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SalSa on thurSDayS
Salsa Latina Dance Studio
Fri 20
cuBa For womEnS
rEFuGE FunDraiSEr
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1PM, BATS Theatre
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9PM, San Francisco Bath House
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thE tranSiStorS
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Fri 20
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BanDS national
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SEmi onE
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Bluegrass Society
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The Brewery
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CPSA Big Yellow Building
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Sun 22
42BElow cocktail
worlD cup
rEGional hEatS
Bean Scene Cafe & Cargo Bar
DuchESS SwiFt
7PM, Dux Live
Sun 22
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wEllinGton homE
BrEw aFtEr party
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6PM, Public Bar & Eatery
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Bealeys Speights Ale House
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Ferrymead Speights Ale House
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holD-Em pokEr
Robbies Bar & Bistro
no limit tExaS
holD-Em pokEr
Valley Inn Tavern
Tue 24
JamESon Jam SESSionS
Bealeys Speights Ale House
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pokEr niGht
Pierside Cafe & Bar
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DJ JamES aShwin
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GEnEral lEE
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Girl tiGEr & mayaVanya
Racket Bar
imaGinE thiS
8PM, Snapdragon
Julian DynE
6PM, Everybodys
kaha
7PM, Telstra Clear Pacifc
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lEE Gray
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nana niGht w/ cool
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ruDSitS BrothErS
10PM, QF Tavern
SElEcta Sam
6PM, The Britomart
Country Club, Free
thE BoulEVarDiEr
8PM, The Golden Dawn, Free
Fri 20
acouStic GuitariSt
ricky DE mEDEiroS
7PM, Alp Ice Cafe
anthony StrEtch
8PM, De Post
awESomESaucE!
Ft VEnGEancE
10PM, Be Club, $10
BrEtt pollEy
9PM, Shakespeare Bar
collapSinG citiES
alBum launch
9PM, The Kings Arms
DaViD Shanhun
8PM, Moretons Bar
DJ BiG pun & DJ
Grant marShall
8PM, twentyone
Wed 18
acouStic SunDay
SESSion w/ Eli
GuttEnBiEl
3PM, La zeppa
aDam larSon & rEBEcca
mElroSE BanD
8PM, 1885 Basement, $10
araSh
6PM, The Britomart Country Club
chriS cox,Dylan c
6PM,neighbourhood
claSS: now in SESSion
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Dan aux SElEctah
10PM, Racket bar
Dirty DianaS Sol niGht
7PM, Chapel Bar
DJ EiGhtEEnth
cEntury pESt
7PM, The Golden Dawn
DJ John holmES
6PM, nuffeld St
FaDED
9PM, nova night Club and Bar
inDuStry niGht
8PM, twentyone
karaokE marcuS
9PM, QF Tavern
tError
8PM, Kings Arms, $30
Van ShE w/ ruBy FroSt
8AM, Totos, $20
Thu 19
1885 liVE: hoStED By
SwEEt mix kiDS
9PM, 1885 Britomart
acouStic SunDay
SESSion w/ Eli
GuttEnBiEl
3PM, La zeppa
acouStic thurSDay Ft.
