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Pink's Hand Style

I guess this is only relevant for Illicit headz or my generation of Welli kids who remember Switchblade being quite possibly the best Package cover of all time, but hot damn... Looks like the new…

Indie is the norm, not the exception (now)

Trent Reznor says some things at a gig in Sydney that aren't exactly going to win him any friends on high but he is totally right. Over the last five years, I have taken great pleasure in watching…

Webstock 08: The Age of Frameworks

Many of us are still conditioned to think of design frameworks in terms of grid systems, Swiss graphic design, and rigid corporate identity systems. The problems with these are similar to the problems…

Ornette Coleman, Live in Wellington

Still hard to believe that I actually witnessed this. One of the highlights was the band taking to the prelude from Bach's Cello Suite in free jazz fashion - completely unexpected and completely amazing,…

Get Well: Chris Knox

Kiwi music legend and humorist Chris Knox has suffered a major stroke. We all hope he’s ok.

Respecting Creativity?

‘Respecting Creativity’ encourages teachers to introduce the concept of intellectual property and the debate surrounding copyright issues to a classroom discussion.

Independence: Making Money From Music

How an indie musician can make $19,000 in 10 hours using Twitter says it all.

Rap Confronting the Record Biz

A short history of rap songs that confront the nature of commercial rap and the record industry, amongst other things.

Pandora’s Toybox

The youth suicide rate in New Zealand appears to be more than 5 times greater than that of Germany and twice that of the United States.

Every frickin’ band on the planet

“We decided what MySpace would become. They set up a social networking platform, but we as users decided to use it as a music platform.”

Waking Dreams

Charles Limb and Allen R. Braun have been observing the brains of jazz musicians when they improvise.

A do-it-yourself affair

P-Money explains how creative things happen in NZ.

One way or another

How David Bowie and the Grateful Dead predicted the arc of internet influence.

The ecstasy of influence: A plagiarism

EXTENDED MUSICAL INTERFACE WITH THE HUMAN NERVOUS SYSTEM

An Electronic Dance Music Timeline

The sordid truth behind the Backstreet Boys

Convenience Wins, Hubris Loses and Content vs. Context

A Game Business Model: Learning from Touring Bands

Kleine Doku fürs Wochenende

LATE WORKS Late Works: Writers and artists confronting the end

Arduino

Gallery of Rockism

Rap's Dirty South: From Subculture to Pop Culture

Home taping didnt kill music

The Great Rock’n’Roll Swindle

Designing for improvisation