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18 MAY 2015 MUSIC ISSUE Editor Jessica Wilson editor@nexusmag.co.nz Design Olivia Paris design@nexusmag.co.nz Deputy Editors Brittany Rose Jules Craft
01 EDITORIAL New Zealand Music Doesn’t Suck
03 NEWS
Time To Chill Out! / Lifeline Aotearoa
06 SPORTS Oi Rio Pro
Managing Editor James Raffan News Editor Sam Marelich Contributors Ty Hart Chris Reive Chris Kader Alix Higby Jared Wooldridge Richard Swainson Caitlin Orton Hp Kelsie Moorland Peter Dornauf Dayna East Emma Nygard James Brodie Aunty Slut Drunk Professor Rebecca Pollard Resident Gay Johnny Ryan Zac Lyon Interns Ashleigh Matthews Jessamy Topping Johnny Ryan Cover Artwork Braden Gordon Yesterdays Tomorrow facebook.com/yesterdaystomorrowart Photography Cameron Robinson Advertising Andrew James aj@wsu.org.nz Offices Ground Floor, Student Union Building Gate One, University of Waikato Knighton Road, Hamilton Online nexusmag.co.nz facebook.com/nexusNZ @nexusmag Spotify: nexusmagazine
08 ENTERTAINMENT
Horoscopes / Trending on Twitter/ Please Don’t Quote Me / Beats by J / Yik Yak of the Week
11 REVIEWS
Pitch Perfect 2 / Saint John Divine / Lighter Than My Shadow / The Son
14 ARTS Man Alone
15 AUTEUR
Auteur House Presents: Manoel de Oliveira (1908 – 2015)
16 FEATURES
I Stream, You Stream / Coral / New Zealand Music Month / Disasteradio / Diaz Grim
27 SNAPPED Send us your snaps!
28 YOUR SPACE Calm Gamers: Hamilton East
30 COLUMNS
The Single Life / ALC 101 / Aunty Slut / The Weekly Grind / She’s Abroad / A Fashionable Lifestyle
36 COOKING Fish Cakes
38 CARE By-Election 2015
40 PUZZLES
Editorial NEXUS MAGAZINE
New Zealand Music Doesn’t Suck Jess Wilson
Hamilton has a booming music scene. Recently, after attaining a boyfriend who digs New Zealand hardcore, I’ve been exploring his favourite genre — I even went to Take Two, a hardcore gig, last month at Zeal. I was surprised by the punk bands playing there — they sounded nothing like The Clash, Bikini Kill, or the Sex Pistols. I cowered in the corner during the raw performances of punk bands Hammer Time and Braves, confused why they were screaming at me. What had I done wrong? A few weeks ago I attended another gig at Nivara Lounge (also known as Nirvana Lounge by such dinguses as me).
Several years ago I was under the illusion that New Zealand
With bands like Girls Pissing on Girls Pissing, Civil Union,
didn’t make good music. With such mediocre bands as Dane
and I.E. Crazy, I was more in my element (hint: alt as fuck). I
Rumble, Stan Walker, and Titanium trending in the mainstream,
sipped cider and sculled life-changing alcoholic ginger beer
I thought I had made my mind up — until I dug deeper. I
whilst wondering how I could be as cool as the drummer
started with older bands, classic indie rockers like The Clean
babe from Civil Union. It was a night to remember… or hardly
and The Chills. Soon I was exploring more recent and diverse
remember. Alcohol is bad, kids.
bands, Opossum, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Shocking Pinks, Die!Die!Die!, and The Checks, expanding my mind as though it were a balloon and the music a helium pump.
The theme of this issue, if you haven’t already realised, is music — suitable as it’s New Zealand Music Month. We’ll be exploring what the fuck New Zealand Music Month is, who is
New Zealand music is like any other music market, most
paying the artists, and interviewing a some of our favourite
people will like what’s popular, but for us pretentious
acts. If you want to get started on your New Zealand musical
assholes, we have to dig deeper to get our fix — which is not
journey, head to our Facebook page; we’re posting a New
a drug smuggling reference by the way.
Zealand music video every day for the entire month.
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Thanks Nexus and Peter Dornauf for your coverage of our part in the Fringe
A Pro-Scientology View Mike Ferris
Festival. We were pleased to provide Peter with an opportunity to exercise his creativity through criticism. Most advertising, is good advertising.
Why is Scientology so talked about today, given its relatively young age and its expansion now into most countries around the world? It certainly isn’t answered by the mainstream media which often portrays very one-sided arguments from
I Know What I Heard Masturbation is Evil
dubious sources. What is far more interesting is the emergence of a religious philosophy in the second half of the 20th Century that addresses the human spirit in a traditional way through contemporary scientific methodology. The philosophy is very sound in religious terms. Like the Eastern beliefs, Scientology holds that each person is
If you were in the Library Level 3 boys toilets at 11:33am on Tuesday, you were not alone. I heard every slap you thirsty bastard. Save it for the shower play boi.
immortal and lives from lifetime to lifetime and that the being’s potential is far greater than one might possibly imagine. Scientology offers a workable way to rehabilitate one’s spiritual ability and because the basic concepts have a high degree of workability they challenge some of the ways society is run, especially in the field of mental health. Scientology’s real opponents are psychiatrists who rely on the barbaric treatments directed at the brain, from electric shocks, brain
Hellmilton Roller Ghouls Shannon
surgery and drugs — all still part of psychiatry’s current practice. Scientology holds that people are spiritual, not animals with smarter brains. L. Ron Hubbard believed that people are basically good and he researched his subject of Scientology because he saw the need for a return to spiritual values in a technologydriven world. Anyone wanting to find out for themselves about the man and his work should read his first book ‘Dianetics The Modern Science of Mental Health’.
Super Hero Roller Disco. On Saturday 6th June you should all come down to the Melville skate rink dressed as super heroes. Bring $2 for entry and bring your own wheels (- boards & bikes) or hire some skates for an extra $2. Old fashioned fun!
On the subject of Scientology’s charitable works, there are many. The funds donated to Scientology go to the work of Scientology and this includes education in field of illicit drugs, human rights education, disaster response and moral education. Scientology is a new religion which makes it an easy target for the media, but the real story is the emergence of a new religion in the West that is based on principles of spiritual values and human rights in a world that appears intent in reducing
Disgrace Lord Velvet
Having just been exposed to Nexus’s prurient agendas, I ponder how best to express my disgust at Nexus’s total lack of sensitivity and reasoning. Let
people to be part of a consumer machine.
Monstrous Musings Mumma’s Boy
me preface my discussion by quickly reasserting a familiar theme of my previous letters: Nexus should work with us, not step in at the eleventh hour
Oedipus Rex is not a dinosaur, and I should probably stop spending so much time
and hog all the glory. When a mistake is made, the smart thing to do is to
with my mother.
admit it and reverse course. That takes real courage. The way that Nexus stubbornly refuses to own up to its mistakes serves only to convince me that it gets a lot of perks from the system. True to form, Nexus ceaselessly moves the goalposts to prevent others from benefiting from the same perks. This suggests that it argues that I am pugnacious for wanting to find more constructive contexts in which to work toward resolving conflicts. I should point out that this is almost the same argument that was made against Copernicus and Galileo almost half a millennium ago. To end this letter, I would like to make a bet with Nexus. I will gladly give Nexus a day’s salary if it can prove that its sophistries are Right with a capital R, as it insists. So, do we have a bet, Nexus?
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NEWS FROM THE UNIVERSITY
WIN SCHOLARSHIPS The Scholarships Office is hosting an information session on Wednesday 20 May, 1-2pm at S.1.01. The session will cover how to search and apply for scholarships and external funding opportunities, CV and cover letter advice and general Q & A.
OPEN DAY The University’s annual Open Day is on Friday 22 May. There’ll be lots of people on campus and a bit more noise than usual. Unfortunately there will be no parking available at Gate 2b. Sorry for any inconvenience. Visit www.waikato.ac.nz/events/ openday for more information.
CLOTHES SWAP Time to clean out your wardrobe and find some new pieces! Feminists @ Waikato and Alice & Anne are hosting a clothes swap on Wednesday 20 May, 1-3pm at the Student Centre, level zero.
NEW PROFESSOR PONDERS LEADERSHIP AND ENTERPRISE For her first public lecture as a Waikato professor, Kathryn Pavlovich will talk about ‘noetic wisdom’ and how it can enhance business and leadership in the 21st century. The free lecture is on Tuesday 19 May, 6pm at the Academy, Hamilton. The Opus Bar is open from 5pm.
STUDY ABROAD Want to study, travel and make new friends overseas while completing your Waikato degree? Find out how at the Student Exchange Fair on Wednesday 20 May, 11am-1pm in the Student Centre, level 2 foyer. There’ll be an info session at 1pm in S.1.04.
RECOGNISING TOP TEACHERS Do you know a great lecturer or tutor who deserves some recognition? Nominations for the Teaching Excellence and eLearning Awards are now open. Find out more and nominate online at www.waikato.ac.nz/pod/nomination 3
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NEXUS NEWS NEWS
LIFELINE AOTEAROA Ty Hart
Suicide is a touchy topic. For some, it’s easy and preferable to talk about. For others, it sits at the very core of what is taboo. Regardless of the vast range of views on the matter, suicide claimed the lives of 529 people over 2013 and 2014, as per Coroner’s Court statistics. Jumping back in time to 1964 in Christchurch, Lifeline Aotearoa was launched as a revolutionary service aimed towards
providing
assistance
to
people
who
were
contemplating suicide. Some 50 years later, Lifeline has now
TIME TO CHILL OUT!
spread across New Zealand, employing some 400 volunteers
The WSU will be hosting a mental health day on Tuesday at the Students’ Services Centre. From
Importantly, more than 50 percent of Lifeline’s funding
11am till 2pm students will be given access to resources such as advocacy services, counsellors
comes from Government sources.
and chaplaincy as well as head, shoulder, and hand massages. Probably even couches. While it will be an opportunity to relax and de-stress it does have a serious message behind it according to WSU President Shannon Stewart.
and receiving around 130,000 calls per year, making it one of the most utilised services in New Zealand.
Earlier this year, the Ministry of Health announced its plans to release a National Telehealth Service, effectively creating a more unified version of what Lifeline and other similar phone-
“Our advocates Priscilla and Sarah have been working hard behind the scenes to promote a
services provide across the nation. The Ministry of Health
simple message: help is available if you need it. It isn’t easy being a student and we wanted to try
has been quiet in engaging with this issue, but from what
and bring our entire support community together to make the event a success.”
material has been released on its website, it appears this new
According to 2014 statistics published by the health service over 16% of adults in New Zealand suffer some sort of mental illness. In real terms that is approximately 582,000 adults or one in six people. Those numbers skew further when you consider other lifestyle, cultural and genetic factors.
effort has been motivated by the intention to create a multifaceted organisation with a streamlined background service providing information and support services to those in need.
For instance women are 1.6% more likely to be diagnosed with common mental illness than men.
Sounds great, right? At least in theory.
