..went for a “picnic” at the scenic container wharf at Port Chalmers, NZ….
..fed chips to the gulls…..
…what could this be?….
…hmmm….
…ah…
https://chchdarkspace.bandcamp.com/album/darkspace-a-fundraiser-to-help-fill-the-void
…Dee’s band, Tiny Pieces Of 8, has a track on this….
…flicking thru it at the moment and there are some awesome tracks…
…check it out…
…(I may have added the googly eyes to the sticker)…
…. 20 crates (count ’em) of the record accumulation I’m currently processing will drop on the 4th of July, 2021, at Restore, 7 Gordon Street, Dunedin Central…
…here’s a random crate…
…ah, crap….let me try that again….
….the stack of 70 crates featured in last week’s post now sits at 72 with more to come from inside the house….
…we’ll be adding more crates to Restore’s stock every week for some time to come…
…something in there for almost everyone…
…with…so…much…more…to…come….
…see you Sunday, 11a.m…..
…er…
… and every subsequent Sunday…
…until it’s all done.
…what routine?….
….sketchbook…paintbox…sketchbook….
…(alleged regular posting routine falls foul of long weekend and short staffing at work)…
…it’s one of these….
….came with this bright idea for containing my paints aaaages ago….and have been using a cardboard mock-up of what I had in mind since then….
….finally got it made when a looming project required an up tick in how many colours I need at my finger tips….
…the paint brush hole was a late add in, necessitated by the fact that I’d no longer have space for a paint brush pot on the edge of my work space after adding the new improved paint box….
…(yes I’m still stalling for time on the big secret project)….
…(and may continue to do so for an unspecified length of “awhile”)…
…started a few things on holiday…
…a pile of these…(actually one of series of piles)….
…and couple of those…
…got a bit obsessed with “faces” on my palette….
…(they’re looking at me, I swear)….
…Dee came up mid-week and made a poster for her upcoming gig….
…(the one on the left is the one that will be used)…
…(see you there)…
…saw a goat….
…saw it again at night…
…Dee phoned in the sighting….
…(cell phone coverage exists at the water tank)….
…some of the above images are elongated because I may have had the camera switched to vid’ for a day or so after filming this…
,,,bit of a grey day on Friday….
…so we went on our traditional Central Otago charity shop run….
…did rather well…
…as is explained in this short documentary….
….spent the fine days removing bumblebees from the house…
…(…sign says “bug”…but battery died before second shot and didn’t want the wee fellow to be under glass too long)…
….and savoured the fine evenings enjoying the fragrance of the apple blossom…(or is it plum?)….
…all in all a bloody good holiday….
…(did I mention my Pitcairn Island carved flying fish?)…
…receive test pressing of lp in post….
….listen to lp…..
…listen to lp with band….
…say “yes please” to record manufacturer people….
…receive large box of lps….(thank you Holiday Records on so many levels….you guys rock)…..
….open all the boxes…
…mmmm…records….
….make the covers….(we already printed them but “somebody” hadn’t glued ’em up yet)…..
….find booklet you DID prepare earlier…(it’s probably in THAT box)….
…all hand folded and stapled neatly….(sorry no vid’)….
…put them all together….
…oops!…don’t forget to hand stamp the labels (first identifying which side is which)….
…small printing blocks (cheers Tracer) taped together with masking tape may come in handy at this stage…
..place lps in in inners then inners in covers….add booklet…place in outer sleeve…
…and there you have it …
…all ready for the lp release on the 28th September at The Crown Hotel….
…see you there.
…I first “met” this particularly wonderful example of 70s plastic and “gold” plated light fitting when I had the record shop at Chicks Hotel in Port Chalmers…
…I needed to own them…
…but they were attached to the pub…
…I’d drive by and ogle the only other example I knew of when ever I could….it’s a commercial double sized version that hangs in a glassed in stairwell on the side of a warehouse in the South Dunedin industrial area…just down from my favourite DIY materials haunt….
….then…
…having driven past a second hand shop sign outside Ranfurly on numerous occasions and thought “how sad that it had ceased operations on the main street”, I drove thru Ranfurly in the other direction only to discover that I’d been completely missing the other sign that indicated that said shop had moved to the outskirts town….(duh)…..
…The Curiosity Shoppe is now located in a delightfully spacious tin shed next to a converted railways workshop, where the proprietor resides….having met a kindred spirit in said proprietor and during the ensuing tour of the premises, right at the back of said railways workshop, we came upon two large cardboard boxes containing….oh be still my beating heart….not one, not two, but five of the coveted light fittings all separated in to halves and covered in dust….
….bargaining….
…bargaining between second dealer-collectors….
….I bought two….
…and promised photos when I’d got them installed…
…that was months ago, sorry Ali’, but now they’re up….
…in the living room….
…and the library….
….thank you Ali’….
…my life is near as damn complete….
…almost….
This summer “just” gone….on a long ramble down the Taieri River we…myself and intrepid, inflatable boat enthusiast, Dee…. discovered bees, hundreds of them, poking about on a sand bar at the waters edge….
… coming and going to a couple of spots…like someone had performed a waggle dance back at the hive and reported that the river was running with honey….
…took us a while to figure it out…obvious really….
….this is where bees go to drink….
….went back a few months later to confirm….
….yep…this IS where bees go to drink….
…and what happens if you get too close?….
…you forget which way up you’re holding you’re camera….
(…oh, and this is a only a mile or two down river from where that tractor driver discovered the moa footprints….(google “moa footprints”)…..)
…voila…nothing to see here….
: P
…celebrated the release of Dee’s new album, “She Shanties For Frank”, a week back…
…wicked gig in a great room (let’s do that again)…didn’t get many (if any) good picks from the back (and under the influence)….but maybe if you know this guy…
…he recorded quite a bit of the gig and took loads of photos….
…anyways….
https://www.tpo8.com/music.html
…hit the address above go to the “music” section and there’s a couple of tunes to listen to….and if you click on the “She Shanties For Frank” image it will take you to band camp where you can download the album…..
….also available on cassette locally….
…and in these covers with a lyric booklet…(cover image and screen printing by Chris…booklet hand drawn/water colour washed by Dee….foldingstaplinggluingtrimming by me…)
…when we receive the round black plastic inserts…huge props to Holiday Records…bringing vinyl production back to NZ for the first time since last century…
….bring the noise.
Bored with a record shop. 