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Knox mines his 1981 surroundings for this stop-motion clip, including setting fire to his lounge. On the telly are the Springboks and protests, newsreader Tom Bradley and a Stars on 45 countdown. A full two decades before Final Cut Pro made homespun hip, and when directors like Michel Gondry started popularising the craft aesthetic. Legend.
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Magic. One of the most creative writers during one of NZs most creative periods. Chris Knox is the legend.
Great song... IMHO points to the tension between the subliminal violence within NZ society and the surfaces where 'nothing happens'.
And released on Propeller / Furtive, not Flying Nun, a full six months before the label existed. Just sayin..
As essential to '81 as the Springbok tour, this song made a direct connection, kicking against the post colonial emotional stage fright that poured slurry into our hearts.
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Television, 1991 (Full Length Episode)
Features a stop-motion title sequence
Television, 2002 (Full Length)
A documentary on the legendary label synonymous with the ‘Dunedin Sound’
Television, 1984 (Full Length)
The RTR titles featured in this music video
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tom
Posted at 05.49AM - 16.07.2010
yep a chris Knox classic