If you drive past the site you will notice we have been putting up scaffold. It showed up yesterday and we didn’t have a box to keep it in overnight – that’s pretty much my life savings in that scaffold – so Greg and I had to have a sleepover. We drank beer and watched [...]

Each night, my earthquake nightmares are interrupted by aftershocks, some still aggressive enough that they get me out of bed and into the doorway. My days are full of shovels and sunshine, silt and dust, blowing in my eyes and ears and crackling between my teeth. Here’s a picture of my shovel gang. We are [...]

Nick White has really outdone himself with this month’s poster. We liked it so much we did it as the back wall as well.

Now that the earthquake danger has subsided, we can begin playing the “Fuck That Was Close” game. Here’s my first one. 17 minutes before the big quake struck, I took this photo of Rosie and Aine. We had just finished work and were heading home to fry the aforementioned halloumi. Look how carefree they are, [...]

We have recieved confirmation that local mid-career artist Tony de Lautour has escaped the earthquake unharmed. We will keep you all up-to-date as more information comes to hand.

Wow, a whole new month, which means a whole new Steve of the Month. You might remember This month’s Steve as the Steve who drank the beer lines all those postings ago. Last month’s Steve will be best remembered for his commentary on Tim’s favourite Clara Rockmore track, when he said, “The Theremin has the [...]

September’s poster proudly brought to you by Brian…

Good pubs need Steves. When I used to run a bar in Luton with my sister Anna, it was Steve Dillon who once drunk 32 pints of Guinness on St Patrick’s Day, concluding at 4am on March 18 with his swinging a bar stool around above his head and shouting “Alright, I’ma cunt I’ll admitit…” [...]

A woman came in over a month ago who had lost her earring which seemed to be very important to her. I found it and now don’t have her contact details. Hopefully she is one of the three regular viewers of this crappy blog…

In our quest to support cool stuff in Christchurch, we would like to point you all toward Local Vanguard, a blog that describes itself as “an offbeat exploration of local culture and city affairs in Christchurch, NZ”. It is people like this that are contributing to Christchurch changing its image from the rugby-rugby-rugby days of [...]