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Sunday Quiz No.2: Dragon
Dragon had been in Melbourne to do two shows on the same bill as Mi-Sex so when it became apparent that there was to be a second quiz, it was Dragon I was thinking about as I pondered things I had talked to Mark Williams about in an interview that I was able to arrange…
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Split Enz quiz answers
So that you don’t see the answers at first glance I need to write a few lines to start this post. This first quiz is a version of the one I drew up to do with the young staff at a local cafe, one of whom is a Kiwi lad who needs to know more…
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Sunday quiz: Split Enz
My favourite local barista is a Kiwi lad in his early 20s. He admits he doesn’t know much about music, unlike cricket or rugby that he knows lots about. The cafe where he works is one where I spend lots of time reading (mostly about music), drafting posts for this blog, writing the occasional book…
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Dragon at Memo in St Kilda
Tonight & Friday night Dragon performed at Memo Music Theatre in St Kilda. Mi-Sex were on the same bill making it a very-Kiwi show. Mark Williams is out the front of Dragon & has been in that role for 12 years now. And is so good at that; not an easy task when in the…
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Brothers in music …
On Friday I was sent a photo of a Ticket CD that was on sale at Basement Discs in the city. As the sender is Australian, I had to explain where Ticket sat in NZ music in the early ’70s: which led me to thinking about brothers in music across the world from the very…
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