I had never been to an adult movie release until last week, let alone conversed with those who star in themXcalibur – Lord of S@x, Woodman Entertainment’s latest creation, was launched at Videopepo last Wednesday. After being held up at customs for 4 hours, the jaded, yet still jaw-droppingly alluring actors arrived. I felt out of place amongst the other guests, who didn’t seem phased at all about the whole scene. Because of their late arrival the planned live shows didn’t go ahead, the audible grunts and moans from the invitees reflected the disappointment of the collective. I did though get a chance to have my picture taken, get autographs and chat to the overseas vixens, namely Sophie Paris, Divinity Love and Nessa Devil (ring any bells to anyone out there?).Other adventures for me over the last week included the Chemical Brothers, Harry’s 40th birthday party, Roger Sanchez, the Miss Kingslander Bikini & Talent Competition, Regan, Mike and Dom’s “Brown” party, the Warriors hard dance party, Rock the Park, and Toto in concert. Read about them all in my weekly review (click here). I’ve also got lots of galleries of pix to load up, so check out the website in a day or two and there’ll be plenty to see. |
Winners From The Last GuideNikki McCardle won the Auckland bridge bungy jump.Gary Singer got the Bluesfest tickets. Rob Goddard and Sasha Thomson picked up the Danny McCrum Band Album on CD. Silvija Sumich will be couriered the cool KGB pack. Snowy and Paul Shanta both won a copy of DJ Recloose’s new album. Chanelle Guthrie, Stacey Hill, Angela McInerney, Briar Dunn and Hristina Serafimovski all won double passes to see the legendary band Toto perform at The Civic. Darren Imms, James Armitage and Natasha Bradley got double tickets to Vaccine at Space. Paul Shanta won the Billy Maverick bourbon & cola pack. |
Prizes Up For Grabs (please only enter if you can actually attend)1 x Adult 3 day Womad double pass. It’s a music, dance and arts in general extravaganza in New Plymouth next weekend: a very slick operation and a real eye-opener for the uninitiated. Email me back with “Womad” as the title if you can make this huge event.2 x Ajax at Met & Code double pass. He’s ranked #1 DJ in Australia. Has a fierce mixing style and plays indie-electro like none other. Next weekend yet another quality big name pounds Met & Code. Put “Ajax” as the header and mail me if this is your cup of tea. 1 x Space Saturdays B2B Special double pass. 4 sets of DJ’s play back to back, making for a unique musical evening. Electro, house, techno, trance and hard dance it’s all laid down next Saturday. Write “Space Saturdays” in the subject box and send me an email if you really want to go to this gig. 2 x Club Luxury double passes. 4 DJ’s do 2 hour sets to mark Club Luxury’s 1st bday. All styles of house music next Saturday. Type “Club Luxury” as the headline and mail me to be in the draw. 1 x Toto Greatest Hits CD. It has all the classics on there as well as some new one’s that I’ve never heard. Great for all occasions. Put “Toto” as the title for the email when enter this draw. 2 x Steve Bug double passes at Coherent. This Friday the Tech-House king of the world lands and is joined by Simon Flower (Live) and Matt Drake. Put “Steve Bug” as the header if you’d like to go to this party for free. 2 x Miss Kingslander Bikini Comp VIP double passes (Heat 2). Enjoy complimentary drinks and the best seats in the house as 10 beauties compete for great prizes, and to get into next week’s final. Write “Miss Kingslander” in the subject box if you want to have a crazy evening with me at The Kingslander. |
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Wednesday March 5thAuckland Cup DayEllerslie Racecourse, 80 – 100 Ascot Ave, Greenlane Tickets $20 - $295 from www.ellerslie.co.nz. 10.30am – Late Rumoured to be near a sell-out already, this day will be perfect for the avid people watchers amongst us. Focused mainly on the corporates, and those in the industry really, this will be a day of what does my lanyard get me and where am I allowed to be. First run in 1874, The Auckland Cup is the most well-known horse race in the country and attracts an internationally recognised field. And/Or Movies In Parks – “The World’s Fastest Indian” Tahaki Reserve, Mt Eden Rd, Mt Eden No Charge. 8 – 10pm Filmed mainly in NZ this movie is one that almost all would have heard of, and most would have seen. But why not see good old Burt Munroe attack the world land speed record again. It a very good flick, and suitable for the whole family. |
