Next up #cloudboy from #newzealand on the #flyingnun label. This album - Down at the end of the garden - released in 2001 on CD only. Out on #vinyl for the first time for RSD this year so had to pick it up. #nowspinning #NowPlaying #NowListening #Vinyl #VinylRecords #vinylcollection @vinylrecords

Okay, so this is the TV advert for the compilation album that changed my life. I was really the only Indie Kid at school!
#FlyingNun #InLoveWithTheseTimes

#JukeboxFridayNight #ChangeMakers

https://youtu.be/_unrgAfbcIM

When i turned up in Aotearoa back in I got that #FlyingNun Popeyed electric compact disk and it was that #KingLoser tune that sizzled in a field of some very good companions.

https://thespinoff.co.nz/pop-culture/01-05-2023/a-documentary-about-a-notorious-90s-rock-band-needs-your-help

Tall Dwarfs rookie card, 1981 Topps style

#talldwarfs #chrisknox #alecbathgate #flyingnun #kiwipop #indierock #newzealand #tradingcards #cardart #drawing

So today was very #windy over here. As soon as I got out, I was #struck by #lightning, which welded my #Fedora #hat to my head.

Then the #wind picked up and it blew my hat upwards and I started #flying around the neighborhood like The Flying Nun.

(Some of you might have recognized in my welded hat the origin story of Mr. Canoehead from Four On The Floor, a #Canadian sketch #comedy #show.)

#originstory #sketchcomedy #mrcanoehead #fouronthefloor #canoe #flyingnun

My Top 1000 Songs #198: Point That Thing Somewhere Else. Way back in 1981, New Zealand indie rockers the Clean splayed out a post-Velvets/Stooges extended vamp with a spooky groove, giving punk rockers license to become noisy-ass jam bands. #music #indierock #KiwiRock #TheClean #FlyingNun https://www.jitterywhiteguymusic.com/2023/02/my-top-1000-songs-198-point-that-thing.html

"Uncharted territory: how the Fall’s fractious New Zealand tour nearly sank Flying Nun records

When the Kiwi indie label got a chance to record a live album by the Manchester band, the tensions fraying the group almost destroyed the record company"

#TheFall #FlyingNun

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/feb/21/the-fall-band-new-zealand-flying-nun-record-company

❝ The exact story of what happened next has taken on mythical proportions over time and many of the facts still remain unclear. In the lead-up to Christmas, Fall in a Hole debuted at No 47 in the album charts but vanished a week later. Its disappearance was due to a big problem. According to Chris Knox years later, the trouble began when he failed to deliver [free] copies of the album to [Mark E.] Smith … ❞ → https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/feb/21/the-fall-band-new-zealand-flying-nun-record-company

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#TheFall #MusicHistory #FlyingNun #NewZealand

The Chills - Brave Words, NZ Flying Nun
I mean apologies to all the brilliant Flying Nun bands all of whom I love and apologies to The Chills themselves who are still putting out great stuff but this record to me is peak 80s Kiwi indie, just an amazing achievement. #records #vinyl #TheChills #FlyingNun

@MarkIngs Here's a late entry for the Letter B!

An old favourite and a tribute to Hamish Kilgour RIP recently...

Artist: The Clean

Song: Beatnik
Album: Great Sounds Great EP
Released: 1982
Video: https://youtu.be/Ol3JHWlSRzc

Alright!
He's a rebel, he's a guru, and he's a beatnik
He's a rebel, he's a traitor, and he's a beatnik
He's a runner, and he's in the race to be a beatnik
He's a mentor, and he's a traitor, and he's a beatnik
She's a pebble, he's the water, he's a beatnik
He's a preacher, he's a teacher, he's a beatnik
Come on! Alright!
1 2, 2 4, ma ma ma ma ma
Come on! Come on! ma ma ma ma ma
'Cos he's a beatnik
'Cos he's a beatnik
'Cos he's a beatnik

#TheClean #FlyingNun #HamishKilgour #FortnightFridayMusic #Music

R.I.P. of course Hamish, still can't get over that, between him and the guy from Chixdiggit and the guy from Modest Mouse, that's 3 drummers we've lost in the last four weeks or so. 3 empty drum stools. Sad for drummers. Anyway - love the Clean, have tons of their stuff. Something I've always said about the Clean is everyone says they're influenced by the VU but they sound actually influenced with the Sterling-like hyper rhythm guitar playing. #vinyl #records #TheClean #FlyingNun #HamishKilgour

Yesterday's NTS.live/Great Southern Lands - Hamish Kilgour Tribute replay stream is available now:
https://www.nts.live/shows/great-southern-lands/episodes/great-southern-lands-13th-december-2022

#HamishGilmour #TheClean #NewZealandMusic #FlyingNun #NTSLive

Playing ukulele on a wet Rātapu ata in Tāmaki Makaurau #TeReoMāori #Ukulele #WaiataAotearoa #MusicNZ #FlyingNun

#WebDevelopers just a little reminder to check yr metadata and see what shows up in Google image searches on your sites!
R.I.P. Hamish Kilgour
#TheClean #FlyingNun #IndieRock

Roger Shepherd, the founder of #FlyingNun, has written an obituary for #HamishKilgour https://www.flyingnun.co.nz/blogs/features/hamish-kilgour-the-last-beatnik

Vale to fabulous musician, Hamish Kilgour. A founding member of seminal Dunedin band The Clean, Hamish had a lengthy and productive career as a musician and a painter. I love The Clean, and consider them a powerfully influential band, who had an astounding impact when you consider they came from the global south and all their releases were on a small independent label. Punk in attitude, psychedelic pop musically with sardonic lyrics, The Clean wrote a lot of outstanding music, which I've loved since discovering them in my early twenties. A huge figure for me and a band that opened my eyes. Respect to Hamish and condolences to his family. A legend.
#DunedinSound #NewZealand #theclean #flyingnun

I don't normally do the Stuff Three Strikes quiz, but aced this one on #FlyingNun albums!

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/quizzes/300743632/quiz-take-the-three-strikes-trivia-test-for-december-5-2022

So I finally bought the Fazerdaze album and EP I'd been enjoying on those naughty streaming services, and you should too - https://fazerdaze.bandcamp.com - #NowPlaying #music #NZ #FlyingNun

@slumberlandrecords #SneakyFeelings #TheTroubleWithKay remains one of the best pop songs ever written.

#FlyingNun is just #ChefsKiss

#Indie #IndieLabel #Indiepop #AlternativeMusic #Aotearoa #Dunedin

Superb. Need a whole album collaboration. It does feature Buzz Moller getting "beaten up" so CW. https://youtu.be/ylAavsuWayQ #FlyingNun #Voom #Fazerdaze