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The National: High Violet (4AD)
...I want to like the National more, but their almost willfully/arty... ...and at that point I -- and maybe you? -- like the National more....
Tagged with: coldplay | richmond fontaine | the national | u2 | wilco |
Music at Elsewhere: music/3264/the-national-high-violet-4ad/
GUEST WRITER BILL DIREEN writes about a project to save books from being disposed of by the National Library of New Zealand
...book disposals are being carried out by the National Library of New Zealand/Te Puna Mātauranga o... ...concern at continuing disposals of books at the National LIbrary of NZ. We remind you, every week...
Other Voices, Other Rooms: othervoicesotherrooms/9939/guest-writer-bill-direen-writes-about-a-project-to-save-books-from-being-disposed-of-by-the-national-library-of-new-zealand/
The National: First Two Pages of Frankenstein (digital outlets/vinyl)
...by writers' block, Matt Berninger of the National opened Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's... ...sounds”. If the devil's in the details, the National explore the minutiae of relationships beyond... ...Marriage and an enervating episode of Friends, the National dissect difficult adult issues, pick at the...
Music at Elsewhere: music/10690/the-national-first-two-pages-of-frankenstein-digital-outlets-vinyl/
The National: I Am Easy to Find (4AD/Rhythmethod)
...almost two decades the National, originally out of Ohio but these days its... ...and other players (Bon Iver briefly here too). The National just became the InterNational Orchestra . . .... ...write albums like that anymore” then The National just did. And then some. The Nationals' I Am...
Music at Elsewhere: music/8959/the-national-i-am-easy-to-find-4ad-rhythmethod/
The National: Laugh Track (digital outlets)
Right about now if you've heard the previous National album First Two Pages of Frankenstein which came out just six months ago and have picked up on Laugh Track you are probably checking the state of
Music at Elsewhere: music/10892/the-national-laugh-track-digital-outlets/
The National: Sleep Well Beast (4AD)
...are co-owned by Aaron and Bryce Dessner of The National, a band whose members now are not only... ...the third in the trilogy, Pop). At this point the National seem to have negotiated the spaces in between... ...And still is happy to have its heart broken. The National are here to oblige. The National play the...
Music at Elsewhere: music/8102/the-national-sleep-well-beast-4ad/
The National: A Skin, A Night/The Virginia EP (Beggars Banquet)
Don't be put off by the under-selling title here, this is much more than an EP (which I consider to be what, four, maybe five songs?) This "EP" is a 12 track collection which features this g
Tagged with: bruce springsteen | richmond fontaine | the national | wilco |
Music at Elsewhere: music/1627/the-national-a-skin-a-night-the-virginia-ep-beggars-banquet/
Various: Dark was the Night (4AD)
...Overseen by Aaron and Bryce Dessner of The National, this collection naturally has a kind of...
Tagged with: arcade fire | cat power |
Music at Elsewhere: music/2173/various-dark-was-the-night-4ad/
THE BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2019: THE READERS' CHOICES
...Listen to in a dark room at substantial volume The National – I Am Easy To Find. A beautiful album...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/9224/the-best-of-elsewhere-2019-the-readers-choices/
Gracie Abrams: The Secret of Us (digital outlets)
...Riddance was co-written with, and produced by, the National's Aaron Dessner who has worked with Swift, she... ...mope-pop with the lyrical detail Swift and the National employ – is a plausible collection of...
Music at Elsewhere: music/11206/gracie-abrams-the-secret-of-us-digital-outlets/
Paul Revere and the Raiders: Greatest Hits (1967)
...Long Hair which eventually went Top 40 on the national charts. A couple of years later they were in...
Tagged with: eric burdon | paul revere and the raiders |
Essential Elsewhere: essentialelsewhere/2154/paul-revere-and-the-raiders-greatest-hits-1967/
GUEST MUSICIAN DANIEL BOOBYER on being old school and making a vinyl record
...to sell all except three which are now in the National library. After making the 7” record I...
