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When we set up Goodbye Blue Monday, we did so with the intention of doing things differently. This means you won’t see the Tui skanks or the Export Gold fire engine down here. Instead, we wanted to create a place where debate took place and great things were created. This week we had two events [...]

If you’re looking for something to do tonight you can’t go past Cuba is Japan (Melbourne) who will be gracing us with their hip take on country music. And speaking of cunts and music, Von Klap will be supporting. This has to be the best double-header Christchurch has seen since the good old days (and [...]

You will notice the cleanliness of the bar gets worse moving forward. This is because we have new cleaners who are very young and very cheap. Here is wee Tom, about to mop the floors in his flamboyant pants. I do wonder if there is any hope for your son to grow up straight if [...]

Here’s a funny story I’ve been meaning to tell you all… A 50ish dandy of a homosexual walks into a bar (this bar) and after ordering his drinks says to Tim: “What type of customer do you get here?” To which Tim replies: “Mainly art fags…” To which there is a stony silence and Tim [...]

We had Full Moon Fiasco in on Saturday night and what a nice bunch of cosmic trippers. If you haven’t already heard of these Wellingtonians, prepare to see more of them. I am glad to see someone is still keeping it real for the hippy freak-out vibe in a world full of too-cool indy bands.

Our new beer list is up and running and there are enough new entries that there’s sure to be something for everyone. I was blown away by the quality of the Yeastie Boys Pot Kettle Black which they describe as a “hoppy porter”. I would say it is a dark beer suitable for light beer [...]

Tonight (Friday) at 1.00am, we will be holding auditions for members of our dance troupe Psychedelic Arse Birth. Rosie, Aine, Aoife and I have been practicing for about a month now and have created a number of awesome moves including the Aggressive Sunshine and the Finger Fling. The group will be along the lines of [...]

In exciting news, we now have new gates and roller-doors for the outside area. This means no more lugging furniture in and out every day. While this may sound particularly unexciting to you, to Tim and I it means getting to bed an hour earlier every day. The gates were installed in true bodgie fashion [...]

It fills me full of hope that Christchurch is becoming a cosmopolitan city when shops like Emporium are opening. If you haven’t already checked them out, they have recently opened in High Street between Cheepskates and Cosmic Corner. These guys are good people and you should all support them. They sell a whole bunch of [...]