Desperately seeking Chinese meanings

Talk about talking heads. Oscar’s Guide to the Chinese Zodiac, TV3’s Inside New Zealand documentary which went to air on Wednesday at 9.30pm, had so many Kiwi celebrities and New Zealand notorieties in it, it was distracting viewing and hard to absorb the information

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Quiz and win with Daft Punk

After what has been one of the smartest marketing campaigns in pop music, the day of Daft Punk’s album launch is finally here. To celebrate the release of the French duo’s album Random Access Memory, we are offering you the chance to win one of five stylish 3D masks and your copy of the album

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Album review: Bloodsport – Suede

BLOODSPORTS Suede (Warner) It’s been well over a decade since the last Suede album and yet their new album is such a natural progression of what’s come before that the cellular memory kicks in straight away. And while singer Brett Anderson and guitarist Bernard Fanning might have appeared to have mended their errant ways with their duel project The Tears it hasn’t led to a full reconciliation.

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Album review: Way To The Blue – The Songs of Nick Drake

WAY TO THE BLUE: THE SONGS OF NICK DRAKE Various (Southbound) Tribute albums are always bound to be bittersweet affairs. Anyone who has had an affinity with the artist – in this case English folkie Nick Drake – is likely to be disinterested unless they are zealous completists and those unfamiliar in the first place aren’t likely to care about the re-visitation.

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