James Gardner
@jegcomposer.bsky.social
Grateful Immigrant and Manuhiri | Composer | EMS Researcher | an "individual with diverse but intertwined competencies”
Based near Tītīrangi, Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa.
gardnercomposer.com
Based near Tītīrangi, Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa.
gardnercomposer.com
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James Gardner
@jegcomposer.bsky.social
· Nov 28
Peter Zinovieff and Electronic Music Studios
YouTube video by Computer Arts Society
youtu.be
Those of you interested in the history of electronic music may enjoy the talk I gave to the Computer Arts Society last week on Peter Zinovieff’s early work (among other things). It can be seen in all its rambling unedited glory here:
youtu.be/u6P72zPZpUo
youtu.be/u6P72zPZpUo
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The student loan scheme is predicated on the idea of a huge private benefit from tertiary education.
I think its fair to say if you haven't repaid it by the time you retire, you did not get that benefit, and the loan should be wiped.
I think its fair to say if you haven't repaid it by the time you retire, you did not get that benefit, and the loan should be wiped.
November 10, 2025 at 9:01 AM
The student loan scheme is predicated on the idea of a huge private benefit from tertiary education.
I think its fair to say if you haven't repaid it by the time you retire, you did not get that benefit, and the loan should be wiped.
I think its fair to say if you haven't repaid it by the time you retire, you did not get that benefit, and the loan should be wiped.
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Very tentative return, nearly 50 years on, to a schoolboy “hobby”…
November 9, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Very tentative return, nearly 50 years on, to a schoolboy “hobby”…
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Err BUT...
❌️Potaka made it harder to access emergency housing
❌️Upston made it harder for teens to access Jobseeker
❌️Bishop cancelled thousands of planned social housing builds AND sold off existing social housing
❌️Chhour slashed OT investment into youth employment programs
❌️Potaka made it harder to access emergency housing
❌️Upston made it harder for teens to access Jobseeker
❌️Bishop cancelled thousands of planned social housing builds AND sold off existing social housing
❌️Chhour slashed OT investment into youth employment programs
Government 'got to sort out' homeless in Auckland CBD, PM Christopher Luxon says
Government 'got to sort out' homeless in Auckland CBD, PM Christopher Luxon says
Central government and Auckland Council are considering how they can move homeless people out of the CBD ahead of summer.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 10, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Err BUT...
❌️Potaka made it harder to access emergency housing
❌️Upston made it harder for teens to access Jobseeker
❌️Bishop cancelled thousands of planned social housing builds AND sold off existing social housing
❌️Chhour slashed OT investment into youth employment programs
❌️Potaka made it harder to access emergency housing
❌️Upston made it harder for teens to access Jobseeker
❌️Bishop cancelled thousands of planned social housing builds AND sold off existing social housing
❌️Chhour slashed OT investment into youth employment programs
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/lu...
PM Luxon: Uphold Codes of Conduct - Call David Seymour into line
Responsible leaders welcome advice from experts when they are creating laws and policies. They know good decision making means planning for the long term, considering diverse points of view and making...
our.actionstation.org.nz
November 10, 2025 at 2:57 AM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/lu...
Very tentative return, nearly 50 years on, to a schoolboy “hobby”…
November 9, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Very tentative return, nearly 50 years on, to a schoolboy “hobby”…
Timeline Cleanse: Cornwallis beach looking good this evening
November 7, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Timeline Cleanse: Cornwallis beach looking good this evening
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Good to see two old crime bosses now going straight and teaming up as a piano duet/private detectives. Streaming now on your favourite platform.
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Aimard/Benjamin review – concentrated musical thought and pianistic imagination
George Benjamin joined Pierre-Laurent Aimard to give the UK premiere of his ingenious and compelling Divisions
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Good to see two old crime bosses now going straight and teaming up as a piano duet/private detectives. Streaming now on your favourite platform.
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
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Timeline cleanse: exciting developments near Titirangi…
November 5, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Timeline cleanse: exciting developments near Titirangi…
Timeline cleanse: exciting developments near Titirangi…
November 5, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Timeline cleanse: exciting developments near Titirangi…
Good to see two old crime bosses now going straight and teaming up as a piano duet/private detectives. Streaming now on your favourite platform.
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Aimard/Benjamin review – concentrated musical thought and pianistic imagination
George Benjamin joined Pierre-Laurent Aimard to give the UK premiere of his ingenious and compelling Divisions
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Good to see two old crime bosses now going straight and teaming up as a piano duet/private detectives. Streaming now on your favourite platform.
