Friday is fun, because it's all about music - and there's links and playlists. Today, another dive into the occasional featurette where I ramble about all sorts of things under a loose thread or two.
Enjoyed the Take 5 today Simon. I’ve never seen Ghost World or listened to the soundtrack so will endeavour to catch up over our upcoming normal length weekend.
How good was the live b/w clip of the Dave Brubreck Quartet in action? Apart from not seeing enough of Eugene Wright on double bass (deliberate? I hope not) it might just be the exemplar for tv directors on how to shoot a jazz quartet.
Coincidentally with your post today I heard a song on a local Hobart community radio station this morning by a New Zealand band who apparently took their name from a RoxyMusic song. I’d never heard of the band or the Roxy song that inspired them. Can you help?
No, not Ladytron. It was a three word name - ? ? Dancers I think. It was a brassy, funk type sound. Didn’t go that much on the song but it was apparently a hit in NZ back in the 2000s.
Oh right - Netherworld Dancing Toys, which is from the song “Spin Me Round” off Manifesto. The big hit single was “For Today”. They were very much a Dexy’s Midnight Runners-sounding band.
Just been reading up on NDTs. Sorry to learn of Malcolm Bkack’s untimely death. He had a terrific voice. Reminds me a lot of a pre stroke Stephen Cummings.
Love this format. I started reading your stuff in 2011 when I was living in Wellington. Been a big fan ever since, agreeing and disagreeing. I will always thank you for the B.B. King Cook County Jail album
Enjoyed the Take 5 today Simon. I’ve never seen Ghost World or listened to the soundtrack so will endeavour to catch up over our upcoming normal length weekend.
How good was the live b/w clip of the Dave Brubreck Quartet in action? Apart from not seeing enough of Eugene Wright on double bass (deliberate? I hope not) it might just be the exemplar for tv directors on how to shoot a jazz quartet.
Coincidentally with your post today I heard a song on a local Hobart community radio station this morning by a New Zealand band who apparently took their name from a RoxyMusic song. I’d never heard of the band or the Roxy song that inspired them. Can you help?
Would that be Ladytron? Band from the 00s. Song from that first album linked up above in the post.
No, not Ladytron. It was a three word name - ? ? Dancers I think. It was a brassy, funk type sound. Didn’t go that much on the song but it was apparently a hit in NZ back in the 2000s.
Oh right - Netherworld Dancing Toys, which is from the song “Spin Me Round” off Manifesto. The big hit single was “For Today”. They were very much a Dexy’s Midnight Runners-sounding band.
Yep, that’s it, thanks Simon. I’ve got Manifesto on vinyl so will reacquaint myself with Spin Me Round.
Just been reading up on NDTs. Sorry to learn of Malcolm Bkack’s untimely death. He had a terrific voice. Reminds me a lot of a pre stroke Stephen Cummings.
Love this format. I started reading your stuff in 2011 when I was living in Wellington. Been a big fan ever since, agreeing and disagreeing. I will always thank you for the B.B. King Cook County Jail album
Thanks for reading. Appreciate it. How good is that Cook County album, gives me chills every time, esp that version of Five Long Years. Oh man.