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Favoriting May 18, 2024: DJ Mike from BK -More Music from the Long White Cloud: New Zealand Pt 2

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Artist Track Album Label Year Comments Images Approx. start time
Solid Gold Hell  The Inevitable Hopelessness of Being   Favoriting Swingin' Hot Murder  Flying Nun Records  1994  From Auckland, NZ formed in the early 1990s from members of S.P.U.D. and Jean-Paul Sartre Experience

 

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DJ Mike from BK (+ NZ)           
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Fatal Jelly Space  The Dark is Rising   Favoriting Fatals Live    1991  From Auckland NZ

an all female band that existed from 1989 - 1994

Fatal Jelly Space BC page 

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Toy Love  Sheep (Live)   Favoriting Live at the Gluepot  Goner Records  1980  Get this live in 1980 TOY LOVE record here BandCamp  
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Loves Ugly Children  Suck   Favoriting Suck (single)  Flying Nun  1996  Formed in 1989, in Christchurch, New Zealand

Loves Ugly Children band page on FAIL SAFE 

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Dale Kerrigan  ripgirl101   Favoriting noise bitch  Trace/Untrace  2021  From Dunedin, NZ

Dale Kerrigan BC 

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Die! Die! Die!  Ashtray! Ashtray!   Favoriting Die! Die! Die!    2006  Produced by Steve Albini

From Dunedin, New Zealand. formed in late 2003,

New vinyl/files edition of the 1st Die! Die! Die! LP avail on BC 

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Cootie Cuties  SuckYouBus (Succubus on their EP)   Favoriting V.A. Powerfest New Lynn 2021 (20th Anniversary)  PowerTool records  2010  From Auckland, New Zealand

Track is From the VA Powerfest New Lynn 2021 (20th Anniversary) massive comp of NZ bands

Also on The Cootie Cuties Freebleeder EP is Free(name your own price) on BC 

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DJ Mike from BK (+ NZ)           
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Shaft  Playing With Ourselves   Favoriting Shaft (EP)  Zero Records  1996  Indie from NZ 
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King Loser  Surf Lost   Favoriting Sonic Super Free HiFi  1993    Stream the award wining, awesome King Loser Documentary here 
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StellaVision  Yoko Ono   Favoriting From a live recording at the Jam Factory, Tauranga    2023  From a live recording at the Jam Factory, Tauranga 
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The Renderers  Sissyphus   Favoriting This World Just Eats Me up Alive  Ba Da Bing  2019  The Renderers BC 
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The New Existentialists  Last Days of the Internet   Favoriting Last Days of the Internet (EP)    2022  From Auckland, New Zealand

The New Existentialists BC  

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Sundae Painters        2023  Incredible collab between members of The Bats, The Clean, Tall Dwarfs and Toy Love

featuring Kaye Woodward, Alec Bathgate, Paul Kean and Hamish Kilgour!

Sundae Painters BandCamp

RIP Hamish Kilgour 1957 – 2022

 

Painting on the LP cover by Hamish Kilgour
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Look Blue Go Purple  Circuspect Penelope   Favoriting Bewitched (EP)  Flying Nun Records  1985  All woman band from Dunedin NZ

LBGP's 1991 Album 'Comilation' won this year's Independent New Music NZ's classic album award 

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The Great Unwashed  Duane Eddy   Favoriting Singles (reissue)    1984  David + Hamish Kilgour's band post- The Clean

RIP Hamish Kilgour 1957 – 2022

RIP Duane Eddy 

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The Chills  House with a Hundred Rooms   Favoriting House with a Hundred Rooms 12"  Flying Nun Records  1987  Remastered album Brave Words out now 
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Listener comments!

Avatar 5/14 1:30pm
DJ Terre T:

Everyone please give Mike from BK (+ NZ) a warm welcome as he returns to RocknSoul Drop-In to bring us some more sounds from New Zealand artists.
This time from the 1980s all the way up to the current decade. Expect to hear some underground legends as well some bands you might not have heard before!
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MOM WHIG:

Looking forward to it
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Mike From BK & NZ:

Thanks Terre! Thanks MOM WHIG!
I hope folks like what I've chosen for this show.
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MOM WHIG:

↳ Mike From BK & NZ @5:57
Just listening to People singing I Love You (Zombie's song) - see you in a few.....
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Scott_Oz:

G'day Mike & Drop-Ins!
Let's put on our jandals & get some Kiwi Culture in us!
🌏🌞🍻😎🤙💨🍺☁️☁️
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Mike From BK & NZ:

G'day Scott_Oz! Thanks for joining! I've got my jandals on!
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MOM WHIG:

