We’re in Hollywood now, and it’s not as well manicured as Anaheim. We’re staying behind Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, right in the thick of things. It’s cool seeing all the stars on the walk of fame, and all the foot and hand prints in the theatre courtyard.
We walked down to Guitar Centre on Sunset Boulevard today, [...]
“Homer Simpson, smiling politely”
Enzless class
The perfect birthday treat for me last night was going to Split Enz at the TSB Arena (formerly the Queen’s Wharf Events Centre). I last saw them on my 15th birthday on their 1991 reunion tour. At the time I thought it would be the last time they toured, but happily that wasn’t the case.
We [...]
I rocked 2 Wellington
I will forever be grateful to concert promoter Phil Sprey for putting himself on the line to bring Rock2Wgtn (or Rock 2 Wellington) to life. It seems as though he may be lucky to break even, which is a crying shame given how much everyone who attended seemed to enjoy themselves. I can’t help thinking [...]
Odds & ends
I haven’t been to any movies lately, depite there being bundles on I want to see. Just being a bit slack lately – nothing new there when it comes to movies. So what else is there going on of note?
The Hurricanes have now won four of their five games, not having lost since losing first up [...]
Effortless cool
Watching C4 music TV late last night, and on the “Added this week” programme they played The Raconteurs’ video for Level. The words that sprung to mind were “effortlessly cool”. That seems to sum The Raconteurs up pretty well. Their sound put me in mind of Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin and others of that generation. [...]
