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Of all the various NZ music awards - The Tuis, The bNets, Juice TV Music Awards?? etc - the most interesting have to be the Silver Scrolls. Running for over 40 years the Silver Scrolls are also regarded as highly credible. And that is because the nominees and winners are selected on the basis of songwriting talent rather than commercial success. Also the winner is voted on by a large panel that are songwriters themselves.

This can mean that you you get incredibly diverse selections amongst the 5 finalists. For example last year saw Evermore up against The Mint Chicks and Dave Dobbyn. The selected songs don't have to be by well known artists, they don't have to be singles and they don't have to be from a single genre.

This years final five are again an interesting mix. I will be featuring all five on Counting The Beat this Sunday. So in no particular order here they are.

First up, Evermore with Running. Evermore won the Silver Scroll last year with It's Too Late. This year they are up with a song from their latest album. These three brothers are huge in Australia and have also featured in the soundtrack of US teen telly show The OC. So, definitely a commercial song, with a pretty international flavour.

Anika Moa's Stolen Hill is the title track of her second album. She took a lot of time out to find herself after resisting record label attempts to market her as the next Bic Runga/Jewel. This track is representative of her attempt to assert her own personality through her songs.

Don McGlashan gets two tracks in the final five. Miracle Sun is the first single from his great solo album Warm Hands. McGlashan has an indisputable talent for story telling and characterisation in his lyrics. This song tells the story of a summertime visitor to Opononi during the season of Opo the Dolphin, managing to capture both the joy of the event and the melancholy of times past. This is the one that I think will win.

McGlashan is also nominated for Bathe in the River, a song from the soundtrack to the movie No. 2. It is soulful song delivered with vocal punch by Hollie Smith. Despite his talent I can't help thinking that a McGlashan win is a bit safe. Worldwide there seems to be a trend towards awards celebrating longevity and past glories - even Barry Manilow won an award last month ferr chrissakes!

Finally is the song I would like to win. The Pool is written by James Milne who performs under the name Lawrence Arabia. It is on one of two albums he has put out this year, a solo Lawrence Arabia album and the one that features this track with his band The Reduction Agents. The album, The Dance Reduction Agents, is great. It is full of 60s inspired pop songs that are interesting and unexpected. The nominated track is quite reminiscent of 'For the Benefit of Mr Kite' from the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper. The album got great reviews but no-one bought it. Put this right - get it today. You won't find The Pool here but there are downloadable tracks on MySpace.

The Silver Scroll will be announced on Sept 20th. The award ceremony is also something special. Each nominated song is performed by another top NZ music act in their own style. Unfortunately it is invite only. My aim this year is to get meself a ticket.

DJ Simon - The Mix & Mash Radio Show - 27th August

Here's the playlist for this week's show. I can't say there's a standout record of the week this week. Am loving The Gossip, especially the remixes (watch out for one from Soulwax soon) the Beyond the Wizard's Sleeve take on Kraut Rock is a winner but I've caught onto that far too later for it be nominated. The Quantic & Mr Scruff - Tell it like you mean it track is certainly up there and the Robster remix is pretty good but if I chose a Robbie williams song as a track of the week I think I might just have to shoot myself - Hmm, I dunno, you chose!!!

Hour 1 part 1 - 21:30

Lily Allen - Smile (Digital soundboy remix)
Robbie Williams - Rudebox (Soul mekanik ext vocal)
The Gossip_Standing In The Way Of Control (Le Tigre Remix)
Lazyboy - Underwear Goes Inside the Pants


Hour 1 Part 3 - 19:20

Beyond The Wizard's Sleeve - I Swim Around
Peter Bjorn and John - Young Folks (Beyond The Wizard's Sleeve Remix)
Hot Chip - Colours (DFA remix)


Hour 2 part 1 - 20:04

Wolfmother - Love Train
The Chemical Brothers - Shake Break Bounce
The Rapture - Get Myself Into It
EDITORS -Blood (Freelance Hellraiser Editorial)
The Futureheads - Worry about it later


Hour 2 Part 3 - 25:00

Peter Bjorn John - Young folks (Tomas andersson remake)
North Shore Pony Club - Computer Games
Hot chip - over and over solid groove remix
Scissor sisters - I dont feel like dancing (Paper faces mix)
Goose - Black gloves

Country Mike's Hauraki Hoedown Playlist

Here is the playlist for Country Mike’s Hauraki Hoedown on Beach Radio for Monday August 28th, 2006.