Those numbers grow again when you consider ethnicity; a 2013 study showed Maori (10% above
Lifeline Aotearoa has failed to secure a contract under the
the average) and Pacific Islanders (9%) were likely to suffer short term stress or anxiety related
new Ministry scheme. This directly jeopardises the work which
to mental illness. There are plenty more stats to get lost in too but for the sake of brevity let’s just
Lifeline has continued to do for the last 50 years, potentially
say that if you are young, female, Maori or Polynesian, or broke there is a good chance you have
placing lives at risk. While there has been no direct response
or know someone with mental illness.
from the organisation, a published e-mail has revealed that
“Exam time can be stressful for anyone and as part of our CARE programme we are going to be doing things like soup and exam packs for students. We are really doing what we can to help but
the top-dogs are scrambling to secure their services with those organizations which have secured a contract.
we also know that stress is unavoidable so having access to people who can help you manage it
With a deadline being put forward by the Ministry as
is paramount,” said Stewart.
November this year, it begs the question; do these new
Mental health days are a staple of most first world countries. Originally created to help those with diagnosed mental disorders take a day off work as required. However in 2010 the National led government passed an amendment giving employers the power to demand a doctors certificate for even a singular sick day, effectively leaving the mental health day policy to the discretion of each employer.
efforts by the Ministry secure a more efficient process for those in need? Or has the ball been dropped once again, this time in a field with much higher stakes on the line? Lifeline 24/7 Helpline: 0800 543 354 24 Hour Telephone Counselling
The WSU Mental Health Day will be held on Tuesday May 19th from 11am-2pm in Level Zero
It always helps to talk
and the Students’ Centre.
At lifeline, we’re here to listen
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News NEXUS MAGAZINE
TPP AYE? Sam Marelich
The TPPA has been a political football for a while now, with a wide range of opponents concerned about the lack of transparency. A free trade treaty with New Zealand, Australia, America, Canada, and seven other Asia-Pacific countries, negotiations are advanced, but are held entirely behind closed doors. It’s a hard pill for proud New Zealanders to swallow — the fact that we aren’t that important and our say isn’t actually recognised. Major issues that might come about from the TPPA are extensive — opponents argue that it will allow widespread foreign investment, a tightening of copyright laws, and the banning of parallel importing. More chillingly there is the potential for medicine becoming more expensive for consumers as restrictions are placed on Pharmac. Multinational firms may gain the ability to sue the New Zealand Government for millions of dollars in offshore tribunals in claims that new laws and Mhairi Black (20) SNP Parties newest MP and the youngest person in British Parliament in decades
SCOTLAND THE BRAVE? James Raffan
regulations undermine the value of their investment. The precedent for multinationals hiring an entire arsenal of lawyers to nitpick through tens of thousands of pages of dull law papers in search for a loophole isn’t unfounded. In a bid against the plain packaging regulation that Australia placed on smoking last year, Philip Morris International sued the Australian Government by using provisions in a Hong Kong/Australia treaty to demand compensation for lost profits. The matter is still ongoing and makes a mockery of the right of Australia to
Scotland, the bleak and semi-barren highlands to the north of England
make and enforce laws.
has so often been considered the Ron Weasley of UK politics, both for its
Thankfully the TPPA has a more pressing problem. Despite Barack Obama pushing
strict and dogmatic adherence to the whims of a magical, bespectacled
incredibly hard on the issue, a number of Democrats are simply unwilling to
England — and also because it has a fuckton of gingers. No clearer
compromise on the issue, with a bill designed to fast track the process failing in
signal of its loyalty has there ever been than last year, when 55% of the
the Senate.
country refused the right to be an independent and free nation.
As the U.S election heats up, the likelihood of the TPPA passing becomes more
Which is intriguing given the same voices in the Scottish Nationalist
difficult, hardline Republicans and Democrats alike must show support for bringing
Party that pushed for independence have won 56 of the 59 Scottish
back manufacturing and an American middle class if they want to hold a chance in
electoral seats in last week’s British election. SNP leader Nicola
hell of sitting in the White House.
Sturgeon seemingly laid out her party’s position. “Clearly there is an appetite for change in Scotland, and there is a desire for Scotland’s voice to be heard much more clearly. That’s now the job of those 56 Scottish Nationalist MPs” Sturgeon added that this wasn’t simply a vote for Scotland, but a vote against the elected Conservative Party, labelling it an “overwhelming vote against continued austerity.” The sentiment however seems somewhat premature as the SNP election has a massive and transformative effect on Scotland, the Conservative Party still retained power with a stronger majority than before. Although Sturgeon rejects the idea that the rise of the SNP was a contributing factor “(it’s) nothing to do with what happened in Scotland. It’s everything to do with the fact Labour weren’t strong enough in England.” For now Scottish Independence seems a far away dream — but this is Scotland, they have a unicorn as their national animal, they have produced the best James Bond and the second best Obi Wan and Professor X respectively, they are the country of Trainspotting, Premier Football Managers and, perhaps most impressively, zero members of One Direction. Impossible might just be what they do best. 5
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SPORTS OPINION
OI RIO PRO Chris Reive
I know it’s early on in the year, and Rio is only the
The surfer that has caught my eye so far this year is
fourth stop on the tour, but damn this year looks like
Adriano de Souza. The Brazilian took out the Drug
it’ll be a hard one to call. Will Kelly Slater take another
Aware Margaret River Pro, beating John John Florence
title? Will John John Florence push on from his third
even while catching four waves less than him.
place finish on last year tour and challenge top two? Can Gabriel Medina defend? With Toledo and De Souza already winning event titles this year will it be a breakout year for one of the other Brazilians on tour? Forget the absolute talent they demonstrate on the waves, the fact absolutely anything could happen over the course of the tour makes it a must watch for any sports fan. As a Kiwi, that excitement is
De Souza also made the final at Bells Beach Rip Curl Pro before losing to Aussie Mick Fanning in a tight contest — as in when the end of the final came the scores were tied and Fanning won because he had the highest scoring single wave. De Souza is definitely an athlete to keep an eye on early on this year.
emphasised by the fact that Ricardo Christie is flying
If you haven’t watched any of the surfing this year, I’d
the flag for our nation on the biggest stage in the
encourage you to catch some of the Rio event. These
world — chur bro, the nation is behind you.
dudes make it look easy and are incredible to watch.
HIGH FIVE
NBA POST-SEASON RECORDS In 1997, LA Lakers forward Robert Horry set the record for most 3 pointers made in a game without missing, going 7-7 from beyond the arc.
This year, Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors equalled the record for most 3 pointer attempted in a game. The record of 18 attempts is now held by himself and Ray Allen, who set it in 2009. In 2000, Shaquille O’Neal set the record from most free throws attempted. The big man took 39 free throws vs the Indiana Pacers, finishing with a respectable (by Shaq standards) 19/39.
In 1998, Utah Jazz set the record for fewest points in an NBA finals game, being drilled by the Chicago Bulls 96-54 — a difference of 42 points, which is also the finals record for biggest winning margin. In 1986, Michael Jordan set a record for most points scored in a playoff game, dropping a cool 63 on the Boston Celtics in a double overtime thriller which the Bulls would eventually lose.
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DRILLING FOR OIL IN NEW ZEALAND WATERS A smart economic decision or a huge environmental risk? LEFT
RIGHT
There’s always a lot of idle talk about the virtue of policy and political ideas which
For those who take an overly simplistic look at politics, there are three areas on
meet in the supposedly sensible and “middle”, middle ground. Unfortunately
the spectrum that we have in New Zealand, 1) hardcore right wing neoliberal
for all you nice, conciliatory people, things never seem to work out that way in
nut jobs who think competing with Chinese wages is economic efficiency and
real life. The many-headed global environmental crisis which is already upon us
the market ‘at work’; 2) left wing crazies who think any inequality is terrible and
is a perfect example of our desperate need for political movements which are
Marx was always good, and 3) the normal 96% of New Zealand who find both
willing to drag people kicking and screaming to the acceptance of hard truths.
ends of the spectrum terrifying.
To anyone who has accepted the reality of global warming and the myriad
By and large New Zealanders have a shared set of values. We believe in looking
of other crises which need to be dealt with yesterday, such as deforestation
after one another, we care about the environment and we want to see equal
and ocean acidification, the current government’s enthusiasm for developing
opportunities available for all. While we might be a bit deluded in how well we
New Zealand’s offshore fossil fuel resources demonstrates the impossibility of
are doing and we definitely disagree about how to go about it, you will find
meeting many supposedly moderate positions half-way.
these three traits are near on universal amongst Kiwis. The reason we don’t do
We’re told that a primary reason for embracing dangerous practices like
things is generally because we (as a nation) just don’t have the cash.
fracking and deep-sea oil drilling are the jobs and stimulus that the presence of
National has to do nasty things that make people angry because someone has
the fossil fuel industry in the provinces will provide. If you can think of anything
to make sure the books don’t go the way of Greece. Labour and the Greens are
else that needs doing around where you live, like say retrofitting buildings
ridiculed because they forget to do the basic “can we afford this?” check before
for upcoming environmental and energy constraints, then we probably don’t
rolling out impossible wishlists.
need to resort to sending Latin American or Norwegian oil barons on publiclyfunded junkets for the privilege of having them throw a few jobs our way while potentially destroying far more in the process. But hey, if it can’t be stopped, at least we’re not going to make the same mistakes, right? Wrong. As most of you hopefully know, the block of ocean opened up to oil and gas exploration overlaps with the only sanctuary for the near-extinct Maui’s Dolphin. The Official Information Act requests show that oil giant, Anadarko, accidentally dropped a 7-tonne platform into the waters off Canterbury. That’s just one incident in a litany of dumpings, explosions, and
What we need to do is simple. We need to open up our national resources — our vast trove of them, and drill, mine, and get extracting. We also need to make sure the Government is in charge of the drilling, mining, and extracting — as per the Norwegian model. It’s perfect — we now have the cash to deploy the Scandinavian standard of living we keep (unrealistically) chasing and measuring up to. Let’s get real: our pension system has $14 billion sitting around. Norway has a pension system with $860 billion sitting around. Our countries are a similar size.
fires in New Zealand waters. International experience shows it only gets worse
Let’s do a quick cost benefit analysis: we can piss off a few environmentalists to
when exploration ends and drilling begins.
fund the world’s best schools, universities, healthcare systems, welfare net, and pension system, or we can sit on our hands. Drill, baby, drill.
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HOROSCOPES
TRENDING ON TWITTER
Aries (March 21 — April 19) If you want to be cool you’ve gotta look cool. You gotta act
#GIRLSWITHCURLS
cool. You gotta breathe cool. It is not a one-way approach but an entire methodology — you can’t just act cool, you have to LIVE it. And no shopping at Glassons. Taurus (April 20 — May 20) “Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.” Release the toxic bad stuff by violently throwing it in their face, rubbing it in a bit, admiring your handiwork, and then proceed to pick up your
jaden s @halcyonsun · May 11 I wanna look through #girlswithcurls but its gonna be filled with crackers calling their waves they made with an iron curls. Don’t have time 21
things and move on with your life. Gemini (May 21 — June 20) This week your ambition is going to run you aground. Slow down the propellers and cruise for a moment while you take in the view… Even Jay-Z needs chill time away from maintaining a net worth greater than Kanye’s.
ellena @illegallyirwin · May 11 me: wants to post a pic for #GirlsWithCurls but is scared that salty people are gonna attack me bc my curls are subtle 3
Cancer (June 21 — July 22) This week you will want to warm the cockles of your heart (grossest phrase ever) by watching Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt with a piping hot cup of tea. Except every time you boil water you will get distracted and forget and have to boil it again. Moral of the horoscope: don’t drink tea, it’s not energy-efficient.
the exam period, just remember that the student health centre is free and special consideration might bump up your mark J.
