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Books, Music and Wine (Tofu Horse Plays Again!)

1 Sep

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I’m very excited about two things. Firstly, my good friend Holly Painter is publishing her book Excerpts from a Natural History this week. Secondly, because of this she’ll be back in Auckland for a few days and I get to perform at the book launch. (Wait, isn’t that three things to be excited about?)

The launch will also include a comedian, and two other books from people I have yet to meet (this month really is shaping up to be exciting): Carbon Shapes by Stephanie Christie, and The Burnt Hotel by Olivia Macassey.

DATE: Thursday 17th September

TIME: 5 – 8pm

PLACE: Alleluya Cafe, St Kevins Arcade, Karangahape Rd, Auckland Central

I’m performing as one half of Tofu Horse, the other half constructed of the very talented Darryn Paterson-Harkness. Somehow we manage to sing, play guitar, bass, drums and kazoo between us, and make a heap of noise.

And to tie into this (loosely)… here is a picture of me performing at Vitamin S only last night (photographed by Derek Tearne).

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I wish I’d known about this when I wrote the last one…

23 Apr

Had I known when I was diligently writing a review of Andrew Fagan’s book Swirly World (see last post, four days ago) that he in turn had mentioned me (or my music at least) in this month’s New Zealand Musicians Magazine I so would have mentioned it. So so (but not “so so”. Eh what?)

Here’s the interview, and if you scroll down – down – down – right down to the bottom he mentions his favourite songs. And amongst them is ‘River Song’ (actually called ‘River Calls Me Now’, but who’s complaining?), which I wrote and recorded with Darryn Paterson-Harkness on the very night that we met, and which was later released as a track on a New Telepathic’s album.

Here’s the song in video form.

(And I’m quietly pretty chuffed, by the way.)

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