Michael Brown
@jingajik.bsky.social
Music Curator at Alexander Turnbull Library | JD Stout Fellow 2023, Victoria University of Wellington | Author of "Eyeliner's BUY NOW" (33 1/3 Oceania) | Personal account | https://notunlikeatrumpet.wordpress.com/33-1-3/
New arrivals at the library
November 19, 2025 at 1:22 AM
New arrivals at the library
Here's a similar example from behind the Iron Curtain, a Soviet booklet where you flip to different flexidiscs.
November 18, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Here's a similar example from behind the Iron Curtain, a Soviet booklet where you flip to different flexidiscs.
Greeting card that can be played on a turntable, 1958
Photo: Evening Post newspaper; api.digitalnz.org/records/2325...
Photo: Evening Post newspaper; api.digitalnz.org/records/2325...
November 18, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Greeting card that can be played on a turntable, 1958
Photo: Evening Post newspaper; api.digitalnz.org/records/2325...
Photo: Evening Post newspaper; api.digitalnz.org/records/2325...
Silk-screening wiring boards for television sets at the Philips Electronic Centre, Naenae, Lower Hutt, 1970.
Photo: W. Neill, National Publicity Studios; digitalnz.org/records/4840...
Photo: W. Neill, National Publicity Studios; digitalnz.org/records/4840...
November 17, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Silk-screening wiring boards for television sets at the Philips Electronic Centre, Naenae, Lower Hutt, 1970.
Photo: W. Neill, National Publicity Studios; digitalnz.org/records/4840...
Photo: W. Neill, National Publicity Studios; digitalnz.org/records/4840...
The four Hoke Moseley novels as part of their crime writing volumes
November 17, 2025 at 3:38 AM
The four Hoke Moseley novels as part of their crime writing volumes
TV picture tube quality control at Philips Electronic Centre, Lower Hutt, July 1974.
Photo: J Waddington, National Publicity Studios; collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/se...
Photo: J Waddington, National Publicity Studios; collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/se...
November 16, 2025 at 10:40 PM
TV picture tube quality control at Philips Electronic Centre, Lower Hutt, July 1974.
Photo: J Waddington, National Publicity Studios; collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/se...
Photo: J Waddington, National Publicity Studios; collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/se...
Brancepeth (est. 1856, Wainuioru)
A name to conjure with in NZ library history. The late Lydia Wevers wrote a wonderful book about the sheep station library, now preserved at Victoria University of Wellington.
A name to conjure with in NZ library history. The late Lydia Wevers wrote a wonderful book about the sheep station library, now preserved at Victoria University of Wellington.
November 16, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Brancepeth (est. 1856, Wainuioru)
A name to conjure with in NZ library history. The late Lydia Wevers wrote a wonderful book about the sheep station library, now preserved at Victoria University of Wellington.
A name to conjure with in NZ library history. The late Lydia Wevers wrote a wonderful book about the sheep station library, now preserved at Victoria University of Wellington.
Septarian concretion
Kaihoata River, Wairarapa, NZ
Kaihoata River, Wairarapa, NZ
November 16, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Septarian concretion
Kaihoata River, Wairarapa, NZ
Kaihoata River, Wairarapa, NZ
Unity Books, Auckland: The 33 1/3 shelf @3313books.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Unity Books, Auckland: The 33 1/3 shelf @3313books.bsky.social
Auckland pilgrimage
November 13, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Auckland pilgrimage
Looking forward to the IAML-NZ conference here in Auckland. Two days of music, library and archive matters…
November 12, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Looking forward to the IAML-NZ conference here in Auckland. Two days of music, library and archive matters…
The art of Avis Acres, illustrator, storyteller, and NZ comic pioneer - a blog by Gwenne Brégeon
natlib.govt.nz/blog/posts/a...
natlib.govt.nz/blog/posts/a...
