Category: "Blogs"

Psyrok & Li’l Sister Jen – Calculus (Psylince) CD REVIEW

Local producer shows promise, but fails to bring home the bacon

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Petition against online censorship

Pat Pilcher looks at a groundswell against anti-counterfeiting “treaty” ACTA

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JONO MCCLEERY – THERE IS (Counter/Border) CD REVIEW

Gary Steel is tired of singers who fake their melancholia

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Little Axe – If You Want Loyalty Buy A Dog (On-U Sound/Southbound) CD REVIEW

A blues and dub hybrid that strokes Gary Steel’s sonic pleasure spots.

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Hi-fi Nostalgia

Is the hi-fi past all that it’s cracked up to be? John Groom ponders this heavy philosophical question.

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Megaupload shutdown backlash looms

Those nosy Yanks shut it down, but soon the heat will be turned on the prosecutors, says Pat Pilcher

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‘Dick Smith Stores Face Closure’ – Why I’m not surprised

Gary Steel expresses surprise that anyone would be surprised at the news that up to 100 Dick Smith stores in NZ and Australia face closure.

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The Great Preamp Play-off

Gary Steel compares the characteristics and functionality of four preamps, and comes to some surprising conclusions.

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3D Piracy The Next Frontier

The Pirate Bay sees 3D printed goods as the next big thing for piracy, reports Witchdoctor’s new columnist, PAT PILCHER, who is fresh back from the CES fair.

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BDO DOA?

Should we care about the demise of the Big Day Out?

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