Peter McLennan
@dubdotdash.bsky.social
I'm a musician (Dub Asylum, Hallelujah Picassos), DJ, writer, blogger & vinyl fiend. My book on Deepgrooves is out now. Get it here: https://flyingout.co.nz/products/peter-mclennan-deepgrooves https://planetsauceradio.com https://dubdotdash.blogspot.com
Wrote some words about one of my fave albums of all-time turning 50, and some new unreleased gems popping up - dubdotdash.blogspot.com/2026/10/the-...
The Wonder of Stevie - Some unreleased gems surface for the 50th anniversary of "Song in the Key of Life'
Peter McLennan writes about music from New Zealand and further afield, covering reggae, hiphop, funk, soul and more.
dubdotdash.blogspot.com
I see Mill Road is being announced by National as a 2028 priority. Relevant is this table from Auckland Councils Transport Policy Statement (unanimously supported by Councillors including former National Party Minister of Transport Maurice Williamson) lol
#nzpol $1.75bn for road - is OK as allowed to subsidise road, so don't have to prove commercial sustainability😢. $4bn for rail - not OK 'cos can't afford, need to prove commercial viability, don't want to subsidise white elephant💔. Comparing apples with apples😠 Go figure (again) 🤔. Sigh. 🙏🏾.
Yep. Completely mind-boggling mystery, this one.
Semafor@semafor.com · 5d agoVisitors to the US are on track to drop by almost two million year-on-year. “We’re the only major country in the world losing visitation,” the head of the US Travel Association said. “It’s mind-boggling.” www.semafor.com/article/09/2...
For our friends in Aotearoa-New Zealand as they head to an election on Sat 7 Nov 🇳🇿 👉 Make sure you’re enrolled to vote: https:/:vote.nz 🚨 Enrolments close October 25!
rec of the day: CRAIG ROBERTSON Chris Knox: Not Given Lightly (Auckland University Press tpb) deeply researched, sprawling & profusely illustrated bio of the key figure of New Zealand's musical underground. a great read for any fan of the modern kiwi beat. bookshop.org/p/books/chri...
Chris Knox: Not Given Lightly
The story of the man, the music, the art, the attitude. Chris Knox: Not Given Lightly tells the story of one extraordinarily creative man's journey from the obscurity of punk rock to the heart of New ...
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Here it is! The BLACK SHEEPS poster – featuring our spectacular star, Tabatha Killick, the incredible Joe Witkowski and the mighty (honorary) Dane Nathan Meister! Opens mid-November in NZ!
This needs a serious look -- NZ First copied their health policy almost word-for-word from the website of an advocacy group stuffed with fringe practitioners and for-profit "supplement" pedlars... www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361...
NZ First’s health policy copy-pasted from advocacy group’s website
New Zealand First released a health policy on Sunday that is largely copy-and-pasted from a charitable trust called Make New Zealand Healthy.
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Who could have predicted this? National can’t afford its roads
Who could have predicted this? National can’t afford its roads
It was easy to figure out Simeon Brown’s roading promises were a fantasy from the start. He still got an easy ride from much of our media....
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Approach zine making the same way that you made blog posts 10 years ago. Do you have an opinion that maybe 8 friends and like 3 strangers might be interested in? An answer to a question that's infrequently asked? A rant you could turn into a tight 5? that's zine material right there, buds
This reminds me that I saw someone talking about wanting to make zines, but wasn't sure what they wanted to make a zine about. And the truth is you can make zines about anything at all, but that's not exactly helpful in getting started, so here's my advice for other aging millennials:
Nino Cipri@ninocipri.bsky.social · 3mo agohappy zine-drop Sunday to all who celebrate (it's me, I made a new zine and am finally posting about it). Get a paper copy here: ko-fi.com/s/51fd5e82d4 Or a digital one: ko-fi.com/s/9efbbdc548
With the NZ International Film Festival on the horizon, @garethshute.bsky.social has come up with a fun theme for this week's AudioCulture Quiz. It's got a distinctly cinematic angle - how did you get on? www.audioculture.co.nz/articles/aud...
AudioCulture Quiz - Article | AudioCulture
Welcome to the weekly AudioCulture Quiz. Clue: answers are on the site or, for those in a hurry, at the link below. AudioCulture Quiz, 20 July 2026 Te Vaka with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson 1. Te Vaka p...
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Vera Ellen on what it feels like when AI takes your music
Vera Ellen on what it feels like when AI takes your music
Deeply personal music about painful experiences have been scraped for parts....
