Scott Common 𓅃
@nocommonswan.bsky.social
Media & Coms Tutor, musician, ex-consultant, ex-gardening contractor, player of games, glass painter. Para-Luddite & Professional Amateur.𓅃
https://thek1500project.bandcamp.com/
https://www.youtube.com/@K1500Project
https://dolphinnoir.bandcamp.com/
https://thek1500project.bandcamp.com/
https://www.youtube.com/@K1500Project
https://dolphinnoir.bandcamp.com/
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Visited the Neko Cafe in Lower Hutt this morning for my MIL’s 80th bday. Scott made a new friend
January 24, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Visited the Neko Cafe in Lower Hutt this morning for my MIL’s 80th bday. Scott made a new friend
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Well, those boots were not made for walking
January 11, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Well, those boots were not made for walking
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Very much enjoying the poppies in our wasteland strip of ex-agapanthus garden. 🌱
January 22, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Very much enjoying the poppies in our wasteland strip of ex-agapanthus garden. 🌱
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Featured music podcast is back for another year! Do you want your music played on a provincial radio station in New Zealand? DM me or email me things at hugh@mpr.nz. Do so now.
@objectivereality.bsky.social is back with more Featured Tracks for 2026! This week, new local music from Polaroids of Polarbears, also Dave and the Dirty Humans, Sharkweek, Pillow Fite, and a track from The Grateful Dead to mark the passing of Bob Weir.
Listen here: bit.ly/featured_tra...
Listen here: bit.ly/featured_tra...
Hugh's Featured Tracks 23-01-2026
A quasi-weekly podcast comprised of all Hugh's featured tracks for the past week.
This week: Dave and the Dirty Humans - Sweaty Eyes, Sharkweek - Sumiyoshi, Polaroids of Polarbears - Foodtown Trolley Racing, Pillow Fite - More of That, The Grateful Dead (RIP Bob Weir) - Sugar Magnolia
player.accessmedia.nz
January 22, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Featured music podcast is back for another year! Do you want your music played on a provincial radio station in New Zealand? DM me or email me things at hugh@mpr.nz. Do so now.
Very much enjoying the poppies in our wasteland strip of ex-agapanthus garden. 🌱
January 22, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Very much enjoying the poppies in our wasteland strip of ex-agapanthus garden. 🌱
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I usually paint glass like it's a colouring-in book. Every now and then I try and paint like it's an actual canvas and shit, it appears I'm back in kindergarten...
January 20, 2026 at 5:44 AM
I usually paint glass like it's a colouring-in book. Every now and then I try and paint like it's an actual canvas and shit, it appears I'm back in kindergarten...
I usually paint glass like it's a colouring-in book. Every now and then I try and paint like it's an actual canvas and shit, it appears I'm back in kindergarten...
January 20, 2026 at 5:44 AM
I usually paint glass like it's a colouring-in book. Every now and then I try and paint like it's an actual canvas and shit, it appears I'm back in kindergarten...
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In April 2024, Spotify implemented a new scheme: songs with less than 1k streams per year would no longer receive royalties.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
January 15, 2026 at 4:58 PM
In April 2024, Spotify implemented a new scheme: songs with less than 1k streams per year would no longer receive royalties.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
And now waiting for students to submit their late assignments so I can actually mark them...
Getting stuck into marking 100+ assignments about social media.
January 14, 2026 at 10:15 PM
And now waiting for students to submit their late assignments so I can actually mark them...
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Out first new story of 2026! Whether it be for Headless Chickens, Children's Hour or This Kind of Punishment, Chris Matthews has written some very fine songs (including Flying Nun's only No. 1 'George'). Here, he picks some of his own Aotearoa NZ faves: www.audioculture.co.nz/articles/son...
Songwriter
Chris Matthews with The Headless Chickens, Big Day Out, Auckland, 1995. - Photo by Becky Nunes/Simon Grigg collection
System Virtue – Emma Paki
Emma Paki’s beautifully melodic and passionate plea for ...
www.audioculture.co.nz
January 14, 2026 at 8:41 AM
Out first new story of 2026! Whether it be for Headless Chickens, Children's Hour or This Kind of Punishment, Chris Matthews has written some very fine songs (including Flying Nun's only No. 1 'George'). Here, he picks some of his own Aotearoa NZ faves: www.audioculture.co.nz/articles/son...
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Getting stuck into marking 100+ assignments about social media.
January 13, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Getting stuck into marking 100+ assignments about social media.
All Sonic, no Youth.
All Kate, no bush
All shape no shifter
January 12, 2026 at 6:48 PM
All Sonic, no Youth.
