UPDATE

Been busy as per.
HANGMAN is really cooking , doing some good shows and garnering great feedback and support. Grinding!!! :)

Traded my Rane 56 mixer for a Stanton SA-8 (for the DJs out there). Lovin it :) Hoping to record a mix asap for a promo CD alongside DJ Mike Smith (also guitarist of HANGMAN - 2 DJs in 1 rock band - could be a 1st people!?)

Enjoying my work as a teacher @ Marcellin College. Im thinking I may upgrade my quals in the next year or 2 to be qualified to teach history to Year 13. Really love the subject and want to be able to do it more!

My daughter Maria turned 10 yesterday which brought on a mild case of mid-life crisis LOL! Its buzzy to know I have a child in the double digits - shit and I barely feel like an adult myself! :)

HANGMAN GIG TONIGHT

HANGMAN busting out an hour set @ Clockwork Studios in Ellerslie tonight. (The studio doubles as a small venue)
Our 4th gig with Paulie (new drummer) and all going well so far :-)
The gig is being multi-track recorded so hopefully we get a few nice live tracks out of it too!

HANGMAN IN GROOVE GUIDE

Pick up a copy of Street Mag, Groove Guide (if in NZ) this week and get a HANGMAN update!

MAORI - Crisis and Challenge

Ive nearly finished reading Alan Duff's (Once Were Warriors, One Night Out Stealing) 'MAORI: Crisis and the Challenge' - damn, what an interesting read. Duff (never one to mince words) basically challenges Maori (and especially Maori leaders) to quit blaming the past and the 'white man' for his own problems and embrace education, self motivation, discipline and modern values to raise himself (ourselves) out of the doldrums of poor housing, high crime, low education, poor health etc etc.

To be honest, I find myself agreeing with many of his ideas and indictments - as the saying goes "You can't fix a problem you don't own" ie. Maori have to accept our own fair share of the blame for our predicament and make steps to fix 'our' problems.

Anyway, its a good read - you may not agree with everything or even anything he says but its worth reading anyway for a side of the story and viewpoint seldom expressed in this PC day and age...