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Squash - Purple Girl (live)

February 16, 2026 at 3:10 AM

DeeBee

@deebeebee.bsky.social

Flying Nun royalty playing a bit of Chills.

Peter Gutteridge, David Kilgour ,Martin Phillipps, Robert Scott,
Alan Haig

Purple Girl...Squash

www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq3D...

The Hasselhoff Experiment | Drag Racer

February 15, 2026 at 5:14 AM

DeeBee

@deebeebee.bsky.social

The Hasselhoff Experience...Drag Racer

More from the heavier side of Flying Nun

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IVx...

Solid Gold Hell (SPUD) - Breakdown Town

February 13, 2026 at 3:25 AM

DeeBee

@deebeebee.bsky.social

And here's Solid Gold Hell playing some SPUD at The Kings Arms for the Flying Nun anniversary

Solid Gold Hell (SPUD) - Breakdown Town

www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYBZ...

YouTube video by Dim Rulz

Solid Gold Hell - Bitter Nest (Music Video)

February 12, 2026 at 5:18 PM

DeeBee

@deebeebee.bsky.social

While we're at the darker edge of Flying Nun it'd be remiss of me to not play some Solid Gold Hell.

"bastard-heavy songs into great meaty chunks and then make them swing like a dinosaur's dick."

"Well it ain't pop music, never was meant to be"

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmVX...

NRA (Not Really Anything) - Glitch

February 12, 2026 at 5:11 PM

DeeBee

@deebeebee.bsky.social

"NRA (Not Really Anything) were one of those Flying Nun bands of the late Eighties/early Nineties that you either got, or steered well clear of."

The darker side of Flying Nun, where The Gordons, SPUD, HDU, Solid Gold Hell, LUC, The Skeptics and others hung out

www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8AP...

Look Blue Go Purple | Circumspect Penelope

February 12, 2026 at 3:28 AM

DeeBee

@deebeebee.bsky.social

Look Blue Go Purple were a wonderful all women band. Members would go on to play in other bands like Chug, Ghost Club and The 3Ds (three Dave Mitchell bands no less!!)
Anyhow here they are championing that ringing guitar jangle pop Dunedin sound

www.youtube.com/watch?v=deEl...

Darcy Clay - Jesus I Was Evil

February 12, 2026 at 12:58 AM

DeeBee

@deebeebee.bsky.social

Jesus I Was Evil..Darcy Clay

A cool song, a $250 video and someone whose flame did not burn long enough

www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKX8...

YouTube video by kicknitoldskool

YouTube video by paulscrapolaemporium

February 11, 2026 at 5:23 AM

DeeBee

@deebeebee.bsky.social

I really love Metalon, maybe mostly because I just love the sound of Dave Mitchell's guitar!!!

NZ bands are a little bit incestuous at times!!!!

Blue Rider...Chug

www.youtube.com/watch?v=o73a...

CHUG - 'Blue Rider'

YouTube video by World Tunes

February 10, 2026 at 3:49 AM

DeeBee

@deebeebee.bsky.social

Surfs Up...The Stones

The Dunedin Double EP gets a bit of play here

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sp-j...

The Stones - Surf's Up

Bird Nest Roys - Aint Mutatin (Music Video)

February 9, 2026 at 5:40 AM

DeeBee

@deebeebee.bsky.social

Damien Grant usually annoys me, today more than usual

"The electorate has chosen to forget the pandemic because we are embarrassed by our craven abasement before the podium of truth. We were not warriors. We cowered behind Ardern’s frock, terrified of germs."

www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

Stuff

www.stuff.co.nz

February 8, 2026 at 5:40 PM

DeeBee

@deebeebee.bsky.social

Surely there is a way to revoke Thiel's citizenship. He gained it nefariously through a backdoor deal with Key, I'm sure it can be rescinded via the same door

February 5, 2026 at 8:01 PM

DeeBee

@deebeebee.bsky.social

Wow, found this gem on YT, complete with Peter Sinclair and all the kitsch that comes with an 80s TV music show!!

Ain't Mutatin...Bird Nest Roys

www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-OX...

YouTube video by TgaSANZMag

February 3, 2026 at 7:02 PM

DeeBee

@deebeebee.bsky.social

I often wondered if this song was named as a sort of tribute to a certain Blur song???

Song 1...Pan Am

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TnH...

Pan Am Song1

YouTube video by The Mint Chicks - Topic

February 2, 2026 at 6:26 PM

DeeBee

@deebeebee.bsky.social

read a post on Die! Die! Die! and it reminded me of a very loud gig where they played with The Mint Chicks. This was the first time I saw The Mint Chicks and Anti- Tiger had just been released

Blue Team Go!..The Mint Chicks

www.youtube.com/watch?v=dszh...

Blue Team Go!

The Clean – Are You Really On Drugs? (2009)

January 29, 2026 at 3:53 AM

DeeBee

@deebeebee.bsky.social

The Clean at their psychedelic pop best

Are You Really On Drugs...The Clean

www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHCS...

YouTube video by N0ISYLAND

Marshmallow - Anytime Soon

January 27, 2026 at 2:55 AM

DeeBee

@deebeebee.bsky.social

some Marshmallow, a solo indie-pop project of Alan Gregg, the former bassist and songwriter for The Mutton Birds

Anytime Soon..Marshmallow

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ko7C...

YouTube video by spenceb9

The Clean - Drawing To A Whole (Music Video)

January 27, 2026 at 2:48 AM

DeeBee

@deebeebee.bsky.social

I love the video, so many memories there!!

The Clean - Drawing To A Whole

www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2iw...

Blam Blam Blam - Don't Fight It Marsha

January 24, 2026 at 6:42 AM

DeeBee

@deebeebee.bsky.social

a young Don McGlashan

Blam Blam Blam - Don't Fight It Marsha

www.youtube.com/watch?v=91Dt...

DIMMER - I BELIEVE YOU ARE A STAR

January 22, 2026 at 5:41 AM

DeeBee

@deebeebee.bsky.social

I played this album a lot when it first came out. Shayne Carter was so very different from his Straitjacket Fits sound, this reinvention reminds me a little of Simon Maclaren and his ever evolving sounds

Dimmer...I Believe You Are A Star

www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcVg...

YouTube video by Shayne P Carter

January 21, 2026 at 11:04 PM

DeeBee

@deebeebee.bsky.social

something uniquely NZ...a protest against Rob Muldoon (PM) who taxed popular music excessively (40%) while not taxing "high brow" classical/cultural music

The Knobz...Culture

www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8fr...

The Knobz - Culture

Toy Love - Pull Down The Shades (Live in NZ, 1980)

January 21, 2026 at 5:55 AM

DeeBee

@deebeebee.bsky.social

some more Toy Love

gives you some idea how cool they were live, and they did play quite a few NZ pubs in their day!!!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojMT...

YouTube video by ncp2666

Anthonie Tonnon - Water Underground

January 20, 2026 at 7:30 PM

DeeBee

@deebeebee.bsky.social

maybe not enough Kiwis have heard Anthonie Tonnon. Maybe you will catch him at the Durie Hill elevator in Whanganui!!!

He has a nice cover of The Chills Submarine Bells on YT

www.youtube.com/watch?v=82Zg...

YouTube video by AnthonieTonnonVEVO