Happy New Year! 2015 is here which is ridiculous. I remember the mayhem of that rainy night in Paihia, Northland, New Zealand in 1999/2000 so vividly that I really cannot believe it was 15 years ago. There were torrential downpours, midnight pashes, 111 calls on brick cellphones for severed toes and many other mild shenanigans…
Month: December 2014
Pilot Episode Of ‘Sunglasses Inside’ – Linking Current Affairs To Music – The 3 Amazing Xmas Songs You Didn’t Hear This Year
Merry Christmas and welcome to the very first episode of Sunglasses Inside. Exciting times with this high budget show! This is a pilot episode of what may become a regular feature on the Roxborogh Report. The initial two-minute episode has me discussing three sensational Christmas songs (by Sheryl Crow, Hall & Oates and…
RIP Joe Cocker – Why He Was Perfect For The Wonder Years
Joe Cocker. Joe Cocker, what a voice. The news has come through that the soul singer – one of the most distinctive soul / R&B singers England ever produced – has died aged 70 of lung cancer. I never saw him live but everyone who did during his regular visits to New Zealand always raved…
When The Bee Gees Performed The Greatest Live Medley In Brit Awards History
Maurice, Robin and Barry Gibb, 1979. Today, December 22nd, would’ve been the 65th birthday for Bee Gee twins Robin and Maurice Gibb. I was with friends playing backyard cricket on a New Zealand summer’s evening, January 12th 2003, when I got a phone-call saying Maurice had died. Fast-forward nearly a decade and it was under…
Lindsey Buckingham’s Finest Solo Song
Lindsey Buckingham. Soul Drifter – Lindsey Buckingham (1992) I’m a soul drifter And I’m out of this town Ain’t no use hangin’ ’round You see My heart was broken My part was spoken Now the ground has opened All around me I’m a soul lifter And it’s out of my hands So it’s off to…
Why McCullum Should Open The Batting In The Cricket World Cup – A Hypothetical Black Caps World Cup Final 1st XI
Brendon McCullum *UPDATED SINCE KANE WILLIAMSON HAS BEEN CLEARED TO BOWL AGAIN. Here’s my New Zealand cricket XI in the event our team plays to its very real potential and makes the World Cup final on March 29th 2015. With the initial squad of 30 released today, I couldn’t resist quickly tapping out my selection….