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mai minaj @taeyungsoo · May 11 Let me catch a hoe on this hashtag with straight hair or curled hair (with an iron) I will throw hands #girlswithcurls 3
Leo (July 23 — August 22) Stock up on chocolate and potato chips for emotional sustenance during exam prep and when you eventually find yourself unwell during
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Rebecca Wilson @RebeccaAMWilson · May 10 Who needs fancy products when you’ve got the sea... #girlswithcurls #beachbums 1
Virgo (August 23 — September 22) You may think you’re the kind of uni student that 16 year olds want to be when they grow up, but really you’re the kind of uni student that follows 16 year olds on instagram and then when they follow you back, you unfollow them so it looks like they followed you first. Yeah. We onto you.
WHAT’S HOT WHAT’S NOT
Libra (September 23 — October 22) Looking on the bright side, your winter induced lethargy and extreme distaste for diets doesn’t really reflect poor discipline, but rather, a whole new wardrobe! Yaaaaaaay. Scorpio (October 23 — November 21) It is crucial that you see your life as a series of learned experiences, rather than the train wreck your high school friends keep telling you it is. What do they know? You haven’t even referred to your lecturer as “mum” like you did that one time in Classics. So really, it’s all up from here. Sagittatrius (November 22 — December 21) Your present laziness is a dormant snowball waiting to be pushed out into the slippery abyss. Combat its potential detrimental effects by smashing it to pieces with vertical spin. You’re not a stripper, you’re an athlete!
WHAT’S HOT 1. Mi Goreng. 10 packs for $4.00 equals 40 cents per lunch. Yay, health! 2. Man pigtails. Nexus has spoken. 3. WSU By-Election. You can vote online NOW!
Capricorn (December 22 — January 19) Do you ever stare off, mid study session, wondering how people always talk about the “crazy psycho” people in their lives? That maybe everyone is a “crazy psycho” to someone else? That maybe no one is calm or rational all the time? Abandon study plan, this requires in depth consideration. Aquarius (January 20 — February 18) Paraphrase, inquire, acknowledgement. These are the three steps required to engage in “active listening.” If a friend won’t stop bitching about their dramas, try this approach. If all else fails, delete and block on Facebook. No one needs that shit this half of semester. Pisces (February 19 — March 20) Does anyone really know what they’re doing? Yes. You do. You have it sorted! Or at least you will, once you’re done reading this horoscope and finally pull your head out of your ass. Have a blessed week.
WHAT’S NOT 1. Leaving the milk out in Level Zero, I’m not cool with having yoghurt in my coffee. 2. Man buns. 3. Drinking yesterday’s water from the bottle you left in your bag. Will I die?
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BEATS BY J
“JUST IMAGINE IF YOU WERE COKE BINGING IN THE ‘80S AND YOU HAD TWITTER.” – Azealia Banks explains her life to her mother
“SOMEONE WHO LIVES IN COLORADO THAT DOESN’T WEAR DEODORANT.” – Beyonce is no longer a vegan
“LOOK AT ME LIKE A CHAMP, JUST DOZING THROUGH THE NIGHT WITHOUT A CLUE.” – Lady Gaga on taking PM painkillers before the Met Gala
Elliphant Love Me Badder Kid Ink Be Real Nate Ruess Great Big Storm Halsey Ghost The Chemical Brothers Go Flosstradamus Soundclash
YIK YAK OF THE WEEK
Alesso Cool A Trax Remix Avicii Feeling Good Roots Manuva Like A Drum
Awk moment when someone comes up to you and asks you to do a survey specially for international students.....I was born here.
Armin van Buuren Another You
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FILM REVIEW
KINGSMAN: THE SECRET SERVICE
PITCH PERFECT 2 Richard Swainson
Jared Wooldridge
Can you imagine if the violence, sex, swearing, and ridiculousness
It’s an achievement to begin a film with a joke about a plus size
of James Bond was turned up to 11? Kingsman can. Matthew
vagina yet still manage to go downhill from there. The pudenda
Vaughan, the director who made Kick-Ass, set out to try to return
in question belongs to Rebel Wilson, returning to the role that
a little fun to the spy genre — and he succeeded. Kingsman never
cemented her celebrity status and, like some cross between
takes itself too seriously, knowing exactly what it is the whole
Fatty Arkbuckle in a blonde wig and Dame Edna Everage, the
way through. Although you should make sure you have a strong
big lady pulls out all the stops. What a shame she has next to
stomach; the term ultra-violent is very easily applicable here.
nothing to work with. A witless, poorly constructed script strips
The Kingsman were once a group of tailors, who through a bit
all the charm from the original characters and situations.
of money, managed to transform themselves into an elite spy
The first Pitch Perfect achieved a balance between the cliches of
agency outside of any government. So, naturally, they all go
movie college life and the fantasy world of competitive acapella
into battle dressed in their Sunday best. Then again, when your
singing. The Barden Bellas were little more than reimagined
agency is made up of Colin Firth, Mark Strong and Michael Caine,
cheerleaders from Bring It On, but at least each of them had
a certain degree of Britishness is required. As Firth tries to recruit
a back story. A basic underdog-triumphs-over-adversity
street-hoodlum-with-a-heart Eggsy into the crew, he must also
scenario and a token bit of romance were enough to hang all
deal with an outlandish evil plot from none other than a lisping
the close harmonies and cheesy covers on. The sequel assumes
Samuel L. Jackson, who looks like he is having more fun than
a near ground zero approach, reducing all but Wilson’s Fat
anyone in this movie.
Amy and Anna Kendrick’s Beca to cardboard cutouts or ethnic
This is nothing more than a fun send-up of the whole spy genre. At one stage it name drops Bond, Bourne, and Bauer, as Vaughan to out-spy all of them. Parts of the movie are sure to offend some, both with the violence and one scene in a church is sure to turn a couple away, but in the end Kingsman is nothing short of stylish, fun, and distinctly British. Manners maketh man, indeed.
stereotypes. In the place of a plot there’s a series of unfunny high concepts — a German acapella group based on Kraftwork; Snoop Dog warbling Christmas carols; a reprise of the “sing off”, this time with the Green Bay Packers, etc. — and about five too many montage sequences. Additional attractions include a slow motion pillow fight and a series of “ironically” racist one-liners. All in all, a genuine number two.
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FOOD REVIEW
MUSIC REVIEW
GLORIA JEAN’S
SAINT JOHN DIVINE BY SJD
Caitlin Orton
Hp
Gloria Jean’s failed the test. If this had been University they
2013 saw Auckland singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist
wouldn’t have even made it into the CUP Course. No offence.
SJD win the esteemed Taite music prize for his album Elastic
On a Sunday I work and luckily for me, I get two breaks; one at twelve and the other at three. Occasionally I am far too lazy and choose to sleep in rather than make my own lunch — which means I have to buy it. This only became a problem last week when I chose to visit Gloria Jean’s Cafe. They had half an hour to put a piece of quiche and a slice of brownie on a plate and bring it over to my table. I would have understood if my choice of drink (mango chiller) had taken half an hour to prepare, especially if it had been super busy, but it was quiet. Very quiet. I was also alone and clearly in my work uniform, so if that doesn’t scream “feed me now because I’m on lunch” then I don’t know what does.
Wasteland. Not content with the faux-grandeur of New Zealand music’s heights, Sean James Donelly is back with his seventh full-length album, Saint John Divine. The album is full of graceful electric rock and a sprinkling of catchy phrases that make it instantly accessible. Its plodding rhythms and Donelly’s charming choruses only enhance that further. Opening track, I Saw the Future, is wistful and smooth with a Finn-esque finesse, though more Neil than Tim. That may be due to SJD’s role in Neil Finn’s Pajama Club or maybe it simply shows his skill as a songwriter that he simply occupies the same space as some of our country’s best. Single, Little Pieces, has been floating around for a little longer and it already feels comfortable and cosy even though it starts with, “Everyone I
So I became that person. You all know the one, the customer
know is lonely/Everyone has fucked up dreams”. It’s this ability
everyone hates who waddles up to the counter and makes the
to sound content, even accepting which gives SJD a bright spark
employee feel like shit. Only I’m worse than that because I was
amongst some darker topics.
the one apologising. Never mind that there were three staff on duty and I didn’t order anything that had to be cooked fresh. So instead I had to eat my lunch three hours later and I’m still feeling hangry today. Despite everything, those mango chillers remain my life.
The little additions of production help give this album a texture that often goes missing in modern pop music. There are wisps of strings and soulful backing vocals which add a warm and lush feel. The guitars and keys are allowed to stretch out amongst flowing drums as well. When Donelley sings, he sounds just as effortless as the laidback production of yet another standout album in a long line of them.
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BOOK REVIEW
BOOK REVIEW
LIGHTER THAN MY SHADOW BY KATIE GREEN
THE SON BY PHILLIP MEYER
Kelsie Morland
Hp
Lighter Than My Shadow is a memoir turned graphic novel dealing
Phillip Meyer is the critically acclaimed author of American Rust.
with very real but taboo subjects. Following Katie, a young girl
His follow up, The Son, is a Pulitzer Prize nominee and an inter-
who has struggled with an eating disorder since she was little, as
generational epic worthy of such esteem. Meyer creates three
her life turns completely upside down. As the novel progresses,
important characters of the McCullough family in order to tell the
Katie’s story becomes even more tragic. Amongst exposing the
story of the complexities of Texas from its wars with Comanche
horrors of an eating disorder, this novel is a touching coming
warriors to oil barons. The story covers the changing landscape
of age story that depicts all the typical milestones. Teen angst,
of the state, alongside the changing social milieu of the family.
rebellion, school pressure, boys, and all the fun stuff.
Our oldest narrator, Eli McCullough, is kidnapped by the
This text gets right into the head of someone suffering not just
Comanche as a boy from the outskirts of European settlements
an eating disorder, but a serious mental illness. Think about it,
and grows up in the arms of his captors. He takes to his new
how often do you see anorexia or mental health in literature or
father and way of life to such an extent that soon he’s leading
social media? Although there is an increasing awareness, nobody
raiding parties and honing his tracking and archery skills. Eli’s
really talks about this issue do they? Okay… Back to the book!
stories of the Comanche are both powerfully alluring in the
The saying “a picture speaks a thousand words” could not be more applicable to this novel. The beautifully artistic representation through comic-like panels makes the issues within the text all the more traumatic. The image of a gaunt, skeletal girl depicting
respect that Meyer has paid the tribe in detailing the accuracy of their life and Eli’s love of that life. These chapters spur adventure, though, just as the other narrators to come, ultimately, Eli watches all things fade to black.
the effects of anorexia nervosa would make even the strongest
Peter, the son, is a character built around well-meaning guilt
stomach a little queasy. With very minimal words throughout
and a desire to right the wrongs of his family and community.
the text, high importance is placed on the imagery which the
While our third narrator Jeanne, at 86 in 2012, looks back on
illustrator, also Katie Green, tackles head-on.
her life seeing the failures for what they are. Racism, power, and
Who knew that actually reading the set texts for an English paper would result in finding such a gem as this book! Thank you to an amazing lecturer for setting this text, it is a definite must read.
corruption are all given the humanity that they’re ultimately born from in Meyer’s slick and persuasive word. This book is a reminder of the achievements of confidence.
