2009 happenings
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Upon arrival in Christchurch we were whisked off to our waiting vehicle, then before you know it, we were thru the tunnel and at Lyttelton gasbagging with Maree and Keith on their Volcano Radio Show ‘Pale Green Things’ (see http://volcanoradio.co.nz/ for schedule, http://worldtimezones.com/ for time translation), then off to Roz’s for the traditional sumptuous pre-show…
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Posted by: Cab Ice Mettle Vilest AXEMEN, HAIRDOS, NOBBQ – WHAMMY BAR, AUCKLAND NZ, NOVEMBER 16 2009 The AXEMEN, or in keeping with their ‘Fair Trade’ and Consumer Guarantees Act commitments more correctly adopting the AXEMIN moniker due to the last minute substitution of teen heartthrob Liz Hairdo on drums in Stu’s place for these…
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UPDATED OCT 24 2009! NEW DATES SEE BELOW…. The Axemen, in cahoots with Times New Viking /Ground Control Touring /Silt Breeze / Matador / Sleek Bott Records proudly announce the much vaunted US TOUR has now been confirmed! View Latest Itinerary / Buy Tickets… View Tour Map Tue-Oct-27 Sacramento, CA Luigi’s Fungarden Thu-Oct-29 San Francisco,…
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Reprinted from: http://indymedia.org.nz/article/77588/dave-drives-work Dave Theobald has worked at Inland Revenue’s Christchurch office for the last 20 years. His work is valued, he is a highly intelligent literate man. And he has problems with mental illness, something the TV ads tell us happens to 10% of the population. He was diagnosed paranoid after self referring himself…
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New Zealand Employment Law is defective Reprinted from: http://offsettingbehaviour.blogspot.com/2009/08/new-zealand-employment-law-is-defective.html 19 August 2009 I’ve seen lots of anecdotal evidence that it’s difficult for firms to fire problem employees under the Kiwi Employment Relations Act. The procedures are often described as onerous. Here’s a great one. Disgruntled employee of Inland Revenue (the Kiwi IRS) drives his car…
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Reprinted from: http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/disgruntled-employee-crashes-into-ird-building-2926890 19 August 2009 ONE News – The Vehicle of David Jerrold Theobold A disgruntled tax worker has left the Inland Revenue in no doubt about his feelings towards them after driving his car through the front door of their Christchurch building. David Jerrold Theobald, 47, appeared in Christchurch District Court on Tuesday…
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Reprinted from: http://www.fishing.net.nz/asp_forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=44184&PN=1&title=david-theobald-crashes-ird My alter ego’s actions seem entirely reasonable if has to deal with people who speak like this on a daily basis: “Information has come to my attention which indicates that you may have intentionally driven a car through Inland Revenue’s Christchurch building … I am concerned that your conduct may be inconsistent with the…
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Show Your Support… join MICK ELBORADO IS INNOCENT now! Reprinted From: http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/2764914/IRD-drove-me-to-this IRD drove me to this By STACEY WOOD – The Dominion Post 19 August 2009 A taxman driven around the bend by continuing work woes drove his car through the building where he had worked for 25 years. David Jerrold Theobald, 47, drove…
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Show Your Support… join MICK ELBORADO IS INNOCENT now! Click Pics for enlarged image…
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Show Your support… join MICK ELBORADO IS INNOCENT now! ask the same of anyone awake or woken up. 1: appear in court and behave 2: walk to the crime scene gathering a motley crowd of the slightly curious hoping for more action. 3: make a very short speech calling upon tony mccone senior human resources…
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and this one with different scenery – needs more mick though if you ask me….
