Music Quiz: Which Band Member?
Congratulations to Tony and Murphy’s Law, who both scored 19/20 in last week’s quiz – I think everyone missed the 50/50 shot on the Brooks and Dunn question? This week’s quiz is the prequel to last week’s and you can…
Aphoristical
Graham Fyfe has been writing this website since his late teens. Now in his forties, he's been obsessively listening to albums for years. He works as a web editor and plays the piano.
These Are Days by 10,000 Maniacs
Spring is my favourite time of the year in New Zealand – the days get longer and sunnier. I don’t have a song that I associate with any other season, but my spring song is 10,000 Maniacs’ ‘These Are Days’.…
Music Quiz: Which Band Member II?
Congratulations to everyone who made full marks in last week’s 2000s quiz – Rich, Murphy’s Law, and Tony all scored 100%, but Tony was able to finish incredibly quickly. This week’s challenge requires you to identify the named band member…
I Never Thought I'd Live To Be A Hundred by The Moody Blues
It’s difficult to not pick favourite members in a band like The Moody Blues; during their “Core Seven” albums, between 1967 and 1972, all five members wrote and sang (or in drummer Graeme Edge’s case, recited) their own material. I’ve…
Ruined By A Letter Song Titles: Music Quiz
I was pretty amazed when we got three 30/30 in last week’s tough trivia contest – congratulations to Geoff, Tony, and Murphy’s Law. This weeks is based in the 2000s, and requires you to fix a song title by changing…
Jackson Browne's 1970s Albums: Ranked from Worst to Best
Jackson Browne is the quintessential 1970s singer-songwriter, a sensitive individual who analysed his difficult relationships into songs. He was extremely well connected into the 1970s soft-rock scene – he dated Laura Nyro and Joni Mitchell, wrote the Eagles‘ first hit…
Monkey Gone To Heaven by Pixies
A few months ago we discussed a curious incident at Wellington Zoo, New Zealand, when an intruder broke into the squirrel monkey cage, and was fought off by the tiny primates. The man responsible has appeared in court this week,…
Music Quiz: Almost Useless Music Trivia
Congratulations to Tony at , who solved last week’s quiz in a mind-blowing 46 seconds. This week’s quiz requires you to name some almost useless music trivia facts. I scored 27/30 – can you beat me and perhaps get the…
When Do Bands Peak? (Part 2)
A couple of weeks ago, we looked at when bands peak – I’ve always enjoyed band’s later albums where they are more confident and more diverse. My graphs based on my ratings bore this out – this graph was based on…
Interviewing Randy Newman by Glenn Tilbrook
I’ve been tremendously under the weather this week, and one of the best parts of being sick is the hallucinatory dreams I sometimes experience. In the throes of sickness I dreamed that I interviewed Neil Finn (of Crowded House and…