Tagged with: songwriter on songwriting |
Other Voices, Other Rooms: othervoicesotherrooms/5302/guest-musician-daniel-boobyer-on-being-old-school-and-making-a-vinyl-record/
TURKISH PSYCHEDELIC MUSIC FROM THE SEVENTIES REDISCOVERED (2017): Gonna take you wider
...-- said in article in the Abu Dabi magazine The National. “These albums are still undiscovered by... ...article by complier Kornelia Binicewicz in The National go here. ....
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/7889/turkish-psychedelic-music-from-the-seventies-rediscovered-2017-gonna-take-you-wider/
THE VALUE OF BOOKS AND READING (2021): Back to the Islands
...a book to protest the disposal of books from the National Library of New Zealand. That book has been...
Cultural Elsewhere: culturalelsewhere/10083/the-value-of-books-and-reading-2021-back-to-the-islands/
Berlin: Another brick in the Wall
...like Lichtenberg and Marzahn the neo-Nazis of the National Democratic Party have strong support, but...
Tagged with: berlin | nick cave | postcards from elsewhere | the idiot boy who flew | travel stories |
Travels in Elsewhere: travelstories/259/berlin-another-brick-in-the-wall/
OTIS BLACKWELL REMEMBERED (2012): Mr Otis, no regrets
...Songwriters Hall of Fame in '86 and the into the National Academy of Popular Music in '91. A tribute...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/5308/otis-blackwell-remembered-2012-mr-otis-no-regrets/
AMERICA BEFORE COLUMBUS, a doco series by CRISTINA TREBBI (SBS/Madman)
...television audience (it was made for SBS and the National Geographic Channel), it is bound to be of...
Tagged with: beyond whistler | driving across america | encounters in elsewhere | natchez trace | postcards from elsewhere | the alamo | the idiot boy who flew | travel stories |
Film at Elsewhere: film/3748/america-before-columbus-a-doco-series-by-cristina-trebbi-sbs-madman/
PRIME ROCKS; CARPOOL KARAOKE; WHEN CORDEN MET McCARTNEY (2018): You don't know how lucky you are, boy
...home in Forthlin Road – now owned by the National Trust – for the first time in over 50...
Film at Elsewhere: film/8666/prime-rocks-carpool-karaoke-when-corden-met-mccartney-2018-you-dont-know-how-lucky-you-are-boy/
Grim Ltd: Shakin' It Up At The Nicoberg (Frenzy)
...van der Reyden was working in sound for the National Film Unit so recorded this final show. On...
Tagged with: new zealand music |
Music at Elsewhere: music/10849/grim-ltd-shakin-it-up-at-the-nicoberg-frenzy/
BENNY HILL: A man out of time
...parsimoniously. Even when earning 30 times the national wage in the mid-50s, he still travelled to the...
Tagged with: benny hill | christopher guest |
Cultural Elsewhere: culturalelsewhere/1826/benny-hill-a-man-out-of-time/
45 SOUTH IN CONCERT by NEIL McKELVIE (Southland Musicians Club)
...gigs through to those which made their name of the national and international scene (like popular pianist...
Tagged with: chris bourke | from the vaults | new zealand music |
Writing at Elsewhere: writingelsewhere/4375/45-south-in-concert-by-neil-mckelvie-southland-musicians-club/
In BRIEF: A quick overview of some recent international releases
...exploratory guitarists around, Dessner -- of The National but who has done extramural projects with the...
Music at Elsewhere: music/7173/in-brief-a-quick-overview-of-some-recent-international-releases/
Bonny Light Horseman: Bonny Light Horseman (37d03d/Southbound)
...more familiar names such as Aaron Dessner (the National), Bella Blasko and Justin Vernon among many...
Music at Elsewhere: music/9277/bonny-light-horseman-bonny-light-horseman-37d03d-southbound/
PAUL TURNEY, INTERVIEWED (2024): From Flight X-7 to the I.R.A.
...however when he gets home he is wading through the National Folklore Collection of Ireland. “It's...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/11260/paul-turney-interviewed-2024-from-flight-x-7-to-the-ira/
MASTERPIECES FROM THE HERMITAGE (2015): Catherine the Great Collector
...The Legacy of Catherine the Great is at the National Gallery of Victoria International and runs...
