neil rails at helen- because helen does what politicians do- takes the op to let other peoples light reflect on her- putting aside that she is an energy supplier to the music industry- thru nzoa &c &c- & also that so many of the- lets say- nz bulbs exported are touted as burning at 100w- when really theyre just managing 1w or less- remember neil- helen is a politician- helen- will- do- what- politicians- do

more entertaining were the quotes from the idiot who had left nz to represent- ahem- more esoteric acts overseas- cant remember her name- starts off by commenting that nz bands nowadays talk like marketing managers- then goes on to say that the underlying prob is that they dont do their research- into audience &c &c- well- fuck my ass with a donkeyhoof

sad reading was the band interview- ¿cut off your hands?- where they were quite comfortable stating that- they used to do weird shit & pop- then they figured that their weird shit wasnt weirdy or shitty enough for the weird shit part of their audience- & their pop stuff wasnt poppy enough for the pop part of the audience- so they decided to leave the weird shit & focus on pop- yes indeedy folks- ¿you wanna make great art?- 1st you gotta do your research- figure out what you can do which will alienate the fewest people- find your audience- then pander to them

the coup de gras tho was the cd- my god- how many times have i heard cuts from it on b- followed by hyperbolic praise- ive litened to it- its crap- almost total absolute faeces- ie dudley bensons its akaroas fault- ¿whats her fault?- ¿that youve taken up bobby mcferrins mantle & are doing an even more sickening job?- well she deserves to die then- give me her address- ill sort it out

¿so so modern?- delete the last word & theyre far far far from being even that- theres even a band that sound like ¿bloc party?- & another that sounds like ¿fur patrol?- man- they did some excellent research- & then strokocade- tho i guess the singer aint using the mic effect & affectations to make himself sound quite like julian casablancas anymore- o i cant go on- its just too depressing- plus i havent got enough antiemetics

ok- theres a handful of corn in the shit- disasteradio- goldenaxxe- bachelorette- of course- obviously these folk have been deep in research & made some very conscious & deliberate decisions about their product- & i saw the bengal lights live last year- they kicked ass- tho i was a tad disappointed with their track- the gladeyes track is coo- but the coshercot honeys- the fucking cosherfuckingcot fucking honeys- they totafuckinglly slay