Music Author Seeks Audience
Ah yes, the time for shameless self-promotion has come around again. Tonight is the book launch for my new book on “Making Music in New Zealand,”, which is at Real Groovy at 6.30pm. If you know my e-mail address then you might even wanna contact me so you can come upstairs for a beer beforehand. The Ruby Suns will be playing a set as well - probably around 6.45pm so should be fun.

And how else have I been grovelling to get my book out this week? Let me count the ways...

Russell Brown very kindly gave me a guest slot on Public Address, which I think came out okay and gave me a chance to post some quotes that I liked but had to leave out of the last book (I am glad they are out there for people to have access to). It was also enjoyable to leave the swearing in the quotes for a change and have them listed rough and ready. If you have the hip hop book, compare the style of the quotes to those in the book and find out what a sneaky editor I am.

Olivia Kember from Headliners was nice enough to do a piece about the book. It is a weird program to be on, but she is really cool and did a great job (plus she actually goes out with a real sneak, so very good taste all around).

Today I also did an interview with the Central Leader so I will be in there with all the school violinists who are doing well and the grumpy old men who are sick of dogs pooing on their lawns (or whatever it is this week). After having such a horrendous photo taken of me last time I did an interview with them, I shall wait with dread to see what this one turns out like.

Real Groove also ran a half-page which included none of the information I discussed with Brock, but which still came out well. I suppose Brock just wanted an excuse to have a chat, being the interesting character that he is. Not many people can get away with wearing a baseball cap on an angle like an early Beastie Boy like he does.

This week, the Ruby Suns also got a few more good reviews from Nick Bollinger on National Radio and Gary Steel from the Metro (I have put the latter on our website if you are interested).

Anyway, that's plenty of blah for now. I am feeling a bit queasy after such a large dose of talking about myself, but fortunately the fem in my life likes to practise her negging on me so that should keep me in check, let's hope.