Cultural Elsewhere: culturalelsewhere/7157/masterpieces-from-the-hermitage-2015-catherine-the-great-collector/
THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE JAZZ QUESTIONNAIRE: Reuben Bradley
...Dance), the winner to be announced at the national Jazz festival in Tauranga on April 18, 2014....
Tagged with: new zealand jazz | new zealand music |
The Famous Elsewhere Questionnaire: thefamouselsewherequestionnaire/6066/the-famous-elsewhere-jazz-questionnaire-reuben-bradley/
Craig Scott: Smiley (1971)
...in '71 (although stalled at number three on the national charts). Smiley had been written by Australian...
Tagged with: 1968 | creedence clearwater revival | from the vaults | generation kill | new zealand music | vietnam war |
From the Vaults: fromthevaults/4194/craig-scott-smiley-1971/
GUEST WRITER BILL DIREEN ON THE STRUGGLE TO SAVE OUR BOOKS (2021): Intellectual assets of no financial value?
...acquisition of some of the collections of the National Library. These writers are gathering on... ...The various strategies and arguments of the National Library directors have shifted with the winds.... ...the past century (and more), will be undone. The National Library is descended from the General Assembly...
Other Voices, Other Rooms: othervoicesotherrooms/10093/guest-writer-bill-direen-on-the-struggle-to-save-our-books-2021-intellectual-assets-of-no-financial-value/
NORMAN McLAREN, ANIMATOR: Making the screen come alive
...to Canada by Grierson who had established the National Film Board of Canada. It was 1941 and McLaren,... ...to make more and more innovative films for the National Film Board. Whether the effects were achieved... ...entitled The Eye Hears, the Ear Sees was in the National Film Library along with half of dozen other... ...hand noted that being 70 he had retired from the National Film Board; in later years he had been working...
Tagged with: animation | art spiegelman | chris marker | jerry lewis | norman mclaren | roger corman | the three stooges |
Film at Elsewhere: film/2010/norman-mclaren-animator-making-the-screen-come-alive/
GUEST WRITER SARAH JANE ROWLAND takes in big colonial history in Algeria
...the French wing of the independence movement, the National Liberation Front (FLN). The film’s...
Other Voices, Other Rooms: othervoicesotherrooms/5012/guest-writer-sarah-jane-rowland-takes-in-big-colonial-history-in-algeria/
MOSE ALLISON REVISITED (2016): When a young man walked by . . .
...and roll”) in the parody of prog-rock on the National Lampoon album, Goodbye Pop, “Why is this...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/7703/mose-allison-revisited-2016-when-a-young-man-walked-by/
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO, A TRIBUTE ALBUM: Another look in the art-rock mirror
...minimal Walk on the Wild Side; Matt Berninger (The National) gets the unenviable task of taking on I'm...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/10048/the-velvet-underground-and-nico-a-tribute-album-another-look-in-the-art-rock-mirror/
THOMAS KOHNSTAMM INTERVIEWED: Finding comfort and hell on this Lonely Planet
...well as where you could get your laundry done, the national parks and bus schedules. The pay-off for...
Tagged with: travels in elsewhere |
Writing at Elsewhere: writingelsewhere/248/thomas-kohnstamm-interviewed-finding-comfort-and-hell-on-this-lonely-planet/
Paul Simon: In the Blue Light (Sony)
...Frisell, an arrangement by Bryce Dessner of the National on Can't Run But, the chamber group yMusic . ....
Music at Elsewhere: music/8570/paul-simon-in-the-blue-light-sony/
MID-YEAR REPORT: THE TOP 33 OF '23 (2023): The opinionated one scribbles, and having scribbled moves on
...themselves.” Read the full review here The National: First Two Pages of Frankenstein We said,...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/10772/mid-year-report-the-top-33-of-23-2023-the-opinionated-one-scribbles-and-having-scribbled-moves-on/
GLOBAL RADIO: A round-up of recent world music releases
...Bangladeshi for their version of the national anthem Amar Shonar Bangle -- haven't quite...