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Man Alone
nature to prove our virility or test our toughness, more concerned as we
Peter Dornauf
MacLeod works up the trope with a layer of existential filling, turning
are with manicure and moisturiser.
the confrontation with “hostile and vicious” into philosophical theatre. The predominant images in the paintings are of the single individual, usually male, juxtaposed against rugged mountain peaks, rocks, ravines, stretches of dark water, locked in a drama that tests his resolve in the confrontation with life and death. What emerges out of this tussle is a Dusting off my Denis Glover the other day after countless years of
kind of ‘tough guy’ philosophy in the face of it all. The figures, as well
neglect, I came across a piece I’d underlined and long forgotten. It’s from
as the landscapes, are painted in thick impasto abstracted strokes. This
the sequence, Arawata Bill, a section called, To the Coast, subsection
heavy layered pigment looks as if the wrestle with life is mimicked in the
entitled, Soliloquies.
handling of the paint itself.
“When God made this place
Death is a presence in the paintings that sees the boat emerge
He made mountains and fissures
symbolically as coffin or the fateful journey into the ‘underworld’. There’s
Hostile, vicious, and turned
even a picture that recalls the boatman Charon at his ferrying labours
Away His face.”
and one that depicts the artist’s dead father lying in a boat propped
It came to mind while I was wandering through an exhibition of paintings recently at the museum, a show by expat Euan MacLeod. The artist lives in Australia now, but his connection with New Zealand
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up in the front room of the house. All the figures are presented naked in a Giacometti-like fashion, with obvious echoes of that sculptor’s existential concerns.
remains strong. The exhibition epitomises the “man alone” stuff made
These are not themes New Zealand artists generally engage with,
famous by novelist John Mulgan that casts us southern creatures as
but MacLeod stands out as one who tackles the big subjects. In a
solitary figures amidst a context of harsh and daunting landscapes. This
very individualistic, old fashion rugged-man sort of way, his lone,
was the image of the quintessential New Zealander back in the 1940s.
stoic figures stand up against hostile environments with an erstwhile
Not much of this sort of thing is painted these days. We’re all urbanites
indomitable human spirit, facing resolute and steadfast existence in a
now with a metro-sexual touch. We no longer pit ourselves against
wild, god-forsaken world.
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Auteur House Presents... Manoel de Oliveira (1908-2015) Richard Swainson
By any standards, de Oliveira’s career was remarkable. The son of a wealthy industrialist who was the first to produce light bulbs in Portugal, throughout youth and middle age, de Oliveira was primarily a business executive and viticulturist. He dabbled in cinema as early as 1927 but did not complete his first film, a documentary short, until 1931. Further short documentaries were made throughout the 1930s and early 1940s. In 1942 de Oliveira made his debut feature, Aniki Bobo, a tale of street children that anticipated both the Italian neorealist movement later in the decade and Luis Bunuel’s 1950 comeback, Los Olvidados. The poor reception afforded to Aniki Bobo and de Oliveira’s antipathy toward Portugal’s fascist regime meant the director confined himself to documentary filmmaking for the next three decades. Even these were not without risk: he was arrested and held for three days in 1963 for making anti-government statements at a premiere. When political
On April 2nd the Portuguese director Manoel de Oliveira died. The news
change did come, it was at some personal cost. With the rise of
created barely a ripple in the media, a sad reflection of the fact his
Portugal’s left wing, the director lost his family fortune yet regained
name was too little known outside his native country and that his work
his artistic freedom.
seldom got the distribution that it was due. The only de Oliveira film stocked by Auteur House is his contribution to the 2007 portmanteau, To Each His Own Cinema.
Resuming his fiction career in 1972 with Past and Present, a black comedy about a widow who regrets her second marriage that also drew comparisons with Bunuel’s late surrealism, de Oliveira never
Arguably de Oliveira’s demise was a significant event, not only in terms
looked back. Particularly prolific after the age of 80, he averaged one
of film or the wider field of the arts, but in the entire history of human
film a year between 1990 and 2012, alternating shorts with features and
endeavour. Manoel de Oliveira was born in 1908 and was still working
consistently working with top European stars like Catherine Deneuve
at the age of 106. He was the oldest working man on the planet and
and Marcello Mastroianni. De Oliveira was the only director whose
maybe the oldest working person that has ever been.
working life stretched from the silent era to the digital age.
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I STREAM, YOU STREAM Dayna East
We all stream music these days, don’t we? Whether it’s listening on Spotify or old school Youtube; buying singles and albums on iTunes, it sadly seems that purchasing physical music is becoming a thing of the past. But while enjoying digital music is the most cost effective way for us fans to consume our favourite artist’s latest releases, is it that beneficial for the musicians themselves? Or are we playing a part in the demise of the music industry as we know it? Before it became a cesspool of cute cat videos and
the videos on their service, which include artists like Miley
makeup tutorials, YouTube was the OG of the world
Cyrus. While this sounds great if you’re relevant enough to
for playing and listening to music for free. Despite
warrant huge corporates placing their ads on your videos or
the fact that YouTube lets us listen to music without
having millions of people watching them, I found that there
encountering any costs, YouTube is actually a fairly lucrative
was a serious lacking in transparency about the amount
method for artists to utilise and spread their sound.
that Youtube pays per view for musicians who don’t have
According to Rolling Stone, artists generate cash via YouTube in several ways, the primary way being advertisements
Artwork: Ashleigh Matthews
that are plastered all over the screen while you’re trying to
a following to that extent. However one source claims that signed musicians receive around $0.0018 per stream, while unsigned musicians receive $0.0011 per stream.
watch the video (also known as monetisation). Musicians
We’ve all heard of Spotify. At the start of 2015, the
also make money through YouTube’s partner, Vevo, which
Swedish
has created a monetary link between music labels and
worldwide, 15 million of which were signed on for paid
YouTube since its emergence. Vevo increases an artist’s
“Premium” subscriptions. While it is clear that Spotify
revenue based on the views that a video receives. At the end
has earned a huge following from the public, it has also
of 2013, Vevo had paid out $200 million to the owners of
received copious amounts of criticism from artists, who
streaming
giant
boasted
60
million
users
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claim the service has failed to compensate artists fairly. Unlike YouTube, Spotify is fully transparent about this apparent failure, stating on their website that their average pay-out to rights holders, who are generally the record label, is between $0.006 and $0.0084 (roughly $0.01 New Zealand dollars) per stream. Now if you are someone like Beyonce, whose most streamed track, Halo, has been listened to 55,440,335 times, then you probably wouldn’t lose any sleep about the insignificance of this number, but for smaller musicians who are just trying to earn a living, it is pretty discouraging. In Spotify’s defence, they claim that their success is in the fact that they have converted “millions of pirates into monetized users”, and that the amount they pay-out per stream will increase as the number of paid Premium subscriptions increases. Of course, this won’t continue to work when musicians like Taylor Swift are beginning to pull their discographies from Spotify’s catalogue. Many of us probably hadn’t even heard about the fiasco that is Spotify’s payout system until late last year, when Swift decided to remove her music from Spotify because she “didn’t like the way it felt.” Swift puts a value on her music that she believes isn’t recognised by streaming, but will be by selling. While there is an undeniable difference in the amount that artists get paid from streaming their music in comparison to selling it, pulling her music will really only result in fans who are either unable or unwilling to buy her
Before it became a cesspool of cute cat videos and makeup tutorials, Youtube was the OG of the world for playing and listening to music for free.
music turning to other means of attaining it, which may not be as beneficial as she’d hoped. While currently they may be terrible at rewarding the musicians that produce the music that they stream, Spotify is great for the fact that they’ve let me create a playlist of songs from the 80s that I wouldn’t be caught dead owning. So thanks, Spotify. I guess. iTunes is undoubtedly the most popular way to purchase digital music. While obviously it isn’t as cheap for purchasers
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an artist would make from each sale of a physical album, with the label also taking a 47% cut and the distributor taking 30%.
to buy their music, iTunes gives users a relatively good
While streaming services like Spotify and digital music stores
deal in comparison to purchasing physical albums, and has
like iTunes may not sound like the best deal for musicians
really changed the way that musicians not only release, but
in this new age of music consumption, Paul Matthews says
create music. Where, in the “old days”, artists would release
otherwise. “The best way to release it nowadays is streaming
physical copies of the singles they put out from each album
and iTunes,” says Matthews, the bassist for arguably New
followed by the physical album itself, artists now create
Zealand’s best rock band around, I Am Giant, “(but) CDs are
and put out single bundles, EPs with B-Sides, albums (both
still good to sell at shows.” But are they the best because
normal and deluxe reissues) and even remix EPs and albums
they maximise the profit that musicians make, or is it just
after the initial release is out. When music is sold on iTunes,
the fact that they are better than having music fans turn
several parties take cuts from the money made, including
to torrent sites to download music they can’t afford? It
Apple taking a 30%. From each digital album and single sold
seems that musicians are being forced onto the less-than-
on iTunes, signed artists receive about 23% of the retail price.
desirable digital music train without much of a choice,
So, if you purchase an album for $17.99, the artist will receive
all so they can earn the money they deserve to make in
around $4.14, while if you purchase a single song for $2.39, the
an age where musicians and the effort they go through
artist will receive $0.55. Surprisingly, this is the same amount
to make their music aren’t all that appreciated anymore.
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CORAL Interview by Brittany Rose
I walk into Biddy Mulligan’s pub on Victoria Street, it’s early in the evening, and Coral Pitcher is standing on the stage in a merlot-coloured lace dress. It’s a hug hello from Coral and a warm “thank you” from her mum, Emmeline. Later I’m informed the two are a team, a co-writing force with Coral embodying the emotion, guitar and melody, Emmeline translating it into lyrics. The pair have been working hard on realising Coral’s potential since she was a contestant on New Zealand’s Got Talent as a bright eyed 14-year-old in 2008. What’s your opinion on reality talent shows?
just getting paid to do a covers gig. Be, um, what’s the word
They vary, they really vary, but reality TV’s still a TV show no
for it... be part of the environment I suppose.
matter what. TV show before it’s a talent show. That’s what a lot of people forget when they’re watching it, that it’s for entertainment purposes and to get the most views. When I see [X Factor] they’re looking for people at the beginning of their career to mentor and mould. People that are in the competition have amazing talent but they need that extra step up in the industry. With me, I feel like I already know myself and know what music I’m writing, know what I’m doing, so that would almost be taking a step back.
Recently you won $10,000 from NZ On Air through theaudience.com to go towards the production of a video clip for your song Shooting You Up, how does that feel? Yes, that was very, very cool. I did The Audience [competition] a couple years ago and we came third. This time we’d got in the first place in the first week and that just gave us the go that we needed to do it. The more days we stayed up at number one, the further ahead we were than anybody else, so it was just keeping that number one spot every day instead of
Why are you based here in Hamilton?
seeing it as a whole month thing. I think taking the small steps
Hamilton’s very central. Out of all my gigs, I only do a couple
really helped keep it in perspective so we didn’t go crazy.
in Hamilton and the rest are all around. In summer I spend a lot of time in beach towns and doing a few summer tours and stuff like that. So it’s a good base.