Thursday March 6thBoogie Wonderland Grand OpeningCnr Custom & Queen Sts, Central Auckland No Charge. Invite only. 7pm – Late One of the coolest places in Auckland is being re-launched. Nothing much has changed apart from a general tidy up. The biggest switch is the new entrance around the corner. 7 till about 10pm is invited guests only, but afterwards come on down and have some fun to all the old songs you know and secretly love. And/Or Movies By Moonlight – “As It Is In Heaven” The Lakehouse, Fred Thomas Dr, Takapuna No Charge. 8 – 10.30pm A successful international conductor suddenly interrupts his career and returns alone to his childhood village. It doesn't take long before he is asked to come and listen to the fragment of a church choir. He can't say no, and from that moment, nothing in the village is the same again. The choir develops and grows. He makes both friends and enemies, and finds love. Watch out, it’s got subtitles. And/Or Silent Disco Rooftop of Honey Bar, O’Connell St, Auckland Central No Charge. 9pm – 2am 300 people on Facebook say they are going and another 237 might show up. Considering the place can only hold half that it’s bound to be a success. Great techno tunes, venue and people. |
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Friday March 7thCocktails By The HourDenim Bar, 207 Parnell Rd, Parnell No Charge. 6pm – 12am A perfect follow-on from Thursdays at Denim where ladies drink copious free bubbles from 5 - 7pm. On Fridays cocktails are the key. $6 ones from 6 -7pm, $7 from 7 – 8pm and so on. Get there early and settle in for a fun evening with friends. And/Or Pasifika Festival Opening Night Concert Western Springs Stadium, Stadium Rd, Western Springs No Charge. 7.30 – 9.30pm A snippet of what the festival beholds is shown and performed. The following day at 10am it’s all go. Metaphorically, you can visit Pacific Island villages without leaving Auckland. You will see, smell, taste, feel and hear the uniqueness of Auckland's Pacific Island community. Be entertained by everything from contemporary arts and music to traditional food, handicraft and cultural performances. And/Or DJ Steve Bug Coherent, 268 K’ Rd, Newton Tickets $25 on the door. 11pm – 7am Germany’s minimal tech-house connoisseur Steve Bug lands in NZ for the first time. He started DJing in a small after-hour bar near Ibiza’s Space back in 1991 and was soon booked to major German events such as the Love Parade. Nowadays he is busy with label-work and DJing around the globe. He’s joined by Simon Flower (who’ll be performing a live set) and Matt Drake. |
Saturday March 8thWhips’n’Spurs “Garden of Eden” Summer PartyEllerslie Racecourse, 80 – 100 Ascot Ave, Greenlane Tickets $75 from www.whipsnspurs.co.nz. 1pm – 8pm Party on down with other stylish race goers. I’ve been to many Whips’n’Spurs events and they always sell-out regardless of the weather, so don’t dilly-dally. It’s not so much about the racing going on outside, it’s about the mingling and goodtimes inside. You’ll receive a drink on arrival, and continuous canapés all day. And/Or Corona Music Festival (begins) Isola Estate, 78 Onetangi Rd, Waiheke Island No Charge. 11am – 8pm Postponed from last weekend they try again. A free two-day music festival, full to the brim with NZ bands, DJs, a market and all round good times in the sun, just a stone's throw from central Auckland. Hire a house or do day trips it’ll be a blast. And/Or BFM Summer Series #3 Onepoto Domain, Northcote No Charge. 1 – 5pm An array of Kiwi talent perform as part of this popular outdoor summer series. Little Bushman, An Emerald City, Unity Pacific and Stinky Jim entertain as the public are encouraged to eat drink and be very, very, merry. |
Sunday March 9thKaraka Summer HarvestKaraka Sports Grounds, Cnr Linwood & Blackbridge Rd, Karaka Tickets $35 from www.ticketmaster.co.nz. 10am – 6pm The Food and Wine have been carefully selected to showcase all the local restaurants, caterers and vineyards from the Franklin and surrounding regions. It appears to be a well organised event that will suit the alchies right through to the families. Plenty else to do to like bounce on the giant castle, and listen to Roger Fox & The Funk Bone Experience, playing Latin upbeat jazz. And/Or The Edge Jam ’08 In The Park Onewa Domain, Northcote Rd, Northcote No Charge. 2 – 6pm It will be like last weekend’s Rock The Park. Loads of kids, free stuff and subsequent madness. Elemeno P, Scribe, Atlas and Goodnight Nurse perform their hits for an hour each. And/Or Maori Music At Parks Point England Reserve, 254 Pt England Rd, Glen Innes No Charge. 3 – 6pm Maori music is probably the wrong title. There will be very little actual Maori music, but you will see the Maori heritage coming through in the hip-hop and reggae from The Kingites, and in the rocky blues sound of Billy TK Senior & Junior. Worth a look I reckon. |
