I read this quote in an interview with Don on Spencer's site. It immediately called to mind this poem by James Wright, which to me is an exact description of...
This report of the Dave Dobbyn show in Wellington contained an interesting tidbit: & a rousing rendition of "there is no depression in NZ" by blam blam blam ...
Just when I was going to accuse you of posting messages that cause the brain to ache (I haven't been put through the paces since uni- I'm still reeling from...
... Um..er.. oh dear! How do I put this... the words of "There Is No Depression In New Zealand" were written by Richard Von Sturmer. Don's lyrics *could*...
... There is a bit of a misunderstanding here. The title "laureate" is nothing to do with Dobbyn it was the honorarium accompanying the award Don got a few...
I thought it was Dobbyn's conscious play on the musician laureate title Don McG got. Tricia- who hopes you survived Bodega's awesome holiday lineup. ... ...
I think Dave was picking up on the word "laureate" and comparing Don to a "poet laureate", which, in the UK, is a poet appointed by the monarch as the...
Hi. I've only just joined, so I haven't had a chance to read through *all* the posts. But, I haven't seen much comment on Alan's album yet. I received it as a...
"Ross Clement <clemenr@...>" <clemenr@...> writes ... All?... [Glances under desk to check they haven't fallen on the floor] ... Ahem...bit of a...
Wot Gorilla
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Jan 22, 2003 7:16 pm
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Debate on the forum tends to ebb and flow with news and basically how much time people have, but you are certainly welcome Ross. I am hopefully having a copy...
Graham Kerr
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Jan 22, 2003 9:03 pm
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Hi. I'd like to continue the discussion on 'Helicopter Pilot', but would like to check something. I know of a song which I think of as 'Lucky Stars', which has...
... ...... (must post more carefully) and I think this is 'Helicopter Pilot', but I'm not sure. Is it? I heard it twice (IIRC) in concert. Cheers, Ross-c...
... Must say, I've never heard that one... I daresay a recording will be lying around in an archive somewhere... (can you confirm, Mr McGlashan? :) I'm in the...
... Hi Wot, (or, is it "Mr. Gorilla" to me?). Does hanging out on an uncomfortable Swedish posture chair count? The life of a mb fan has been one of learning ...
... ...which is why I haven't heard much of it... :) :) The music may be laid back, but the lyrics are decidedly pointed in some places. I'm most definitely...
Folks, time to refresh those browsers... www.muttonbirds.8m.com Largely cosmetic, but with a few new bits and bobs. You might want to head for the Audio...
A few weeks back there was a short discussion of "Helicopter Pilot" on the list-specifically the lyrics, though no one seemed to recognize them. I knew that...
If remember correctly when Don performed it he did a little mickey take of them sucking their cheeks in, tossing their head back or sneering at the cameraman...
Graham Kerr
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Feb 4, 2003 4:16 pm
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Hi, Just a quickie - currently in the process of adding a load of old articles to muttonbirds.8m.com (including a pretty good Blams interview from Rip It Up...
Hi everyone Just celebrating the fact that we now have 100 members! The last person to join was Tim Carey. Tim, I have sent you an e-mail, but if you don't...
Can't remember, have you ever done a listing of where all the members reside? DKD ... __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo!...
Briefly, No simply because many members choose to remain as anonymous as possible (fair enough too) and have not disclosed their country of origin. My purely...
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the muttonbirds group: Where are you? Let's find out how international our Group is! :-) To make it...
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Feb 19, 2003 2:18 am
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To find out I have entered a Poll. Go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/muttonbirds/surveys?id=1039133 and vote. I kept the vote anonymous (nobodys e-mail...
Oops, no Asia? I thought there was someone from HK? Anyhoo, this is probably the first post from Japan. So hello to you all. Just to be loosely on topic,...
Hey Thom Great idea! If you can change the second Africa to Asia that'd be good. We may well have more members there than we think - generally that should...
hey there people saw don play 'not too take sides' with matthew's band 'the weather' at potters park (balmoral, auckland) in the sun on sunday afternoon....
Hey Brodie, You lucky Aucklander. You get to the best (free and otherwise) gigs around town, year after year. All the rest of us get to do is to read about the...
oops - my mistake! I fixed the problem and changed the 2nd Africa to Asia (which it should have been in the first place) Anyhow - seems because I changed the...
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