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Matthew Goody @needlesandplastic.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I was told the story by someone but it’s escaped me now. Local legend record dealer near me adores that record. Never seen one for sale until I saw it at his table at a fair a few years back. He was shocked I knew the record.

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Matthew Goody @needlesandplastic.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Notable for a very rare appearance by the mysterious Ziggy Stardust.

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byron coley @byroncoley.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

rec of the day: CRAIG ROBERTSON Chris Knox: Not Given Lightly (Auckland University Press tpb) deeply researched, sprawling & profusely illustrated bio of the key figure of New Zealand's musical underground. a great read for any fan of the modern kiwi beat. bookshop.org/p/books/chri...

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Chris Knox: Not Given Lightly

The story of the man, the music, the art, the attitude. Chris Knox: Not Given Lightly tells the story of one extraordinarily creative man's journey from the obscurity of punk rock to the heart of New ...

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

this is out now -- a man worth knowing & knowing about.

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Matthew Goody @needlesandplastic.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

In uncertain times, we turn to the pages of the FT, where the editorial board comments on the important issues of the day such as *squints* the alarming reemergence of the… cassette tape? Need a revised edition of @marcissist.bsky.social’s book to address this.

Financial Times editorial from September 19th discussing the supposed trend friction maxxing

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Matthew Goody @needlesandplastic.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Without knowing any context - the LA Dodgers rip-off warmup jacket is quite something

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Matthew Goody @needlesandplastic.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Presumably the odds get worse if the Guards leapfrog the White Sox, given the tie breaker?

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Gummy Arts @gummyarts.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

The Clean, 1981 Topps style, in honor of the 45-year anniversary of “Tally Ho!”

Colored-pencil card drawing of the Clean

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Matthew Goody @needlesandplastic.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Stuart Page has uploaded a sweet HD version of The Clean's Modern Rock tune "Outside The Cage" which is a cool jumble of found footage, outtakes from the 'Too Much Violence' vid and Page-shot footage. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcUe...

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The Clean – Outside The Cage (1995) QHD version 2025

YouTube video by N0ISYLAND

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Matthew Goody @needlesandplastic.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

New Bailterspace 👀! Written by the original crew, performed by the new crew: bailterspace.bandcamp.com/track/bailte...

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bailterspace place and palaces, by Bailterspace

track by Bailterspace

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Matthew Goody @needlesandplastic.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Smells more like 2016. Never getting momentum but somehow finding a way to grind a spot.

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Matthew Goody @needlesandplastic.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Maybe not the best way to promote your new record, but hey, honesty works too I guess 😆

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Matthew Goody @needlesandplastic.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

💯. Amazing it took SOOOOO long to do it too. Phillipps talked about it for decades before actually finding a way to fix it all.

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Matthew Goody @needlesandplastic.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Much more in the book, but I think The Chills story is unique. If things had gone differently I think they would have made a debut LP earlier, in 1984 or '85. But bad luck, mistakes and the people involved led to Brave Words being the first LP. Clean is different, they broke up early and suddenly.

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Matthew Goody @needlesandplastic.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Lots to say but hard to sum up here. 1. Yes, QEIII grant helped subsidized debut recordings of singles and EPs in NZ. 2. Bands and Flying Nun could affords singles/EPs, less so LPs in the early days. 3. NZ chart system meant you could crack it with a single/EP, but much harder with an LP

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Matthew Goody @needlesandplastic.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Missed opportunity by TCM to merge those daytime and primetime topics with Will Oldham's debut performance in Matewan.

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Matthew Goody @needlesandplastic.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Shade on "The Audience"? No way! We need more weirdness and less bland HGTV cookie cutter renovations. As a piece of public art it deserves way more notice than it gets. Michael Snow, legend. Right up there with Robert Indiana designing the court for the Milwaukee Bucks.

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Matthew Goody @needlesandplastic.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Then the "Return Of The Night Of The Ardent Straggler" 7" in '94 saw them tackle the Tall Dwarfs. vhfrecords.bandcamp.com/track/beauty

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Beauty, by Wingtip Sloat

from the album Add This to Rhetoric

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Matthew Goody @needlesandplastic.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Wingtip Sloat were covering The Clean in '91 on their first album. Two years later they're doing the Verlaines... www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpU6...

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Wingtip Sloat - Uncarved Block / Joed Out (The Verlaines) - 6 February 1993

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Matthew Goody @needlesandplastic.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

NZ Music T-shirt day I’m told, so naturally…

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Matthew Goody @needlesandplastic.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Wallflowers at the height of their first album buzz in Seattle opening for local/heavier/louder bands. No one was there to see them. Middle of August and it was sweltering. Security handed out popsicles before their set. Big mistake. Lots of frozen projectiles & a band desperate to get off stage.

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Superchunk @superchunk.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

We covered a classic by NZ / Flying Nun legends Look Blue Go Purple for a tour 7" last Fall and it's out today digitally for the first time, check out "I Don't Want You Anyway" wherever you digitally enjoy music! superchunk.bandcamp.com/track/i-dont...

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"I Don't Want You Anyway", by Superchunk

from the album “I Don’t Want to Get Over You” b/w "I Don't Want You Anyway"

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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

🧵So in the course of a discussion about Ye Olde Days with some music friends, I dived down a rabbit hole and found something interesting. I've always wondered about the story behind DMA, the dodgy psychedelic amphetamine that inspired the Androidss' 'DMA' and, more notably, The Clean's 'Tally Ho!'.

