MUSIC - JANUARY BIOGRAPHICAL PRELUDE The start of 2026 has been hectic. From our petrol people mover's engine blowing up the week before...

[Playlist at the bottom of this post if you can't wait to listen] Best Song: Stephen Wilson Jr - 'I'm a Song - Live at the Print...

Kia ora and apologies for lateness. But with lateness comes improved accuracy (an error in my spreadsheet meant one of my top 3 reads of the...

Okay, last day of 2025... For completeness I'll get this December post out of the way, and over the next week or so post my best books a...

MUSIC - OCTOBER BOOKS Note: as I mentioned last time , I'm a judge for the fiction category of the 2026 Ockham NZ Book Awards (books pub...

MUSIC - AUGUST BIOGRAPHICAL INTERLUDE Box One I'm one of the judges for the fiction section for the 2026 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards,...

MUSIC - JUNE BIOGRAPHICAL/GEOGRAPHICAL INTERLUDE My in-laws inherited some money and took us to Japan in July. It was hot. It was humid. The...

MUSIC - APRIL BOOKS Hine Toa: A Story of Bravery by Ngāhuia the Awekōtuku (non-fiction, audiobook, NZ) Rejection: fiction by Tony Tulathimut...