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“The Mutton Birds refer obliquely to the massacre in the song A Thing Well Made on their self-titled debut album. The song is narrated by a man who owns a sporting goods store in Christchurch. As the song closes he describes his work for the day, which involves sending “one of those AK-47s for some collector down the line.” – Aramoana massacre [en.wikipedia.org]

Out Of The Blue: “The movie about the 1990 massacre that rocked New Zealand is a restrained, sad, moral tale of a small South Island beach community where everyone knew one another by their first names – even their killer.” – The spirit of Aramoana [listener.co.nz]

This live video of The Mutton Birds performing ‘A Thing Well Made’ is moving but two things in particular that move me:

• The guitarist’s face at 3 minutes & 49 seconds
• Don McGlashan’s facial expressions after he sings “AK-47′s” at 4 minutes & 29 seconds

Source: YouTube

LINKS

• Lyrics to The Mutton Birds – A Thing Well Made [lyrics.wikia.com]

Your GPS run out of battery? First World Problem.
Got to wake up Saturday? First World Problem.

Source: Vimeo.

Official music video for the ‘Panic Bells’ single off the ‘Escape’ EP. Directed & edited by visual effects superstar Aleksandar Janev.

Source: YouTube (click this to watch the clip at 1280×645)

Source: Vimeo

Via Dubber.

Source: Vimeo

Terrific full-length version of an interview David Foster Wallace did in the USA with (I think) a German TV program in 2003. It is 84 minutes long but I really recommend watching this right the way through. I think this guy was on to it on a number of levels.

Link: David Foster Wallace Interview (2003) [zdf.de]

UPDATED:
That zde.de link seems to have been wiped out for some reason. It seems zdf.de got a fancy new Adobe Flash interface & lo, death to old links. Here’s the same interview on YouTube in 9 parts.

David Foster Wallace Interview 2003 (Part 1 of 9)

Link: http://youtu.be/N5IDAnB_rns

David Foster Wallace Interview 2003 (Part 2)

Link: http://youtu.be/AlUmT_biDwI

David Foster Wallace Interview 2003 (Part 3)

Link: http://youtu.be/LPIKae5qRwM

David Foster Wallace Interview 2003 (Part 4)

Link: http://youtu.be/P7ts3iKppnA

David Foster Wallace Interview 2003 (Part 5)

Link: http://youtu.be/xx7qMU0f4ts

David Foster Wallace Interview 2003 (Part 6)

Link: http://youtu.be/ayQ1vihLcGc

David Foster Wallace Interview 2003 (Part 7)

Link: http://youtu.be/eI0HhPD38_A

David Foster Wallace Interview 2003 (Part 8)

Link: http://youtu.be/5GZWGFic1Ns

David Foster Wallace Interview 2003 (Part 9)

Link: http://youtu.be/vaWdfDXRDyA

Via newclear music.

Some live footage of Bromide Dub from the nsu EP release party at Rising Sun last Saturday…

Source: YouTube