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"Shine" by "Final Placement" (Original Video) from F.P. Shine on Vimeo.

Wowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowow. Wow.

The 2012 New Zealand BIG DAY OUT (their words, not mine)

Time to play 'Goodnight Irene'

Auction of Smooch recordings makes news

My friend Colin, once in a punk band that wasn't particularly good or successful*, ambitiously put out a 12" record on green vinyl, not the cheapest of formats. He pressed up 300 albums. He sold 40. One of the fortunate forty was yours truly.

Now Colin, appearing to be going through some sort of early mid-life crisis (the reality is much sweeter, having something to do with world travel and affairs of the heart) is selling many of his worldly possessions, including his pile of 200 and something Army Of Darkness albums in one job lot.

The subsequent TradeMe auction has received thousands of hits, mostly due to the engaging way it is written, and the amusing question and answer section. Check it out.

The auction has also made the front page of New Zealand's "Stuff" website; the article is transcribed below:

They played shows no-one went to, made records no-one bought and are only now getting the attention they had hoped for thanks to Trade Me.

Colin Mitchell put a bulk lot of 200-odd copies of his punk band's album on Trade Me last week - and it has since received more than 11,000 hits and 34 bids. As of Wednesday morning, bids had reached $111.

Army of Darkness printed 300 copies of its album Delamorte Dellamore on green vinyl in 2002 but sold only 40, losing more than $4500.

The record was even declared "too s**t to steal" after a friend fell asleep at a bus stop and had his wallet, cell phone, keys and shoes stolen - but not the album.

Mitchell kept the leftover copies of the album in his basement and recently put the whole collection on Trade Me, hoping that someone would buy them for the novelty factor, or to decorate their child's room with.

The Auckland man's sarcastic and witty auction - he describes the band as "the biggest mistake of my life" - has brought newfound attention to the group, which was together from 2001 to 2009.

He says the "cruddy" band struggled on like a dying man for "nine years longer than anyone wanted or needed".

"I thought the novelty factor would be enough but the music let us down," he said of the album's epic failure.

"It's been quite a tough experience because people keep giving them back to me. I thought they would eventually become a collector's edition but I was extremely wrong."

Mitchell has been answering questions in the same tone of his listing, telling people that he expected the records would be melted down or turned into wallpaper.

Despite the widespread attention, the bidding hasn't been fierce.

"Financially it is not a success but in terms of bringing attention to my failings it is," Mitchell said.

He promised that when the auction had reached the 10,000 mark he would put a link to the group's second album, which they appropriately titled Too S**t To Steal.

"I think they will be sorely disappointed when they hear it - it's just really not good," he said. "The combination of uselessness and further failure meant we didn't do anything with it."

* I was also in a punk band that wasn't particularly good or successful, The Poorly Rounded. Thankfully we had the presence of mind to make recordings on tape, and give them out to all seven fans we had.

Music today

As of posting, this.... "tune" currently has 5.3 million views.

A KISS cover band named Smooch

True Story.

CJ Juan of the Jam Factory just passed this on to me.

Too good to be true, but it is.

That makeup is less than convincing.

One of them states "KISS is one of the most underrated bands of all time" If anything, surely the opposite position is the one closer to reality.

Also, surely one of the benefits of being a KISS cover band is that if you really put the effort in, you could do a lot better live performance than the current KISS live show.
(With its stacks and stacks of Marshalls ...oh it's just a 2D backdrop ...that does explain why the sound is so tinny and pitiful).

But anyway.

SMOOCH Anytown.

Who was made for loving you?

Not a soul.

Music in New Zealand

Seeing as I no longer live in the country, I thought i'd check up on the local music scene.

See what's kickin' about, you know?

Well......


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There's GOTH DOLLY.



Mvv TV (never mind what that is) own host/vocalist, Chaz Cramp...



....and last but in no way least, musical maestro PETE.

Thanks to a couple of fellows who go by the monikers, "Riddimz" and "Dork"for these insights into the music scene under the long white cloud.

Easy to post... Easy to bin too

WHAT IT IS: "Eric Clapton Midi Files disc"

DETAIL OF AUCTION: "This standard midifile hit misic is on a 3.5diskette. You need ancient equipment - any compatible midi palyback system. GM, all 3.5 SMF disc drives, IBM compatibles, Apple Mac, Atari, Amiga via DOS file exchange. The karaoke aspect is ideal for budding singers to train up. This one contains songs by Eric Clapton, Sunshine of your life, Lay down Sally, White Room, CoCaine, Bell Bottom Blues, Forever Man, Prescence of the Lord, Shes Waiting, Let it Grow, all made in Canada. Ideal for musician. Easy to post"

PRICE: Budding singers need only offer up $10.

COMMENT FORM SELLER: Question: is this still sealed? blepharitis (87 ) 12:57 pm, Fri 7 May (Why do they care? - Ed)
Answer: The packet has been opened but the midi disc looks spotless and unused to me.The donor told me that it was never used. Hope this helps Thank you for your question MM

("Donor". As though it was a kidney not some old tat found in a cupboard. - Ed)