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About Paul Brad

Freelance journalist / Publisher / Editor - Straight No Chaser magazine / Editor - L FM : Broadcasting In A Pandemic - Gilles Peterson (Worldwide FM) / Publisher: From Jazz Funk & Fusion to Acid Jazz: A History Of The UK Jazz Dance Scene by Mark 'Snowboy' Cotgrove / Music Fan: Interplanetary Sounds: Ancient to Future / Cultural Event Consultant & Activist / Nei Jia practitioner

Silvershine: The Second Coming Of Andy Hamilton…. Jamaican Jazz Legend (1918 -2012)

Posted on June 7, 2012 by Paul Brad

When I got the news that Andy Hamilton had peacefully passed away – at the age of 94 – it was if another slice of UK cultural history had slipped into the fog of time. Born in Port Maria, Jamaica, … Continue reading →

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Sacred Music : Sacred Spaces: Ifa & A Love Supreme

Posted on June 2, 2012 by Paul Brad

John Coltane’s last ever recording was at Babatunde Olatunji’s Center for African Culture in New York City and featured Algie DeWitt on Bata drum. They also performed a delirious version of the song ‘Ogunde Varere’ – a Brasiliian folkloric composition … Continue reading →

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SUMMER SOLSTICE: SACRED MUSIC – SACRED SPACES: A LOVE SUPREME

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Paul Brad

Fresh back from NZ and it’s kicking in … BIG TIME! Everybody involved with our modest little Chaser Productions set-up is hyped with the imminent performance of  Sacred Music – Sacred Spaces: A Re-envisioning of John Coltrane’s ‘A Love Supreme’. Sacred … Continue reading →

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Babylon Your Queendom Is Falling….

Posted on May 28, 2012 by Paul Brad

In December 2011, following the turbulent Dudus Coke affair, the Most Honourable Portia Simpson Miller aka Sister P was re-elected Prime Minister of Jamaica and declared their intention to sever the link to the “Mother Country” and become a Republic… … Continue reading →

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MORE MADNESS… ALPHABET CITY, CUT CREATIVE, SEMI-PERMANENT & CONCH RECORDS… Aotearoa No 5 – The final runnings!

Posted on May 26, 2012 by Paul Brad

ALPHABET CITY is run by native New Yorker Erin who specialises in pre-digital printing and  runs an early evening letter writing group. Erin is old skool and upon our arrival at the work-shop she and Swifty enthusiastically talked TYPE! They … Continue reading →

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MY TOP SUMMMER READ FOR 60s COUNTER CULTURE & MUSIC HEADZ….

Posted on May 25, 2012 by Paul Brad

Back in 2006 Serpents Tail published Joe Boyd’s universally acclaimed  ‘White Bicyles’ . Its title was inspired by the Dutch Provos communal bicyles in 60s  Amsterdam and the 1967 underground hit by Tomorrow, and if a recall correctly Maximus Reinhardt … Continue reading →

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SEVENTY TWO HOURS OF LO-FI MADNESS…. Aoteara Runnings No. 4

Posted on May 25, 2012 by Paul Brad

7AM Tuesday morning… Da Bei Qigong under the eaves of a building in Myers park. When it rains it Aukland it rains. Things were about to get busy! The PIYN project was scheduled to kick off at Bizdojo at 10.30am … Continue reading →

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HIGH TIMES IN AUKLAND… Aotearoa Runnings… Part 3

Posted on May 25, 2012 by Paul Brad

Singapore – Sydney – Auckland…. gotta  say,  the aerial view of Sydney was pretty impressive… all those inlets and coves lined with yachts… life-style is undoubtedly king. It’s clearly changed  a lot since the Tolpuddle martyrs were transported there, given … Continue reading →

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WARNING! Beware the Blandford Fly… Vicious little fuckahs migrate to the ‘hood!

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Paul Brad

Last year, I was training outside in Camden and sustained a bunch of nasty bites. I thought, is it me that’s just susceptible to these little bastards? No-else seemed to be getting bitten. I finally sussed out that it was … Continue reading →

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Mid-day Musings a trip to Aotearoa… Singapore… Part. 2

Posted on May 23, 2012 by Paul Brad

Swift and I touched down in Singapore at six in the evening.  It’s was a welcome one night  stop-over on our way to Aukland and intended to ensure we arrived at our destination ready to roll. Stepping out of the … Continue reading →

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