↳ Scott_Oz @5:58
G'Day back to you MATEY
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Stu Rutherford:

Hello Mike & everyone!
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MOM WHIG:

↳ Stu Rutherford @5:59
Just in time
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Mike From BK & NZ:

Hey Stu! Thanks for joining!
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Stu Rutherford:

↳ MOM WHIG @5:59
Hi Mom!
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MOM WHIG:

↳ Stu Rutherford @6:00
Super rainy here all day
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Scott_Oz:

↳ Mike From BK & NZ @5:59
Me too mate! Here we go!
🍻😎🤙💨🍺
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Scott_Oz:

↳ MOM WHIG @5:59
G'day MOM 🍻😎🤙💨🍹🌺
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Mike From BK & NZ:

Just to confirm, this opening track is playing at the right speed.
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Will thee SG OCNY:

Hi Mike BK & NZ and all!!!
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medson:

Hey Mike and all.
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RKO_CityGardensOG:

Listening in my car parked under the Brooklyn Queens Expressway. Some unusual sounds and aromas from this location. Looking forward to this !
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MOM WHIG:

Hi Will - medson - RKO
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Mike From BK & NZ:

Hey Will thee SG OCNY, medson, RKO_CityGardensOG!
Thanks for tuning in!
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Mike From BK & NZ:

I hope this is drowning out the traffic noise RKO
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medson:

↳ Song: "Sheep (Live)" by "Toy Love"
Sounded so great.
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Fatherflot:

Sounding great, Mike!
  6:13pm
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hey Mike been dancing and singing along to Toy Love in my Mauao living room !! (Tauranga NZ/Aotearao)
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LesleyK:

Hi Mike and everyone! I'm out so can't tune in right now but will catch the archives!
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Stu Rutherford:

↳ MOM WHIG @6:00
It's been mildly rainy here.
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Mike From BK & NZ:

↳ medson @6:11
Yeah, Toy Love were really great. I wish I got to see them live but they were no more by the time I got to New Zealand. I did get to see Tall Dwarfs (Chris Knox and Alec Bathgate from Toy Love) and Chris Knox solo who were also great.
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Mike From BK & NZ:

↳ @6:13
So was I ?! I'm glad you liked it
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Mike From BK & NZ:

↳ Fatherflot @6:12
Thanks Fatherflot!
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medson:

↳ Mike From BK & NZ @6:13
Cool. I need to check that out more and play something from it. Thanks for playing it.
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Mike From BK & NZ:

↳ LesleyK @6:13
Hey Lesley! Thanks for checking in. I hope you like it.
  6:15pm
Carolyn aka StellaVision:

sorry ? is me! Toy love were a total inspiration.
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Mike From BK & NZ:

↳ Carolyn aka StellaVision @6:15
Welcome Carolyn! I'm glad you could join us.
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Fatherflot:

Does this show come with a free house-breaking kiwi pad?
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medson:

↳ Fatherflot @6:17
🤣🤣🤣
  6:19pm
Carolyn aka StellaVision:

↳ DJ Terre T @1:30
loving your show, Mike! the crew here in Tauranga and beyond are gonna love it too!!
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Mike From BK & NZ:

↳ Fatherflot @6:17
Unfortunately I didn't think of that Fatherflot. Maybe I'll include one if I do another Drop-In.
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MOM WHIG:

Hi F2 - Lesley K - Carolyn
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Fatherflot:

↳ MOM WHIG @6:20
Hi ma
  6:21pm
Carolyn aka StellaVision:

hi MOM WHIG ...Fatherflot - what's a house-breaking kiwi pad?
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Mike From BK & NZ:

↳ Carolyn aka StellaVision @6:19
Thanks Carolyn!
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DJ Terre T:

Thanks everyone for listening and chiming into Mike’s incredible New Zealand part 2 DropIn!

I’m doing the Accuplaylist from an undisclosed location where the WiFi is weak so I can’t really chime in. I just wanna make sure this show is published properly.
Apologies for lack of interaction
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Mike From BK & NZ:

Thanks Terre! Thanks for being at the controls and for handling all of the technical stuff, all of the encouragement, etc., etc., etc,!
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Will thee SG OCNY:

Digging the tunes!!!
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Fatherflot:

↳ Carolyn aka StellaVision @6:21
Stupid joke --- there used to be a commercial that ran on local TV in the NY area for some kind of dog feeder and at the end when they showed the number to call the announcer would say "call now and get a free house breaking wee wee pad"
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Fatherflot:

This show is quite the revelation. I haven't heard of any of these artists.
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Mike From BK & NZ:

