Zane Lowe swears into trouble....
more here. The warning at the start of his Most Punk show back in June, delivered by an old lady... "Hello ladies, boys and girls, I thought that you might like to know - in the spirit of punk rock – the following show includes, what we often refer to as language. So if, like me, you are offended by such words and phrases as: arse; bollocks; tit...." and on and on. Mr Lowe will be in town for the NZ Music Awards on October 5, and is playing with Breaks Co-op on Oct 7.
AK is a ghetto
The Auckland inner-city ghetto is coming sooner than you think. Proof? Read this. "Recent Department of Labour statistics reveal new student levels have dropped from 30,486 in 2003 to just 17,488 in 2005. Many of these students were being accommodated in Aucklands CBD within close proximity of many language schools, several which have since closed. Even more alarming is the large reduction in Chinese student numbers from 14,100 in 2003 to 2,700 in 2005. Many of these students were located in and around Aucklands CBD." The apartment market is flooded - 12,00o completed, 4,000 under construction, and 3,000 in planning stages.
Listen to the Fugees "Take It Easy" - the comeback starts here.
Village Voice on The Fugees: Reunited and Not Very Good.
"... Take It Easy" is nearly six minutes long, and it ends in a minute and a half of Wyclef guitar noodling. Turns out that a Fugees reunion wasn't really what anyone was waiting for; we just wanted Lauryn to start rapping again. Maybe we'll get another Lauryn solo album someday."
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Quite the contrary I reckon Peter . It means that rental accomodation could come down in price . That could lead to a creative renaissance in the Auckland CBD cos if anything is going to nurture the creative arts its going to be cheap rent . If I was in a young band right now Id move to East Berlin !
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