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Good to see NZ First’s nonsense being called out here…
The brilliant performative politics of NZ First’s fake members’ bills
The brilliant performative politics of NZ First’s fake members’ bills
NZ First MPs keep proposing laws they have no intention of passing, and the media falls for it every time....
thespinoff.co.nz
November 5, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Good to see NZ First’s nonsense being called out here…
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When I wrote this just two-ish months ago, the premise was that the architecture of the CCRA (zero carbon act) remained, but the policies that sustained it had been hollowed out.
With the CCRA changes today, I feel like that no longer holds
www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-dept...
With the CCRA changes today, I feel like that no longer holds
www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-dept...
How Jacinda Ardern’s ‘groundbreaking’ climate law has become ‘a shell’
The Zero Carbon Act promised to lock climate ambition into law. But with key policies repealed, delayed or watered down, the once 'world-leading' legislation has become a husk of its former self.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 5, 2025 at 12:08 AM
When I wrote this just two-ish months ago, the premise was that the architecture of the CCRA (zero carbon act) remained, but the policies that sustained it had been hollowed out.
With the CCRA changes today, I feel like that no longer holds
www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-dept...
With the CCRA changes today, I feel like that no longer holds
www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-dept...
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The Govt quietly announced a loosening of climate rules at 8pm last night:
- Decoupling the ETS from Paris
- Shifting ETS resets to every 2 years
- Delaying the public sector target by 25 years
- Removing CCC advice from *before* emission reductions plans:
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
- Decoupling the ETS from Paris
- Shifting ETS resets to every 2 years
- Delaying the public sector target by 25 years
- Removing CCC advice from *before* emission reductions plans:
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
Government quietly loosens climate rules
An announcement at 8pm on Tuesday saw the Government delinking the ETS from the Paris Agreement and extending another emissions deadline by 25 years.
www.thepost.co.nz
November 4, 2025 at 10:26 PM
The Govt quietly announced a loosening of climate rules at 8pm last night:
- Decoupling the ETS from Paris
- Shifting ETS resets to every 2 years
- Delaying the public sector target by 25 years
- Removing CCC advice from *before* emission reductions plans:
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
- Decoupling the ETS from Paris
- Shifting ETS resets to every 2 years
- Delaying the public sector target by 25 years
- Removing CCC advice from *before* emission reductions plans:
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
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Excellent thread about Parihaka, which is far more fitting reason to remember remember the 5th of November.
Tomorrow is the Fifth of November – but let’s forget Guy Fawkes and his actions against an arrogant Protestant king and instead look to our own history: the unlawful attack on Parihaka and, by extension, Māori sovereignty.
🧵
#kikorangi
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#kikorangi
November 4, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Excellent thread about Parihaka, which is far more fitting reason to remember remember the 5th of November.
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Long shot (mainly due to how little engagement I get on here), but I'm looking for freelance writers with an interest, or specialism in, classical music.
If you are one, or know one, please give me a shout.
If you are one, or know one, please give me a shout.
October 30, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Long shot (mainly due to how little engagement I get on here), but I'm looking for freelance writers with an interest, or specialism in, classical music.
If you are one, or know one, please give me a shout.
If you are one, or know one, please give me a shout.
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At a time when academics are under sustained right-wing attack, Dr Siouxsie Wiles stood up to the neoliberal regime of university management and won, but it came at a cost. If you can, please consider supporting Siouxsie, one of the most courageous scholars I know.
www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/852...
www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/852...
Support Dr Siouxsie After She Supported Us! | PledgeMe
Support Dr Siouxsie to recover some of the money she spent fighting her legal case to protect employees experiencing online abuse
www.pledgeme.co.nz
October 30, 2025 at 5:52 PM
At a time when academics are under sustained right-wing attack, Dr Siouxsie Wiles stood up to the neoliberal regime of university management and won, but it came at a cost. If you can, please consider supporting Siouxsie, one of the most courageous scholars I know.
www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/852...
www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/852...
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Flying Nun on Multitrack
First installment of my blog about these special tapes in the FNR and Chris Knox collections at National Library of NZ. What is a multitrack? What is on these tapes? And how can you listen to and research them? Have a read. 👇👇
natlib.govt.nz/blog/posts/f...