What’s the next step? Does NZ On Air sort of throw the cash at you and say “go for gold”? We haven’t been given that much information, but the next
How do you book gigs all over the show?
step would be doing a budget plan and letting NZ On Air
Every place is different. Sometimes it’s word of mouth,
know exactly what we’re doing with the money. Someone
sometimes you’ve got to really hassle them and keep writing
said “Why don’t you just put $10,000 on a bar and film it?” I
to them, “You gonna give me a gig?” But perseverance is key
wish, but no. Not gonna work, it would actually probably end
with getting a lot of work. It’s a very tough industry to be in
in people going to hospital — that’d be a video!
at this level doing cover pub gigs because the scene’s not as big as it used to be. I’ve been really lucky with finding some
Next Playing 7pm, Thursday 21st May, Diggers Bar, Hood St
really cool little beach shacks that I can sell CDs at instead of
Check out coralnz.com, or facebook.com/coralsmusic
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NEW ZEALAND MUSIC MONTH Hp
Ah yes, ‘tis that time again merry travellers of Aotearoa’s sound waves. We are knee deep in the annual event that promotes music from this wondrous place we all live. The month has come to mean different things for different people; though clearly it is a time to rediscover New Zealand music history and plug into new and upcoming bands, but the question has to be asked, is all this month’s perversity becoming too much? Do we need, let alone want, such a month anymore? NZ Music Month is a promotion run by the NZ Music
But digging out those classics, those favourites, is just
Commission and has been since the year 2000. Some bright
as much a part of NZ Music Month as anything else. It is a
spark, let’s call her the Prime Minister as to keep her identity
time to remember that ex-Mutton Bird, Don McGlashan, will
anonymous, decided that local radio in particular was a
be touring in June. McGlashan is one of the true musical
little heavy on international content. This person, who shall
treasures of this country and a chance to see him should
remain nameless, employed the Commission to promote
be picked up like loose change on the street. May is also a
New Zealand music and one of their ideas, Music Month,
time to remember that the album charts are full of the likes
spun around the calendar every year since.
of Stan Walker, Six60, Trinity Roots, and Mel Parsons, a turn
It’s a month when initially radio stations and whatever music TV we had at the time (I want to say C4, but I might be off with my timeline) typically dug deep into their local content bags to bring us the same New Zealand bands we’d been listening to for the other 11 months of the year anyway.
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of events that is worth celebrating, if indeed, album charts still hold any meaning. And that’s where the whole cultural conundrum rears its ugly head again. Album charts, radio stations, music television; are these the nouns of a bygone lunatic with more nostril hair than head hair?
But, thankfully that was enough for people to realise that
We stream now. We download. We burn. Do we pay for
changing up content required more diversity and so a
recorded music? Sometimes, maybe. With these shifts, bands
number of other initiatives sprang into life to support New
are more and more seeing the importance of live shows.
Zealand music. Hence we now have a sprawling, magnificent,
Now is as good a time as any to head out and see some
melange of genres, bands, and musicians. It’s hard for music
great local talent. Nivara Lounge on Vic Street (previously
and art lovers everywhere to be too upset about the result
Flow, downstairs behind Mexico) is one such place where
whether or not they agree on the means.
musical morsels of varying magnitude congregate. Heading
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there, Biddy Mulligans, Diggers, Altitude, or other such venues in Hamilton is a mission worth completing because it shows recognition that local musicians are artists. They’re artists that could really use our patronage because of the shifting industry and financial system we are in. So if there is someone you like and you respect their art, maybe this month is the time to throw them a koha by downloading their album, going to their gig, or waxing lyrical as to their lyrics on wax. With the computer/smartphone wielding population being online more or less constantly, much of our discovery of new music exists there. Certainly people are relishing the wonders of Spotify and Pandora as they like to hear new music before they shell out their cash, but when exactly does the money transaction occur? I conjure up images of indie bands standing in dark carparks with suit-wearing bodyguards waiting for a thousand fans to open a thousand briefcases each containing a $5 note. Online may be the place to hear new bands, but physically dragging our wretched, withering bodies out of our flats to go and see music seems a more drastic move than ever. I urge it upon everyone to take the risk, but I know the fear you hold. Imagine getting dressed up and going out to hear music you don’t already know. The horror! Thankfully for the more cautious of eardrum owners, bands
Album charts, radio stations, music television; are these the nouns of a bygone lunatic with more nostril hair than head hair?
are recognising this too. Dinosaur bands like the Eagles and Fleetwood Mac and ahh, Dinosaur Jr, are reforming and touring. New Zealand musicians are part of this group too. Can I remind those interested that ever-lustrous Shihad
NZ Music Month is also a time to remember the new and
have the 20th anniversary of their epic record Killjoy out
amazing talent that keeps springing out of the ground in this
at the moment and are playing fairly soon in celebration.
country. Yes, I could plug my own blog, Hp Writes Stuff (and
Aucklandia might be our closest venue for such a wondrous
would you look at that, I just did), but there are numerous
occasion, but no doubt worth the trip.
places where you can find new and most importantly good
All of this is important for our cultural intelligence. I would argue that knowing our musical heritage is important to knowing who we are as New Zealanders. Therefore I use this month as a springboard to leap from and urge you all to go back through your CD collection, your iPod, or your dad’s LPs, and fish out all the things that make this country louder
Artwork: Johnny Ryan
and more fantastic. I am talking about the Finn royal family
New Zealand music. Websites like Cheese on Toast, Blog on the Tracks, Under the Radar, and Ayebro, as well as Music 101 on Radio NZ National and Mikey Havoc on Hauraki, all spill forth new and great local content. My picks of the month include, Auckland noise-rockers, God Bows to Math, Cambridge rapper, Diaz Grimm, and Dunedin electro/synth outfit, Death and the Maiden.
(Neil, Tim, Liam and their various bands), I’m talking about
I hope that these are the kinds of tasks we take part in every
Flying Nun, especially The Chills, Straightjacket Fits, and
month. I pray that we don’t give more taxpayer money to that
The Clean. I am most definitely talking about Che Fu, Ray
guy from The Feelers to make another middle-of-the-road
Columbus, The Headless Chickens, Balterspace, Blam Blam
boring record (look that one up if you want to get angry). I
Blam, and Herbs. I am saying in words as strongly as they will
also hope desperately that we have not become too cynical.
come out of the page in front of you that these wonderful
Through the way it is promoted, spun, and advertised, is
people reflect a certain kind of New Zealand at a certain time,
Music Month becoming like so many other months, weeks,
and to be here and be a part of this New Zealand, knowing
and days promoting causes? Will NZ Music Month become
about these people is, if you’ll excuse the pun, instrumental.
the Daffodil Day of the art world? I hope not.
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DISASTERADIO Interview by Jess Wilson
Disasteradio is Luke Rowell, a computer musician from Wellington. I talked to Luke about what inspires his music, whether the European porn myth is true, his highly anticipated 13th album, and his side project, Eyeliner. You have to create a genre for Disasteradio, what would it
listening to 1980s synth pop and synth disco stuff, like Devo
be called?
are huge for me still. I also enjoy going through Spotify for
I am such a chameleon in terms of what I actually sound
obscure library (like TV) music and new age projects. There
like so practice-wise it’s more simply “bedroom computer
is a ton of really crazy pan flute stuff I really dig, though I
music”. I write stuff really slowly every day in my bedroom
don’t know if I am earnestly enjoying it or earnestly enjoying
where I’m also working on sound effects and music as a job.
it for camp value, they’re the same thing to me right now.
I’ve never recorded in an actual studio ever.
Note that I didn’t use the word IRONY there.
Who taught you to produce music? And who makes your
Hahaha!
crazy videos?
Irony is cheap, camp is priceless.
In a weird way, I’ve had to learn everything I know in my own roundabout way. I had a guitar teacher when I was 14 who got me into digital audio stuff in the late 90s and that was kind of the beginning of, like, the reality of being able to make records in your bedroom with a computer. I studied composition and musicology at Victoria, but I was really bad at composition, musicology was really rad though. How I write is a response to existing style and cultural trends, rather than being like, straight musical expression, if that makes sense. What sort of cultural trends influenced you? Hmm well lately I’ve been kind of writing lyrics about nudotcom vibes with Silicon Valley, Uber, that sort of thing. Like the implications of these sorts of new trends on society —
Your music has been used in European pornos, or is that a myth? A buddy of mine, who I knew through a music software project, was commissioning tracks to a guy and his wife who were making legit porno in Germany. He needed a track really quickly and came into the IRC chat channel we hung out in. Somebody kicked him out because they thought he was joking, so I talked to him in private message and he used a tune in one online video. Can you link us? Oh man I just tried to Google for it, but I’m sure it’s not even online anymore. This is pre-Y2K I think, “vintage”.
viewing the present as science fiction would be a good way
Too bad, our readers love vintage porn. What are your
to put it I guess. I grew up in the punk scene so there’s always
current goals for Disasteradio?
this bullshit detector going off for me. The title track of the
Finish this album I’ve been working at for four years! And
new Disasteradio album is called Sweatshop and it’s kind of
also get back to a big overseas tour. I got set back a bit
about our obliviousness with technology, like how it’s made,
because I blew my knee out onstage in late 2012 and I
who it serves, that sort of thing
needed surgery, it was a bucket handle tear of my meniscus
That’s an awesome way to create and look at music. Are there any musicians that really influenced your work?
which is what professional NBA players get after too long with all the jumping and lunging.
Yeah I always went around high school with a Walkman and
You do jump a lot in your videos. What’s happening with
like 20 tapes at a time. The biggest thing for me growing
your side project Eyeliner?
up was new wave, post-punk, and synthesizer pop bands
I have a new album coming out pretty soon called BUY NOW,
like Devo, Pere Ubu, Thomas Dolby, Add (N) To X, really too
it’s my “Urban” album. I’ve been programming a lot of funk and
many things to name!
New Jack Swing type stuff, very influenced by Quincy Jones’s
Do you also listen to music similar to what you create? Kind of… a lot of the stuff I’ve liked for a long time is like solo auteur-type people like Ariel Pink, John Maus, R Stevie Moore, that sort of thing. In terms of new stuff, I’m always
Oprah theme. It’s still kind of vaguely elevator music-esque and totally square, but just a bit more funked up compared to the last two records. That’ll be my 13th album too. Check out facebook.com/disasteradio and disasteradio.org
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DIAZ GRIM Interview by Jules Craft
Diaz Grimm is a rapper who hails from the mighty Cambridge. There is no other way to describe Diaz other than an absolute bretha. With the new release of his independent album Osiris, Diaz has put another stamp in his passport of playmaking. Diaz is playing a critical role in the creative collective coming of H-town. Nexus has naively sent in Crafty to find out more... Ok, Now this is a little off skew — Neopets or tamagotchi
Cool. So what did you want Osiris to express, what did you
if you could choose one?
want this album to express?
Tamagotchi. Tamagotchi all the way.
