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Cutting into the Fringe

It’s just days to go until life on the edge will begin.  The 2010 Fringe Festival promises to be a strange and wonderful beast, with comedy, music, theatre, dance, visual arts and a whole load of WTF on offer for the next month.

Friday is the launching pad, with a flying start coming from the inaugural “Running of the Fringe,” a Pamplona-style event... Read more

Posted 09 Feb 2010 by Daz

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Liberta D

First popularised in Puerto Rico, reggaeton mashes reggae, dancehall, hip hop and a variety of Latin American and Caribbean musical parents into one mongrel offspring.

In recent years the genre has become something of a worldwide phenomenon, with reggaeton records moving off the Latin charts in the US to achieve mainstream chart success; reggaeton also remains popular throughout Latin America.

This includes Cuba, the former home of Yonier Cuevas Vega, now better known as Jinetero MC. Since moving to New Zealand six years ago, Jinetero MC has made it his mission to introduce our country to reggaeton - both as the reggaeton singer of Olmecha Supreme, and as a solo performer in his own right.

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10 Dollar Lunch Saved My Summer

The lead-up to Christmas was a killer on my wallet.  A combination of presents, food, drink and more presents, had me understanding that “the poorhouse” my parents always used to complain about, happened to be just ONE stat-holiday somewhere in my future.

And it doesn’t help when everybody wants to go out and do stuff.  Summer + holiday’s = “let’s catch up for coffee!”   “Wanna go out to dinner?”  “How about Kora at the Town Hall??”  Now, I love getting out in this crazy little circus of a city we reside in, but I also understand that the mighty (Sometimes) NZ dollar only stretches...read more...

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Welcome to flavour country

Flavour-infused spirits seem to be quite the ‘du jour ‘.  Their unique taste has found a niche as the basis for a new generation of cocktails.  And it doesn’t stop there.   Maybe you’ve tried picking up a bottle of feijoa wine from the supermarket lately?  They tend to sell-out faster than a starving indie band on its last six pack of Corona.  Lightning-quick that is.

And it’s easy to spot the guy who made those tentative first few steps towards this fruity future of ours.  I used to see him shopping at New World Chaffers on the odd occasion.

You might say that ex Wellington ad-man Geoff Ross was a guy with a dream...read more...

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The Future's so Bright...

KSUBI!!!   No, I’m not about to attack you with a Samurai sword.  It’s just that Ksubi eyewear have their 2010 collection on the go in Wellington, and it’s definitely looking all good for sun worshipping in the fashion capital.

The collection is called “Book Club” and carries the tagline “Flat?  Have you got any flatter?”  I assume that has something to do with the flat-fronted glasses but hey, I’ve been wrong before.

There’s a high-pop quality to the range, with some strong lines to the frames...read more...

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