Hi-Fi Show Report: AXPONA
OWEN HARRIS moseyed along to the largest hi-fi show in the USA and instead of just taking in endless rooms of product took time
Plans to gut the public service challenged
An impassioned open letter to the people of Aotearoa from an anonymous civil servant with some troubling information.
Riot 111: Wellington’s “terrorist” punk band
To celebrate the imminent release of a lovely vinyl platter capturing the key moments of Wellington's “terrorist” punk band Riot 111, here’s a story
Old Man Shouts At Cloud #2 – Teaching financial literacy? How about health literacy?
In this Old Man Shouts At Cloud column, GARETH NEWMAN has an alternative to the Government’s plans to teach financial literacy in schools.
Old Man Shouts At Cloud #1 – Countdown’s fabulous new security measures
In the first Old Man Shouts At Cloud column GARETH NEWMAN lets off steam about Countdown’s new security measures.
Neil Roberts According to his friends
In 1983 some friends of Neil Roberts, who had blown himself up at the Wanganui Computer Centre, wrote this sort-of eulogy for TOM magazine.
Pacific Audio fest and a tale of three pressings
Veteran Kiwi hi-fi creator Simon Brown took his Wand turntable to the fabulous Seattle-based Pacific Audio Fest hi-fi show. Here's his take on the
The 2023 High End Munich show boasts the “wow” factor PLUS!
New Zealand importer STEPHEN SEQUE of Soul To Sole Audio took a wander around a selection of exhibits on Day 1 of High End
Christmas in a garage where worlds collide
Witchdoctor guest columnist Efeso Collins celebrated Christmas in a garage, a place of both great joy and abject misery.
Apple unveils two new iPads and a rerubbed Apple TV gizmo
Apple has unveiled two new iPads - the new version of its normal iPad and the next-gen iPad Pro - along with a new
The Death Of Co-Aklan – Cathal Coughlan, gone…
GEORGE HENDERSON pays tribute to former Microdisney and Fatima Mansions singer-songwriter Cathal Coughlin.
The Opshop Critique – unbearable music icons and celebrities, ’90s-style
Guest columnist GEORGE HENDERSON is shocked by a book of 1990s interviews with more than a few repugnant personalities.
I woke. Now I must just be.
This time last year singer-songwriter JOHN HANLON was in Auckland ICU with toxic shock and expected not to survive. Here's what happened next.
Get Back – the shortest review of the longest movie
Guest reviewer GEORGE HENDERSON writes about the band that came in from the cold - on Peter Jackson's sprawling Get Back film.
They wore it well: 10 great outfits on New Zealand record covers
A new book by STEVE BRAUNIAS presents 100 strange, beautiful and sometimes disturbing New Zealand LP covers. He selects 10 of the best and
China’s ultra-high-end hi-fi
Think you know everything there is to know about the audiophile scene? This will leave you gobsmacked: TONY WAINHOUSE writes about his incredible hi-fi
The secrets of a good home theatre system
What makes a home theatre system really sing? GARTH MURRAY of Theophany knows a thing or three about the science of loudspeakers.
Smith Dreams – The Fall in New Zealand 1982
Crazed fan HELEN COLLETT meets up with The Fall's Mark Smith for a long grilling in a Wellington pub. Photos: Charles Jameson.
Simple Minds – New (Zealand) Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)
HELEN COLLETT almost succumbs to the elements hitching a ride to the Simple Minds 1982 gig in Auckland and Jim Kerr writes in her
Obituary – Kiwi hi-fi legend Gary Morrison
Gary Morrison was a true legend of New Zealand hi-fi, and the man behind iconic amps from Craft, Plinius and PureAudio. SIMON BROWN shares
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