JaDE pritcharD & DrE
5PM, northern Steam Ship
acouStic thurSDay
w/ Eli
7PM, neighbourhood
acouStic thurSDayS
with waylon
7PM, nuffeld St
BattlE oF thE BanDS
SEmi Final two
8PM, The Kings Arms
Spooky
5PM, Everybodys
SuBmarinEr , huDGE
5PM, neighbourhood
t-ricE
6PM, La zeppa
wintEr wonDErluSt
DnA Bar
SaT 21
2S a crowD
9PM, BlackSalt
a ponSonBy
inStitution
8PM, Chapel Bar
alExanDrE
champaGnat
7PM, Alp Ice Cafe
BErniE GriFFin &
thE GriFtErS
9PM, Leigh Sawmill Cafe
chaoS in thE cBD
1PM, Ginger Minx
concorD Dawn
alBum rElEaSE tour
10PM, The Studio, $30
coolhanDlukE, zanE
5PM, neighbourhood
DJ Dirty Diana anD cVE
8PM, Red Hummingbird
DJ DiSco traSh
8PM, Red Hummingbird
DJ Grant marShall
& DJ GEnEral lEE
9PM, twentyone
DJ lEza lEE
7PM, The Deck
DJ roSE alicE
6PM, nuffeld St
DJ SiStEr act
4PM, Chapel Bar
FirE For Glory
FunDraiSEr w/ GuEStS
10PM, Rising Sun, $10
Frank BookEr
7PM, Everybodys
GooDy 2 ShoES
9PM, Merchant Bar
hypnotic BraSS
EnSEmBlE
9PM, The Powerstation
JaSon SkElton Duo
9PM, Rickshaw Eddies
JaSon Smith Duo
9PM, The Patriot
DJ Dirty Diana anD cVE
7PM, Red Hummingbird
DJ roSE alicE
6PM, nuffeld St.
DJ tainEr
6PM, The Deck
DJS talor anD tu mEkE
7PM, The Golden Dawn
Dylan c
11PM, 1885 Basement
EDDiE manukau
8PM, Glen Eden RSA
FEmrocknz SoirEE: thE
oFFicial launch party
Ellen Melville Hall
FlEx & SwEEt mix kiDS
8PM, 1885 Britomart
FranciS JakEman
9PM, Basalt
GloBal SurViVor
Globe Bar
han Solo muSicianS
9PM, Wine Cellar
JaSon kylE & connor
6PM, northern Steam Ship
JaSon Smith Duo
9PM, Merchant Bar
khaoS Ft. tEknik,
wax roulEttE,
nDEmic & chaoS
10PM, Khuja Lounge, $10
lawrEncE araBia
8PM, Auckland Town Hall
lEE Gray Duo
9PM, Elephant Wreslter
lEwiS mccallum,
nyntEE
5PM, The Britomart Country Club
mark tronSon Duo
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muSic Box
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nEw tElEpathicS
8PM, Backbeat, $10
noVEmBEr zulu,
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8PM, The Patriot
rakinoS 21St BirthDay
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8PM, De Post
rich S.m.kS, imaGinE
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6PM, Snapdragon
SanDon JamES
11PM, 1885 Basement
ScalpEr ViDEo
FunDraiSEr
10PM, Whammy
Thu 19
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FloyD triButE Show
7PM, Huntly & District
Workingmens Club, Huntly
ElizaBEth marVElly
8PM, Great Lake Centre, Taupo
Fri 20
ElizaBEth marVElly
8PM, Clarence St
Theatre, Hamilton
BattlE oF thE
BanDS national
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FloyD triButE Show
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Jim BEam BattlE
oF thE BanDS
Murphys Law, Palmerston north
SaT 21
BattlE oF thE
BanDS national
championShip
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DopplEr w/ Stick n
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8PM, The Basement Bar,
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SElEcta Sam
8PM, La zeppa
Solly
7P, northern Steam Ship
Soul SamBa circuS
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9PM, Khuja Lounge, $5
StEVE aBEl, thE tiny
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8PM, The Wine Cellar, $23
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tiDo
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tyra hammonD & Simon
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Ponsonby Social Club
FaStEr puSSycat
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oF 88, rEDial, piEtEr
t, StatE oF minD,
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JamiE mcDEll
Altitude Bar, Hamilton
Jo hanna
9PM, Space Monster,
Wanganui, $10
lyDia colE w/ tom lark
Savage Club Rooms, Wanganui
ocEania Storm nz tour
Te Puke Citizens Club, Te Puke
thE thomaS
oliVEr BanD
8PM, nelson School of Music
tiki taanE & DJ SamBora
9PM, Powderhorn, Ohakune
Sun 22
in thE pink - pink
FloyD triButE Show
Raetihi Cosmopolitan
Club, Raetihi
StElla Grant
Amora Lake Resort, Rotorua
Sun 22
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SESSion w Eli
GuttEnBiEl
3PM, La zeppa
acouStic SunDayS
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Maori Hill Coronation Hall
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A SuPERHERO MOVIE CAn BE. CAn CHRISTOPHER nOLAn DO IT
AGAIn WITH HIS FInAL EnTRY InTO THE BATMAn WORLD WITH
The Dark knighT rises?
