Gathering Shadows is happening in Wellington tonight and tomorrow at Vahalla. I'm spinning some cold, dark, minimal wave tomorrow (Saturday) night. Early set and between acts. The closet goth in me is very happy!

One of my favourite views of Wellington's skyline, snapped from a good friend's balcony. One of the last photos taken in this fair city in 2025. Here's to a new year! All the best to you and yours!

I took some photos this year. Here are a few of my faves from 2025 (best viewed on a proper screen, though a phone will do!) flic.kr/s/aHBqjCjJNA

A handy resource.

Slightly diminish a band:

Throbbing Thistle

TV DiSKO will shortly be playing you some cracking and crackling vinyls, 9-11 PM on @Radioactivefm. 88.6 FM or streaming below. radioactive.fm/music-withou...

Some greats book here, a few of which informed my Boodle book (about which Andrew Schmidt has nice things to say!).

This time next week, Geoff Stahl @tvdisko.bsky.social will be hosting a listening party at NZ National Library, Wellington, for The Clean's 1981 "Boodle Boodle Boodle" EP. Details 👇

natlib.govt.nz/events/analo...

Launch for the Boodle Boodle Boodle book. Thursday, February 20th, 5-7 PM. Hosted at Flying Nun Records here in Wellington. Come along! #theclean #boodleboodleboodle #booklaunch #flyingnunrecords #bloomsbury

For those interested, here are some favourite pictures taken by me in the past year. If you're on a computer, best to look at these as a slide show I think, though a small device will do! Enjoy regardless! flic.kr/s/aHBqjBRi99

Back in the Day: an archival tribute to the late Hamish Kilgour

William Daymond uncovers some unreleased tracks from the Flying Nun and Chris Knox archives at Turnbull Library to mark the anniversary of Kilgour's two years ago

natlib.govt.nz/blog/posts/b...

Looking forward to this year's edition of IASPM Australia New Zealand, Musical Translations & Musical Transformations, which we're hosting here in Wellington.

Author's copies of the Boodle book arrived today. This brings me joy. I read it last night. Found a typo. But I'm proud of this and it means a lot to me to have this out in the world, a book about one of New Zealand's best and my favourite NZ band and their landmark Boodle EP.

Playing some vinyls at Rogue & Vagabond tonight (Friday) 6:30-9:30 NZT. A sauntering warm-up set for your soirée, an arousing amuse-bouche for your dinner plans or just an excuse to hear some weird and wonderful sounds.

Friday morning sounds, celebratory edition.

Happy to share that the manuscript for my contribution to the 33 1/3 series, on The Clean's Boodle Boodle Boodle EP, has been sent off to the publisher*. Robert and David have given it the thumbs up (off?) and I'm quite happy with it (as is my editor!).

In their snazzy new apps and sites update effective as of January this year, Stuff (and related news sites) have disabled their search functionality (along with "Saved Stories"). So we only live in the present with online NZ news it seems.

And then the rain came in....