One of my favorite bands I've discovered in the last couple of years is the decidedly oddball Of Montreal. A lot of bands like to say t...

"I was very happy at school. I was wearing the same uniform as everyone else and my school is just up the road from my place. And also ...

OK, I'm not really so into the Academy Awards as I used to be. For one thing, in NZ they don't air live on free-to-air TV, but rath...

Rain rain all the live long day. It's an Auckland summer again. 1. Failure 2:54 The La's * 2. Chesley's Little Wrists 1:16 Pav...

...So we've been busy lately, what with life and all, and ... the final countdown . The final countdown, that is, to our wee little man ...

Yes, it's winter in half the world, but hot and sticky summer in the other half. So it's only about the equivalent of the mid-80sF h...

Here we are at the latest in my every-so-often series* taking an alphabetical random jaunt through my comics collection. (OK, every so ofte...

"Slumdog Millionaire" is a poor boy's tale -- a kid from the Mumbai slums who ends up competing on a top game show for milli...

I have to admit, I was a little nervous about seeing Ryan Adams and the Cardinals again. He's either really good or not so good live, k...

I am in a random kind of mood and thus will steal a Facebook meme I have been tagged with like 150 times to fill the vast and empty space t...