To be honest, I guess I just thought that I wanted the
First off, I hadn’t really listened to much of your music, so I went and looked it up and I really like the cross. How would you describe your genre? I know it’s rap but you
exposure so that by the time it comes around to my next album, the audience is the right size I want for when I put out a project.
definitely don’t use the usual instrumentals.
Yeah, I wanted to just showcase myself, show what I was
Honestly, I guess it’s a bit more electronic than usual hip hop.
making at the moment and get the Diaz Grimm name out
But it’s just ‘cause I probably listen to different producers of
a bit more.
all genres as much as I do rap, as I guess musically, and it’s a bit all over the place.
I really like the way — I watched the RedBull Studios video — I liked the way you described it as the soundtrack to a
I heard that at Laneway you were giving away a little USB
movie that’s not released yet.
with Flylow and Vic Mensa off your unreleased album.
Yeah, so I actually wrote a full script, a movie script, and each
What kind of other hype techniques did you use to get the
song goes with one scene in the movie and then my goal is
album out there?
to eventually make the movie.
Uh, what did I use... I guess George FM was probably one of the better ones because they have been playing our single Quarterbacks on there for a little while now and it got to the most requested song on George FM at one point — and that was kind of before I started promoting it really. And we made a video as well that we dropped the same day the album preorders went on sale and I think that went well as well.
That’s cool man, that’s a real cool idea. The next part I wanted to talk about was being an independent artist. What are the perks and the negatives of having so much control over your own music? I guess the perks are I can do whatever I want, whenever I want, however I want. Also it just means you’re open. Realistically I don’t know what labels are for anymore, I
Which video is that?
mean, everyone uses them I guess for their networks. Instead
It’s for a song called Light the Flame, it’s not on the album,
of you putting in 5 months work to try and get in touch with
it’s just a single. The idea is that we’re making four music
one person they can just walk down the street and be like,
videos, that being the first, and we’re going to connect them
“Hey, we need to talk”. But if you spend long enough doing
all together to make a short film and enter it into short film
it you can get their networks and there’s no real need for
competitions. The second part of Light the Flame video is
the label anymore. You know, there’s obviously certain
gonna be the Quarterbacks video.
things that money, like for my next album I might have some
And are you in the process of making that now? Yeah, the script’s all written and everything’s all done. Just the process of filming now, but we’ve got to find a date that all the cast and crew can all be there at the same time. So
meetings with labels to talk about advances so I can afford to get some international features or something, but you know, like if I waited long enough I could do it myself. Its just a matter of whether I want to wait or just get it done now.
we’re aiming for the 23rd which is like, not this weekend, but
Has Quarterback got a market in America?
the next weekend and hopefully we can get it all out.
Yeah, a few days ago I put up my song and my album
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up on r/hiphopheads and I had like 20,000 plays in the
What about Stack & Piece?
states overnight and Quarterbacks is definitely one of the
So, Stack & Piece. Originally it used to be Tronic DJs and Piece
favourite ones. I actually made, like one of the reasons I made
wasn’t there so it was James and Greg Stack and they started
Quarterbacks, and that I called the song Quarterbacks was
Soundscape and right when they were about to hold the very
because one of my best mates is the coach for the Hamilton
first Soundscape I was about to hold this event I used to run
Hawkes, an American football team and Hamilton Hawkes
called Covert Raves and because we were the only two people
just won the Kiwibowl. Hamilton just won the New Zealand
doing massive electronic gigs in Hamilton at the time we sort
American football competition so Quarterback was kind of
of teamed up and became mates. Then James who was a part
meant to be their theme song.
of that moved to Aussie so Greg, I guess Scott had been mates
I actually wanted to talk about the Hamilton music scene, or just creative scene. In Hamilton we’ve got crazy good dudes like Tony Douglas, CTFD, Stack & Piece and Odd — I really love Odd’s cinematography I think they’re real cool. We’ve got all this talent but a lack of industry. Yeah hard out, it’s funny you named all those, everyone you just named is in my collective, which is cool. Hamilton... I think
with them for a while but he sort of just took his place and they became Stack & Piece and now they’re just killing it. As far as our collective goes they’re sort of like our go-to promoters and they always have the links for any events, anything anyone of us want tickets to and anything like that. They just did a remix of The Leers which is getting heaps of play on George FM, that’s probably my favourite track they’ve done.
Hamilton is like good creativity often comes from struggle,
Give us three NZ artists that everyone should check out.
you know like, I know Stack from Stack & Piece, he’s one of
Ok so Kamandi... I’ve just got too many in my head I’m trying
the godfathers of [the] Hamilton music scene and I remember
to pick three.
when Flow Bar was open it was the only place in all of Hamilton that played electronic music and he used to run a majority of the gigs and he was the first person to at the time — we were
Go five, bro. CTFD — they have an EP coming out soon, keep an eye on that.
all mad at him. We hated him at the time but he was the first
Spycc — he’s coming out right now. He just got featured in the
person to take electronic music outside of Flow Bar and into,
UK Complex magazine and his SoundCloud plays went to like
well, I guess, like Back Bar. He was the first to start holding
100,000 overnight.
electronic gigs in the commercial bars in Hamilton, looking at it now there were internationals coming down all the time and a genuine crowd that goes to town for just electronic music, so yeah.
Lukan Rai$ey — he does the second verse on Quarterbacks. He actually never heard Quarterbacks until the day he recorded and the feature I wanted didn’t turn up so — I wanted Lukan on there originally but there just wasn’t room, so I called him
I wanted to ask you about your relationships — specifically
up that morning and said, look, can you get here today? He
with Odd, and then Stack & Piece — because I’ve watched
ended up turning up a couple hours later, heard the song for
some of your music videos with Odd and I really love
the first time, wrote a verse in like an hour or so, recorded it
them I think they were Motivation, Gold Chains and Mise
and went home and that’s been like the biggest single off the
en Scene?
album so far.
Yeah they’re great, I have a music video that’s not up at the moment because it’s got drugs in it and I’m trying to set up
Raiza Biza — Just to rep H-Town.
having meetings and shit with people that if they saw that
Cool, and just to wrap up — tell us more about your 100
video first I might lose my chance... so I’ve taken it down, but
cigarette giveaway at RnV three years ago.
the song’s called Zeus. I actually saw the Odd boys had done
It was just a marketing thing. It was the first time I played at
- this is like mid 2012 - the Odd boys had done like a promo
RnV, so I thought what can I do to make it memorable without,
video for a club night in town, I think it was at Static, and I was
I guess, being too ruthless. But yeah, I actually paid like five
like, “Oh, well that’s actually a real sick promo video,” so I hit
of me mates a hundred and something bucks to make this
them up, actually Tony Douglas got in touch with them first
production line and had one person chopping, one person
and we sort of chatted about what we wanted for the clip and
rolling, one person doing all this work, and they ended up
they shot this video and it was mean and that was their first
rolling them in like 20 minutes. I was pretty impressed and
ever music video. And then from there they’ve just gone on
then just ended up like a hundred in a bag isn’t so bad and just
to do PNC’s most recent video and David Dallas is in there as
chucked them in my bag and took them in and handed it out.
well. They just interviewed ASAP, like as far as three years ago
Caused a bit of chaos, but it was definitely worth it.
they never did any music videos to the stuff they’re doing now — they’re just killing it.
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Calm Gamers: Hamilton East We’re greeted by Jacki, a brunette with stretched ears and a love of sweatpants. She apologises for looking messy — she just finished work and hasn’t showered. Confusingly, she looks perfect. Two leather couches sit around a TV with an Xbox and Playstation 3. A stack of dusty games sit prideof-place on the TV’s cabinet. On the dining table is Weet-Bix and protein powder — these gamers like to stay fit. A large pile of toilet paper catches my eye — Budget brand 2 ply no less. The flat is home to three boys and two girls. The boys live downstairs, whereas the girls seek solitude upstairs in their much brighter, sun-lit rooms. Unlike last week’s flat, these flatties have more of a divide, but in a way, it’s more peaceful. The collective gamer dudes play downstairs whilst the girls do their own thing upstairs. We leave the quiet flat filled with a sense of calm. However, when our photographer’s car dies, the feeling quickly changes.
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SHE’S ABROAD
God Bless America Rebecca Pollard
makes you look rather unintelligent. To say that Americans are ignorant only makes you sound ignorant. To assume that everyone who belongs to one (huge) country is culturally unaware and arrogant shows me a whole lot more about the person you are than who I am… the American. So allow me to clear up some misconceptions about Americans: WE ARE NOT ALL OBESE. No, not everyone owns a gun and carries a copy of the constitution. Many of us do care about politics, and show much more than a ‘glimmer of interest’ in our
I like to think that I am a fairly travelled person. I have lived in as
government (also, America never has been and never will be a
well as visited other countries all my life. However it wasn’t until
monarchy… holy exaggeration). The large majority of Americans
arriving in New Zealand that I noticed how much disdain there is
do acknowledge that other countries exist (yes, someone actually
toward America, and subsequently Americans. Quite frankly, I’m
told me that Americans don’t know any countries outside of
really, really, super sick of it. I’ve only been here two months and
the USA... I’m sorry, am I not really here right now? Is this not
I’ve had to defend myself and my home on multiple occasions…
really happening?). OH and sir from the café, not everyone from
not that I owe anyone any explanations — but sometimes it just
America is rude. You just caught me in a bad moment (and here
feels good to pop some of the large stereotypical bullshit filled
I am thinking that being “blatantly American” was meant to be a
bubbles that people have taken the time to sit around and blow.
compliment, but really, joke’s on you because I am still going to
In order to not sound like a complete bitch, I will keep this as light
take that as a compliment).
as I possibly can; everyone needs to stop sipping on American
The constant bitching about America and the frequent shitting on
flavoured haterade. I’m sure it’s real easy to step back and point
it isn’t helping anything. Actually, scratch that, it’s helped amplify
out everything that’s wrong with a country that you don’t belong
my enthusiasm for America ten-fold. So thank you all for that! And
to, but it certainly isn’t making you look any smarter. In fact, it
yes, GOD BLESS AMERICA.
CARNAGE
Crafty’s Tunes Jules Craft
flavour that goes down better than an afternoon beer with your old man. Perhaps the best thing I’ve ever heard is a comment on one of Home Brew Crew’s songs: “Kiwi rap is like bud wita bita spin, just flows smoother.” Due to the small size of the industry in New Zealand, there is a lot of amazing talent that isn’t always at your fingertips. As a result,
I like music, but I am a dedicated lover of tunes! Tunes aren’t simply a synonymous word for music — for me tunes mean something more. A tune is a song that electrifies every nerve in your brain the instant it slips through your eardrum. A tune catches you off guard, when you hear it the first time your mind is blown and subsequent plays after this moment produce the same high. Tunes are all around us, pockets of musical magic that make our hearts thud and our feet stomp to the beat. There is no better feeling than finding a tune. Often they pop up when you accidently leave SoundCloud on or when you finally let you mates control the aux chord in your car, but a tune should never be confined to a few methods of discovery. The other thing I love is New Zealand music, I personally think that the artists we have here aren’t only talented but world class. There is something about our humble attitudes, roots flavour,
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my love of tunes and Kiwi music always has me thirsty. To find a Kiwi tune involves a lot of social media mining and peeking into other people’s playlists. I hope to make this task easier for you by picking my favourite New Zealand artists, that you may not have heard of, and describing them with 3 words. I also added a song for you to check out. This is all in the hope that I can entice you to support more tunes and more Kiwi musicians. Randa Fierce, Fresh, Fire. Song: Texas Lottery Third 3ye Roots, Vibes, Hop. Song: Black Tea J Brown and the Mic Smith Funk, Flow, Style. Song: Where Ya At Barnzy Underrated, Talent, Unreal. Song: Bird Feed. (Ok Bird Feed is actually the name of his album. You should listen to the entire thing). TheNg0s Chill, Beach, Rock ‘n’ Roll. Song: Leon
and a separation from the American culture of worshipping the
Check them out and let the Kiwi tunes reign free.
celebrity rather than the music, that gives us Kiwi’s a homegrown
Xx Love craft xX
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THE SINGLE LIFE
“CHANCES ARE YOUR BEST FRIEND GENUINELY WANTS TO GO SEE THAT SHITTY ROM-COM THAT’S JUST BEEN RELEASED AND ISN’T GOING TO EXPECT A BLOW JOB...”
