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Well-known TV presenter Brian Henderson has died
Dunedin-born he worked in radio in NZ before travelling to Sydney in 1953. There his first job was as a newsreader and he remained a news presenter for Channel 9 in Sydney from 1957 for 45 years, and was said to be the longest serving news presenter. He is important to Kiwi bands & singers…
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Listening to Dave Miller in lockdown
One day recently I compiled a list of Kiwi musicians I had written about whose profiles needed more work – updates added, references checked. These are all musicians who have had long careers in Oz & who are still involved in the music industry in some way. I was working through this list when Melbourne…
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Mike Balcombe: Dreams, the Fleetwood Mac tribute band seen July 3, 2021
Some time ago I read that Mike lived in Melbourne but having a snippet of information like that & being able to track the person down is very different. Thanks to NZ music font-of-all-knowledge Grant Gillanders I got to make contact with Mike. Kiwis of a certain era will remember him from his days with…
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Live streaming of gigs; the issues …
In the last 18 months or so in the household we have watched a series of gigs live streamed. The first one; from Memo in St Kilda streamed well, with only one moment of buffering as I recall. The next few didn’t have such good streaming qualities and buffered often. Then the last one we…
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Kevin Borich at the Burvale Hotel Friday May 21, 2021
I hadn’t seen the Kevin Borich Express since January last year. But booking a ticket for a show at that venue isn’t something I do lightly … I had to be brave. Very brave. But I was pleasantly surprised. The sound system was great at delivering the instruments so focusing on Kevin’s guitar playing was…
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