Flying Nun Box set come on down
[update 6.11pm]
no Nun Box Set... call to Warners, they are having problems with the shrink wrap
FFS you muppets, who shrink wraps a bloody box set that is only CDs - vinyl I can understand, almost
Now I am used to the Nun not making release deadlines and I remember the newsprint days of Rip It Up when the Chris Knox penned Nun ad's always pre dated the physical release by wekks if not issues of the magazine - no doubt causeing some retailers to learn to hate the Nun.
But this isn't a straggling indie label with no cash, its one of the biggest record companies in the world, whilst I realise they have shite christmas priorities that dwarf that of the Flying Nun birthday release but come on, I want my box set.....
Worse is the birthday being touted by all and sundry with appearances by Roger (Sheppard) on radio, TV etc. to promote the set.... even Real Groove has an issue devoted (? - dunno how much have yet to sight a copy) to the brithday but alas where is the birthday child....
Now 25 years is a significant anniversary date but please a birthday it is not. Or does one have birthday for aborted fetus's? For Flying Nun is no more, its not a record company, it is not an entity in any other form that a logo that gets slapped on the occassional release and/or contract.
Yes there is a lot to celebrate but for a music company wouldn't it be more fitting to sign a new act, promote some new music than rake over the coals of a label that has had more than its fair share of salivating over by the NZ music industry and media in general.
Not discounting the wonderful legacy of the Nun, it is a label that has a stunning past and now a dismal future.... but they were not alone, many other bands, labels and people have also done their bit for NZ music, some were damn fine - when was the last time anyone wrote or mentioned Gisbournes F Star records, or the mulitude of cassette labels (Industrial, EST, Walking Monk et al) that were the pre runners of the digital label - ie cheap, cheerful and very DiY. The Nun is easy fodder for all, cause its there and better yet nowadays its a label run out of an office devoid of freaks, therefore moron friendly.
Blagh /rant
Got my Reduction Agents album and as soon as I stop yelling at the muppets on the news (TV), I shall retire to the deck with it on loud and enjoy a quiet beer whilst soaking up the results of one of the current crop of indie bands and labels.
So its back to waiting.... for Wednesday... sorry to them that pop by regularly, this monkey is firmly attached to me back....
On a similar note, was in Real Groovy today and saw re-released copies of PiL's Metal Box, vinyl to boot, lovely... but not for me today at least
beaut weather but :)
2 comments:
I have to wonder how much Roger was "persuaded" to include The Mint Chicks, Betachadupa and even the D4 and Garageland.
The last time anyone wrote about Industrial and F Star was 2004 in Mysterex3. You're right though there's some great records released in that era that didn't come out on Flying Nun such as The Wild Poppies' Star At The Sun single and Heroine LP, The Big Fix single on FStar, Kiwi Animal's Flying Again (on Wartime) and Music Media LP, Number Seven's Nowhere Fast, Shoes This High EP, and too many compilation tracks to list. As much as I love Flying Nun it has unfortunately become shorthand for a far wider cultural experience.
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