It feels like we’ve gone full circle. From the media frenzy that talked about fans queuing for hours and missing out in the online stampede to the announcement of a second concert easing concerns for fans who were contemplating paying…
Justin Bieber converts Tonga to meaningless pop
Having recently returned from a week in Tonga, it saddens me to have to let you know that not even the remote island of Tongatapu is immune to the global pandemic known as J1B1 – commonly referred to as Bieber…
Is there a scientific correlation between geeks and swing dancing?
Tonight I started up swing dancing again with Crystal, so I thought it was an appropriate time to bring a theory I’ve had for some time, out into the open and hopefully shock a few people in the process. Or…
Grand Central Band leak new single at Jazz Festival
The annual Christchurch Jazz Festival rolled into town the other week (April 5 – 11 2010) and brought with it an eclectic collection of jazz acts, from world to funk to groove, it was all there for the taking. Now…
Sundays get lazy with the Departure Lounge
Sometimes you get a day in Christchurch that just makes you think ‘why can’t it be like this every day?’, days when there’s a warmth that just permeates the air around you, a lazy, carefree spirit in the people around…
I found Summer at Sounday 2010
With all the hubbub of late about the lack of summer, it was with an unusually large amount of joyessness (not actually a word) that I relished chillaxing (again, not a real word) to mellow beats of Sounday 2010, held…
Grand Central Band get their groove on
Headed up to the National Jazz Festival 2009 in Tauranga last weekend (well actually it was to see my in-laws but we got live jazz as an added bonus) and checked out some class acts, including what is now my fav jazz band (I’m in danger of actually being a groupie) and that is the Grand Central Band from the bar of the same name in Ponsonby with frontman Chris Melville.