Back in 2009, I discovered this crazy radio show that was on Fleet FM Tuesday afternoons, called ‘Playing Singles and Drinking Doubles’ —if that name wasn’t brilliant enough, their music selections were out of this world. I didn’t know these guys at that stage, (well I had met Roddy at Frisbee studios on Albert […]
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William Daymond Interview (2010)
Reprinted from: http://www.undertheradar.co.nz/utr/interviewMore/CID/212/N/The-Pickups.utr#ixzz1ag0v91MA George Harrison’s post-Beatles output is overrated and The Monkees are criminally underrated. At least that is the case according to William Daymond from The Pickups. The Christchurch three-piece gave us an email interview with UTR recently and talked a lot about The Beatles, The Beach Boys and the aforementioned Monkees. There are […]
Continue readingThe Bill Classics (2010): The Above Ground Railroad
October 2010 finds the dysfunctional Axemen family in myriad modes, each in his own sphere, each with their own worldview, each finding new connections, disconnecting others some halfhearted some heartfelt some hearty beef some harkening some heartlessly hardened, haggling and harrying. don’t ask don’t tell. The Sultan’s Bat Tree some haranguing, some balls dangling sanguine […]
Continue readingStevie & Stu play with Bill Direen at Devonport 20:10:2010
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Continue readingThe doctor's on Speed Dial
The doctor’s on Speed Dial a song by steve mccabe the doctors on speed dial i’m making amends for all the things i did to you i may pretend to be all hard nosed but sometimes what can you do the movies come out its all comin out has a persil shine hungry enzymes and […]
Continue readingSpaceman coming to earth
spaceman.coming.to.earth a song by steve mccabe lights on a sycamore tree lit up like a christmas tree what will the spaceman see when he comes to land? a fight with a hand to hand expert you’re bound to end up in the dirt but its vile and sick to not give the spaceman a rousing […]
Continue readingShooting Blanks
i never shot more than blanks you should be saying thanks not sorry desperado wild about the tyke wildfire in the place of worship let me ride i will drive fire engine on the skids don’t forget your skid lid and put the trash out before the kids handle it and decide to panhandle it […]
Continue readingChritstchurch 2010 dire straits – Columbo Street is Bending
Save the world christchurch Columbo Street is Bending columbo street is bending not that you would know it theres no depression in it sheep shagging in far off fields cashfields, leithfield, anwhere but darfield whats with the bruises on your calves? i was just feeling sheepish i felt a little sheepish actually watching reruns of […]
Continue readingYou be the judge… Did CNN steal our riff?
i am thinking of going for pain and suffering grounds for this too – every time i hear it my blood pressure goes up 10 pts. how is shar? what is the situation there now? not sure as to best approach if you got any ideas…. The Axemen – Be My Slave, written 1995 and […]
Continue reading1984 IS OVER
Workin for the man workin for the class he’s a hardy hard habit to break I’ll meet you at eight by the lake and when you pull up don’t forget to brake (not like the last screwup who forgot to apply his brakes) Bald-win! paedophile at the rock’n’roll high school hangin round the gym just […]
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