The year is 2008. Christopher Nolans movie The Dark Knight just
blew the minds of audiences across the world, seamlessly declaring
that there is now a difference between a good comic book movie and
a good movie. Batfans have never been prouder. Comic book geeks
probably get a good week or two of impressing girls. The world
wonders how any Batman flm could possibly top what they just saw
a magnifcent combination of acting, direction, special effects, writing
and score composition in flm-making.
Fast-forward four years, and were about to get our answer.
The press screenings have begun and theyre off to a fantastic start. The
Dark Knight Rises is being called pure geek happiness. and some of us
are doing our best as not to stumble across any spoilers. Dont worry,
reader thats not whats happening here. all were doing is buying the
hype like its a chocolate-coated winning lotto ticket with a genie inside
that gives us psychic investment advice.
Director, writer and producer Christopher Nolan says that the story
of TDKR is set eight years after the second flm in his Batman trilogy.
it seems that Batman and Commissioner Gordon have succeeded.
The Dark Knight is no longer needed in Gotham. in that regard, Bruce
Wayne has won the battle, but he is traumatised by what happened and
doesnt know how to move on from being the fgure of Batman.
his fnal installment in the Bat-realm, TDKR deals with the
consequences of his and other characters actions in the previous flms.
With so much hype to follow up on, speculation has been rife about
whether or not this flm can be as good, or better than, its predecessor.
We felt a tremendous sense of responsibility to fulfll expectations based
on the frst two movies while giving the audience something they hadnt
seen before. it was a tricky balance. The action has to be huge, but the
story has to be even bigger. Not to mention the answer to where we see
our hero wind up when all of this is said and done. its a trilogy, after all,
and Batmans legacy is not one full of happiness.
Our guiding impulse in this telling of the Batman legend has always
been to follow Bruce Waynes journey, Nolan says. in Batman Begins
you see the tragedy and the pain that motivates this angry young man,
who feels useless and is searching for a path, and who wants to fnd out
who he is and what he can become. in The Dark Knight, hes discovered
that path. he is useful; he is doing what he imagines is the best thing for
him to be doing in his life. Now, we are eight years on and he has lost the
one thing that gave him a purpose until he is forced to deal with a new
threat to the city and to himself.
One of the most loved aspects of The Dark Knight was, of course, heath
Ledgers Joker. That performance of the now-deceased actors is possibly
his most well-known in his career, and often thought of as his best ever.
so how do you top that?
in deciding on who the next villain would be, it was imperative that
it was someone completely different from the Joker that he be a brute
force. The physical component of what Bruce Wayne does as Batman is
of extraordinary importance, and we had not truly challenged that in the
frst two flms. i really wanted to see Batman meet his match physically,
as well as intellectually. Bane is raw strength with a fanatical devotion to
duty, and that combination makes him unstoppable.
The upcoming flm welcomes many new faces to the world of Gotham.
Nolans co-conspirators Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Tom hardy and Marion
Cottilard join Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman and Morgan
Freeman in the cast, as well as Nolan-newcomer anne hathaway,
who has been receiving a fair bit of grief on the blogosphere. sure, she
looks very white money, but sometimes you have to have faith in the
directors choice. Who, after all, could have ever imagined a comic-book
flm being so well loved?
We needed to fnd the balance between the classic image of the character
and a believable person you care about, Nolan explains. Casting anne
hathaway in the role was the key to that. she was able to combine those
facets seamlessly so they arent in confict, but one is amplifying the other.