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Okay it's time for me to rant about the Opportunity Party. Let me be crystal clear: I don't trust them. I think they are wishy-washy, and to be honest I think Qiulae Wong is naive if she things that she can "work with National" and they don't just dogwalk her. This will be a thread (1/x) #nzpol
Troy Kingi talking about what Matariki means to him, and his upcoming 10th album in his 10/10/10 series (10 albums in 10 genres in 10 years), planned for Abbey Road... what a dude... www.youtube.com/watch?v=bG4r...
Troy Kingi reveals what music style his tenth and final album is | The Hui 2025
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Tales from the 1970s Auckland drug scene and flatting with the band Dragon newsroom.co.nz/2026/07/07/a...
A brief history of Grey Lynn junkies
First-hand accounts of living with the rock band Dragon in 1970s Grey Lynn and the subsequent spiral into heroin addiction.
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Here's Simon's full 3-part story: "Roger Perry was raised in the Bay of Plenty...his grandfather was Sir Norman Perry, who was the only Pakeha to serve with the Māori Battalion. It was a heritage that helped define Roger's own life..." And much more: www.audioculture.co.nz/articles/rog...
Roger Perry, part 1 - Article | AudioCulture
With Roger Perry, it’s a matter of where to start. His influence on Aotearoa’s cultural, club, DJ, and electronic music scenes from the mid-1980s onwards was immense and pervasive. It remains omnipres...
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Simon Grigg@opdiner.com · 3mo agoSome words I wrote for @audioculturenz.bsky.social about my friend Roger Perry. opdiner.substack.com/p/roger-perr...
Your last chance to see Thee Golden Geese! …. seriously this time! Should be fun for all ages.
Sunreturn@sunreturn.bsky.social · 3mo agoNo Doggy! are throwing an indoor al fresco affair with an album (lunch) launch at the Freemans Bay Community Centre on 7/8. Kicking off at 12PM - bring along a picnic blanket and check out live performances from ND! & their best friends Thee Golden Geese! 🎟 from @undertheradarnz.bsky.social
Good news for fans of physical media! From today, DVDs, talking books, and CDs are now all free to borrow from Christchurch City Libraries! 💿🥳 ^DR
There's also an Auckland launch this Sunday, on Len's *actual* birthday: 5th July, 3:30pm, at Lamplight Books. Happy Moments for all!
Once again, my fab dad Roger Horrocks has a new book coming out! It's about Len Lye's early years, from childhood to becoming an artist. There's a launch event at Unity Books in Wellington on Sunday 19th July, at 5pm. Come celebrate Len's 125th birthday with great words & happy moments!
As @martynpepperell.bsky.social notes, if things have been ramping up in the modern NZ jazz scene over the last decade, jazz had an especially big moment in 2025. A bevy of established groups and newer names turned out world-class albums; here are 10 of them: www.audioculture.co.nz/articles/jaz...
Jazz in the Year 2025: take ten - Article | AudioCulture
Crystal Chen with Ruby Fainaa on congas/percussion, Michael Howell on bass, Joe Kaptein on keyboards. There are always two ways you can look at a situation: from the inside and from the outside. Both...
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The beths made an announcement about this at the show tonight and said all merch sales were going to the fundraiser, which then caused the merch line to become kinda insane, so hopefully Philly gets y'all over the finish line
Dr Aleisha Ward@nzjazzhistory.bsky.social · 3mo agoNZ music peeps- ICYMI Neck of the Woods has a give a little fundraiser going on to help save the venue: givealittle.co.nz/cause/savenotw
NZ music peeps- ICYMI Neck of the Woods has a give a little fundraiser going on to help save the venue: givealittle.co.nz/cause/savenotw
Save Neck of the Woods
Preserve a core pillar of Tāmaki Makaurau’s music community.
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On the back of the Green Party tax policy I thought I'd reshare this effort to change the language and correctly point out what taxing the rich actually means: reclaiming wealth taken from us in an economy they engineered to enrich themselves. newsroom.co.nz/2025/06/08/l...
Let's call 'taxing the rich' what it really is
Opinion from the University of Auckland: As society groans under the weight of wealth inequality, Dr Neal Curtis calls for a different slogan to ‘tax the rich’.
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It's time for the super-rich and big corporations to pay their fair share. Visit greens.org.nz to learn how "A Tax System for All of Us" can build a fairer country for everyone 💚✊