World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/7152/global-radio-a-round-up-of-recent-world-music-releases/
HENRYK GORECKI, THE SORROWFUL SYMPHONY (1993): Capturing the spirit of the age, and marketing
...seller and appeared on the lower reaches of the national sales charts in early May 93 – without...
Tagged with: arvo part | henryk gorecki | john tavener | kronos quartet | ute lemper |
Cultural Elsewhere: culturalelsewhere/1816/henryk-gorecki-the-sorrowful-symphony-1993-capturing-the-spirit-of-the-age-and-marketing/
CHRIS KNOX, COLLECTED AND DONATED (2019): From Enemy to archive
...Alexander Turnbull Library is a division of the National Library of New Zealand, which is part of Te...
Something Elsewhere: somethingelsewhere/9222/chris-knox-collected-and-donated-2019-from-enemy-to-archive/
JOHN HIATT INTERVIEWED (1991): Through a glass, darkly
...anecdotes which sound culled from the pages of the National Enquirer. Trudy and Dave on Slow Turning is...
Tagged with: john hiatt |
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/2102/john-hiatt-interviewed-1991-through-a-glass-darkly/
ROBIN KELLY INTERVIEWED (2014): A Wilde ride as they Turn Back Time
...Bunny; Lust For Glory; has worked as tutor for the national Youth Theatre . . . And so much more. So was...
Cultural Elsewhere: culturalelsewhere/6496/robin-kelly-interviewed-2014-a-wilde-ride-as-they-turn-back-time/
10 MORE SOMEWHAT RARE REGGAE ALBUMS I'M PROUD TO OWN (2021): Off-beat and x-ray sounds
...and this album captured the zeitgeist where the National Front and neo-Nazi groups were highly visible....
Tagged with: reggae | reggae in elsewhere |
Something Elsewhere: somethingelsewhere/10066/10-more-somewhat-rare-reggae-albums-im-proud-to-own-2021-off-beat-and-x-ray-sounds/
1968: THE YEAR THAT ROCKED THE WORLD by MARK KURLANSKY reviewed (2004)
...Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, agreed. He told the National Guard to "shoot to kill"...
Tagged with: mark kurlansky | the rolling stones | vietnam war |
Writing at Elsewhere: writingelsewhere/256/1968-the-year-that-rocked-the-world-by-mark-kurlansky-reviewed-2004/
SUSAN AGLUKARK INTERVIEWED (1995): Inuit into the mainstream
...spokesperson for the Aboriginal Division of the National Alcohol and Drug Prevention Programme. And...
Tagged with: canada | tagiq | world music in elsewhere |
World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/3613/susan-aglukark-interviewed-1995-inuit-into-the-mainstream/
THE IDIOT BOY WHO FLEW: A story of saints, holy fools and Southern Italy
...II embarked on what John Allen, columnist for the National Catholic Reporter called "halo...
Something Elsewhere: somethingelsewhere/6063/the-idiot-boy-who-flew-a-story-of-saints-holy-fools-and-southern-italy/
WAIATA MĀORI MUSIC AWARDS (2018): Kia kaha and the winners are . . .
...to become supreme winner at the national kapa haka championship. And Dame Georgina...
Something Elsewhere: somethingelsewhere/8575/waiata-mĀori-music-awards-2018-kia-kaha-and-the-winners-are/
Chris Knox: Baby You're a Rich Man (1987)
...of him by Dita Angeles is on display at the National Portrait Gallery in Wellington. It captures...
From the Vaults: fromthevaults/11144/chris-knox-baby-youre-a-rich-man-1987/
1964: EYES OF THE STORM by PAUL McCARTNEY
...important they were. They have been donated to the National Portrait Gallery in London and around 250...
Writing at Elsewhere: writingelsewhere/10786/1964-eyes-of-the-storm-by-paul-mccartney/
Austin, Texas (2004): Deep in the Arse of Texas
...will quickly tell you stands taller than the National Capitol in Washington DC. But that's Texas for...