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Monday March 10thHumble BoyHowick Little Theatre, Sir Lloyd Dr, Lloyd Elsmore Park, Pakuranga Tickets $25 from www.iticket.co.nz. 8 – 10.15pm A comedy about broken vows, failed hopes and the joys of bee-keeping. 35 year-old Felix Humble is a Cambridge astro-physicist in search of a unified field theory. Following the sudden death of his father, Felix returns to his middle England home and his difficult and demanding mother, where he soon realises that his search for unity must include his own chaotic home life. Something different. |
Tuesday March 11thThe DatsunsThe Kings Arms, 59 France St, Newton Tickets $40 on the door. 8 – 11.30pm The Datsuns return home to play their first NZ shows in over a year. Lately they've been hitting the summer festival circuit all across Europe, and they have picked up an entourage of rock lovin’ fans along the way. With their 4th album freshly mixed, Kiwis get their first chance to hear some of the new tracks at these shows. Supported by The Dirtbombs and The Bellrays. |
Wednesday March 12thLuke Thompson & Brian PlattTabac, 6 Mills Lane, Auckland Central $5 on the door. 8 – 10.30pm He impressed an educated crowd last weekend at The Civic opening for Toto, now you can see him perform with the equally accomplished Brian Platt. Their on-stage banter will leave you in fits, and the songs will linger long after you’re tucked up in bed for the night. And/Or Guy Cater – Master Hypnotist The Vesbar, AUT Wellesley Campus, Hikuwai Plaza, St Paul St, Auckland Central Entry $5. 8 – 10pm I have seen Guy perform twice. One of the times was at last year’s orientation. He rocked. Students are riotous even when in a trance. Great fun. |
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Cool Events of the HorizonMarch 13th, Orintation Retro Foam Party, AUT City CampusMarch 14th, The Kingsland Festival, Kingsland March 14th, Womad Dance Festival, New Plymouth March 15th, Miss Kingslander Final, The Kingslander bar March 15th, Shore Sounds, Takapuna Beach March 15th, DJ Ajax, Met & Code March 15th, Miss Diesel Bourbon Bikini Final, Pats Garage March 15th, Johnny Devlin & The Tornadoes + Ray Colombus, Tahaiki Reserve March 16th, F1GP, Melbourne March 16th, UPFM Solar Series, The Quarry, Western Springs March 16th, BFM Summer Series #4, Henderson Park, Waitakere March 16th, Wigs On The Waterfront, Viaduct Harbour March 16th, Round The Bays Fun Run, Downtown Auckland March 17th, St Patricks Day March 19th, The Jam, SkyCity March 20th, Royal Easter Show (begins), ASB Showgrounds March 20th, Glamour Dance Party, Toto’s Restaurant March 20th, Our House Nite:Life, Auckland Town Hall March 20th, Rabbit (begins), Silo Theatre March 20th, Norman Jay, Pontoon March 21st, Good Friday March 22nd, Auckland Dragon Boat Festival, Viaduct Harbour March 22nd, Super 14 Blues V Stormers, Eden Park March 22nd, Jimmy Barnes, Mangawai Tavern March 22nd, Bluesfest, Whitianga March 22nd, Sundown Dance Party, Stonyridge Vineyard, Waiheke Island March 22nd, Smashing Pumpkins, Vector Arena March 23rd, NRL Warriors V Eels, Mt Smart Stadium March 26th, Duran Duran, Vector Arena March 28th, Split Enz, Vector Arena March 28th, Dam Native & Recloose, 4:20 Club March 28th, SJD & One Million Dollars, Te Wero Island March 29th, Blues V Bulls, Eden Park March 29th, Split Enz (second show), Vector Arena March 29th, Phoenix Music Festival, Basque Park March 29th, Titirangi Festival of Music, Titirangi March 29th, Oxygen Dance Party, Transmission Room March 30th, BFM Summer Series #5, Narrowneck Beach Takapuna April 3rd, Moonlight Movies - I Do, Killarney Reserve April 4th, Autumn Home Show (begins), ASB Showgrounds April 5th, Mint Dance Party, Seba April 6th, Daylight Savings Ends April 6th, Maroon 5, Vector Arena April 8th, Matchbox 20, Vector Arena April 9th, Balloons Over Waikato (begins) April 12th, WINGS’n’WHEELS, Marty’s 32nd Birthday Party, All Welcome, Forte |