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Peter McLennan

@dubdotdash.bsky.social

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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

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Peter McLennan @dubdotdash.bsky.social · Nov 18

My book is out today! Available from Flying Out, Real Groovy and FlyingNun in akl, and Flying Nun in Wellington. You can also order it thru Flying Out. Book launch this Friday 4pm at Flying Out. flyingout.co.nz/products/pet...

PETER MCLENNAN - Deepgrooves: A Record Label Deep in the Pacific of Bass, and the People Who Gave It a Voice.

Peter McLennan (Dub Asylum, Hallelujah Picassos) has just unveiled his extraordinary book, telling the tale of 90s Auckland label Deepgrooves. Home to a remarkable spread of acts, from early Aotearoa ...

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Peter McLennan @dubdotdash.bsky.social · 9d

There's a biography of Chris Knox out this week - the author Craig Robertson contacted me a few years ago, as back in 1995 when I was at Ak Uni, I made a half hour documentary on Chris and he wanted to see it.
Anyway, I dug out the digital file and it's now online, enjoy! youtu.be/VQjvic02S8M?...

Chris Knox: Songs Of You And Me - a documentary about Chris Knox (1995)

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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 11d

Notes from a city past: David Herkt's new @audioculturenz.bsky.social piece on the era of transgender shows at Mojo's on Queen. The most enjoyable piece of writing I've read all week. www.audioculture.co.nz/articles/moj...

Mojo

From the beginning of the 1970s, at 348 Queen Street in Auckland, there was an unmissable sign. It read “Mojo’s Nitespot”. It would eventually become the frontage of New Zealand’s first, largest, and ...

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Peter McLennan @dubdotdash.bsky.social · 11d

Yeah I read about that. But there are no signs of anyone on the site. They also said in April they had signed a new contractor and they would restart work in May. Which reads like the developer is not really being upfront. The current finish date is sometime 2027 I think. Cheers

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Sunreturn @sunreturn.bsky.social · 12d

@babyzionov.bsky.social's 2025 has been full of sold out shows, festival appearances and charting releases. Today she has made it around the final lap to release her new album Raceways Of My Heart 💕

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🎨 @simonmward.bsky.social
📷 Frances Carter

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Peter McLennan @dubdotdash.bsky.social · 12d

Will have to check it out. Did you know Cher recorded an album at that studio the same year? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3614_Ja...

3614 Jackson Highway - Wikipedia

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Pip Adam @pipadam.bsky.social · 12d

The strongest National supporter I know told me last week how worried he was that his grandson had applied for so many jobs and was still unemployed. I think this comment will infuriate even him cause he believes in work & knows people aren't sitting on the couch.
www.nzherald.co.nz/rotorua-dail...

'Stop playing PlayStation': PM tells school leavers to 'get off the couch', 'go find a job'

Improving school attendance was 'job number one' for cutting future unemployment, he said.

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Peter McLennan @dubdotdash.bsky.social · 12d

Hi Sam, I read that story - they haven't restarted work yet. Not sure who told you they restarted in August this year but I work near there and there's been no signs of work resuming. They have reopened the sales office tho

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Tze Ming Mok 莫志明 @tzemingdynasty.bsky.social · 12d

How do you get to be a ‘business leader’ and think jobs are created by increased demand for jobs.

Musical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 12d

The audience applauded as Luxon asserted that the 400,000 people wanting work or more work would actually fit perfectly into the 20,000 available vacancies.
He then urged young people to have some get up and go. Parents looked worried by this comment - how would they afford to get their kids to Aus?

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Unemployed school leavers need to “get off the couch, stop playing PlayStation and go find a job”, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has told Rotorua business leaders.

The audience applauded his “tough-love” message yesterday, linking the city’s high unemployment rate to poor school attendance.

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Simon Ward @simonmward.bsky.social · 19d

New music video for @amamelia.bsky.social 's smashing new song 'The Floating Opera' out on @sunreturn.bsky.social 🎶
Went to town on this one a bit but very pleased with the results 🎭 Huge thanks to @browntown.bsky.social for the incredible band logo.

