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The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 13,000 times in 2014. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 5 sold-out performances for that many…
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reprinted from: https://www.midheaven.com/item/straight-to-hell-by-shoes-this-high-lp While Shoes This High’s existence was a mere glint in the eye of Father Time (a year or more, tops), they made every second count, stalking the New Zealand post-punk landscape—both North and South islands—with ravenous abandon. For most fans, their legend and reputation rest solely on the strength of one highly…
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Following their triumphal return from their ‘Eastern Suburbs’ Aussie Tour, The AXEMEN, in conjunction with Sleek Bott, SiltBreeze and Phantom Billstickers are pleased to announce dates for the AXEMEN’s micro-tour of Wellington and Christchurch in June 2012 STOP Details are as follows STOP Friday 22 June MIGHTY MIGHTY, WELLINGTON Upstairs, 104 Cuba Street, Wellington, 04-385…
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http://www.chcheqjournal.com/2011/respected-local-musician-quake-cordon-breach/ This story originally featured in The Press, Christchurch, on Friday, May 13th, 2011. Photo taken by and used courtesy of Lara Fair. A Christchurch man says he now has “no past and no future” after being arrested for breaching a cordon to rescue possessions from his house as it was being demolished. Police say…
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Like a phoenix, it’s flaming wings rendering liquefacted silt into weirdly shaped shiny psychedelic ceramic sculptures as it rises from the quake-decimated ruins of Christchurch’s State Trinity Centre, the penultimate Axemen tome “Three Virgins, Three Versions, Three Visions” (commonly referred to in hushed tones as simply “Three Virgins“), well, more accurately, the four fragile lacquers of…
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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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Reprinted from http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100218/ap_on_re_us/us_plane_crash_texas cf: https://theaxemen.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/ird-door-smasher-had-warned-of-terrorism/ Man angry at IRS crashes plane into building By JIM VERTUNO, Associated Press Writer Jim Vertuno, Associated Press Writer – Thu Feb 18, 6:57 pm ET AUSTIN, Texas – A software engineer furious with the Internal Revenue Service launched a suicide attack on the agency Thursday by crashing his small plane into an office…
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History of 123 Pleasant Street [Morgantown, West Virginia] reprinted from: http://www.123pleasantstreet.com/misc/history/4 Page 4: The Underground Railroad, the Dry House, and the Underground, 1982-1990 In 1982, 123 (the stage room) and 125 (the upper room) became the home to a vibrant Morgantown music community with the opening of The Underground Railroad (URR), largely conceived and operated…
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Reprinted from: http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/3072295/Man-who-drove-into-IRD-pays-third-of-damage David Jerrold Theobald will have to pay for less than a third of the $41,500 damage he caused in his ram-raid protest at the Christchurch offices of the Inland Revenue Department. The 48-year-old remained disarmingly frank to the end, when he was sentenced by Judge Jane McMeeken in the Christchurch District Court…
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Times New Viking, The Axemen, Royal Bangs Reprinted from: http://www.livefrommemphis.com/memphis/memphismusicnews/1218-times-new-viking-the-axemen-royal-bangs-at-hi-tone-cafe Venue: The Hi-Tone Cafe http://www.hitonememphis.com/calendar.php NOVEMBER 9, 2009 Reprinted from: http://www.livefrommemphis.com/submitevent/details/2638-times-new-viking-the-axemen-royal-bangs Doors Open: 8:00 PM Starts: 9:00 PM Age Restriction: 18+ Ages $7.00 / Day of Show Price: $10.00 General Admission Royal Bangs | 10:00 PM http://www.myspace.com/royalbangs Insound Staff Pick – 2008! Royal Bangs are a…
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Reprinted from: http://reviews.citypaper.net/articles/2009/11/12/times-new-viking-the-axemen Times New Viking/The Axemen Sun., Nov. 15, 8 p.m., $10, with The Mad Scene and U.S. Girls, Kung Fu Necktie, 1250 N. Front St., 866-468-7619, kungfunecktie.com. by Brian Howard Published: Nov 11, 2009 noise/punk You could think of The Axemen as New Zealand’s answer to The Dead Kennedys. The reckless, shattered lo-fi…
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Poster courtesy of http://vinciple.blogspot.com/
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Nutsacks abound here in the States. We have been privileged enough to sample some of the best goddam nuts the US has to offer, and the boys digged em so much they wrote a song about it. ‘Nutsack’ has become the trailblazing anthem for the axemen’s debut us tour with its unguarded gargantuan thrust, a…