The popularity of The Dark Knight was so impressive for more reasons
than just the actors. Composer hans Zimmer is back for the score
and Nolans production team have directed the batshit out of the
photography. Nolan is adamant that seeing the flm in an iMaX cinema
aids the storytelling, as nearly half of the movie was shot with large-
format cameras. We got great results with the iMaX cameras on the
last flm. i appreciate what it offers from the technical side, but im most
interested in what it can give me as a storytelling tool. how can it help me
pull the audience deeper into this world? iMaX provides the broadest
possible canvas, creating the most immersive experience.
Batman the character is one that is loved by many. Batman the flm
franchise is one that has had its ups and downs (Bat nipples, anyone?).
Christopher Nolans Batman is a complex story that has spanned a
decade, telling a story that has made the directors career. and he knows
it. When you look back on the flms, you can see the world were living
in refected. What gives us fear? What gives us hope? What would
require a hero of Batmans stature to rise up in our world? Nolan says.
Bruce Waynes story has fascinated people for more than 70 years
because its a great story We are very proud of this ending, and we hope
the audience shares our excitement.
WRITTEn BY SuMMER THERnOMME
in cinEmaS: thu 19 Jul
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Sat 21 Jul STuDIO, AuCKLAnD
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MaTT harveys yOur typical kind of Kiwi guy. hes down-to-earth,
upfront, honest and not afraid to speak his mind. But living in vienna
for the last three or so years certainly shows and hes come a long way
in 14 years of Concord Dawn. his is latest album, Air Chrysalis, defnitely
shows the infuence of european culture.
Based on a book within a book of Japanese author haruki Murakamis
best-selling novel 1Q84, the album is more than just electronic beats and
drums its a metaphysical journey, a thinking mans drum and bass,
refecting Matts wider philosophy that to make great music, you have to
look outside yourself.
i didnt want to call it Bass Monsters Volume 6 or some cheesy shit, Matt
says matter-of-factly. i think it is good to have this relationship between
art, music and literature. When you live in vienna, you get out and see
things, talk about things and absorb a lot.
Thats how music used to be, like back in the 1970s artists, musicians
and writers were all dropping acid together, inspiring each other. i think
thats sort of lost these days. Music has become a bit insular, looking
inward, not taking inspiration from the outside.
The sixth studio album is not so much a new style, but an evolution of
the classic Concord Dawn sound. although this is the direction he has
always taken, crossing genre boundaries, Matt admits now hes a one-
man band (after the sudden departure of co-DJ evan short in 2009) he
has the confdence to take it in a new direction.
it was a hard thing to get out of the system, Matt says. With The Enemy
Within, it was the frst time i was doing the process by myself, but this
time it was a lot easier. When you write tunes, its like cooking. you have
a few ingredients, and then you taste it and think this could use this or
that. With an album, you think, i havent done a track like this, or this
could be a bit harder, so you play with it.
in a round-about sense, the new direction is also a return to proper
drum and bass, a time Matt says didnt involve the excessive use of
auto-tune and the explosion of a little genre called dubstep. as an ode to
this, he released Air Chrysalis free online one of many reasons being to
move away from the commercial aspect and get back to the real sound,
unpolluted by all the rest.
a lot of people have supported me over the years so i thought, why not?
it would be nice to give back. i have a studio of vintage equipment and
i have enough clothes not to do washing for a week. To remove money
from that process, i hoped to make something a bit truer. There is too
much of that shit in modern music. Guys are too photoshopped or they
have their name in six-foot lights behind them.
We have moved into this place where DJs have become caricatures, a
kind of superhuman God-DJ-Mystro man. im just an ordinary guy that
loves to make drum and bass.
WRITTEn BY LAuRA WEASER
In A TIME OF AuTO-TunE, LIP SYnCHInG AnD POSERS, OnE MAn SAYS
HE IS PuTTInG SOME CLASS BACK InTO THE DRuMnBASS SCEnE.
