It’s the most wonderful time of the year! No, I am not getting into the Yuletide spirit eight months early. I am talking about the day when music obsessives of all stripes gladly part with a big ol’ chunk of cash – Saturday 13 April - Record Store Day. Record Store Day began in 2008…
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Record Store Day – Saturday 16 April 2016
2016 marks the 9th year of Record Store Day around the world - it's a celebration of the culture and communities of independently run record stores. We've done a blog post about some great vinyl-related stuff, and a booklist of records and record labels. Here's our listing of Christchurch events and stuff of interest to…
Record Store Day – Saturday 21 April 2018
Record Store Day is on this Saturday 21 April. It is an annual international event designed to celebrate the record store as a community. For more info, read Russell Brown's Friday Music post The Shopping news and What's happening for Record Store Day across NZ, this Saturday? Peter McLennan on Dub dot dash. Here is our compilation…
Vinyl: Celebrating records and record labels
While we’re celebrating music for Record Store Day, it is worth highlighting related stuff in the Christchurch City Libraries collection. Check out our new booklist on Records and record labels (coming out this year is the much-anticipated book In Love With These Times: the Flying Nun Story by Roger Shepherd on New Zealand's own seminal…
Kawatea — Okains Bay (Okeina)
Location Situated in a quiet bay/headland and on an offshore island two kilometres southeast of Okains Bay is the Pā Bay — Pā Island settlement area. This combined site contains two pā, two villages and a garden and is thought to have been occupied over a long period with the main occupation period being during…
Family history at the library; unravelling the mysteries
I’ve just completed a six-week course on family history, ably run by colleagues here at Christchurch City Libraries. It’s been fascinating and I recommend it for anyone with an interest in history and/or their family. Taking a class at the library gives you an insight into just how much family history information is now available…
I hear dead people – Rock’s Back Pages
No, I am not a psychic, I have been listening to dead musicians. Big deal you say, you can hear dead musicians all the time by turning on the radio or just listening to some of the music on Spotify. What I have been listening to is audio interviews of musicians on Rock's Back Pages…
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