November 12, 2025 at 5:43 PM
The art of Avis Acres, illustrator, storyteller, and NZ comic pioneer - a blog by Gwenne Brégeon
natlib.govt.nz/blog/posts/a...
natlib.govt.nz/blog/posts/a...
Five more years (1990-1995) has been added to Papers Past coverage of "The Press" (Christchurch).
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/p...
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/p...
November 10, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Five more years (1990-1995) has been added to Papers Past coverage of "The Press" (Christchurch).
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/p...
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/p...
Evening view from Seaview, Lower Hutt
November 10, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Evening view from Seaview, Lower Hutt
This one for me...
November 7, 2025 at 6:14 AM
This one for me...
Marie & the Atom
Pt 2 of my blog on Flying Nun multitrack tapes, analyzing two songs by the amazing MATA, recorded by Terry Moore for their second EP "Spit it out" in 1985. What does the tape tell us? Have a read & listen to samples of the original multitrack audio.
natlib.govt.nz/blog/posts/f...
Pt 2 of my blog on Flying Nun multitrack tapes, analyzing two songs by the amazing MATA, recorded by Terry Moore for their second EP "Spit it out" in 1985. What does the tape tell us? Have a read & listen to samples of the original multitrack audio.
natlib.govt.nz/blog/posts/f...
November 7, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Marie & the Atom
Pt 2 of my blog on Flying Nun multitrack tapes, analyzing two songs by the amazing MATA, recorded by Terry Moore for their second EP "Spit it out" in 1985. What does the tape tell us? Have a read & listen to samples of the original multitrack audio.
natlib.govt.nz/blog/posts/f...
Pt 2 of my blog on Flying Nun multitrack tapes, analyzing two songs by the amazing MATA, recorded by Terry Moore for their second EP "Spit it out" in 1985. What does the tape tell us? Have a read & listen to samples of the original multitrack audio.
natlib.govt.nz/blog/posts/f...
Counting down to tonight’s Lilburn Lecture
November 6, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Counting down to tonight’s Lilburn Lecture
Bodgies to Bogans
Exhibition on at Whirinaki Expressions in Upper Hutt until July 2026. Delves into two similar NZ subcultures- well worth a visit! (Note: Visible in the photo below is Dr Dave Snell's excellent collection of heavy metal t-shirts)
Exhibition on at Whirinaki Expressions in Upper Hutt until July 2026. Delves into two similar NZ subcultures- well worth a visit! (Note: Visible in the photo below is Dr Dave Snell's excellent collection of heavy metal t-shirts)
November 5, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Bodgies to Bogans
Exhibition on at Whirinaki Expressions in Upper Hutt until July 2026. Delves into two similar NZ subcultures- well worth a visit! (Note: Visible in the photo below is Dr Dave Snell's excellent collection of heavy metal t-shirts)
Exhibition on at Whirinaki Expressions in Upper Hutt until July 2026. Delves into two similar NZ subcultures- well worth a visit! (Note: Visible in the photo below is Dr Dave Snell's excellent collection of heavy metal t-shirts)
Sobering slide from Kari James about data loss disasters #ipres2025
November 4, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Sobering slide from Kari James about data loss disasters #ipres2025
Rights Metadata in PREMIS
One of the more exciting (for me) posters at iPRES 2025, outlining an updated schema for rights info about heritage collection items.
One of the more exciting (for me) posters at iPRES 2025, outlining an updated schema for rights info about heritage collection items.
November 3, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Rights Metadata in PREMIS
One of the more exciting (for me) posters at iPRES 2025, outlining an updated schema for rights info about heritage collection items.
One of the more exciting (for me) posters at iPRES 2025, outlining an updated schema for rights info about heritage collection items.
Hanging out and presenting today at iPRES 2025, the 21st International Conference on Digital Preservation. Great to be here! @ipres2025.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Hanging out and presenting today at iPRES 2025, the 21st International Conference on Digital Preservation. Great to be here! @ipres2025.bsky.social