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The government has announced a raft of law and order measures that it says will increase police members, address gang violence and extend successful rehabilitation programmes. Faafoi said recent years have seen increases in gun crime, gang activity and some forms of youth offending which puts communities at risk and must be addressed. Our response needs to address the root causes of crime, espec..

Education Payroll records show more than 400 school staff resigned over the government's vaccine mandate. The Education Ministry said the mandate was included as a reason for resignation in the payroll system last year, however schools did not have to use the coding. As a result, it is unclear exactly how many staff members left because of the rule, the Ministry said. The Teaching Council said i..

At the center of "Pachinko," the Apple TV+ adaptation of Min Jin Lee's epic novel, is a character named Sunja--a woman born in Japanese-occupied Korea who leaves her homeland for the imperial country in the early 20th century. It's a sweeping tale of immigrant resilience, of identity and belonging, of historic trauma that echoes through generations. But though its themes are universal, "Pachinko..

From The Fires, 2017 1. Safari Song 3:54 2. Edge Of Darkness 4:28 3. Flower Power 5:12 4. A Change Is Gonna Come 3:17 5. Highway Tune 3:00 6. Meet On The Ledge 3:49 7. Talk On The Street 4:08 8. Black Smoke Rising 4:19 레드제플린과 비슷한 분위기의 목소리, 2017년에도 락을 하는 친구들을 발견할 수 있어서 반갑다. Crimson Glory 의 데뷔앨범을 들었을 때의 신선함, 기특함 등이 느껴진다. Anthem Of The Peaceful Army, 2018 1. Age Of Man 6:06 2. The Cold Wind 3:17 3...

NCEA excellence endorsement rates increased to record levels in Auckland, Waikato and Northland last year. Students in the three regions were allowed to skip exams and get unexpected event grades calculated by their schools because they had lost so much classroom time to lockdowns. Qualification Authority figures published today show Auckland had the best results of the three regions with nearly..

There have been 24 Covid-19 deaths, including a child under 10, and 8454 new community cases in New Zealand today. One of those deaths included a child under 10 years old and another young person between the age of 10 and 19. In a statement, the Ministry of Health said 481 people were in hospital, including 14 in ICU. The deaths include 12 people died over the past three days and an additional 1..

From an upstairs flat in Coventry to a sprawling rural Wairarapa lifestyle idyll, a couple of UK expats know where they'd rather be. As medical professionals, Alison Payne and Richard Le Mare experienced the "coalface" of the Covid-19 pandemic on both sides of the world and made the wrenching decision to leave family to ride it out in New Zealand. This was their second stint here, after living i..

Labour has suffered a dramatic drop in support in a new political poll but still form a government, with Te Pati Maori once again finding itself in the position of kingmaker. National has shot up to 40.5 per cent, up 9.5 points in tonight's Newhub-Reid Research poll from the company's last poll taken in February. Labour meanwhile has dropped 6.1 points to 38.2 per cent. Suffering from National's..

The Inner Mounting Flame, 1971 1. Meeting Of The Spirits 6:50 2. Dawn 5:15 3. The Noonward Race 6:27 4. A Lotus On Irish Streams 5:41 5. Vital Transformation 6:14 6. The Dance Of Maya 7:15 7. You Know You Know 5:06 8. Awakening 3:30 악기연주에 문외한이지만, 좋고 나쁘고를 떠나서 연주를 짜임새있게 잘한다는 느낌을 받는다. 모두 들을만하지만 첫곡 Meeting Of The Spirits, 다섯번째 Vital Transformation 등이 박진감 넘친다. Birds Of Fire, 1973 1. Birds Of Fire 5:4..

Ramones, 1976 1. Blitzkrieg Bop 2:12 2. Beat On The Brat 2:30 3. Judy Is A Punk 1:30 4. I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend 2:24 5. Chain Saw 1:55 6. Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue 1:34 7. I Don't Wanna Go Down To The Basement 2:35 8. Loudmouth 2:14 9. Havana Affair 2:00 10. Listen To My Heart 1:56 11. 53rd & 3rd 2:19 12. Let's Dance 1:51 13. I Don't Wanna Walk Around With You 1:43 14. Today Your Love, Tomor..

