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CORNER GAS; SEASON THREE (Madman DVD)

Does Canada make the most consistently interesting but largely unseen television programmes? Possibly: any country which can give the world The... more >>

Writing in Elsewhere

CAN'T BE SATISFIED, THE LIFE AND TIMES OF MUDDY WATERS by ROBERT GORDON

When McKinley Morganfield’s grandmother named him Muddy after the nearby Mississippi and he later took the surname Waters, there seemed... more >> 2

Cultural Elsewhere

QUEEN CITY ROCK: Auckland Nightlife, Look Back in Wonder (2010)

“I hear the Queen City callin' . . . yeah, the whole place is rockin' . . . " -- Peter Lewis and the Trisonic, Four City... more >>

New Music from Elsewhere

Ben Vaughn: Designs in Music (Vampisoul/Southbound)

It's not like Ben Vaughn needs a calling card into the world of television soundtracks, his music has apparently been used in That 70s Show and... more >>

Favourite Five Recently Reviewed CDs

Justin Currie: The Great War (Ryko/Southbound)

Some of these songs heard at a distance -- just the sharp pop and guitar jangle coming through -- and you'd pin Justin Currie as a smart power pop... more >>

New Music from Elsewhere

Timothy Blackman: I've Never Lived (Home Alone)

Singer-songtwriter Blackman appeared at Elsewhere previously with his very interesting EP Modern Sprawl, and this is his short (half an hour)... more >>

From the Vaults

Brave Combo: My Girl Lollipop (1982)

It was a brave combo indeed that took piano accordion polka-rock to the good people of Denton, Texas -- but in the early Eighties this four-piece... more >>