El Paso/Out on the Weekend - Giant Sand
Stubborn Beast - Jolie Holland
Ruination Day Part II - Gillian Welch
Needle in the Hay - Elliot Smith
I Won't Let You Down - Travel by Sea
Old Blue - Ramblin' Jack Elliot
Spit and Tears - Damnations
Crazy (Gnarls Barkley Cover) - Ray Lamontagne
I've Always Been Crazy - Waylon Jennings
I Wish I Was Crazy Again - Dale Watson
Crazy - Willie Nelson
No Fun - The Black Keys (Stooges cover)
Lowdown Streamline - The Soledad Brothers
Bush War Blues - Billy Bragg
Hospice for Destitute Lovers - Steve Abel
Your Loves Not In Vain - Broken Heartbreakers
Nest Egg - Phoenix Foundation
Broken Hills - the Boxcar Guitars
Surfer Girl - Beach Boys (rehearsal version, 1967)
Bamboo Swing - Bill Sevesi Team
The World is Waiting for a Sunrise - Jon Rauhouse
Sap - Freakwater
Bowling Alley Bar - The Handsome Family
Aftermath USA - Drive-by Truckers
The Hand that Throws the Bottle Down - The Waco Brothers
Venom Wearing Denom - Junior Brown
Roka - Calexico
The Ladder - Alejandro Escovedo
Por Las Parrandas - Flaco Jimenez*
When I Was Drinking - Hem

* I was sort of right about Parrandas ... they're Puerto Rican / Cuban form of Christmas carolling.

The Mix & Mash Radio show - 18th August 2006

Another week and another set of quality tunes to inflict upon an unsuspecting Island. If only the web streaming was up, I could broadcast to the whole planet!!! Ah well, just another couple of weeks to wait I'm told.

Track of the week

Peter Bjorn and John - Young Folks (Beyond The Wizard's Sleeve Remix)

The original version of this is the feelgood song of the winter (northern hemisphere) summer and is a song that is singlehandledly restoring whistling to its rightful place in pop! This 'Beyond the Wizzard' Sleeve' 'remix is beautifully stretched out, emphasising the bass and samples enough of the words and whistling to make cheer up even the most miserable of punters!!!

Ha ha - Have just been surfing around and found out that 'Beyond the Wizzard's Sleeve' are an alter ego of Riton and my (second) favourite Uber-muso - Erol Alkan. Well there's a thing! :-)

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01. GHP “Marvin’s Not In Love (Part1)” Marvin Gaye ‘Lets Get In On’ // 10CC ‘I’m Not In Love’
02. Mark Vidler “Strawfields To Skyplain”
03. GHP “Cold Missy School Cut” Coldcut ‘The Music Maker’ // Coldcut ‘True Skool’ // Missy Elliot ‘One Minute Man’
04. GHP “Don’t Hold Back (Sweet Jane)” Chemical Brothers ‘Galvanize’ // The Velvet Underground ‘Sweet Jane’
..... U2 ‘I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For’ // MARRS ‘Pump Up The Volume’ // Blur ‘To The End’
05. Mark Vidler vs Andre Popp “Ophelian Dub” Andre Popp ‘Ophelia’
06. GHP “Velvet Sugar” The Archies ‘Sugar Sugar’ // The Velvet Underground ‘I’m Waiting For The Man’..... Bassment Jaxx ‘Where’s Your Head At?’
07. GHP “Riders Of Love” ABC ‘The Look Of Love (Part 4) // The Doors ’Riders On The Storm’
08. GHP “I Can’t Freak Her” XTC ‘I Can’t Own Her’ // Adina Howard ‘Freak Like Me'
09. GHP “Paul Wilson” The Beach Boys ‘I Guess I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times’ // Wings ‘Let ’Em In’
10. GHP “All My Birds” The Beatles “All My Loving” // The Beatles ‘For No One’ // Annie Lennox “Little Bird’


Hour 2 Part 1 - 19:22

Jim noir - Eanie meany (fat boy slim radio edit)
Madonna - Lycra Virgin (Moc2Fem>

The Mix & Mash Radio Show - 19th August 2006

Another week and another set of quality tunes to inflict upon an unsuspecting Island. If only the web streaming was up, I could broadcast to the whole planet!!! Ah well, just another couple of weeks to wait I'm told.