Best Friends vs Boyfriends
your ex-boyfriend is seeing, because he’s obviously downgraded
Emma Nygard
Movie Dates
from you (and she totally isn’t 200 likes in person), or by knowing the perfect time to suggest a Maccas run. She keeps everything upstairs ok.
Chances are your best friend genuinely wants to go see that shitty rom-com that’s just been released and isn’t going to expect a blowjob for sitting through two hours of tear-inducing, cliché, I’ve always been a girl’s girl, in fact for the first half of my life I
Nicholas Sparks inspired gold. And instead of hearing about how
was under the impression I couldn’t be friends with a boy without
terrible said film was, you can both just chat about Josh Duhamel’s
producing a debilitating lifelong crush on them (turns out you
dreamy brown eyes. Not to mention the $50 worth of supermarket
can, wow). As intimidated as I am by some females, the fear that
food you can smuggle in between both of your handbags.
bubbles in my stomach when talking to a boy who seems vaguely disinterested in conversing with me is paramount over any bitchy comment a girl can throw my way. Girls are easy — an honest compliment about their hair, shoes, or necklace on a night out will most of the time result in a beautiful friendship.
Dates in General As someone who can’t eat a single meal without getting sauce on my face or dropping something on my clothes, going to a restaurant with somebody I’m trying to impress is extremely intimidating. Luckily my friends don’t care how disgusting I am
But boys are harder for me. I can never quite gauge where I’m at
or how much I suck at mini golf/bowling/anything that requires
with guys — which is probably why I have a lot more girlfriends
co-ordination. The bonus is I can turn up without makeup. How do
than boyfriends. Also, because, you know, polygamy.
people handle the pressure of romantic dates?
But it’s not all bad, because aside from the whole sex thing (unless
Cute Couple Pics
you’re into it) a good friendship can offer you a lot of the things a
BFFL photos are always way cuter than couple photos because at
good relationship can.
least you’re both taking it seriously. No need to convince your best
Emotional Stability Your best friend already knows you’re a psycho. She’s just there to ease your mind. Whether it’s by picking apart the new girl
friend to take a photo with you, and she’s more than happy to take countless snaps until the perfect one is found. Who’s the real bae here?
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AUNTY SLUT
“I DON’T CARE WHAT ANYONE ELSE SAYS — NOT EVEN THOSE OLD WHITE FULLAS THAT WROTE THE BIBLE — YOU CAN’T LOSE SOMETHING THAT DOESN’T EXIST.”
Virgins Don’t Exist Aunty Slut
Is virginity lost when a penis enters a vagina for the first time? Because most would agree that you’re not exactly ‘virginal’ if you’re taking it up the ass on the daily, and I wouldn’t describe a committed lesbian or gay dude as a virgin either. And what about our trans* family and/or those who don’t conform to a binary gender? And does oral sex count as sex, or do we all believe Bill Clinton now? In our society, virginity in women is equated with purity and worth,
Dear Aunty Slut,
whereas virginity in men is equated with weakness and being
Aunty, when are you not a virgin anymore?
pathetic. It’s the cornerstone of slut shaming in our society and it’s
Miss Hymended
fucked in the head. Women are told their virginity is this shining light of awesomeness that they will ‘lose’ if they ‘give it away’. For
Dear Miss Hymended
the record, your first penis-in-vagina experience isn’t going to be
Oh virginity, you sexist double standard you. Where men are
some life altering thing. You’re not going to lose anything. At all. I
rewarded for having sex, and women are shamed for it. Yey.
don’t care what anyone else says — not even those old white fullas
Wanna know a secret? Virginity isn’t real. It’s a bullshit concept
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that wrote the bible — you can’t lose something that doesn’t exist.
thought up by a bunch of scared old men who needed a way
It’s the patriarchy that wants us to commodify sexuality and keep
to keep their daughters under their thumbs. It has its roots in
thinking about it in a sexist way. They think the world will end
traditions where women are considered property to be exchanged.
if we admit that virginity is just a thing they made up to make
Virginity is a sexist, hetero-normative social construct and it’s high
their daughters’ worth more when they sold them to people. Pro
time we stopped buying into its slut shaming bullshit.
tip — it won’t.
How do you define virginity? Is it when a hymen is broken? You
There is no definite way of deciding who is and who isn’t a virgin,
can break your hymen falling out of a tree when you’re six years
and when no one can agree exactly what a virgin is, how can
old. You can break it doing gymnastics or riding a bike. Some
anyone ever be one? Virgins don’t exist Miss Hymended. Don’t buy
women aren’t even born with one! Dudes don’t have hymens
into the bullshit — go get yourself whatever flavour of sex you and
either, so what are they — virgins for life?
a consenting adult enjoy.
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THE WEEKLY GRIND
“THE PLAYBOY MANSION IS A TESTAMENT TO THE POTENTIAL MANKIND HAS TO LOVE EACH OTHER EN MASSE. ”
Forever Alone and in Need of a Bone Resident Gay
Plan B: Get Engorged and Engaged on Grindr Grindr is the easiest way to get laid, but the hardest way to find true handsome love. By turning up the heat this winter and changing all my nudes to pictures of my cat, I’m confident that I can find love somewhere underneath all the erect penises and machismo. The way to my heart is not through illusionary penis angles, but through honest depictions of you and your pussy hanging out.
In response to criticism of my “How to Claim Your Gay Best Friend” column. The Weekly Grind is going to hell. The people have spoken, and by people, I mean a select number of disgruntled gays. I am sorry to all those offended. Gay men are not an accessory or latest
Plan C: Awkward Webcam Webcum I wonder if Steve Jobs ever envisioned Apple’s front cameras as a means for gay strangers to mutually get off on different sides of the globe. I hope so.
fad for the heteros to possess. You can’t own a gay and we aren’t
Plan D: Polygamy
confined to a stereotype. My intention was to mock the idea of
If I can’t find just one man, maybe I could find twenty? Hugh
having a token gay best friend — something I have experienced
Hefner has never been anything other than inspirational to me.
as a gay man myself. Nexus never asked me to represent all LGBT
The Playboy Mansion is a testament to the potential mankind
people, I have chosen to write about my experiences being gay as
has to love each other en masse. Confining yourself to a single
this is a massive part of my life.
man isn’t enough for everybody, so this winter I look forward to
There are two types of people: those who stay up watching Brokeback Mountain and screaming for Heath Ledger to love them,
becoming your third boyfriend. I have a feeling this is going to turn out well. Yay self-esteem.
and those who deny staying up to watch Brokeback Mountain and
But of course none of my plans will matter soon, as the future
screaming for Heath Ledger to love them. With no one to share
of gay-kind takes a turn for the kinky. A lady representative of
my tent with, I have yet again failed to find a Brokeback love in
Jesus has decided to sue all homosexuals for being so damn
time for Winter. I must now execute plan B, C, or D in order to get
abominable. These are Jesus’ wishes, she claims, and who are we
laid. My favourite is plan D because Dick.
to deny Jesus his wishes. See you all in jail my sexys.
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CONFESSIONS OF JAMES BRODIE
Titanium Fallouts James Brodie
that other people are paid to write the songs and forego any royalties or credit for their work). All of this adds up to instability in a band and this is often a band’s great downfall. Don’t get me wrong, I have heard the album and I think they’re great songs, but in this case, they have been left in the wrong hands. Now, The Latest Fallout are the complete opposite of Titanium.
Ahh… NZ Music Month, a time of year that I, as a musician, support.
They are a band that I hold highly in my thoughts. Their live shows
There are some really good bands out there in New Zealand
are something from heaven and, unlike most bands, they actually
making our unique music scene what it is. There are bands that are
give their fans a show they deserve. Their songs are instant
over-excelling and are getting the recognition that they deserve.
classics; musically, they are tighter than any band I’ve heard in
Then there’s other bands that I want to figuratively send my foot
years. They work really hard at what they do and they are only now
into the rear ends of. In my personal opinion, it seems as though
getting the nod from the music industry that they deserve. And
the mostly unknown bands do all the work and the really rubbish
they haven’t forgotten where they came from, nor who put them
bands get the credit. You may disagree with me, but please hear
there: their fans. Without fans, they have nothing. You get the idea.
me out.
See it how you like, this is just my opinion. I know which band I
Let’s use Titanium as a perfect example of the bands who take
would choose to take with me and Ivy Blue on tour and cover on
credit. The boys can sing, but they can’t do the whole band
my COJB radio show (starting up again soon). In my head, if you
properly. Their live “headliner” sets that I have seen have been
work hard at it then stay around. If you do a half-done job, then
very disappointing (six songs is NOT a headline set) and their
please go home.
songs have barely held up without the use of tapes. As well as this, 95% of their songs are ghost-written (which means
Happy Music Month. Bye for now.
A FASHIONABLE LIFESTYLE
Oops I Did It Again Jess Wilson
also sloppy. (Always lookin’ cute.) I tend to go for the first option, thus resulting in repeated Hulk-like moments of jacket ripping. Shoulder surgeons hmu. Too-Tight Jeans I buy jeans that crush my internal organs because they look better in the ankle. Three weeks ago I bought a pair of high-waisted jeans
Congrats, you’re reading my first personal fashion article. Though
in a size eight (#humblebrag). The next day I went to a gig. I arrived
I may be duller than a marshmallow knife or a pair of banana
in town at 6pm and spent the evening, up until the 11pm starting
scissors, I implore you, don’t stop reading just yet; I’m going to
time, drinking cider and eating copious amounts of fries. By 11pm,
change your life.
I was crying on a bench down Hood Street. The tightness of my
Most girls are attracted to bad boys or badassery, but I, Jessica Wilson, am attracted to bad decisions. But aren’t you the fashion
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the night at home taking painkillers and crying to Depeche Mode.
writer for Nexus you ask? Yes — but this is because Nexus also
Thick Eyebrows
makes bad choices. But aren’t you the editor for Nexus you
Every morning I brush an absurd amount of dark brown powder
ask? Yes, hence Nexus making bad choices. It’s a full circle. The
through my eyebrows so that I resemble Daniel Radcliffe. You’d
Illuminati is real. Believe nothing the government tells you.
think with this self-awareness I’d put down the makeup brush, but
Too-Tight in the Shoulders
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jeans had given my stomach hellish cramps. I spent the rest of
alas I am confined to thinking I look better this way.
