Feist Rocks!

Isn't this great! I haven't heard this song for a couple of months then came across this rocky live version again.

Lovely!

Pot Luck!

I just selected a random photo from the New Zealand set.

Wellington Botanical Gardens.

A lovely day.

Pooh!!

Man Utd 2 - Liverppol 1

(Sorry but this is a family blog!!)

Birthday Gal

Happy Birthday Nice Niece!

Happy St Patrick's Day!!

sO iNSANE

So Insane!

Ella thinks it's fab, Jamie couldn't find it on the link.

What do U think?

If you can't get it on the link, go to youtube and type in the name of the song and artist in the youtube search engine. You get lots of hits for So Insane by Discovery.

This pic is from a groovy fan-made animation.

Anybody check out the Paekakariki video?

Sheba - Paekakariki

This is a still from the video Paekakariki by Paekakariki based singer Sheba Williams. Not many people sing about Paekakariki so it's interesting to hear Paekakariki being mentioned in a song. Bea and I saw the Paekakariki video in a either Ramati Beach or Paraparaumu Beach gallery because Ady had a table on display there. Freya also saw the video so I've added a groovy picture of her below (taken in Te Papa Museum Wellington not Paekakariki).



You can see the video for Paekakariki, which was filmed on location in Paekakariki, on either of the following links:

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=18844936

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXroSGQ0TnA&feature=related

Sheba has other interesting stuff apart from Paekakariki but as we stayed in Paekakariki we like Paekakariki best. We also like Paekakariki, the village, too!

How many Paekakarikis is that? I bet Paekakariki has never been mentioned so many times before in such a short text.

NZ Taster

This is just a taster! You can check out Bea's Kiwi Holiday selection here:


http://picasaweb.google.com/beatrizjaramillo/KiwiHolidays#

Dovetales Go Techno!!!

Hip New Zealand duo Dovetails have entered the technological age with the inauguration of their own MY SPACE page. The most un-technical group on the planet have launched themselves into the 21st Century by going online as a first step to world domination.

You can check out the page and hear 6 of their greatest hits here:

http://www.myspace.com/dovetailsnz

Enjoy!

Shake, Rattle & Roll

Of the 357 earth movements this week, 203 of them were located in this zone.

That's Santiago there at the top (obscured by earth movement data!!).

If you want futher info, check out this great web page;

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/index.html

Happy Birthday Adie

Mary Poppins lookalike AD (Ady? Adie?) celebrates his birthday today.

He is 3 x 4 + 3 x 3 + 3. What's the answer Freya?

Favourite Song 2010 (1)

So Insane by Discovery
That slow part just throbs & oozes out. Scrumptious!!

Check it out here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYIyuy4m3H

The band are made up of a guy from Vampire Weekend (very hip!) and a guy from Ra Ra Riot (never heard of em!)

ps. Their name is an anagram of Very Disco!!

pps. Doesn't anybody else thing that Florence from Florence and the Machine sound like Grace Slick (Jefferson Airplane)????

Update

Things in Santiago are slowly returning to normal. There are long queues outside petrol stations and supermarket shelves containing basic foodstuffs are empty. For example, bread and flour seem almost impossible to buy. I get the idea that 90% of the city has gas, electricity and water. However, there has been some looting on the outskirts of the city.

Things in other parts of the country are a lot worse. As you may have heard, there has been widespread looting in Concepcion (the 2nd biggest sity in Chile). In some cases this has hampered rescue operations. Many costal towns and villages have been devastated and people there are without food or water.