the idiot winds

a picture of a drunken libertine wearing mirrored aviators at night

Just a quick note to let you know that Vincent’s blog – http://theidiotwinds.blogspot.com – is back up and running after a bit of a break.

Vincent plays guitar in Harmonica Lewinsky and on his blog he usually writes about music, film, media, politics and the like.

Although sometimes he just posts videos of people opening cans of spag and weeing on the floor.

Read The Idiot Winds here.
Subscribe to The Idiot Winds feed here.

p.s. that reminds me I must get the blogroll back up – let me know if you’d like a link.

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jammin

Thought I’d quickly share this wee mix of a very late night session from not too long ago.

AJ on harp. Me on loops & echoes & Stylophone (thanks Silence7!) Dharma Dog on BVs. Percussion added later.

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what’s cooking

Had a good time on Waiheke last week, thanks to everyone who came out on such a cold wet night. We’ll be back soon.

Got a few remix/re-releases in the pipeline, working over some b-side songs from the past few years. Here’s a taste of what’s happening in the studio at the moment:

Playing the tone generator from bside on Vimeo.

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no sleep till ostend

Proxy rehearsals for this weekend’s Harmonica Lewinsky set are going well in all 3 locations. If you’re in the Auckland/Waiheke area on Friday night, come down to the acoustic cafe at Nourish, 3 Belgium St Ostend where we’ll be sharing the stage with Josephine Costain and Jason McIver.

I don’t know anything about Jason, but I know Josephine has made some stunning recordings in St Matthews In The City which you can hear here: Josephine Costain at Amplifier.co.nz. Quite haunting and beautiful.

We, on the other hand, will be playing a bunch of ill-conceived 3-chord songs about death and destruction with a casiotone and a big muff.

I’ll also be taking some live electro-dub out into the sunshine at the Ostend market on Saturday morning.

I’ve got my ironing boards ready.

live setup with ironing boards

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is it can be HARMONICA LEWINSKY tiem now plees?

We’re playing a semi-unplugged set at the July Acoustic Cafe held at Nourish, Ostend, Waiheke Island on Friday the 16th of July.

Srsly this time.

black and white band photo

  • Friday, July 16th
  • Nourish, 3 Belgium St, Ostend, Waiheke Island
  • Free entry, all ages, kick off at 7
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