Plastic Ono Band, 1970 1. Mother 5:36 2. Hold On 1:53 3. I Found Out 3:37 4. Working Class Hero 3:50 5. Isolation 2:53 6. Remember 4:36 7. Love 3:24 8. Well Well Well 5:59 9. Look At Me 2:54 10. God 4:10 11. My Mummy's Dead 0:49 Love 는 워낙 유명한 곡이고, Mother 는 들어서 알고 있는 곡인데 가사가 궁금해서 살펴보니, 슬픈 얘기다. 마지막 부분의 절규, Mama don't go, Daddy come home 부분이 너무 사실적이라서 슬프다. 몰랐던 곡 중에는 God 이란 곡도 있는데, 이것도 가사가 사실적이라서 좋다.

All Things Must Pass, 1970 1. I'd Have You Anytime 2:54 2. My Sweet Lord 4:37 3. Wah-Wah 5:33 4. Isn't It A Pity (Version One) 7:07 5. What Is Life 4:20 6. If Not For You 3:28 7. Behind That Locked Door 3:03 8. Let It Down 4:56 9. Run Of The Mill 2:48 10. Beware Of Darkness 3:46 11. Apple Scruffs 3:03 12. Ballad Of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll) 3:45 13. Awaiting On You All 2:45 14. All Things ..

Grinding Stone, 1973 1. Grinding Stone 9:38 2. Time To Heal 6:19 3. Sail Across The Mountain 7:15 4. The Energy Dance 2:30 5. Spirit 17:11 6. Boogie My Way Back Home 5:41 Skid Row 를 떠나고 Thin Lizzy 에 들어가기 전 기간에 발매된 앨범. 긴 곡이지만 격렬한 Spirit 이 실려 있고, Grinding Stone, Time To Heal 등도 좋은 기타연주를 담고 있다. Dirty Finger, 1983 1. Hiroshima 4:28 2. Dirty Fingers 1:09 3. Bad News 5:09 4. Don't Let Me Be Misunderst..

Roger Waters-The Pros And Cons Of Hitch Hiking, 1984 The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking (Parts 1-6) 1. 4:30 (Apparently They Were Traveling Abroad) 2. 4:33 (Running Shoes) 3. 4:37 (Arabs With Knives And West German Skies) 4. 4:39 (For The First Time Today - Part 2) 5. 4:41 (Sexual Revolution) 6. 4:47 (The Remains Of Our Love) The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking (Parts 7-12) 7. 4:50 (Go Fishing) 8. ..

Diamonds & Rust, 1975 1. Diamonds & Rust 4:44 2. Fountain Of Sorrow 4:31 3. Never Dreamed You'd Leave In Summer 2:45 4. Children And All That Jazz 3:07 5. Simple Twist Of Fate 4:46 6. Blue Sky 2:54 7. Hello In There 3:04 8. Jesse 4:28 9. Winds Of The Old Days 3:53 10. Dida 3:20 11. I Dream Of Jeannie / Danny Boy (Medley) 4:13 75년이면 초기는 아니고 중기앨범인데, 모습은 지금에 비해서 아주 풋풋하다. 가장 좋아하는 곡 Diamonds & Rust 가..

Stand, 1969 1. Stand! 3:08 2. Don't Call Me Nigger, Whitey 5:59 3. I Want To Take You Higher 5:22 4. Somebody's Watching You 3:19 5. Sing A Simple Song 3:55 6. Everyday People 2:20 7. Sex Machine 13:48 8. You Can Make It If You Try 3:39 우드스탁 페스티벌에 참가한 밴드로 기억하고 있어서, 대표앨범을 들어보았으나, 아직 이런 음악까지 좋아지지는 않는다.

Parklife, 1994 1. Girls & Boys 4:50 2. Tracy Jacks 4:20 3. End Of A Century 2:45 4. Parklife 3:05 5. Bank Holiday 1:42 6. Badhead 3:25 7. The Debt Collector 2:10 8. Far Out 1:37 9. To The End 4:04 10. London Loves 4:14 11. Trouble In The Message Centre 4:09 12. Clover Over Dover 3:22 13. Magic America 3:38 14. Jubilee 2:47 15. This Is A Low 5:16 16. Lot 105 1:19 영국발음의 악동들이 노래하는 듯한 분위기인데, Parklif..