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From the great Ryoko Kui
January 12, 2026 at 5:02 AM
From the great Ryoko Kui
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So some of our fuchsia have taken a bit of a battering over the past couple of months so we’ve been trying to get a few cuttings going. This one decided to start developing a flower bud before it got around to thinking about roots. Now has both 😊🌱
January 12, 2026 at 4:12 AM
So some of our fuchsia have taken a bit of a battering over the past couple of months so we’ve been trying to get a few cuttings going. This one decided to start developing a flower bud before it got around to thinking about roots. Now has both 😊🌱
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So #NotOurCat has been back around again over the weekend
January 11, 2026 at 6:10 AM
So #NotOurCat has been back around again over the weekend
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What does it profit a man to gain low earth orbit yet lose his own soul?
January 11, 2026 at 3:35 AM
What does it profit a man to gain low earth orbit yet lose his own soul?
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If you’re in NZ, currently melting and have some open space think about putting a tray of water out for the local birds 🪶. We have 2x plant trays out & the birbs absolutely love it
January 8, 2026 at 6:11 PM
If you’re in NZ, currently melting and have some open space think about putting a tray of water out for the local birds 🪶. We have 2x plant trays out & the birbs absolutely love it
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Right at this very moment we have 2x kereru visiting for a drink 🪶
Pretty happy having such regular visits
Pretty happy having such regular visits
January 8, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Right at this very moment we have 2x kereru visiting for a drink 🪶
Pretty happy having such regular visits
Pretty happy having such regular visits
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Just received a lovely evening visit from #NotOurCat
January 8, 2026 at 7:03 AM
Just received a lovely evening visit from #NotOurCat
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Human words, there’s too many of them, and I don’t care.
January 7, 2026 at 4:45 AM
Human words, there’s too many of them, and I don’t care.
Who are your top 10 all-time favourite guitarists? Top of the head stuff.
David Mitchell
Andrew "Falco" Falkous
Gareth Liddiard
Kim Deal
J Mascis
Kristen Hersh
M.J. Clump
Lee Ranaldo
Suzanne Vega
Tanya Donelly
David Mitchell
Andrew "Falco" Falkous
Gareth Liddiard
Kim Deal
J Mascis
Kristen Hersh
M.J. Clump
Lee Ranaldo
Suzanne Vega
Tanya Donelly
Who are your top 10 all-time favourite guitarists? Top of the head stuff.
Jonny Greenwood
James Dean Bradfield
Graham Coxon
David Gilmour
Paul McCartney
Geordie Walker
Richard Kruspe
Bernard Bulter/Richard Oakes
Bonehead
Jonny Greenwood
James Dean Bradfield
Graham Coxon
David Gilmour
Paul McCartney
Geordie Walker
Richard Kruspe
Bernard Bulter/Richard Oakes
Bonehead
Who are your top 10 all-time favourite guitarists? Top of the head stuff.
Joey Santiago
Prince
Grasshopper / Sean Mackowiak
Andy Bell
Kim Deal
Emma Anderson
Kevin Shields
Billy Corgan
Miki Berenyi
J Mascis
There's many moar too
Joey Santiago
Prince
Grasshopper / Sean Mackowiak
Andy Bell
Kim Deal
Emma Anderson
Kevin Shields
Billy Corgan
Miki Berenyi
J Mascis
There's many moar too
January 6, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Who are your top 10 all-time favourite guitarists? Top of the head stuff.
David Mitchell
Andrew "Falco" Falkous
Gareth Liddiard
Kim Deal
J Mascis
Kristen Hersh
M.J. Clump
Lee Ranaldo
Suzanne Vega
Tanya Donelly
David Mitchell
Andrew "Falco" Falkous
Gareth Liddiard
Kim Deal
J Mascis
Kristen Hersh
M.J. Clump
Lee Ranaldo
Suzanne Vega
Tanya Donelly
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Very pleased to meet this absolute floof-unit on my walk to the supermarket. Very friendly & talkative and totally up for chin scratches - and what a chin!
January 5, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Very pleased to meet this absolute floof-unit on my walk to the supermarket. Very friendly & talkative and totally up for chin scratches - and what a chin!
Very pleased to meet this absolute floof-unit on my walk to the supermarket. Very friendly & talkative and totally up for chin scratches - and what a chin!
January 5, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Very pleased to meet this absolute floof-unit on my walk to the supermarket. Very friendly & talkative and totally up for chin scratches - and what a chin!
Back to "work" today, I'm tutoring (marking) an online paper on Social & Interactive Media. So I've been going through the lecture material and I'm chuffed to see Haraway's idea of the cyborg front and center alongside a political economic approach.
January 4, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Back to "work" today, I'm tutoring (marking) an online paper on Social & Interactive Media. So I've been going through the lecture material and I'm chuffed to see Haraway's idea of the cyborg front and center alongside a political economic approach.