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Michael Brown

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Music Curator at Alexander Turnbull Library | JD Stout Fellow 2023, Victoria University of Wellington | Author of "Eyeliner's BUY NOW" (33 1/3 Oceania) | Personal account | https://notunlikeatrumpet.wordpress.com/33-1-3/

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Michael Brown @jingajik.bsky.social · Apr 30

O U T N O W

For the 33 1/3 Oceania series, a study of Eyeliner’s BUY NOW @disasteradio.bsky.social. The story of a classic NZ #vaporwave LP and creative journey thru changing times and technologies @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social

To order: www.bloomsbury.com/au/eyeliners...

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Simon Grigg @opdiner.com · 1d

I said I'd write a few words about Craig Robertson's much-anticipated Chris Knox bio, which I love.

These are personal reflections on what will likely be the definitive history of a man who changed indie/alt music globally

opdiner.substack.com/p/cause-when...
#aotearoa
@audioculturenz.bsky.social

'Cause, when it all comes down to dust

Can I say that Craig Robertson's bio of Chris Knox is anticipated? It is, and it's arrived.

opdiner.substack.com

Michael Brown @jingajik.bsky.social · 1d

Don't know why it's taken me so long to get around to reading this brilliant book by Samantha Bennett. Highly recommended if yr interested in popular music production history.

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Gary Steel @garysteel.bsky.social · 2d

My thoughts on the Chris Knox biography out this week.

www.witchdoctor.co.nz/2025/not-giv...

Not Given Lightly – A long and winding road - Witchdoctor

Sixteen years after the stroke that put a full stop on his career Chris Knox gets a biography that describes his life, character and achievements in forensic detail. Reviewed by GARY STEEL.

www.witchdoctor.co.nz

Michael Brown @jingajik.bsky.social · 2d

Playing in the Band

Listen to selected multitrack recordings of The Grateful Dead, for research, curiosity, or to jam along

www.dead.net/playinginthe...

Grateful Dead PlayingInTheBand-New

Official Site Of The Grateful Dead

Michael Brown @jingajik.bsky.social · 2d

New Archives building outperforms Smithsonian for air-tightness

www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

New Archives building outperforms Smithsonian for air-tightness

An independent assessment has found the country's new Archives building achieves air-tightness far beyond national and international archival standards.

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Bradley Morgan @bradleymorgan.bsky.social · 20d

My latest @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social interview is out! Talked with @jamescampion.bsky.social about his new book chronicling the evolution of Prince’s band, “Revolution: Prince, the Band, the Era” (Backbeat, 2025). Check it out here or wherever you get podcasts: newbooksnetwork.com/revolution

Michael Brown @jingajik.bsky.social · 3d

Mike Miley discusses his new book on David Lynch.

Particularly interested in the idea of Lynch's influence on "Laura Palmer Pop", i.e. Lana Del Ray, Lorde, Olivia Rodrigo...

newbooksnetwork.com/david-lynchs...

Michael Brown @jingajik.bsky.social · 3d

On the Skyduster Palm (Washingtonia robusta) in New Zealand

Part One of Mike Lloyd's tour of local specimens, short and lofty; thelocalarboretum.blog/2025/09/14/b...

‘Better by the Dozen’: The Mexican fan palm in early New Zealand gardens. Part 1

Without much by way of intentional planning, we’ve been getting through the main palms that featured in early New Zealand gardens. Strangely though, I’ve left out the Mexican fan palm, …

thelocalarboretum.blog

Michael Brown @jingajik.bsky.social · 3d

Nice... did you solve the games? It was far too hard for our 12 yr old minds.

Michael Brown @jingajik.bsky.social · 3d

*"Before 3D graphics or open-world sandboxes, there was Zork"

(Sorry, new screen protector is a shocker for tapping in text)

Michael Brown @jingajik.bsky.social · 3d

Available from: shop.acmi.net.au/collections/...

ACMI Guide: Zork - Softcover

Game Worlds book only freight options are now available at checkout for international orders at a reduced rate. USA - we're currently working through options to reduce freight inline with new tarrif d...

shop.acmi.net.au

Michael Brown @jingajik.bsky.social · 3d

"Before 3D graphics or oen-world sandbox, there was Zork"

Interviews, articles, and tons of great illustrations. A cool pocket history of this great text adventure game from @sebchan.bsky.social and the folks at ACMI. Nostalgic for a time in the early 80s playing Zork on a friend's father's IBM.

Michael Brown @jingajik.bsky.social · 4d

Its a multi-layered piece, including references to present-day opshop EarthLink (itself a "wheel of fortune" for gleaners). Plus a neat homage video with super authentic soundtrack by @disasteradio.bsky.social

Michael Brown @jingajik.bsky.social · 4d

The Wheel of Avalon

Art installation by Bronwyn Holloway-Smith based around the 90s gameshow "Wheel of Fortune". A study in postirony, currently on at the Dowse in Lower Hutt, where the NZ version of WoF was filmed.

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Matthew Goody @needlesandplastic.bsky.social · 4d

A new Bilders record is on the horizon, packed with new material and a couple never-released vintage Bilders tunes with the Stu Page and Greig Bainbridge lineup.

carbon-records.bandcamp.com/album/neverl...

Neverlasting, by Bilders

carbon-records.bandcamp.com

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Stephen Clarke @stephenclarkenz.bsky.social · 4d

Happy 90th Birthday to Sydney’s Luna Park. Remembering my visit back in 1991. Photograph Brian Brake (1927–88) #LunaPark90

Sydney: Luna Park
Production
Brian Brake; photographer; Sydney
Classification
colour transparencies, colour slides
Materials
photographic gelatin, reversal film, cut film
Materials Summary
colour transparency
Techniques
chromogenic processes, colour photography
Registration Number
CT.047363
Credit line
Te Papa Museum Gift of Mr Raymond Wai-Man Lau, 2001

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Bill Manhire @pacificraft.bsky.social · 5d

Wellington's independent bookstores

www.wellingtonnz.com/visit/shoppi...

Find an independent bookshop in Wellington - WellingtonNZ

Welcome to bookworm heaven. From secondhand treasures to the newest releases, there’s a book for everyone at these boutique bookshops in Wellington.

www.wellingtonnz.com

Michael Brown @jingajik.bsky.social · 5d

"Memes, Monsters, and the Digital Grotesque" (2024) by Cristina Moreno- Almeida

#CreativeCommons monograph on "digital horror" genres that emerged during the 'Arab Winter' of 2016-2020. Downloadable 👇

library.oapen.org/handle/20.50...

Michael Brown @jingajik.bsky.social · 6d

Thanks Melbourne - a great city to take time off in

Michael Brown @jingajik.bsky.social · 6d

"I have now heard - and am powerless to describe- reggae elevator music" (David Foster Wallace)

Michael Brown @jingajik.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you 🙏

Michael Brown @jingajik.bsky.social · 6d

Would be great to be there, hope it goes well. And look forward to reading this, the advance chapters published a few years back were excellent.

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Gary Steel @garysteel.bsky.social · 7d

The very first album review I ever wrote was on this record, so it's only sensible that I mark the occasion of its 50th anniversary (and a box set to match) with another one.

www.witchdoctor.co.nz/2025/the-zap...

The Zappa album that even agnostics should hear - Witchdoctor

Frank Zappa – One Size Fits All 50th Anniversary Super Deluxe (Universal)As a super-duper expanded box version of One Size Fits All arrives in the shops GARY STEEL reckons it’s a record that even hate...

www.witchdoctor.co.nz

Michael Brown @jingajik.bsky.social · 8d

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