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ShiT WorTh drinKinG BaRS
Theres something to do every night of the week at The Claddagh. Monday
pool nights, darts competitions on Tuesdays, pub quiz Wednesdays, karaoke
Thursdays and fresh, live music every Friday and Saturday. Come Sunday, theres
no better place for a roast meal for you and your friends or that stranger you
took home who you think youve got at least one more round with.
the claddagh
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Club Connoisseurs is the name of the game at Ponsonbys Chapel Bar & Bistro
on Monday nights from 6.30-10.30pm. When youre back at work feeling sorry for
yourself, Chapels helping you get back on the good foot with DJs spinning their
treasured collection of funk, reggae, soul, jazz and more so you can get on up
through the rest of the week.
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The capital will be going off for charity this Friday as Wellington Womens Refuge
and Te Whare Rokiroki Maori Womens Refuge are teaming up with Good Luck,
Matterhorn and San Fran Bath House as the bars and organisations run a night of
back-to-back gigs to raise much-needed money for their local refuges. You can do
the good thing by being all charitable while also not missing out on your Friday
fun. Win win.
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GooD luck / mattErhorn / San Fran Bath houSE, wEllinGton
Every Thursday at Racket down in Britomart, local DJs MayaVanya and Girl Tiger
are your captains on the sea of its not quite the weekend but thank God it nearly
is. Or theyre your pilots, or maybe your tour guides. Either way, they all know
that youre there because you want a good time, and these party starters know
how to kick off the not-quite-weekend in style.
racket
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auckland transportsSoberDriverSorted game provides Facebook friends with a
fun way to select a sober driver for their outing. Once the mates are selected, the
player spins up to fve times to randomly select the sober driver.
The winning sober driver wins Wendys voucher or a free NZ music download. Play
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Featured artists are:
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Dear future Beam Bar Legend,
Here at Beam, we have been working on a pretty amazing opportunity. Over the next
three months, were running a bartender competition like never seen before here in little
old New Zealand and we want YOU to be a part of it.
Do you live and breathe working in bars - the greatest job ever? Do you make all your
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If you answered yes to all of the above, have we got a deal for you.
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This is a quest to find New Zealands first ever Beam Bar Legend. Every bartender in the
country is eligible, and even if youre not sure youve got what it takes, trust us, you have.
Along with the awesome kudos that goes with being a Beam Bar Legend, our 2012 winner
will take home:
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spend on whatever you like, and the chance to be a brand champion for Beam, all while
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This is where i should probably apologise to Laura or whoever, the
lady at the end of the wrong number called frst. When i fgured out
the right number scott had just woken, hung over not from a Tuesday
night bender but a writing late-nighter. The frst noticeable thing was his
normality; a theme reiterated throughout the interview and, of course, in
his music.
No pretentious musician bloated with cash and fame on the end of the
line. he says it feels good to be famous though. its good when people
come up to you and they relate to your music. But it has its drawbacks
too. Other times it feels kind of pointless, he says, referring to people
who come up pretending to know him, just wanting an autograph. They
remind me of people who take pictures of lions.
The upcoming tour is noticeably different to previous excursion The
Good Country Tour. its a fy-by visit to the big cities, skipping out the
obscure touring towns like Gore and Ohakune. asked why, scott says
its because they got someone else to organise it this time. he prefers the
road-trip style of the last one, but is still looking forward to it. The big
difference is going to be playing to more than 12 people.
san Fran Bath house is scotts pick of venue. its full of madness. im
pretty sure Wellington has no police force either, he adds about the
nightlife. he feels remotely uneasy about the inclusion of new material,
expecting a few hecklers requesting Bad, Bad Whisky. The standards
are high; he wants to give the crowd something interesting to vibe to. so
he really wants to try out the personal songs. Theres an art to it, he
says, aware that crowds dont always get on board with material that isnt
wrapped in bass.
although theyve been on the block for a while, home Brew have only
just added an album to their repertoire of ePs. its been a lifelong dream
for scott to get an album out. Growing up i always bought albums, he
ITS BEEn FOuR MOnTHS SInCE LYRICIST TOM SCOTTS LAST WInz
PAYMEnT CAME In. On THE EVE OF THEIR SPEAK EASY TOuR WE
WOKE HIM uP TO TALK ABOuT FAME, BEInG On THE ROAD, THE
FRESH ALBuM AnD HIS DEFInITIOn OF SuCCESS.
reminisces. he even lets slip that santa Clause was the generous donor
of his frst album, Chris Cross debut. id sit in my room and listen to
them; theyre like works of art. Debut albums are particularly special
to him, because he fnds theyre often the tale of someones life. Finally
having his own album to represent him, scott hopes that he is able to
give that same good feeling he has felt to someone else and that hes got
some songs off of his chest.
