A Day in the Life Of... Hoody Time Joey Talmage (AKA Hoody Time) is a vocalist and multi-instrumentalist who has made Nelson his home since 2017. You may have seen him on-stage at various festivals and events around town including Bay Dreams and Nelson city’s New Year’s Eve party. He runs us through his typical day.
The plants approve of their new home. I’m off to Room Twenty5 in Richmond to record some music with the wickedly talented Bosho. Bo – if you’re reading this and we have not finished tracking my EP, my bad. Call me. Chur.
5pm 7pm
Oops. We bought more plants (thank you Hope Nurseries)…
Yes, sometimes you do spend two hours eating world class sushi. And would you look at that? It’s magically Thursday, so naturally the move is Kismet on Hardy for open mic night. I’m gonna slam a few tunes with Genre Fluid, Ben Dixon will probably play my favourite tunes of his, some gin will be responsibly consumed.
9.30pm
Great. I’m alive again, my teeth are brushed, the plants are watered, my clothes match, I’m not garbage. If it’s a weekday, I’m putting in the yards for HotHouse Creative where I work as a writer and digital marketing specialist. But today is Saturday so I’ve finally made it to the Saturday Market with my fiancée, Liat. Time to order a Chicksilog from Arnel’s Filipino joint.
To cook or not to cook? Nah. Just kidding, I already called Yuki and got a spot for Liat and myself at Wafu Bistro.
I’m quite the night owl so I get some of my best work done in the three - four hours before I call it a day. This time of year, that means booking tour dates and securing some festival appearances. I run the three-screen offensive: bookings on a laptop, socials on the phone, and some documentary about whales on the TV in the background. Mmm. My retinas.
1am
8am 10.09am 10.14am
Shower and skin care routine. I use a regimen by Native Junkie featuring hemp and native NZ botanicals. Every day. It’s why I shine.
12pm
My alarm has already gone off and now the first, and hopefully the only ‘snooze’ follows suit. Yes, I’m getting up. And don’t let anyone tell you the only way to be successful is to wake up early and… blah blah blah. People ain’t the same!
1pm
…ish. I usually wake up initially at a reasonable hour. Check my emails/socials, decide if my existence is actually required this early. Today it was not. Back to sleep.
11am
SEAN RICHARDS
(Sunday) It’s bedtime. Between HotHouse and Hoody Time I actually work quite a bit, so when I wake up on Sunday I don’t want to do anything. Or maybe I want to do something that feels like doing nothing. Sometimes that’s a quick stroll to Eclectic and Rack Diggers for some antiquing and vintage streetwear shopping, sometimes it’s a drive to Kaiteriteri Beach and a day in the sun. No matter what’s on the schedule though, it’s great to wake up every day in Nelson.
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