50 years ago at this exact time today, I was watching #StarTrek for the first time, on New Zealand TV. Except we only had a black and white TV - not the vivid technicolour seen below. The guys in the darker grey uniforms were always those killed off. They began with season 2, 'Metamorphosis'.

A modern masterpiece worthy of James M Cain or Patricia Highsmith.

#HonorBlackman would have turned 100 today.

The Beatles' Help! album. 60 today.
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RIP #MartinCruzSmith. GORKY PARK remains a masterpiece.

RIP Brian Wilson.
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Happy 99th Birthday, Miles Davis.
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I've landed runner up in the Little Monroe literary magazine's novel excerpt contest for the second year running - for a different excerpt from the same novel-in-progress.

250 years ago last night ...
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The Clean lyrics on Dunedin's George Street after the rain, en route to the Mystery In The Library event at Dunedin Public Library last week.

From launch for The Chills album Spring Board at Tūhura Otago Museum last night.

30 years ago tonight I was at @remhq.bsky.social at Western Springs in Auckland. With support from Grant Lee Buffalo and Crowded House.
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Nice namecheck of NZ Flying Nun bands in 'The Name Of This Band is R.E.M.' by @peteramescarlin.bsky.social (Harper Collins, 2024).

Principal photography on #Goldeneye began on this day 30 years ago.

The Smiths' Hatful Of Hollow. Released 40 years ago today.