This song may be Australian, but I have always considered it extremely relevant to my vision of my (Riptide) boys :)

And it's a great song, anyhow

ETA: Apparently I cant embed. Let's try a link:

Khe Sanh

No Flickering Kiwi could be complete without Bliss. Why yes, there may be a problem drinking culture in New Zealand, why do you ask?

Still a great song, tho!



Have a stiff one all night, everything is all right...

Meet The Dog. He's awesome. So incredibly awesome that back in the 80's, he got his own movie. (Called, unsurprisingly, A Dog's Tale).

This song is from the movie, and a number one kiwi hit :) Video features scenes from the movie, as Dog's owner, farmer Wal, tries to woo his girlfriend Cheeky Hobson, and Dog tries just as hard to break them up :)



ETA: oddmonster, nothing bad happens to the Dog :) Not even the revelation of his real name!

(I know I haven't played before, but hey: None of you chaps know kiwi music, right? So here! Have one! next week, if I remember, there'll be another :D)

Dominion Road is bending
Under its own weight
Shining like a strip
Cut from a sheet metal plate
'Cos its just been raining

Jane reached the point where she knew
What it meant before he opened his mouth
He couldn't say them same
Or he'd have guessed she was moving south
With one of his friends



Ten thousand feet above the clouds halfway down Dominion Road

(Dominion Road is possibly the longest street in Auckland. It runs through maybe six suburbs and is a mass of strip malls, asian and indian groceries, and cultural mishmashes of every genre.)

This was on the radio tonight. I haven't heard it for years, and it made me all nostalgic (even though it's damn near as old as I am, so it's not like it's the music of my youth lol). It's a little bit Cody Allen, I think, perhaps. Also, my ex-boss was besetting me some tonight (yay, working for people who suck at 11.10pm at night) so you know, giving it all up for anything at all sounds like a bloody marvelous idea right now!

Enjoy :)