Tagged with: america, driving across the country | bill clinton | cultural elsewhere | encounters in elsewhere | george bush | los angeles | oregon, usa | postcards from elsewhere | texas | the alamo | the idiot boy who flew | travel stories |
Travels in Elsewhere: travelstories/270/austin-texas-2004-deep-in-the-arse-of-texas/
THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE: Rachel and Hayden Donnell of Great North
...to hear are . . . Rachel: About Today by The National, The Great White Ocean by Antony and the...
Tagged with: new zealand music |
The Famous Elsewhere Questionnaire: thefamouselsewherequestionnaire/6274/the-famous-elsewhere-questionnaire-rachel-and-hayden-donnell-of-great-north/
BILL FAIRS' ROCK'N'ROLL PHOTOS, AT AUDIOCULTURE (2019): History in the lens . . .
...the Who; clowning around as the Torn Sack at the National Jazz Festival in Tauranga in 1969 (yes, they...
Tagged with: new zealand music |
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/8789/bill-fairs-rocknroll-photos-at-audioculture-2019-history-in-the-lens/
1968: SAY YOU WANT A REVOLUTION (2023): The world on a short fuse
...Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, agreed. He told the National Guard to "shoot to kill"...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/10931/1968-say-you-want-a-revolution-2023-the-world-on-a-short-fuse/
Lucid 3: Dawn Planes (EMI)
...All Moments Leading To This went to #2 on the national Independent Music Chart and Heat-seekers...
Tagged with: donald reid | lucid 3 | luke thompson |
Music at Elsewhere: music/1207/lucid-3-dawn-planes-emi/
GERRY ROSLIE OF THE SONICS INTERVIEWED (2012): The noise of the Pacific Northwest
...album, which was intended to take them onto the national stage. But it barely sold. Singer-guitarist...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/4848/gerry-roslie-of-the-sonics-interviewed-2012-the-noise-of-the-pacific-northwest/
A RADICAL WRITER'S LIFE by DICK SCOTT
...Dick Scott, one of our finest contributors to the national dialogue through his diverse writing, is still...
Writing at Elsewhere: writingelsewhere/7315/a-radical-writers-life-by-dick-scott/
YASMIN BROWN PICKS HER BEST OF 2020 EPs
...have been made with huge names such as The National and Julia Jacklin, Hamilton’s vocal...
EPs by Yasmin Brown: yasminbrown/9676/yasmin-brown-picks-her-best-of-2020-eps/
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii: Sunday morning, coming down
...says Daniel Martinez, a historian with the National Park Service, “it’s not so much to...
Tagged with: hawaii | postcards from elsewhere | the idiot boy who flew |
Travels in Elsewhere: travelstories/2361/pearl-harbor-hawaii-sunday-morning-coming-down/
DOUGLAS LILBURN . . . AND BEYOND (2022): The path to electronics . . . and beyond
...(but still writing). Short term contract with the National Broadcasting Service in Wellington for a... ...the 10th anniversary of the founding of the National Orchestra. Reviews of the concert where it was...
Cultural Elsewhere: culturalelsewhere/6027/douglas-lilburn-and-beyond-2022-the-path-to-electronics-and-beyond/
COLDITZ, PRISONERS OF THE CASTLE by BEN MACINTYRE
...He was also conflicted because he supported the nationalist aspirations of the Indian independence...
Writing at Elsewhere: writingelsewhere/10540/colditz-prisoners-of-the-castle-by-ben-macintyre/
DOUGLAS LILBURN HONOURED (2014): The composer with the farmer's hands
...won, respectively, first and second place in the National Centennial Celebrations Competitions in New... ...until offered a short term contract conducting the National Broadcasting Service String Orchestra. He...
Tagged with: new zealand music |
Cultural Elsewhere: culturalelsewhere/6618/douglas-lilburn-honoured-2014-the-composer-with-the-farmers-hands/
THE WORLD OF TINTIN. The timeless boy
...King Ottokar's Sceptre. The director of the National Maritime Museum also noted that Herge drew his... ...sympathetic toward Native Americans, then has the National Guard pushing the tribe off its land at...