First installment of my blog about these special tapes in the FNR and Chris Knox collections at National Library of NZ. What is a multitrack? What is on these tapes? And how can you listen to and research them? Have a read. 👇👇
natlib.govt.nz/blog/posts/f...
October 28, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Flying Nun on Multitrack
First installment of my blog about these special tapes in the FNR and Chris Knox collections at National Library of NZ. What is a multitrack? What is on these tapes? And how can you listen to and research them? Have a read. 👇👇
natlib.govt.nz/blog/posts/f...
First installment of my blog about these special tapes in the FNR and Chris Knox collections at National Library of NZ. What is a multitrack? What is on these tapes? And how can you listen to and research them? Have a read. 👇👇
natlib.govt.nz/blog/posts/f...
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if you see this post, your actions are:
- if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this
- if you don't have a spare buck, just repost
your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive
- if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this
- if you don't have a spare buck, just repost
your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive
I’ve never donated to Wikipedia before but I set up a small monthly donation as a fuck you to the world’s richest psychopath.
Elon Musk takes aim at Wikipedia
Musk has denounced Wikipedia as "Wokepedia" on X and urged people not to donate to the platform.
www.newsweek.com
December 26, 2024 at 12:03 PM
if you see this post, your actions are:
- if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this
- if you don't have a spare buck, just repost
your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive
- if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this
- if you don't have a spare buck, just repost
your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive
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@davidstubbs.bsky.social Mark Lewisohn is circulating an op-ed he has written about the BBC's restrictions on access to the Written Archives Centre. I would be grateful if you could repost it: cstonline.net/defending-th...
DEFENDING THE WAC: MARK LEWISOHN LOOKS AT WHY RENEWED APPRECIATION IS URGENTLY REQUIRED
I was asked to write an op-ed piece saying why I think the BBC’s Written Archives Centre (WAC) is a unique and brilliant resource, which I can do because it’s both – and why, therefore…
cstonline.net
October 27, 2025 at 9:54 PM
@davidstubbs.bsky.social Mark Lewisohn is circulating an op-ed he has written about the BBC's restrictions on access to the Written Archives Centre. I would be grateful if you could repost it: cstonline.net/defending-th...
RIP Jack DeJohnette…
October 27, 2025 at 7:11 PM
RIP Jack DeJohnette…
For reference…
This is a thousand years worth of Creative NZ government funding
our govt wants to spend 327 times more on a single road ($18b) than they are currently spending yearly on all of basic science in new zealand ($55m) #nzpol
October 26, 2025 at 10:33 PM
For reference…
Having visited the WAC and drawn on material found there, as an independent researcher I concur that this is a very harmful and foolish move…
@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social
This is a story: an act of self-harm and cultural vandalism by the BBC.
cstonline.net/defending-th...
This is a story: an act of self-harm and cultural vandalism by the BBC.
cstonline.net/defending-th...
DEFENDING THE WAC: MARK LEWISOHN LOOKS AT WHY RENEWED APPRECIATION IS URGENTLY REQUIRED
I was asked to write an op-ed piece saying why I think the BBC’s Written Archives Centre (WAC) is a unique and brilliant resource, which I can do because it’s both – and why, therefore…
cstonline.net
October 25, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Having visited the WAC and drawn on material found there, as an independent researcher I concur that this is a very harmful and foolish move…
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At last! Many of us have been saying for decades that the nature and climate emergency is a security issue not simply an environmental one - look forward to government ministers agreeing ….
Renewable energy investment should come from defence budgets, say retired military leaders
Former European officers say spending on low-carbon power would make nations more resilient to threats from potential aggressors
www.theguardian.com
October 23, 2025 at 4:18 PM
At last! Many of us have been saying for decades that the nature and climate emergency is a security issue not simply an environmental one - look forward to government ministers agreeing ….
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You know, there’s this pervasive view that people don’t care about climate change / are bored of it / find it overwhelming but I wrote this story this week and social media went crazy over it. People care!!!! They really care are they need a way to channel it www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
New Zealand guts climate policy it bragged about on the world stage
The law was once held up internationally as a model of transparency. The government just weakened it.
www.rnz.co.nz
October 23, 2025 at 7:01 AM
You know, there’s this pervasive view that people don’t care about climate change / are bored of it / find it overwhelming but I wrote this story this week and social media went crazy over it. People care!!!! They really care are they need a way to channel it www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...