Revving up for Home Time
Sep. 7th, 2009 11:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
trixtahNZ On Air, the NZ govt broadcast funding agency, has spun off a website called NZ On Screen, which aims to present significant broadcast footage free on the interwebs, including full length documentaries, significant TV miniseries and even full-length movies (Patu! - an excellent doco about the protests against the Springbok rugby tour of NZ, which had an important effect on the national psyche for a number of years after).
Anyway, what I was just watching was Heavenly Pop Hits - the Flying Nun Story. Flying Nun is a record label that came out of the post-punk era (similar to Shoegaze, in essence), and certainly defined a particular kind of sound in Kiwi music. Many - but far from all, it must be said - of NZ's best acts recorded with Flying Nun. But the doco was interesting for checking out the personalities involved. I like some of Chris Knox's music, but, my god, he can be irritatingly sanctimonious. And there certainly seem to be a whole lot of men feeling butthurt about their various experiences, even over 20 years later. So, interesting doco, not just because of the music.
And I got to find one of my top favourite Flying Nun tracks evah on YouTube - Hey Seuss by the 3Ds. Not only did they make happy music, they totally epitomised the Dunedin sound, right down to the chick on bass, Denise Roughan (something about Flying Nun bands - one or two guys on guitar, a guy drummer... and the chick on bass).
ETA: Regarding my previous post on the joys of "floor" rather than "ground", any Brits want to speculate on the possible regionality of the usage?
Anyway, what I was just watching was Heavenly Pop Hits - the Flying Nun Story. Flying Nun is a record label that came out of the post-punk era (similar to Shoegaze, in essence), and certainly defined a particular kind of sound in Kiwi music. Many - but far from all, it must be said - of NZ's best acts recorded with Flying Nun. But the doco was interesting for checking out the personalities involved. I like some of Chris Knox's music, but, my god, he can be irritatingly sanctimonious. And there certainly seem to be a whole lot of men feeling butthurt about their various experiences, even over 20 years later. So, interesting doco, not just because of the music.
And I got to find one of my top favourite Flying Nun tracks evah on YouTube - Hey Seuss by the 3Ds. Not only did they make happy music, they totally epitomised the Dunedin sound, right down to the chick on bass, Denise Roughan (something about Flying Nun bands - one or two guys on guitar, a guy drummer... and the chick on bass).
ETA: Regarding my previous post on the joys of "floor" rather than "ground", any Brits want to speculate on the possible regionality of the usage?