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no sex, no sax, but a great time nonetheless with great pals and a great evening which i wouldn’t trade for the world… thanks 2 all
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why more ? considering the last one was so succinct? Because I said I would. It was a night that could’ve fallen to bits. It was all brawls and band fights and frustrated staff. My own fault, I knew the wild and crazy ways of the Bastardwisher band when i put them on the lineup.…
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Not on the List? Looking to get some great kiwi bands to play at your FANTASTIC SOUTH ISLAND VENUE in LATE SEPTEMBER/EARLY OCTOBER? Contact Us immediately…. Your name could be here tomorrow… POSTER VARIANTS RECEIVED: Tues 4 Aug 09, Stu Kawowski
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The Aesthetics, Stevie McCabe and Bastardwisher =—–Wunderbar 28th July 2009 review by a participant. PART UNO : >>> “Come together – right Now – Over me.” Gen X . The original punks, methinks the youngest of the Exers gotta be something like 33 or something. Ands there’s the ageism already. And thats the last of…
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“Beat It” (Jackson M.) (K Wow Loud mix) AXEMEN recorded live on 4-track at the Star & Garter, Christchurch, New Zealand Guy Fawkes Day 5/11/83 by Hamish Kilgour (features Steve, Bob, Mick & Stu). 06′29 dur. Beat It (K Wow Loud mix) [1st Verse] They Told Him Don’t You Ever Come Around Here Don’t Wanna See Your…
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Blog Comments: http://chrisknox.blogtown.co.nz http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Knox http://www.myspace.com/chrisknoxandthenothing http://tumeke.blogspot.com http://www.lemmingtrail.com http://whoar.co.nz http://www.bygeorge.co.nz http://mysterex.blogspot.com http://forums.iconzarena.com http://www.whataboutki.com http://groups.google.com http://www.amoeba.com http://www.exclaim.ca GO TO WARD-KNOX OFFICIAL FAMILY BLOG Reprinted from NZ News and various Sources (newest at top) Tall Dwarfs’ Chris Knox Recovering From Stroke Indie fans in both the U.S. and New Zealand were stunned to learn over the weekend that…
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Press Release from Silt Breeze in conjunction with Sleek Bott RE: Axemen – Scary Re-release July 2009 PR Date:May 2009 Axemen-Scary! Part III-dbl lp (SB-119/120) “…you’ll begin to see (& hear)…” “…the Axemen blazed through the 80’s…” “Unlike the hyper punk-charged pastiche of Big Cheap Motel…” The second entry in the Siltbreeze/Axemen / Sleek Bott…
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By Steve McCabe Hard on the heels of their epic lower North Island mini tour, those pedal-pushing stalwarts of stage and screen, constant kerbside companions, touring and blossoming bosom buddies and lesbian action figures The Axemen and Hairdos got together one more time with a couple of other sets of touring veterans – Piece War…
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By Steve McCabe We arrived in Newtown after a 10 hr drive from Auckland through the scenic wasteland that is Godzone North, Maui’s Fish, Te Ika O Maui. At the Adelaide a live rugby match (Blues vs ‘Canes – ‘Canes shredded the Blues 45-27) was on the big screen at the opposite end of the…
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Reprinted from: http://still-single.tumblr.com/post/89271183/axemen-big-cheap-motel-lp-siltbreeze March 24, 2009 Axemen – Big Cheap Motel LP (Siltbreeze) “…a surplus of defiant attitude…” “…opening up the world…” “…this is the sort of action that more artists should fight for…” First of three reissues by this forgotten New Zealand punk trio out on Siltbreeze this year, opening up the world…
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Reprinted from: http://satanrulez.blogspot.com/2009/03/zap.html “…Built around a thick guitar line that is distorted until it becomes a fluid conveyer belt of sound… ” “…hermetic tribes… ” “… The Pornographic Milk Drink contains rotating metal spoke on a ferris wheel guitar… ” “…Pleasantly skewed junkyard Buddy Holly rhythm lines played atop walls of distorted uber-rock riffs that contain the weight and…
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Reprinted from: Alternative Music Talk The Axemen: A NZ Protest It’s understandable that Australia and New Zealand have a contentious relationship. I used to live in Cleveland, don’t anymore, but still cringe whenever I see a Stealers logo anywhere. The fact, though, that the Aussies recently claimed that New Zealanders are hermits, or some such,…
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March 20, 2009 Axemen, Hairdos, Smokin Daggers at the Ambassador Following the flames of resurgence in punk music in Auckland being fanned by the wind from beneath the wings and between the buttocks of the recent phenomenally successful and oversubscribed AK87 gigs, Dogs Bollix new years eve gig, North Shore kids parties and others, punk…
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Reprinted from: Volcanic Tongue TIP OF THE TONGUE 08 MARCH 2009 “…free jazz skronk…radical prole violence…” “…punk primitive avant garde smarts…” Axemen Big Cheap Motel Siltbreeze LP £13.99 Fantastic vinyl issue of what was originally a cassette from a group that were an anomaly even within the relatively eclectic environs of the original Flying Nun…
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(reprinted from the website of Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus Ohio – home of Times New Viking) 9PM Sat 14 Feb ’09 For our closing party for the exhibition Andy Warhol: Other Voices, Other Rooms—and to celebrate Valentine’s Day—local breakout band Times New Viking play their own versions of the eternally lovable tunes of the Velvet…
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Thanks to our wandering AV recordist Norbert Haley, we have a 33 minute set of Eugene in full swing at the Happy Bar in Wellington last week (23/01/09), and a few snaps too. Dr Chad live at Happy Bar Wellington (32MB mp3) Check out 2 tracks from ‘Election’ [2008]: Eugene Chadbourne – Your USA My Face…
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At the recent MONSTER GIG at Christchurch’s glamorous crumbling Media Club, Bill Vosburgh handed Kawowski a single A4 sheet with a few paragraphs written on it all in capitals, relating to his earliest recollections of THE AXEMEN days in Christchurch (1983-1987). Luckily he stuck around and performed an incendiary blues rock set that night, as…
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