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  • How Did I Get Hear? #7 - Stephen Gallagher on Kronos Quartet's "Black Angels"

    by Jeremy Taylor
    In 1993, I was immersed in my first year study of composition at what is now known as The New Zealand School of Music. My lecturer, Jack Body, po...

  • How did I get hear? #6 - Grant Smithies on Pere Ubu's "The Modern Dance"

    by Jeremy Taylor
    I can remember the exact moment my brain exploded. It was 1981, in Edinburgh, and I was in the basement bedroom of my flatmate Colin, who playe...

  • How Did I Get Hear? #5 - Fraser Lewry on Butthole Surfers' "Locust Abortion Technician"

    by Jeremy Taylor
    Fraser Lewry on Butthole Surfers’ “Locust Abortion Technician”     My first love was rock music with a capital R: AC/DC, Black Sabbath, Dee...

  • How Did I Get Hear? #4 - Riki Gooch on İlhan Mimaroğlu and Freddie Hubbard’s “Sing Me a Song of Songmy”

    by Jeremy Taylor
    Riki Gooch on İlhan Mimaroğlu and Freddie Hubbard’s “Sing Me a Song of Songmy”   During the early 2000s, I frequently found myself in the esteeme...

  • How did I get hear? #3 - Dianne Swann on Neil Young's "Tonight's The Night"

    by Jeremy Taylor
      I had just turned 14. Things had gone a little pear-shaped in my family. Things were happening; the house was overcrowded, and my Dad was away ...

  • How did I get hear? #2 - Nick Bollinger on Gram Parsons' "Grievous Angel"

    by Jeremy Taylor
      When I was sixteen my father died suddenly. I had just left school and was living in my first flat, partying too hard, working as little as poss...

  • How did I get hear? #1 - Jeremy Taylor on Kirsty MacColl's "Kite"

    by Jeremy Taylor
    British singer/ songwriter Kirsty MacColl’s second album “Kite” was released in 1989. I was in my final year of high school in Timaru, and I bou...

  • RECORD STORE DAY 2024 AT SLOW BOAT!!!

    by Jeremy Taylor
    Slow Boat is again thrilled to share with you our plans for Record Store Day 2024!! After the success of last year’s event, we have again agr...

  • AN ANNOUNCEMENT ON CULTURE VULTURE VOUCHERS

    by Jeremy Taylor
    All good things, they say, must come to an end – and so it is the case with the joint Unity Books/ Aro Video/ Slow Boat Culture Vulture vouchers; w...

  • 2024!!

    by Jeremy Taylor
    Bloody hell, it's another year, already!! Welcome to it, everyone, and let us start by offering our sincerest thanks to you all for helping make it...

  • HOLIDAY SHOP HOURS

    by Jeremy Taylor
    Kia ora, everybody, hope everyone is doing good and enjoying some quality family/ break time - just thought we would let you know our likely hours ...

  • So, this is Christmas...

    by Jeremy Taylor
    Good grief - seems like just yesterday it was April and now - December, already!! Which means - Christmas, and New Year, and Summer, and holiday...