Mike Brown
@maupuia.bsky.social
Hiking and running and music and wine and cooking and cocktails and basketball. Also lilregie.com for your event registration needs.
Do you really need a 23 min cover version of 'Sister Ray'? Why yes, yes you do! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Twnk...
Sister Ray - Another VU (A Tribute To The Velvet Underground) [Live @ Colchester Arts Centre]
YouTube video by Cam Forrester
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A Negroni riff Mezcal - 1 1/2oz Cynar - 3/4 oz Cocchi Americano - 3/4 oz
A Black Manhattan 2 oz Rye 1 oz Cynar 2 dashes Black Walnut Bitters
What makes a good gig? We asked the inimitable @publicaddress.bsky.social for his views, from decades of experience attending some of the best. lilregie.com/blog/the-goo...
How to Run a Good Gig: A Guide for Event Organisers
A practical guide to running a good gig – promotion, venues, sound, security, the bar and more – for event organisers, from Lil Regie.
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Can you imagine how amazing it would have been to have been here - listening to Big Thief debut their triple(!) album, with guests, Lucinda Williams, Iris DeMent and Gillian Welch. pitchfork.com/story/big-th...
Big Thief Debut New Triple Album, Horsepower, Live in Nashville
The 29-song album was performed in full at the Ryman Auditorium alongside special guests Lucinda Williams, Gillian Welch, Iris DeMent, and more
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The Il Professore. Ya basic Negroni, but with 1/3oz of Kahlua added. Very nice!
The benefits of having a real person do customer support instead of an AI chatbot. Lil Regie is committed to the power of real people!
This was a fun one to write. MIC PACKS MY NEMESIS.
Lil Regie@lilregie.com · 2mo agoTreating your speakers well isn't an afterthought. It's an essential part of a great conference. And it helps ensure you'll be able to keep running your conference in the future. An experienced speaker at many conferences, @sachajudd.com tells you how to do this: lilregie.com/blog/how-to-...
Treating your speakers well isn't an afterthought. It's an essential part of a great conference. And it helps ensure you'll be able to keep running your conference in the future. An experienced speaker at many conferences, @sachajudd.com tells you how to do this: lilregie.com/blog/how-to-...
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A Martini, but with two dashes of rhubarb bitters as opposed to orange bitters. Can recommend.
Running a conference? Attending a conference that could be better? You need to read, 'What Makes A Conference Great?' - lilregie.com/blog/what-ma... Written by @sachajudd.com and with a companion piece, 'How To Treat Your Conference Speakers Well' coming soon.
What Makes a Great Conference? | Lil Regie
From single-track programming to the hallway track, here's what separates a forgettable conference from one people still talk about years later.
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With bonus photo of me running the event, in the pouring rain, in 2021!
Lil Regie@lilregie.com · 3mo agoWith the WUU (Wellington Urban Ultra) in Wellington this weekend, let's re-up the origin story of this great event by its founder, Gareth Thomas: www.lilregie.com/blog/startin... Good luck to everyone taking part!
Gotta be honest. Any list that rates 'Anything Could Happen' as only the 76th best NZ song is just plain wrong. Yes, yes, I know the point of a good list is to invoke argument! www.rnz.co.nz/life/music/2...
Waiata 100 2026: New Zealand counts down its top 100 songs
We invited audiences to join Waiata 100: our search for Aotearoa’s favourite New Zealand song from a list of about 1000 New Zealand songs (and 200 waiata Māori). Here's what people loved the most.
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If you're a Springsteen fan - and if you're not, you should be - this is basically catnip. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWd5...
Bruce Springsteen - Thundercrack (Live at the Ahmanson Theater, Los Angeles, 1973)
YouTube video by BruceSpringsteenVEVO
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@publicaddress.bsky.social What's the best email to reach you on?
"In 1973, Bruce Springsteen wrote the greatest summer song ever" www.pastemagazine.com/music/bruce-... I mean, sure, provocative, and it's a debate that can't be ever settled, but there's no argument from me here. I absolutely totally love this song. One of my top 5 Springsteen songs ever.
In 1973, Bruce Springsteen wrote the greatest summer song ever
Paste Magazine is your source for the best music, movies, TV, comedy, videogames, books, comics, craft beer, politics and more. Discover your favorite albums and films.
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Absolutely delighted to have had the inimitable @sachajudd.com write for us about 'What makes a conference great?' Essential reading for all conference organisers, and anyone associated with making an event great. lilregie.com/blog/what-ma...
What Makes a Great Conference? | Lil Regie
From single-track programming to the hallway track, here's what separates a forgettable conference from one people still talk about years later.
lilregie.com
Looking after the granddaughter for the day and we're watching a video with both The Wiggles *and* Ms Rachel and it's basically a supergroup of kids' entertainers.
We now have a banner! Our social media takeover is proceeding apace.
Current status: "Bye bye Blues, bye bye blues; Hello Mr Wine, Hello Mr Wine" www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtoP...
Tobacco City - Mr. Wine
YouTube video by Tobacco City
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