The Stone Roses, 1989 1. I Wanna Be Adored 2. She Bangs The Drums 3. Waterfall 4. Don't Stop 5. Bye Bye Badman 6. Elizabeth My Dear 7. (Song For My) Sugar Spun Sister 8. Made Of Stone 9. Shoot You Down 10. This Is The One 11. I Am The Resurrection 오랫만에 괜찮은 앨범을 발견했다. 많이 들으면 좋아질거 같은 곡들이 제법 많다.

Natty Dread, 1974 1. Lively Up Yourself 5:29 2. No Woman, No Cry 4:06 3. Them Belly Full (But We Hungry) 3:10 4. Rebel Music (3 O'Clock Road Block) 6:40 5. So Jah Seh 4:25 6. Natty Dread 3:33 7. Bend Down Low 3:10 8. Talkin' Blues 4:06 9. Revolution 4:20 No Woman, No Cry 라는 유명한 곡이 담긴 앨범. 곡들 중간중간 연주되고 있는 기타간주가 좋다. 특히 Them Belly Full.

Innervisions, 1973 1. Too High 4:37 2. Visions 5:17 3. Living For The City 7:26 4. Golden Lady 5:00 5. Higher Ground 3:54 6. Jesus Children Of America 4:04 7. All In Love Is Fair 3:45 8. Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing 4:55 9. He's Misstra Know-It-All 6:06 명반의 목록에 있어서 들어보긴 했지만, 취향문제인지 잘 좋아지질 않는다. Talking Book, 1972 1. You Are The Sunshine Of My Life 2:45 2. Maybe Your Baby 6:45 3. You And I (We Ca..

Chicago Transit Authority, 1969 1. Introduction 6:35 2. Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is 4:33 3. Beginnings 7:58 4. Questions 67 And 68 5:04 5. Listen 3:22 6. Poem 58 8:37 7. Free Form Guitar 6:53 8. South California Purples 6:10 9. I'm A Man 7:40 10. Prologue, August 29, 1968 0:57 11. Someday (August 29, 1968) 4:13 12. Liberation 14:36 시카고를 알게 해준 앨범 16집의 Hard To Say I'm Sorry까지 가려면 15개의..

Facelift, 1990 1. We Die Young 2:32 2. Man In The Box 4:46 3. Sea Of Sorrow 5:49 4. Bleed The Freak 4:01 5. I Can't Remember 3:42 6. Love, Hate, Love 6:27 7. It Ain't Like That 4:37 8. Sunshine 4:44 9. Put You Down 3:16 10. Confusion 5:44 11. I Know Somethin (Bout You) 4:21 12. Real Thing 4:03 묵직한 기타와 힘있는 보컬이 돋보이는 곡, Man In The Box 가 좋다. Dirt, 1992 1. Them Bones 2:29 2. Dam That River 3:09 3. Ra..

Ten, 1991 1. Once 3:51 2. Even Flow 4:53 3. Alive 5:41 4. Why Go 3:19 5. Black 5:44 6. Jeremy 5:18 7. Oceans 2:41 8. Porch 3:30 9. Garden 4:58 10. Deep 4:18 11. Release 5:04 12. (silence) 0:15 13. Master / Slave 3:47 살아남기 바빠서, 음악을 듣지 못하던 시기에 나왔던 앨범. 당시에는 그저그런 밴드 중 하나의 앨범이겠거니 했는데, 2020년 8월경부터 들어보기 시작했는데, 좋은 음악이 꽤 많아서 놀라웠다. 보컬의 심드렁하면서 건방스러운 창법도 좋고, 연주도 좋은 앨범이다. Vs.(pronounced versus), 1993 1. Go 3..

