Almost Famous
Chelfyn and I were interviewed by the lovely Rebecca Williams before our radio show on Friday for Debate, the AUT student paper. Rebecca is also interviewing four of our producers: Waterboy, Javed Haider, Si-Fi and andy qroniq about what it’s like being released on a digital indie label. I think we are excited as our producers to have people taking notice of our little Kiwi record label.


The Twisted Radio web stream is getting more overseas listeners each week. I think the word is getting out about this crazy little radio station on the other side of the world. During our TMet Friday drive show, I often chat to listeners on MSN. [Just add studio@twisted.co.nz to join in].

It’s very strange what people will admit to complete strangers – especially during a live radio show. Apparently Fury of Melbourne has always wanted to be cuffed by a cop chick with a British accent. After similar revelations Joe and Beccs of Mangafrog came in to the studios with beers. They've been back in Auckland for a couple of months after selling The Plastic Factory in Nagoya, Japan. We were swapping stories about looking after international acts in far away lands. Put it this way - we've never lost anyone yet!

We finally headed down to the Farm to see Cathy and Clayton as when the kids are away - the adults will play. I recognised Tineke Van der Walle's dulcit tones on George FM, so after a few G&Ts I called in. Luckily I guessed she’d patched me in live so didn’t say anything too incriminating. We all crashed about 6 and woke to a glorious summer day. Proper tshirt and shorts weather in the middle of winter! I spent most of Saturday in the sun with the Weekend Herald, and watching Brownie the pig hoovering fishfingers from the mud.



In the evening we watched Kombi Nation. It’s an excellent film about a blokey kiwi chick who goes to the UK to meet her older sister, buy a VW (or Kombi) van and travel around Europe. Unknown to her sister she has funded the OE by bringing along a camera crew to make a documentary. It’s a well written and acted story, and I loved the way it switches between the various points of view. Especially the odd threats from the cameraman. Watch Kombi Nation for sex, drugs, love and heartbreak all played out against a stunning backdrop of sunsoaked and familiar European vistas. I give it 4/5 stars.



It feels strange to be celebrating my birthday in the middle of winter. I'm so used to it falling in the middle of the European summer festival season. But as luck would have it my birthday now falls in the middle of the Queenstown Winter Festival. I plan to celebrate it with some serious apres-ski partying from next year...