Track of the week

Peter Bjorn and John - Young Folks (Beyond The Wizard's Sleeve Remix)

The original version of this is the feelgood song of the winter (northern hemisphere) summer and is a song that is singlehandledly restoring whistling to its rightful place in pop! This 'Beyond the Wizzard' Sleeve' 'remix is beautifully stretched out, emphasising the bass and samples enough of the words and whistling to make cheer up even the most miserable of punters!!!

Ha ha - Have just been surfing around and found out that 'Beyond the Wizzard's Sleeve' are an alter ego of Riton and my (second) favourite Uber-muso - Erol Alkan. Well there's a thing! :-)

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DJ Simon

Country Mike's Hauraki Hoedown Playlist

Many thanks to Cowboy Bob for filling in for me last week as I was laid up w/ the leurgy ... he did a great show and even posted the playlist... cher! I followed his latest monday BOBcast with a couple of Sunday songs myself which was his theme this week. Not sure if i'll get time to really write up a highlight but I'm thinking that something on the Freakwater CD that I've progressively been playing is in order.

Sunday Morning Coming Down - Johhny Cash
Sunday Sunny Mill Valley Groove Day - Frank Black
Country Mike's Theme Song - Beastie Boys
Hong Kong Blues - Ramblin' Jack Elliot
Come On In - R.L. Burnside
My Mind is Ramblin - The Black Keys
Flapping Your Broken Wings - The Handsome Family
Panic Open String - Calexico
When I Was Drinking - Hem
Double Clutch - Freakwater
Blacklisted - Neko Case
Dear Head on the Wall - Alejandro Escovedo
Lonely I Be - Steve Abel
Walkin on Hells Roof Looking at the Flowers - The Waco Brothers
High Places - Los Lobos
Let It Roll - The Willard Grant Conspiracy
Girl In the War - Josh Ritter
White Center - Damien Jurado
The Beatles - Devendra Banhart
Gray Stables - Iron & Wine
Arthritis Blues - Ramblin' Jack Elliot
Hobo Blues - John Lee Hooker
Righteously - Lucinda Williams
These Golden Jewels - The Handsome Family
Strange Weather - Tom Waits
Waiting for a Sign - Jon Dee Graham
Salvador Sanchez - Sun Kil Moon

Hauraki Hoedown with Country Bob (Mikes Cuzzi)

I had the opportunity Monday night to fill in for Country Mike on the Hauraki Hoedown, and I must say this is one show I love to guest for. Heres a list of the tracks I played for my cousin
Country Mike.

Hal Ketchum - Small Town Saturday Night - Past The Point Of Rescue 1991
Southern Culture On The Skids - Banana Pudding
Aaron Trippin - Aint Nothing Wrong With The Radio
Alan Jackson - Pickup Man
Bonnie Raitt - Unnecessarily Mercenary
Cowboy Junkies - Hunted
Los Lobos & John Hiatt - Down On The Riverbed
Joe Ely - Rock Salt & Nails
Iron & Wine & Calexico - Prison On Route 41
Blue Rodeo - Bulletproof (Album Vers)
The Legendary Shack Shakers - Blood On The Bluegrass
Travis Tritt - Ten Feet Tall & Bulletproof
Lonnie Mack - Rockin Pneumonia & The Boogie Woogie Flu
Lousiana Red - Down So Long
Jeff Foxworthy - Drinking Do's & Dont's (comedy)
Mitch Woods & The Rocket 88's - Shakin The Shack
Powder Blues Band - Thirsty Ears
The Legendary Shack Shakers - Shake Your Hips
Grace Potter & The Nocturnals - Hidden Superstition
Ricky Skaggs & K T Oslin - Seven Hillsides
The Phoenix Foundation - Slightest Shift In The Weather
Dierks Bentley - How Am I Doin?
Lonnie Mack - Too Rock For Country
Stoney LaRue - Hardwired
Dave Alvin - King Of California
Jimmy Rodgers Allstar Band - Gonna Shoot You Right Down
Southern Culture On The Skids - 69 El Camino
Grateful Dead - One More Saturday Night
Lorrie Morgan - Five Minutes

It was indeed an Honour and a Pleasure.