Tagged with: art and artists | art spiegelman | biggles | books and authors | from hell | tintin |
Writing at Elsewhere: writingelsewhere/384/the-world-of-tintin-the-timeless-boy/
TARANAKI WOMAD 2015; THE ARTISTS' LINE-UP
...his life. He travelled to France, studying at the National Conservatory of Angers from 1998 to 2005, then... ...the Johnsons, Laurie Anderson, David Byrne, The National and Yoko Ono. A sound both ancient and utterly...
Tagged with: womad artist 2015 |
World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/6637/taranaki-womad-2015-the-artists-line-up/
RIP IT UP, RECOVERED (2019): Music and culture on the printed page
...have been made available on-line through the National Library in its Papers Past pages. Starting in... ...who had been a contributor himself, persuaded the National Library to place these issues on their website...
Something Elsewhere: somethingelsewhere/8937/rip-it-up-recovered-2019-music-and-culture-on-the-printed-page/
IMPERIAL ISLAND by CHARLOTTE LYDIA RILEY
...which reaches from old fashioned jingoism to the nationalistic subtexts of Cool Britannia and Britpop....
Writing at Elsewhere: writingelsewhere/10994/imperial-island-by-charlotte-lydia-riley/
Luluc: Passerby (SubPop)
...after the death of Randell's dad) and now have the National's guitarist Aaron Dessner as co-producer on...
Tagged with: sub pop |
Music at Elsewhere: music/6471/luluc-passerby-subpop/
GRATEFUL DEAD REVISITED, AGAIN? (2016): Welcome to the re-resurrection
...17 minutes epic by an all-in group featuring the National and others (sounding like George Harrison).... ...enlightening and enjoyable tribute are the National's Dessner brothers – Bryce and Aaron... ...which, in an odd way, makes sense. The National (and especially in their numerous side... ...history to what they do . . . and of course the National (in various configurations) play a straight...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/7470/grateful-dead-revisited-again-2016-welcome-to-the-re-resurrection/
ONE TWO THREE FOUR: THE BEATLES IN TIME by CRAIG BROWN
...Paul McCartney and John Lennon, both owned by the National Trust. He amusing unravels what they are been...
Writing at Elsewhere: writingelsewhere/9703/one-two-three-four-the-beatles-in-time-by-craig-brown/
Grizzly Bear: Veckatimest (Warp)
...this year put together by two of the guys from The National (Elsewhere had and still has their Deep Blue...
Music at Elsewhere: music/2453/grizzly-bear-veckatimest-warp/
BOB DYLAN: ANOTHER SELF PORTRAIT, THE BOOTLEG SERIES VOL. 10 (2013): More back pages
...gathered in front of the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall. Just two years previous this cultural...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/5877/bob-dylan-another-self-portrait-the-bootleg-series-vol-10-2013-more-back-pages/
GUEST WRITER CHRIS BOURKE shares an extract from his new book Goodbye Maoriland, The Songs and Sounds of New Zealand’s Great War
...like a stuck gramophone record, they repeated the national anthem until the Governor left in his car. The... ...rampant flag-waving to the accompaniment of the national anthem. In the five years before the war,...
Other Voices, Other Rooms: othervoicesotherrooms/8132/guest-writer-chris-bourke-shares-an-extract-from-his-new-book-goodbye-maoriland-the-songs-and-sounds-of-new-zealand’s-great-war/
THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE: Matt and Jenny (of Matt Stalker and the Fables)
...finally got round to getting High Violet by The National, which is phenomenal. Last thing I downloaded...
The Famous Elsewhere Questionnaire: thefamouselsewherequestionnaire/3908/the-famous-elsewhere-questionnaire-matt-and-jenny-of-matt-stalker-and-the-fables/
BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2010: READERS' CHOICES
...albums which I simply didn't get. Sorry, the National still don't do it for me . . . but came... ...fun. What’s not to like? -- Michael The National; High Violet: The National go for the indie...
