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We will take it in a day
We made a music video for ‘Auckland (so close to nothing at all). This was just 4 of us driving round Te Whanganui-a-Tara for the night.
Thanks heaps to Achille for wearing the gold suit. And to Bill for shooting it – and Theo for driving us.
Shout out to all the people taking their cities in a day.
As Barry Pateman says: “Look at the people in this room. I don’t care if you don’t like each other — these are your comrades. You ain’t got many others! So make the most of where we are, and let’s go forward…”
New single ‘Auckland (so close to nothing at all) out now
I went to the Beehive today — the Executive Wing of the NZ Parliament.
We met with the Minister of Arts and Culture in his plush office that looks over the city. We had half an hour.
We weren’t offered water — but he shook our hands at the beginning and the end.
He said: “people aren’t going to concerts because they don’t feel safe and they can’t find a carpark”.
We said: “income for musicians is sporadic and increasingly filtered through multi-nationals”
He said: “this is the first meeting I’ve had with you union types this year!”
He wore National Party cufflinks above an expensive watch. I saw a photo of his family on his desk. I thought, ‘I should probably get a new shirt’.
The neoliberalism was strong, but so too our resolve. And he agreed to a couple of things we asked for and isn’t it amazing that when you get organised and work together you can actually change things?
‘Auckland (so close to nothing at all)’ is a clarion call to link arms and stop traffic. It’s an ode to the kindness of old friends. A forlorn wail for the never-ending pursuit of peace. A document of new love.
Stream it now: https://orcd.co/lakesouth-auckland
Album coming in June!
