― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 10 April 2006 00:44 (eighteen years ago) link
http://www.timewarptoys.com/billdingbox.jpg
― scott seward (scott seward), Monday, 10 April 2006 00:48 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 10 April 2006 00:49 (eighteen years ago) link
― toe-foo (toe-foo), Monday, 10 April 2006 00:51 (eighteen years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Monday, 10 April 2006 00:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 10 April 2006 01:08 (eighteen years ago) link
― Brooker Buckingham (Brooker B), Monday, 10 April 2006 01:21 (eighteen years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Monday, 10 April 2006 01:21 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Monday, 10 April 2006 01:22 (eighteen years ago) link
― keyth (keyth), Monday, 10 April 2006 03:52 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 10 April 2006 04:16 (eighteen years ago) link
― naturemorte (naturemorte), Monday, 10 April 2006 06:17 (eighteen years ago) link
CONCH 3 on SOUTH INDIES LP '85
SCHWIMMEN IN DER SEE on FLYING NUN NZ 7" '82
...and I seem to recall a record about frogs made in collaboration with someone. And Flying Nun (or Bill himself?) definitely made some neat videos in the 80's...
― So Ho La (So Ho La), Monday, 10 April 2006 13:59 (eighteen years ago) link
Favorite tracks: Bedrock Bay, Alien, Magazine, High 30s Piano, Retail Trade...
I dunno. I think he's great.
― TRG (TRG), Monday, 10 April 2006 15:34 (eighteen years ago) link
― chris andrews (fraew), Monday, 10 April 2006 20:30 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dee Xtrovert (dee dee), Monday, 10 April 2006 20:57 (eighteen years ago) link
― bill direen, Saturday, 22 April 2006 16:10 (eighteen years ago) link
or for musicthe http://www.powertoolrecords.co.nzsites.
willie boy
― bill direen, Saturday, 22 April 2006 16:13 (eighteen years ago) link
Going through a Bill Direen phase at the moment - digging his "disco" (well, the closest you'd get in NZ so v.lo-fi punk-funk/Talking Heads) album Let's Play:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntEZhYETPdo
Vinyl reissue of Beatin Hearts & a new book! Sadly missed his Wellington show due to a clash, tho.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/85440299/palmerston-north-rock-n-roll-legand-bill-direen-returns-to-promote-his-new-book
Also, nice AudioCulture overview:http://www.audioculture.co.nz/people/bill-direen-and-the-bilders/stories/bill-direen-part-1-a-maverick-voice-1975-to-1984http://www.audioculture.co.nz/people/bill-direen-and-the-bilders/stories/bill-direen-part-2-1985-and-into-the-present
― etc, Wednesday, 19 October 2016 23:43 (seven years ago) link
Bill Direen documentary, A Memory Of Others showing at this year's film festival. I couldn't attend either of the local screenings but hoping to grab a DVD at some stage ... was ambivalent of the filmmaker's earlier musical documentaries, but some people I trust reckon this is a lot better. It's been a nice occasion for a bunch of decent articles on him, anyway.
Trailer:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hPBDIGV8fc
http://pantograph-punch.com/post/bill-direen-a-memory-of-others
https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/94366287/bill-direen-feeding-the-spirit-of-the-people
http://offthetracks.co.nz/bill-direen-a-memory-of-others-film/
― etc, Wednesday, 16 August 2017 00:00 (six years ago) link
I have the Flying Nun comps that came out in the 90s, I dig them. Could go for a similar overview of the past 20 years.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Wednesday, 16 August 2017 03:15 (six years ago) link
very much enjoying this, I guess it's a 2008 album?
https://thokeitapes.bandcamp.com/album/bilders-mindful-expanded-mc
― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Monday, 25 March 2024 20:09 (one month ago) link
The documentary mentioned above was quite good!
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 25 March 2024 20:12 (one month ago) link
Also I appreciate how we all posted initially and then Bill himself showed up and nobody responded! What was up with us?