Dub dot dash

Where are you gonna be on Friday January 20, 2006?
I'm gonna be watching Iggy and the Stooges playing live at the Big Day Out. How f*cking cool is that? Thank you, BDO.

Gareth Shute has a guest blog at Public Address, to coincide with the launch of his new book... worth a read...

"...Things have definitely come a long way for hip hop and now it is no surprise to see it plastered over the media in different forms. I hope that the fact that my book on Hip Hop Music in Aotearoa won a Montana Award might help to extend people' s understanding that hip hop isn't just an imported fad. However, I still a bit disappointed when I see something like "hip hop tours" used as a political football. I'm not going to try to justify the money spent on that particular piece of funding, but it is worthwhile to note that it was actually only one "tour" not multiple "tours" and that Sara Tamati was one of the people that created the strong Christchurch hip hop scene, out of which came both Scribe and the original hip hop summit (both of which have gone on to generate huge amounts of money). Perhaps it is time that the wider public started taking on some of the positive aspects of hip hop...."