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Matthew Goody @needlesandplastic.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Pretty every great gig I went to in my years living in London was put on by Chris UTR. So many great bills.

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Matthew Goody @needlesandplastic.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Includes a review of Craig Robertson’s Chris Knox biography Not Given Lightly by @steelydass.bsky.social so go get it and then order the book. Out this month in North America.

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Matthew Goody @needlesandplastic.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Of course that's just one part of a much richer story. I'm personally thankful for the work Jim's Phantom Billstickers did promoting Needles and Plastic and my book tour. I can't wait for @rubbasoul.bsky.social's new book on The Clean, as i'm sure Jim will pop up many times.

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Jim Wilson: an oral biography, part one - Article | AudioCulture

There are a million stories in Christchurch City and Jim Wilson’s contribution to their music scene is one of them. By his mid-teens he was running and promoting teenage dances and later booked and pr...

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Matthew Goody @needlesandplastic.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

It seems Jim Wilson has unfortunately recently passed away. In doing research for my book. Jim was one of those characters that was instrumental to making so much happen with music in '80s NZ, especially Christchurch. From booking the Gladstone to helping bands with tours/marketing. He did so much.

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Matthew Goody @needlesandplastic.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Paging @willsloanesq.bsky.social, possibly ripe for a new Michael & Us episode

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Matthew Goody @needlesandplastic.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

A definitive new biography about Chris Knox is set to be published in North America next month via Auckland University Press. I am stepping up to help with press and promotion in North America. So, if you are a writer, reviewer, podcaster, record/book buyer, whatever, get in touch.

Front cover of Chris Knox biography Not Given Lightly by Craig Robertson published by Auckland University Press March 2026

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Matthew Goody @needlesandplastic.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

my annual year-end mix, 103 mp3s i've known & loved, 7 hours of music ready for shuffling & affronting darkness. drive.google.com/file/d/1GyQz...

a man reclines in front of a computer with a mug of something tasty

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Matthew Goody @needlesandplastic.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Oof, this is very sad news indeed about Brent McLachlan. A cornerstone of two knock out groups, Brent’s fingerprints are also over so many important releases as an engineer & producer:The Skeptics, Terminals, Snapper, The Bats on and on it goes. A fantastic drummer and engineer who gifted us so much

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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Lot of people in the music and screen communities hurting now at the news that Ant Nevison has died. Ant was a member of the Headless Chickens, co-founder of Incubator recording studio and a respected film soundie, and one of the most decent, good-natured and friendly people you could hope to meet.

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Michael Brown @jingajik.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Marie & the Atom Pt 2 of my blog on Flying Nun multitrack tapes, analyzing two songs by the amazing MATA, recorded by Terry Moore for their second EP "Spit it out" in 1985. What does the tape tell us? Have a read & listen to samples of the original multitrack audio. natlib.govt.nz/blog/posts/f...

Cover for the 1985 EP 'Spit it out' by Marie and the Atom, featuring a b&w image of a welding mask.

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Matthew Goody @needlesandplastic.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Woah, amazing deep dive Michael! Bravo.

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Matthew Goody @needlesandplastic.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Here's a nice surprise - Peter Jefferies has just released a new four song 7" EP called "Duit on Tuesday" that tackles the catalogue of Harry Nilsson. almosthalloweentimerecords.bandcamp.com/album/duit-o...

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Duit On Tuesday, by Peter Jefferies

4 track album

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Matthew Goody @needlesandplastic.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

I've resisted posting about the Jays, because who cares what I think. But the day after the most devastating loss i've ever witnessed, I feel the need. No team brought Canada together like the 2025 Blue Jays. Today sucks but this season was all you could ask for from sports. Baseball is the best.

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Matthew Goody @needlesandplastic.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Got word from a friend that Bryn Driver of the band 8 Living Legs passed away recently at the age of 66. 8 Living Legs appeared on the live Flying Nun compilation The Last Rumba and the split EP 'Emigration' paired with fellow Auckland band Flak in 1984. www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_pT...

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8 Living Legs - Don't Do That Near Me [New-Zealand 1984]

YouTube video by This Moment's Gone

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Matthew Goody @needlesandplastic.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

I missed the close, but it was a three record lot and I think the bidding was up to £190 or so

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Matthew Goody @needlesandplastic.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Another John Peel estate auction came and went this week. One lot of note was his copy of Fall In A Hole, the legendary live album released on Flying Nun that fundamentally changed the label, both crippling it in the short term and helping to propel it to new ears around the world in the long term.

Cover, inserts and vinyl record of The Fall’s Fall In A Hole live album owned by John Peel

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Matthew Goody @needlesandplastic.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

I was laughing as I listened. To not mention Bo at all was egregious and they clearly had no understanding of the lineup beyond the top guys. Felt like they wanted to spend more time dumping on the Brewers than preview the World Series.

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Matthew Goody @needlesandplastic.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Testing driving the new archival release on Flying Acorn (Flying Nut???)… 🧐

Wreck Small Speakers on Expensive Stereos front cover 2025 on Flying Acorn

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