↳ Will thee SG OCNY @6:27
I'm glad you're liking these tunes Will!
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Mike Sin:

Cool show! Diggin all these new (to me) tracks.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Hullo !
Wow this looks exciting
...this one reminded me of Can...
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DJ Terre T:

↳ Song: "Yoko Ono" by "StellaVision"
I LOVE THIS JAM SO MUCH
and also I love Yoko Ono 🤘🏼
  6:31pm
Carolyn aka StellaVision:

thank you DJ Terre T!
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Mike From BK & NZ:

↳ Fatherflot @6:28
Yeah, I hoped to get some of these bands some attention over here. Some stuff coming up might be a bit more familiar.
Oh, and now I remember that commercial you mentioned!
  6:32pm
Carolyn aka StellaVision:

Can were amazzzing - i'll take that as a HUUUUGE complimento mucho gracias Revolution Rabbit
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Mike From BK & NZ:

↳ DJ Terre T @6:30
It's a great song, isn't it?
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Scott_Oz:

↳ Carolyn aka StellaVision @6:15
G'day from Australia Carolyn! Great track mate!
☕😎🤙💨☕🌻
  6:33pm
Carolyn aka StellaVision:

Fatherflot - i think my dog needs a kiwi wee wee pad!
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Mike From BK & NZ:

Thanks for listening and chiming in Revolution Rabbit Nov63!
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Mike From BK & NZ:

↳ Mike Sin @6:30
Hi Mike! Thanks for tuning in. I'm glad you're liking these.
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Fatherflot:

↳ Carolyn aka StellaVision @6:33
Oui Oui!!
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Christina Ginger:

Hey Mike! Was checking in on my friend’s cat- back in time for the second half!
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MOM WHIG:

↳ Christina Ginger @6:35
good to see you
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Mike From BK & NZ:

Hi Christina Ginger! Thanks for joining!
  6:36pm
Carolyn aka StellaVision:

Thanks heaps Scott Oz! THANKS BIG TIME for playing 'Yoko Ono' Mike, the band, bits, will be stoked too!!
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Christina Ginger:

↳ MOM WHIG @6:36
Hi MOM!
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Aitch:

bit late, eh bro?
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MOM WHIG:

↳ Aitch @6:36
G'Day there
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DJ Terre T:

↳ Song: "Last Days of the Internet" by "The New Existentia...
This is eerie lovely ❤️
  6:37pm
Carolyn aka StellaVision:

oui oui all the way home!
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Mike From BK & NZ:

↳ Carolyn aka StellaVision @6:36
That song's too good to ignore! It needs a proper release of some sort.
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Mike From BK & NZ:

↳ Aitch @6:36
Welcom Aitch!
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Fatherflot:

↳ Mike From BK & NZ @6:31
I just looked it up. The commercial was for "Puppy City" which was then located in Brooklyn! Ocean Avenue and Avenue U.
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Mike From BK & NZ:

↳ Fatherflot @6:40
Wow! Just down the road from me!
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Fatherflot:

↳ Mike From BK & NZ @6:40
Spooky!
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Terre T:

↳ Song: "Sundae Painters"
I LOVE THIS SUNDAE PAINTERS record!
RIP Hamish Kilgour
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Gawsh this is good.
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Mike From BK & NZ:

↳ Terre T @6:42
That's unmistakably Hamish drumming there. I miss that guy.
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Mike From BK & NZ:

I'm glad you're liking this stuff Revolution Rabbit Nov63.
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Fatherflot:

Terrific stuff, Mike!!
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Mike From BK & NZ:

Thanks Fatherflot!
  6:45pm
Mr. Clarinet:

Incredible show. Masterful.
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DJ Terre T:

↳ Fatherflot @6:44
Right Father flot?!
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Mike From BK & NZ:

Thanks Mr. Clarinet!
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Paulie B:

Sounding great, Mike!!
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Fatherflot:

↳ DJ Terre T @6:45
Thanks TT for making this happen!
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Mike From BK & NZ:

Thanks Paulie B! I'm glad you're liking this.
  6:47pm
Carolyn aka StellaVision:

thanks Mike! i'm gonna add that version to an EP i'm hoping to record this year. I'll let you know.... and yes, RIP Hamish. Hamish was a gracious host at the wonderful Wunderbar venue in Lyttleton, Christchurch NZ where he had a regular nite. When i played there, Chris Hazelwood [from King Loser] and Hamish jammed after i played. Fleur de Lis played too. It was a special nite about a year before he passed away. We were very spolit kiwi teenagers in the 80s having the Kilgour brothers to inspire us!! much love to all Hamish's NY peeps!!!
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DJ Terre T:

↳ Paulie B @6:46
Woah DJ Paulie B of da mothership Sundays 3-5pm - giving his props !!