Tagged with: best of elsewhere 2006 | best of elsewhere 2007 | best of elsewhere 2008 | best of elsewhere 2009 | best of elsewhere 2010 |
Music at Elsewhere: music/3779/best-of-elsewhere-2010-readers-choices/
THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE: Lauren Thomson
...(And your most recent downloads include . . .) The National and Avalanche City One song, royalties for...
Tagged with: bobbie gentry | bonnie raitt | carlene carter | carrie rodriguez | dan penn | donna dean | eilen jewell | jackie bristow | kasey chambers | lauren thomson | tami neilson | the famous elsewhere questionnaire |
The Famous Elsewhere Questionnaire: thefamouselsewherequestionnaire/3858/the-famous-elsewhere-questionnaire-lauren-thomson/
Dogo Du Togo: Dogo (digital outlets)
...West Africa” and French is still the national language alongside local languages. We needn't...
World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/10471/dogo-du-togo-dogo-digital-outlets/
THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE SONGWRITER QUESTIONNAIRE: Rodney Fisher
...last CD or vinyl album you bought was . . . The National - First Two Pages Of Frankenstein One song,...
The Famous Elsewhere Questionnaire: thefamouselsewherequestionnaire/10875/the-famous-elsewhere-songwriter-questionnaire-rodney-fisher/
SEDITION AND ALCHEMY: A BIOGRAPHY OF JOHN CALE BY TIM MITCHELL (2005): Opportunity knocked
...talent. At 13 he was the viola player in the National Youth Orchestra of Wales, having started on...
Tagged with: books and authors | john cale | lou reed |
Writing at Elsewhere: writingelsewhere/1912/sedition-and-alchemy-a-biography-of-john-cale-by-tim-mitchell-2005-opportunity-knocked/
EDDIE DANIELS INTERVIEWED (1999): Seasons in the sun
...Los Angeles he talks of recent projects with the National Symphony at the Kennedy Centre, a jazz...
Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/4671/eddie-daniels-interviewed-1999-seasons-in-the-sun/
IN BRIEF: A quick overview of some recent international releases
...players (which includes the Dessners from The National) barely rouses itself past a sleep-walking...
Music at Elsewhere: music/7193/in-brief-a-quick-overview-of-some-recent-international-releases/
BABYSITTERS ANGRY AT TEACHERS TAKING THEIR JOBS
...Watkiss, 17, said BU had united with the national Babysitters Association (as BUBA) to fight for...
Absurd Elsewhere: absurdelsewhere/9366/babysitters-angry-at-teachers-taking-their-jobs/
Norman McLaren: Synchromy (1971)
...film. I think my first letter was sent to the National Film Board of Canada where he had worked and...
From the Vaults: fromthevaults/11274/norman-mclaren-synchromy-1971/
MAN OF ARAN by ROBERT J FLAHERTY/BRITISH SEA POWER (DVD/CD): The lonely sea and the sky
...and the indifference of Nature. They were the National Geographic of the silver screen and even today...
Tagged with: british sea power | robert j flaherty |
Film at Elsewhere: film/2482/man-of-aran-by-robert-j-flaherty-british-sea-power-dvd-cd-the-lonely-sea-and-the-sky/
THE BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2012: THE EDITOR'S TOP 40
...optimism and self-doubt. Produced by the National's Aaron Dresser and with an excellent...
Music at Elsewhere: music/5412/the-best-of-elsewhere-2012-the-editors-top-40/
RICHARD NUNNS AND TAONGA PUORO (2019): Sounds from darkness into the light
...to make into instruments, and Bill Cooper from the National Museum turned up a large number of the real...
Cultural Elsewhere: culturalelsewhere/9091/richard-nunns-and-taonga-puoro-2019-sounds-from-darkness-into-the-light/
DAVID CROSBY INTERVIEWED (2007): Survivor stories
...Cronkite and people like that stood for, to the National Enquirer and Star magazine. We’ve headed...
