Thanks for posting Michael - that is a good read. Very good point about how a lathe cut or 45 can represent the sprouting of a small music scene to escape suburban boredom.

No, not one of mine. But would like to have!

Tho Hamish Kilgour does sing one of the ‘offending’ lines …’sit all day and drink piss at the pub’ pretty clearly. Imagine being censored for describing a popular Kiwi pastime. Hilarious really.

I wish there were pictures of them
Listening to The Clean cassette! It was pretty raw stuff. Surprised they discerned lyrics.

The Clean and The Verlaines sent to the naughty corner by radio’s Politburo.

Doug sang for The Clean by their second gig in June 1978. He did one or two more gigs and then left for Auckland to manage The Enemy. Chris Knox had suggested Doug sing for The Clean. Doug himself said he was a reluctant singer. But he could sing!

I stayed well clear of that auction. Some mouth-watering stuff !

The facts of Seymour’s involvement with right wing think tanks was laid out in plain sight. He resorted to the lowest Trumpian tactic - dismissing Mihi’s journalism as a conspiracy theory instead of grappling with the issues. It’s not exactly a secret he’s an extremist.

Hopelessly timid coverage of a genocide.

That is such a good piece Jeremy. Thanks for writing it.

It reflects more on those who use the term than any reality.

Bob is a humble relaxed dude. Cool you made it to the gallery he runs with his partner, Pea Sea Art.

Better than a like Bill, but there’s no thingee for prolonged laughter.

His credibility as a human rights commissioner: Zero.