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Interesting people - fashion people, arts people, photographers, musicians, writers. We like honest people and real people - celebrities are not our thing. We celebrate character and difference, appreciate style, humour and a nice pinot.
Ten Guitars [NZ National Anthem], Prince Tui Teka, The Ting Tings, Sharon Jones, Broken Social Scene, Masters At Work, Larry Levan, Pete Shelley, Roy Davis Jnr, The Gordons, Beta Band, Sonny Liston Smith, Johnny Cash, Fetus Productions, Sleeping States, Jimmy Cliff, The Avalanches, Flaming Lips, JayDee, Otara Millionaires Club, Kevin Yost, Velvet Underground, Louis XIV, The Mekons, Miguel Migs, Primal Scream, Belle & Sebastian, Bob James, Sergio Mendes, The Arcade Fire, Jill Scott, Minnie Ripperton, The Phoenix Foundation, Ennio Morricone, Vincent Montana Orchestra, Naked Music NYC, Split Enz, Gwen McRae, Dimmer, Nights Of Vinyl, Serge Gainsbourg, Bobby Womack, JayDee, Curtis Mayfield, John Cale, Colder, Caesars, DJ Sunderland, Dimlite, David Bendeth, CSNY, Django Reinhardt, Doves, DJ Shadow, Coldcut, MFSB, The Crusaders, Captain Beefheart, Hope Sandoval, Pere Ubu, Wire, Brian Eno, Brand New Heavies, Kora, Bent, Gary Numan, The Decemberists, G Love and Special Sauce, Flaming Lips, Gil Scott Heron, Arlo Guthrie, Iron and Wine, Jeff Buckley, Bohannon, Goldfrapp, Mazzy Starr, Glen Campbell, Nick Cave, Fat Freddy's Drop, Moodyman, R.L.Burnside, Pluto, Roy Ayers, Sabres Of Paradise, SJD, Roxy Music, Santana, Prince/Symbol guy, Lamont Dozier, Siousxie & The Banshees, Substax, The Shins, Tom Petty, Lambchop, Ian Pooley, Steve Silk Hurley, Jah Wobble, Finlay Quaye, 51 Days, Sade, Mantronix, Zero 7, Frankie Knuckles, Joe Smooth, The Wasp Factory, The Ruby Suns, Rose Royce, Hunters and Collectors, Syd Barrett, Brian Eno, Elvis, The Armed Gang, Shayne Fucking Carter, Sly and The Family Stone, The Notwist, Crown Heights Affair, The Clean, Hank Williams, Golden Harvest, Elliot Smith, Diana Brown and Barrie K Sharp, Depeche Mode, Earth, Wind and Fire, Underworld, Gang Of Four, Cerrone, The Skeptics, Birds Nest Roys, John Martyn, Nina Simone, Miguel Migs, Neon Heights, Masters At Work, Brad, The Smiths, The Clash, The Eels, Canned Heat, Marvin Gaye, Penguin Cafe Orchestra, Romeo Void, The Farm, Robot Monkey Orchestra, Odyssey, Aquanote, Phantom Planet, The Birthday Party, Ella Fitzgerald, Beck, Katmandu, Happy Mondays, Datarock, Slave feat. Steve Arrington, Depth Charge, Heavy D and The Boyz, Lakeside, Joe Bataan, Everything But The Girl, Rebel MC, Fresh & Low, everything on; LOOP Recordings, Super Furry Animals, Flying Nun, Blue Note, Glasgow Underground. Jens Lekman, Pinback, Midlake, Jungle Brothers, Kevin Yost, Dam Native, Wire, A Million Sons, Vanity 6, Magik Johnson, Beirut,Love International, The Fall, Brass Construction, Ronnie Jordan, The National, Rod, Cameo, Louis XIV, Led Zeppelin, Oddysey, Bad Company, The Chalmers Brothers, Hello Sailor, Decortica, Finlay Quaye, The Bad Seeds, The System, East West Connection, Eric B and Rakim, Larry Heard, 7A3, Frankie Knuckles, Digable Planets, Staritjacket Fits, Freeez, JPSE, The Skeptics, Candi Staton, Lightning Seeds, Shakedown, CJ Mackintosh, Primal Scream, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Beck, David Kilgour, Sly and the Family Stone, Idris Muhammed, Harry Nilsson, Buzzcocks, Womack & Womack, The Sabres Of Paradise, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Kate Bush, Risco Connection, Ministry, our aunties and uncles and a couple of cuzzys
The Graduate, Midnight Cowboy, Trouble Everyday, No More Heroes, The Harder They Come, Rockers, The Squid & The Whale, Ngati, Citizen Kane, Whalerider, Repulsion, World's Fastest Indian, Psycho, The Godfather, Memento, Good Fellas, Apocalypse Now, The Third Man, Blow Up, A Clockwork Orange, 2001 A Space Odyssey, The Apartment, Ran, The Green Mile, Nosferatu, The Grapes Of Wrath, Trainspotting, Walk The Line, Rosemary's baby, Brazil, A Streetcar Named Desire and many, many more......
The Sopranos, The Simpsons, Shameless, Flight Of The Conchords, Extras, Sunrise, Sunday Theatre, Dalziel & Pascoe, Rialto Channel, Documentary Channel
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