Tagged with: bob dylan | david crosby | neil young | stephen stills |
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/383/david-crosby-interviewed-2007-survivor-stories/
SIGUR ROS, REVIEWED (2022): Strangers from a strange land
...alongside Kind of Blue, something by the National and Brian Eno. Sigur Ros, now more than 25...
Live reviews + concert photos: livereviews/10398/sigur-ros-reviewed-2022-strangers-from-a-strange-land/
AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL ART (2011): The state of the art
...and New South Wales state galleries, and the National Gallery). Ioannou – who speaks... ...have happened. “It's taken a while for the national institutions to realise the importance of... ...don't understand why Aboriginal art is not on the national agenda in schools,” says Jonathan Jones....
Tagged with: andy warhol | colin mccahon | cultural elsewhere | picasso | shirin neshat | tarrawarra gallery | venice biennale |
Cultural Elsewhere: culturalelsewhere/3830/australian-aboriginal-art-2011-the-state-of-the-art/
GUEST COMMENTATOR SIMON GRIGG on New Zealand's patchy history of political songs
...Laing and the Blams 'Marsha' amongst them), The National Party's (actually Blam Blam Blam) Don't Close...
Other Voices, Other Rooms: othervoicesotherrooms/6595/guest-commentator-simon-grigg-on-new-zealands-patchy-history-of-political-songs/
Taiwu Children's Ancient Ballads Troupe and Daniel Ho: To and From the Heart (Wind Music)
...treasures, most of them brought over when the Nationalists fled the mainland as the Communist forces...
World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/8787/taiwu-childrens-ancient-ballads-troupe-and-daniel-ho-to-and-from-the-heart-wind-music/
Seoul, South Korea: Soul to Seoul, a bloggers journal 2008
...and they said they couldn't do it. I went to the National Bank down the road and they could, but it...
Tagged with: byungki hwang | journalism | postcards from elsewhere | seoul | the idiot boy who flew | travel stories | ullungdo, south korea |
Travels in Elsewhere: travelstories/1799/seoul-south-korea-soul-to-seoul-a-bloggers-journal-2008/
ANDY WARHOL AND AI WEWEI (2015): A long overdue encounter
...their work at least, meet on common ground at the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne for a...
Cultural Elsewhere: culturalelsewhere/7242/andy-warhol-and-ai-wewei-2015-a-long-overdue-encounter/
EPs by Yasmin Brown
...close. Being associated with acts such as The National and Julia Jacklin, you can easily imagine the...
EPs by Yasmin Brown: yasminbrown/9477/eps-by-yasmin-brown/
THE BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2024: THE EDITOR'S PICKS
...mope-pop with the lyrical detail Swift and the National employ – is a plausible collection of...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/11358/the-best-of-elsewhere-2024-the-editors-picks/
NEIL FINN INTERVIEWED (2001): Man alone
...in the car and I have it set between bFM and the National Programme and every now and again I listen to...
Tagged with: jimmy webb | neil finn | new zealand music | paul mccartney | richard thompson | split enz | the beatles |
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/2331/neil-finn-interviewed-2001-man-alone/
Archers of Loaf: All the Nations Airports (Fire/Southbound)
...where eccentricity is endemic and part of the national character. However Archers of Loaf from North...
Music at Elsewhere: music/5640/archers-of-loaf-all-the-nations-airports-fire-southbound/
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Old and new, the same but different
...and music can be exotic. Masjid Negara, the National Mosque which is not only beautiful but allows...
Tagged with: kuala lumpur | kuching | malaysia | postcards from elsewhere | sabah | sarawak | the idiot boy who flew | travel stories |
Travels in Elsewhere: travelstories/310/kuala-lumpur-malaysia-old-and-new-the-same-but-different/
The Loving Arms: Dreaming Over You (Ghost Records/bandcamp)
...fan described this Auckland band as “the National meets Neil Young meets the Magic... ...on their albums. But add the confidence of the National to the alt.folk-rock of Neil Young and Magic...
Tagged with: new zealand music |
Music at Elsewhere: music/10620/the-loving-arms-dreaming-over-you-ghost-records-bandcamp/