What an excellent Thursday night we had. With three well-attended events, it almost felt like the good old pre-quake days . I thought it was quite a funny combination to be running Dr. Sketchy’s life drawing class inside the ba,r while at the same time doing motorcycle restoration evening outside. Inside you have a bunch [...]

Since it’s late in the month to be awarding Bachelor of the Month, this month’s winner gets October and November. All of the previous bachelors have ended up with girlfriends so watch out ladies here comes Andy Poulson. Andy’s interests include the Kinks, Ray Davies, sixties pop, the Kinks and the Kinks. He says he [...]

On Thursday we had our first Motorcycle Restoration Evening. I am pleased to announce that it was more successful than Tim’s Jurassic Park III Trivia Evening. A bunch of like minded idiots showed up and we sat around the Matchless and drank beer as Greg fixed the wiring anI repadded the seat . Somebody said [...]

Well done to the Transistors for an awesome gig on Saturday night. The place was humming until some little prick went and set the fire alarm off. We had to evacuate which sucked and made me very grumpy. The Transistors t0ok it all like professionals and got straight back into it once the firemen gave [...]

Here’s this month’s hot musical tip. You should all get into the Dance Asthmatics. They played here on Thursday night and were fucking awesome. These guys are still young and we’re sure they’re going places. So, next time you see them playing somewhere, get out and see them.

You may have seen the Matchless sitting round outside the bar. The intention is for the bike to become the Bodgie Beer bike once we get the brand going properly. However, having been distracted by winter, earthquakes and caravans, the old thing has been nothing but neglected. As these seems to be plenty of you [...]

The results are in for the Who Is Your Favourite Doherty Competition. And the winner is… voter apathy. Aine romped home one vote to nil, taking the title in a close race. I like to think of it as a victory for age over youth.

Somebody came into the bar the other day and on discussing this blog said “you seem to have a pretty low opinion of your brother”. This upset me as it couldn’t be further from the truth. You just need to understand the nuances of a relationship that has been going for 26 years. Tim’s and [...]

Vincent’s new poster has been voted top three posters done by Vincent. Better than a ninja and a cowboy? We will leave it to you to decide. Tim wants it noted his favourite is bottom right.

It’s that time of the month (as the actress said to the bishop). Time for a new back wall, poster, Steve of the Month, GBM Bachelor… This month’s back wall was done by local late-career artist Silas Manhouse. Using a racehorse metaphor, Silas has explored the relationship between New Zealand binge-drinking culture and the iconography [...]