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...

MUSIC I went to see MJ Lenderman and the Wind at The Loons in Lyttleton at the end of March.  It was really great. The last 20 minutes of th...

MUSIC - JAN READING 18 books so far this year. On pace for 108 (yeah, but, holiday reading... but also, no poetry collections yet...) The Is...

I read 20 books that were released in 2024, but that's burying the lede. I actually read 100 books this calendar year, published betwee...

The awards: top ten albums released in 2024 (with honourable mentions) top song released in 2024 (with honourable mention) best artists disc...