Life without home Brew would mean that scott is just a dude who
works something he famously avoids. his career is hanging with
his mates, which he says is a great feeling. success for scott would be
being able to share his own experience with music, bringing things
down to a personal level and letting someone know that things are
going to be sweet.
its the most amazing thing in the whole world, he says about being able
to relate to a song. although scott wouldnt mind a Tui (NZMa gong)
he seems disgruntled by home Brews nomination for the 2012 aPra
silver scroll award. i was surprised by the politics of the silver scrolls.
you have to nominate yourself or the record label (has to)... which is
fucked. Me saying this has probably fucked our chances for an award.
Their hearts in the right place though who needs an award for that?
WRITTEn BY JuSTIn FOWLER
SEE thEm liVE: thE homE BrEw SpEakEaSy tour

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whats the ethos of your store/clothing line?
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which historical fgure had some wicked style?
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what muso/celebrity has style up the wazoo?
Alexa Chung and Charmaine Olivia.
Societys biggest fashion faux-pas?
Vinyl jackets always make me cringe!
whats the must-have look this winter?
A wool coat in a standout bright colour. We
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this season the mustard and lipstick pink
have been the most popular.
colours/patterns big this season?
We have a beautiful long silk dress that
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are doing more for summer which shade from
pink to orange. I have been really inspired by
colours in nature sunsets, coral and fower
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what are the essentials for a mans wardrobe?
A cuddly soft wool sweater or cardi, lots of
plain-coloured tees and shirts, new shoes, a
nice sturdy leather belt, cotton checkered
shirts, and a plain black dress suit. Dark denim
jeans not too loose and not too tight.
what are the essentials for a ladys wardrobe?
Some interesting textured pieces like silk,
velvet, a leather skirt/pants or a beautiful
lace, and a super fattering pair of tight jeans
or trousers. A fowy dress that you an layer
in winter or wear on its own in summer. A
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Getting ready to promote our new album and play live! im also working
on a solo country album which i plan to release mid 2013. Our new
album has taken three years and is called Strangers Again most of
the lyrics are social observations, human conditions, subtext paranoia
and made-up stories. My favourite lyrics are always frst-person social
observations.
who was an inspiration or idol to you growing up?
it changed every week. Jarvis Cocker (Pulp) and Damon albarn (Blur)
as a teenager. as a child maybe steven seagal. Pretty much anybody
who made me laugh or wrote a really good pop song was my idol or
inspiration growing up. My older brother Paul was pretty inspirational;
hes very good at making up stories on the spot. single mothers are the
real heroes
when you were a kid what was your dream job?
it changed all the time. i remember wanting to a be a pro wrestler, then
the next week a writer, then maybe a chef and then maybe an actor and
then anything that involves travel.
whats your favourite venue in the country?
The Kings arms and Wunderbar in Lyttleton, really happy that its reopened.
where was the last place you went out for dinner?
My last dinner was down in Turangi i went down there for the
weekend with my girlfriend. i wish it was more romantic, but we had
Burger King. i had a chicken burger, a small fries and a hybrid Coke Zero
and raspberry drink. it was pretty average.
wheres the best place to get Eggs Benedict?
i heard your mum makes really good hollandaise! Probably Dizengoff,
though.
what has been the best show youve attented this year?
Die! Die! Die! album realease gig last Friday. i wish i had gotten a ticket
to radiohead i set my alarm but slept in. also, The Choads reformation
gig was fun!
what show are you most anticipating this year?
Collapsing Cities at the Kings arms, Friday July 20th, and Grizzly Bear.
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