My torso is skinny and flat like an old withered liquorice strip.
Alternative Hair Colours
My shoulders are broad and proud, much like that of cult-hit
I’ve gone blonde twice, black once, and a shade of orange more
ladykiller Fabio — my male look-a-like and ultimate idol. Due to
times than I can count. The top of my hair is currently bright red;
this, I either have to buy shoulder squeezing jackets that make
the bottom, a shade of ash green. I look like a rotting strawberry.
me look cute or bulky men’s jackets that make me look cute but
Why do I do this to myself?
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ALC 101
“SO, WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU’RE FEELING A LITTLE TIPSY AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD POTHEAD TURNS UP WITH THEIR ZIPLOCK BAG-O’-WEED?”
Lesson 10: Mixing Poisons
Drunk Professor is here to offer advice on times to not puff, but
Drunk Professor
sunset, and your wizard staff of do-bro cans is stacking up quite
just pass the j instead. You’re Drunk and New to Weed Alcohol lowers inhibitions. If you’ve been drinking since before the nicely, then you are probably not in a position to be making decisions. Mary Jane will still exist in the morning. Don’t mix your poison. The One With the Weed is a Weirdo
Cannabis is the most frequently used illegal recreational drug in
For the most part they’re harmless, but sometimes stoners have
New Zealand. Alongside alcohol, marijuana is a commonly abused
smoked themselves stupid and cannot pick up on social cues or
substance, particularly amongst youth. The combination of the
conventions of human interaction. The last thing you want is to
two may have a variety of effects, both negative and positive, but
get into a one-sided, awkward, and ill-informed “conversation”
definitely harmful to your health.
about why 9/11 was an inside job. Avoid this stoner-douche at all
The stoner is presented in popular culture as distinctly separate
costs, do a funnel instead.
from all other forms of youth culture. Commonly portrayed as
Your Younger Sibling/Family Friend’s Child is Present
a mellow white dude, possibly with dreads, and definitely with
If there’s someone around who might nark on you for getting
a slow-nodding head and dopey grin. Waikato’s version can
high as fuck, then don’t hit the bong. Don’t sit there thinking your
be found sending Snapchats with the caption “420 blaze it” to
cousin with a sense of smell like a police dog won’t notice you’re
nexusmag in the hopes of accumulating social recognition. A
blazed. The bloodshot eyes and chesty cough are a giveaway. And
stoner student will undoubtedly find their way into your social
the “it’s just tobacco” line doesn’t work when you’re holding a
circle.
spliff between thumb and forefinger.
So, what do you do when you’re feeling a little tipsy and the
Next week Drunk Professor discusses alcohol-fuelled political
neighbourhood pothead turns up with their ziplock bag-o’-weed?
discussions.
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NEXUS MAGAZINE Cooking for Students
Fish Cakes Zac Lyon
450g smoked fish/tinned smoked fish – $5 1 large handful of parsley – Free from your neighbours zest of 1 lemon – also free, or like $1 max 3 Tbs flour – $0.20 salt and pepper – $0.10 1 egg – $0.30 Fresh breadcrumbs – $1
When people complain about the lack of money for food, it’s more like a lack of money prioritisation. Beersies come after food — not before! But there are things that you can do to overcome the perils of money scrounging. 1. Make friends with as many people as possible. These are places you
Method 1. Boil your potatoes, until they are nice and soft. If you get the slightly drier
rock round to for a casual meal. Don’t exploit it too much, no one likes a
variety of potatoes, they work the best. Simply mash the soft potatoes
freeloader.
without adding anything.
2. Scope out the neighbourhood for fruit trees, or make friends with someone that has a vege garden. I don’t condone harvesting people’s vege gardens without asking wink, wink. 3. Donate blood. Not only do you help others, but you get free bikkies and hot drinks. Win! Despite these recession busters above, there will be times when you have to fork out and actually buy food. I’ll give you some help — don’t buy fast food, or two-minute noodles. You can actually make real food on a budget. Ingredients 6 medium potatoes for mashing – $2 1 Tbs butter – $0.20
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2. Add in the butter, fish, parsley, lemon zest, flour, salt, and pepper into the potatoes. Gently combine everything — you don’t want your fish to be pulverised. Gentle is better. 3. Dust your bench or a plate with bread crumbs, whisk the egg in a separate bowl. 4. Grab a small handful of potato mixture, form a thick patty, dip in egg, roll in breadcrumbs and throw on a plate. Repeat. 5. Fry in a large hot pan until crisp and golden. Will make enough for a flat of four. 6. Serve with a salad or salads. Recession busted. Thank me later.
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IF YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS EMAIL WSU@WSU.ORG.NZ OR COME AND SEE OUR STAFF AT THE BYELECTION INFO KIOSK AT LEVEL ZERO FROM 10.30-2PM EACH DAY. VOTING CLOSES AT 4PM ON WEDNESDAY.
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Marie Fili
William Lewis
Kale Isaac
Malo e lelei, my name is Marie Fili. I am
A vote for me will get you a director with
‘I don’t know who you are. I don’t
a responsible Master of Management
great experience, the right priorities
know what you want. If you’re looking
studies’ student and a Bachelor of
and genuine passion. I’ve been Deputy
for ransom, I can tell you I don’t have
Social Science Honours graduate.
Chair of the Hamilton Youth Council,
money but what I do have are a very
a Ministry of Youth Development Youth Advisor and
particular set of skills. Skills I have acquired over a very
Waikato Law Students’ Association Treasurer. I will focus
long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people
on providing sound governance, affordable student
like you. If you vote for me, that will be the end of it. I will
services and initiatives that create an awesome student
not look for you, I will not pursue you. But if you don’t, I
experience. A couple of friends involved with the WSU
will look for you, I will find you and I will kill you.’
I always look forward to making the most of challenges that are handed to me and have developed leadership skills through ambassador, sports and community roles. I have excellent inter-personal communication skills, the ability to work in a team and as an individual. Whether it is mentally, physically and spiritually, I am always willing to represent the University of Waikato.
suggested I put myself forward, so I found out what exactly the WSU is supposed to do and how they are
- Kale Neeson
trying to do it. Now I’m excited to use my time and skills
Trying to create a Waikato Student Culture that takes
I am passionate about my studies just as I am about my
to help out the WSU and represent everyday students.
care of the social side of uni. So if your keen for a killer
Tongan culture. I love meeting new people and making
I’m a third year law and social sciences student. I grew
O-week/Reo-week and everything inbetween then vote
new friends, and my main objective in life is to be happy
up on the Coromandel and went to Thames High School.
for ya boy!
and to have as much fun as I can. Whether it be long
Keep an eye out for me at facebook.com/will4wsu, and
boarding, playing sports, partying or working.
of course for some blatant election bribes.
Charlotte Sanson
Stephen Taylor
Jadeine McLeod
Ever considered yourself a little bitch?
Through my six years at Waikato I have
Kia ora, I’m Jadeine and I’m a final year
Guilty — I’ve spent thousands of dol-
had some amazing experiences. This
law student.
lars, dollars that I don’t have, over the
year I want to give back and to do all
last 3 years at university watching
I can to ensure that everyone’s time
opportunities pass me by because I was too scared to take them. And at the end, I might get an A4 piece of paper that I can frame, hang on my wall and have as a constant reminder of the massive debt I owe to Señor Key. But what if there was more to uni than getting that parchment? What if uni was about having a wealth of opportunities that allowed us to make the most out of being a student at Waikato? I want to help students get amongst the opportunities that being a student has to
here is out of this world.
Having been involved in many other areas of governance and student life, I believe I have the skills and passion that will make me an
As well as studying I have been involved in many
effective WSU Director. I have a BA in Politics & Drama, and
different clubs on campus as both a general member
my party trick is singing the Fresh Prince of Bel Air theme.
and on the executive (in a wide range of positions). Through this I have learnt to be approachable, friendly and able to work with the student population, and have developed a passion for being involved and helping people to have the opportunities I was given.
During my three years here, I’ve been involved in everything I can because I’m passionate about making the student experience the best it can possibly be. I was on WULSA 2013/2014, and am a member of various clubs and organisations. I’m also a fierce advocate for
offer and make the most out of our university experience
The skills I have picked up along the way put me in a
student issues, such as maintaining our free parking and
we pay so much for. Think student involvement, student
position where I feel I would be an effective member of
developing textbook grants for you.
culture, student community, student events, and $1 sushi
the WSU board for the rest of this term and could hit the
#ihavealmostusedthe150wordlimit #onehashtag=one-
ground running. I want to work for the student voice and
word #nopromiseson$1sushibutitwouldbefuckingdope
creating opportunities and experiences to make your
#votecharlotteforWSUdirector #dontbealittlebitch
time here at Waikato unforgettable!!!
I would love if you could vote for me and I’m always up for a chat, so stop me on campus or message me on FB @ facebook.com/JadeineForWSU
Wayne Mako
Ari Lewis
Rikus Wiehahn
Where there’s a will there’s a Wayne.
Kia Ora. Though this is the first year
So now I moustache you to vote for
of my Bachelor of Communication
me… Here are three reasons:
I was born down Wellys, grew up in Whangarei, now experiencing Middle Earth and trying to find the precious. I love sports, music, famz and chilling. My first year was intense, stressful and had no mates. Today, still got no mates lol. I’m 3rd year majoring in strategic management & Te Reo. Unis good and now rocking votes 4 WSU.
Studies at the University of Waikato, WSU. I have wasted no time in getting involved with as many different student initiatives as possible including;
to organize the world’s largest game of possum, and this is a promise.
Tramping Club, Debating Society, Boardgamers Club,
Secondly, I’m all about making Waikato distinct. Let’s
UniQ, Feminists Group, etc. I also live on campus at the
create a huge squad vibe and have outlandish events that
Student Village and though I have more life experience
aren’t just music gigs and town; because that gets boring.
I’m like a Holden Colorado 4WD. Trustworthy, reliable,
and am noticeably older than most of the residents at
and tough. Can get muddy but also gets the job done.
22, it is proving to be a very worthwhile option.
It has amazing features, carries tons of weight and
firstly, I will use the new-found power
I know I have much to bring to the
Thirdly, I am genuinely committed to serving you guys, and we need a few ticks to get in there (I’m not doing
I want to join the WSU Board to get more students
this as a popularity contest, which is kinda what it feels
(particularly first years) involved with extracurricular
like). Honestly, we’re only going to find that mythical
activities, both on and off campus. I believe that as the
Waikato vibe that we know is possible if we push some
But seriously now I’m keen to advocate for YOU. A voice
future leaders, innovators, decision makers, and overall
boundaries and come up with stuff that nobody else
for justice, a voice of reasoning, a real listening voice
movers & shakers of Hamilton, New Zealand and the world;
does. Let’s make this happen.
for ALL students. And if I get lucky free ghost chips for
the youth of today will only benefit from being more active
everybody if not well Valar Morghulis.
in their own communities and the global community.
AMAZING for just running over things. So to the other tributes — may the odds… ‘you know’.
#moocrew
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