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Reprinted from: http://thecrepeplace.com/ 30 October 2009 Santa Cruz Gig pre-nup Times New Viking, The Axemen, The Happy Hollows Times New Viking The Axemen The Axemen is a New Zealand band formed around 1981 in protest against the South African Springbok rugby team tour of New Zealand, a tour which created great controversy, especially as was…
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Stolen Gear List USA 1x Gibson Epiphone “tobacco starburst” electric guitar (US$275) with soft black Gibson travel case (US$150) 1x Aria Pro 2 bass guitar (white body, rosewood neck) in Ibanez hard case brown (US$750 serial No. in NZ) STUART PAGE EQUIPMENT…
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LAX, Los Angeles, CA Mon-Oct-26 391 mi – about 5 hours 55 mins (up to 7 hours 20 mins in traffic) Sacramento, CA Tue-Oct-27, Sacramento, CA – Luigi’s Fungarden 86.7 mi – about 1 hour 30 mins (up to 2 hours 10 mins in traffic) San Francisco, CA Thu-Oct-29 San Francisco, CA Bottom of the Hill confirmed 72.8 mi –…
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The Axemen Tuesday, November 24th, 3pm – 6pm on Brian Turner’s show, http://www.wfmu.org (streaming/archiving) 91.1 fm (NYC metro NJ) 90.1 fm (Catskills/Hudson Valley/PA/WNJ) One of the big touring surprises for 2009 has to be the visit of New Zealand’s legendary Axemen to U.S. shores. The band began in Christchurch in 1981 and stood somewhat aside of…
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Please take a moment to write to your MP if you too are upset about the underlying causes leading to David Jerrold Theobold’s actions, ie Allegations of managerial incompetence in Inland Revenue / State Services Allegations of a culture of bullying in State Services, inhibiting the discussion, submission and implementation of any positive changes Inadequate…
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Reprinted from: http://cryptome.org/0001/nz-tax-charade.htm 19 August 2009. Updated. 17 August 2009 I’m a long time Inland Revenue NZ employee of 20 years I have many frustrations with incompetent managers, absolute waste of taxpayer money, illiterate team leaders ( ‘waist bin’ in team minutes is not a typo, it’s a spelling mistake), a workplace bully, Carol Buckenham,…
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Reprinted from: http://cryptome.org/0001/nz-tax-charade.htm 17 August 2009 I’m a long time Inland Revenue NZ employee of 20 years I have many frustrations with incompetent managers, absolute waste of taxpayer money, illiterate team leaders ( ‘waist bin’ in team minutes is not a typo, it’s a spelling mistake), a workplace bully, Carol Buckenham, who has had extraordinary…
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Show Your Support… join MICK ELBORADO IS INNOCENT now! Reprinted From The Christchurch Press, 19 August 2009 http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/christchurch/2764971/Its-OK-officer-I-work-here/ “It’s OK Officer, I work here” By IAN STEWARD – The Christchurch Press A Christchurch tax worker fed up with his bosses has made a spectacular protest by driving his car through three plate-glass windows in the…
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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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I want you – I want you so bad i want you – i want you so bad its driving me mad its driving me mad 40 years ago today sgt pepper took this photo on abbey road, london…. the mysterious eggman and walrus sketches have faded over the years but have been enhanced using…
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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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wunderbar 28 july poster (Printable PDF)
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Loliners http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=91638257606&h=d55fQ&u=szLNJ&ref=mf Loliners Started 2004 Ex trash/grungeriotgrrlpunk with gats Some history: Lisa Preston – keyboard, drums, guitar, vocals Bands: Portage, Nux-Vomica The Axemin, Snort, Thee Hellfire Club, The Luvin’ 44’s, The Ginger Group, The Tryhards, Loliners Joanne Billesdon – lead and rhythm guitar & vocals Bands: The Stepford 5, The Renderers, The Axemin, I M…
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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 with permission of the author Wednesday, February 18, 2009 Background: The first of Siltbreeze Axemen re-issues one out of the gate is the trio’s 1983 Big Cheap Motel, their difficult third album, their protest album (following the blistering, insane, and completely live debut Equinox and the studio / live tribute to punk-dub-beer-noise-cubism, Mick’s Dancefloor (Mix)). Rarely heard…
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