Watch the whole vid here -> youtu.be/AgaKhwIKp9I

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UnderTheRadar @undertheradarnz.bsky.social · 19d

@sunreturn.bsky.social's next Primer. event at Tāmaki Makaurau's 605 Morningside is a doozy — co-starring Alphabethead, Living Perfection and Finn Johansson!

Get tickets NOW via UTR.

Primer. With Finn Johansson, Living Perfection And Alphabethead - 605 Morningside, Auckland

Primer. With Finn Johansson, Living Perfection And Alphabethead, 605 Morningside, Auckland Sat, 25 October

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audioculturenz.bsky.social @audioculturenz.bsky.social · 26d

...Land of The Good Groove.⁠ ⁠ As Murray Cammick himself says, "bFM was hard to tune in to. You had to take a ghetto blaster up a volcanic cone to hear it in South Auckland."⁠

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audioculturenz.bsky.social @audioculturenz.bsky.social · 26d

Che Fu's album 'Navigator' went to No. 1 on the Aotearoa Album Chart this week in 2000, staying there for 3 weeks. Fun fact: 'Misty Frequencies' is a reference to the days when he’d tune his radio to 95bFM to catch Murray Cammick’s... audioculture.co.nz/profile/che-fu

Che Fu - AudioCulture

Che Ness was introduced to live music at an early age – he was four years old when he found himself on the stage at Western Springs Stadium in April 1979, watching Bob Marley perform from a position n...

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Peter McLennan @dubdotdash.bsky.social · 26d

on tomorrow (sat 20th), The Other Crate record fair returns to Allpress gallery, drake st, 9am to 130pm. Sellers include Cian, Stinky Jim, Sirvere, Miss Dom, Dustin, Apera, and me, plus more. If you like soul, funk, etc, get along!

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Stinky Jim @stinkyjim.bsky.social · Sep 15

Since they are in the mood, flinging some money at www.imva.co.nz would actually make all kinds of difference as hospo takes a repeated & prolonged kicking from this Government's economic bed shittery. Overseas corporates on the beg seems to be all they can process.

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Sassy Little Hobbit @sassypolitico.bsky.social · Sep 14

Tell you what tho, the 70,000 plus people who left for australia are definitely not going to concerts in NZ. Nor are all the people out of a job. Or the people barely making ends meet whose housing/food costs are taking up all their income. Or the people who are sick all the time.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · Sep 15

"I just want to say, go birds, fuck ICE and free Palestine," "Hacks" star Hannah Einbinder at the #Emmys

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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · Sep 14

The first Auckland Jazz Jam at Cupid yesterday afternoon was lovely. It's an open stage where anyone can get up and join the band. The kid on guitar had such a great energy – when he left later, he literally skipped down the road.

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Peter McLennan @dubdotdash.bsky.social · Sep 15

audioculturenz.bsky.social @audioculturenz.bsky.social · Sep 15

Kia ora, it's Rāmere Monday afternoon, and time for the AudioCulture Quiz. This week we have a special quiz celebrating Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, with questions by Gareth Shute. How did you get on? @garethshute.bsky.social
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, 15 September 2025 Moana and the Moahunters - Tahi 1. In 1993, Mo...

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Danielle, Petty Hate Machine @dimsie.bsky.social · Sep 15

Look I don't know how I missed this but here's another one to add to my list of reasons to hate this guy: he truly DOES use blue Comic Sans in his official prime ministerial emails #nzpol

"CML" sending his emails to his "team" in blue Comic Sans like some sort of SERIAL KILLER

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Dr Aleisha Ward @nzjazzhistory.bsky.social · Sep 15

I have a friend with a PhD in Art History and most of her doctorate was in the chemistry labs and working with lasers (her topic was conservation focused). But importantly she started with loving art and art history at high school.