OK Computer, 1997 1. Airbag 4:44 2. Paranoid Android 6:23 3. Subterranean Homesick Alien 4:27 4. Exit Music (For A Film) 4:24 5. Let Down 4:59 6. Karma Police 4:21 7. Fitter Happier 1:57 8. Electioneering 3:50 9. Climbing Up The Walls 4:45 10. No Surprises 3:48 11. Lucky 4:19 12. The Tourist 5:24 요새 90년대 음악을 많이 듣고 있다. 그간 주로 60-80년대 음악들을 들어왔었기에, 90년대 음악들은 나에게 상당히 최신 음악인 셈인데, 그래서인지, 분위기가 좀 생소하다. 이..

Solitude Standing 1. Tom's Diner 2:08 2. Luka 3:51 3. Ironbound / Fancy Poultry 6:17 4. In The Eye 4:12 5. Night Vision 2:45 6. Solitude Standing 4:34 7. Calypso 4:12 8. Language 3:54 9. Gypsy 4:01 10. Wooden Horse (Caspar Hauser's Song) 5:09 11. Tom's Diner (Reprise) 2:39 목소리가 따뜻한 Suzanne Vega 의 두번째 앨범. Luka 라는 곡은 참 먹먹한 곡이다. 후반부에 실린 Gypsy 도 좋은 곡이다. My name is Luka I live on the second floor I l..

If You're Feeling Sinister, 1996 1. The Stars Of Track And Field 4:48 2. Seeing Other People 3:48 3. Me And The Major 3:51 4. Like Dylan In The Movies 4:14 5. The Fox In The Snow 4:11 6. Get Me Away From Here, I'm Dying 3:25 7. If You're Feeling Sinister 5:21 8. Mayfly 3:42 9. The Boy Done Wrong Again 4:17 10. Judy And The Dream Of Horses 3:40 스코트랜드 출신 인디 팝밴드라고 한다. 심심한 음악이네..로 시작했는데, 왠지 좋아지는 앨범...

Electric Music For The Mind And Body, 1967 1. Flying High 2:37 2. Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine 4:18 3. Death Sound Blues 4:21 4. Happiness Is A Porpoise Mouth 2:47 5. Section 43 7:23 6. Superbird 2:01 7. Sad And Lonely Times 2:21 8. Love 2:20 9. Bass Strings 4:58 10. The Masked Marauder 3:07 11. Grace 7:03 적당히 싸이키델릭하고 좋지만, 인상적인 한방이 없다.

Definitely Maybe, 1994 1. Rock 'N' Roll Star 5:23 2. Shakermaker 5:09 3. Live Forever 4:37 4. Up In The Sky 4:28 5. Columbia 6:17 6. Supersonic 4:44 7. Bring It On Down 4:18 8. Cigarettes & Alcohol 4:49 9. Digsy's Dinner 2:33 10. Slide Away 6:32 11. Married With Children 3:13 이 밴드는 2집에 알려진 히트곡이 많은데, 음악적으로는 1집이 더 좋다고 하는 평을 여럿 보았다. 어디가 좋다는건지 잘 공감되지는 않는데, 마지막 곡이 사막을 건너다 만난 오아시스처럼 반가웠다. (What's The ..

A Rush Of Blood To The Head, 2002 1. Politik 5:18 2. In My Place 3:48 3. God Put A Smile Upon Your Face 4:57 4. The Scientist 5:09 5. Clocks 5:07 6. Daylight 5:27 7. Green Eyes 3:43 8. Warning Sign 5:31 9. A Whisper 3:58 10. A Rush Of Blood To The Head 5:51 11. Amsterdam 5:19 뭔가 있었던 것은 아닌데, 뭔가 있을 것만 같은 느낌을 주는 밴드다. Coldpay 가 꽤 유명한 밴드인데, 앨범은 처음 들어본다. 히트곡중에는 라디오에서 많이 들어서 귀에 익은 곡들도 있었는데.. 평가가 좋은 앨범들..

Loma Vista, 2012 1. The Stairs 3:51 2. Diversity 3:40 3. St. Croix 3:35 4. Buried 3:07 5. Hero 3:10 6. Everytime 2:47 7. Living On Love 3:23 8. Hey Ma 3:38 9. In The End 4:20 10. Never Enough 3:19 11. Find It 3:50 스포티파이의 무작위 추천곡으로 Hero 를 듣고 찾아본 밴드. 좋은 밴드를 발견한 듯하다.