We’re honored bc you know your stuff!!
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Fatherflot:

R.I.P. Twang King
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Mike From BK & NZ:

↳ DJ Terre T @6:48
High praise indeed coming from Paulie B!
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Will thee SG OCNY:

Mike, I like your radio voice too. Sounds legit
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MOM WHIG:

↳ Mike From BK & NZ @6:49
Thanks for another Drop-In - had a good time here.
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Mike From BK & NZ:

↳ Carolyn aka StellaVision @6:47
I'm glad you got to play at one of Hamish's gigs. I saw posts about a lot of those show and wished I could have gone.
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Fatherflot:

Thanks for the hype, Mike!!!
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Mike From BK & NZ:

↳ Will thee SG OCNY @6:50
Thanks Will! I have to confess that the reverb is not natural.
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Mike From BK & NZ:

↳ MOM WHIG @6:52
Thanks MOM WHIG!
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medson:

Thanks Mike. Great show.
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Fatherflot:

Great show, Mike. Come back soon! If you need me to run a playlist for you next time, hit me up.
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Will thee SG OCNY:

↳ Mike From BK & NZ @6:53
I know it's probably the stock RnS stream verb
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Fatherflot:

↳ Will thee SG OCNY @6:55
Don't get WLSClark started on that. He hates reverb.
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Scott_Oz:

Thanks for a terrific show Mike!
It was choice aye bro!
🌏🌞🍻😎🤙💨🍺
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Will thee SG OCNY:

Thank you Mike BK&NZ, rad radio show today!!!
💯🔥📻
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Mike From BK & NZ:

Thanks everyone for listening and commenting!
Thanks so much to Terre T for operating the comments board (including adding some useful extra details) and handling all of the technical stuff!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

~ TY DJ Mike BK&NZ ~
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Scott_Oz:

↳ Fatherflot @6:55
I hate the added reverb too mate!
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Christina Ginger:

Thanks, Mike!
Reflect music for a day like today.
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Mike From BK & NZ:

↳ Fatherflot @6:54
Thanks Fatherflot!
  6:58pm
Carolyn aka StellaVision:

thanks again Mike! nice to meet you all on Mike's show - hope to chat again another time. LOVE this station BTW!! E noho ra...means good bye - you stay here - in Maori xx
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Will thee SG OCNY:

↳ Mike From BK & NZ @6:57
We love Terre T, she gets it done 👍🏻
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RKO_CityGardensOG:

↳ Scott_Oz @6:57
That reverb makes me sound like I'm broadcasting from a submarine!
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Mike From BK & NZ:

↳ Will thee SG OCNY @6:58
We sure do! I don't know how she does it all!
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DJ Terre T:

This was SUCH a great show Mike from BK + NZ!!!! SO SO GOOD!
Thank u so much for bringing us a Part 2!
We need another one soon!
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RKO_CityGardensOG:

Great job Mike!
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Scott_Oz:

↳ RKO_CityGardensOG @6:59
You mean ya not mate??
🍻😎🤙💨🍺
  6:59pm
Carolyn aka StellaVision:

PS yep - reverb is better on a guitar hehehe
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Mike From BK & NZ:

↳ Scott_Oz @6:56
Thanks Scott_Oz!
  7:01pm
Carolyn aka StellaVision:

your voice is great without it Mike
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Fatherflot:

Well, if you return next week, you'll hear a ton of reverb with the Pirate tribute show. . .
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Mike From BK & NZ:

↳ Christina Ginger @6:57
Thanks Christina Ginger!
  7:02pm
Carolyn aka StellaVision:

sounds good Fatherflot!
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Mike From BK & NZ:

↳ Carolyn aka StellaVision @6:58
Thanks Carolyn! And thanks for your song and your brief Maori language lesson.
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Mike From BK & NZ:

↳ Scott_Oz @6:59
Yeah, I thought RKO does broadcast from a submarine.
  7:08pm
Carolyn aka StellaVision:

hehe i can bring more o te reo next time. Mike...kia ora be well
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Mike From BK & NZ:

↳ DJ Terre T @6:59
Thanks Terre!!! I must give that some consideration.
  7:10pm
Carolyn aka StellaVision:

i can recommend some more local bands to you who sound like a lot of what you played, Mike....if you like? PM me
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LesleyK:

Lots of great songs here! I listened to the archive last night Thanks!!
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Mike From Brooklyn:

↳ LesleyK @9:59
Thanks Lesley! I'm glad you liked it!
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