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G'day friends how are you all?
I'm pretty tops.
Off the Cuff is tops



That's the Biff Merchants. They were incredible. They were the first artists to have an Off The Cuff session.
They did it in Sammy's. Sucks so bad that it's been shut down.
The next session was Thundercub...



This is all the brain-child of fellow Dunedin designer Daniel 'Blackball' Alexander.
The first two sessions were done in late 2009 as part of his third year Communication Design project.
What's really great is that he's decided to continue the project independently.
The Tono and the Finance Company session was filmed in winter 2010 and will be released THIS WEEK along with the previous two sessions.
The Tono session was the first one that I had helped out on. I think you can see me floating around in the background at one point.



Back then I didn't really know Bugs (the one with the epic beard and cool badges). Now I can't get enough of the guy. What a guy.

So anyway this weekend just been saw the epic task of filming three more OTC sessions in just two days.
Three different bands in three unique locations.
On Saturday we had:
The Maybe Pile - Filmed in Re:fuel (in the front room)
Operation Rolling Thunder - Filmed in the Radio One atrium.
and on Sunday we filmed Freddy Fudd Pucker (my personal favourite of the three).

Can't wait for all you people to come to the screenings and witness what I had witnessed first hand.

The Dunedin music scene is in a transition period at the moment. There's a buzz in the air. People are collaborating all over the place. The loss of venues isn't as discouraging as you might think.

Last week saw the return of Mr. Micheal 'Skinny' Cathro - Member of The Biff Merchants, Paul's (from Alizarin Lizard) brother, and head of Brown. He's been away in Europe/UK for the last year or so. While away he's managed to drip feed us an album and an EP of demos.
Last Thursday was Brown's first Dunedin show. A house party at 3 Fea St - the same 3 Fea St of Feastock fame. Oleh, Alizarin Lizard and Thundercub also played.




Thanks to Louis Smith who filmed these two tracks (I think).



Come to Mou Very this Thursday to see Brown in the flesh.



Oh and Alizarin Lizard's (Ben's) blog is still engaging as hell.