Malcolm Gayfer

Hiya team, hope that you are all coping with the bloody awful weather over the last few days, but it is spring and this is what we get, some brilliant days and some not so brilliant. A land mark in modern music history. This week marks the 50th anniversary of the release of The Beatles […]

The winner’s time for last year’s Southland marathon was 2.31.24. I can’t recall what the weather conditions were like when the race was run. The point I’m making is the GreyPower meet the candidates meeting chaired by veteran sage and factotum Geoff Piercy felt a bit like running a marathon, and wi

Not the best way to start the week with news that The Cars front man Ric Ocasek passed away at the age of 75. No cause of death has been published at this point. Originally from Boston, The Cars discovered that the world was waiting for them when they appeared in the late 70’s. Success […]

Hiya team. Had a couple of weeks over in Queensland, and no I didn’t light any of the bush fires. Horrible things. I thought of these two Aussie crackers while I was over there and thought they’d be just the ticket, of course with the compliments of Little Fire MusicWorks on Dee St. First up […]

Hi there team. 50 years this weekend since arguably the most celebrated outdoor music event of modern times, Woodstock. For those that weren’t around then, and many of us weren’t, Woodstock was billed as an Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music and was held at Max Yasgur’s 600-acre dairy farm

Hi there team. Onward we travel down the road that is the decade of the 1970’s Last week we had a couple of crackers from late in the decade. This week we’ll have a couple of crackers from the early part of the 70’s. First up it’s Carly Simon’s You’re So Vain. A song that […]

Hi there team and welcome to August and they say it’s going to be a tad colder than usual so let’s jazz it up a bit and revisit the 70’s. From memory Holyoake, Marshall, Kirk, Rowling (briefly) and Muldoon were our Prime Ministers of the decade. They’re are all gone now. The month August […]

Hi there team Decided that we’ll wrap up July with a blast from the past from a band that is marking it’s 50th anniversary in 2019. That little ol’ band from Texas, ZZ Top. Yep, the same three dudes that have been playing the same 3 chords for the last 50 years. I’ve just checked […]