Exploring the world of NZ On Air music video funding

I’ve set myself the challenge of watching every music video made as part of NZ On Air's $5000 music video funding scheme from 1991 to 2011.
Posts tagged "dave dobbyn"
Dave Dobbyn "Naked Flame"

Dave Dobbyn “Naked Flame”

The first thing we must do is note what Mr Dobbyn is wearing. This time he’s from the future, wearing a black leather trench coat with a black skivvie underneath, and with dark round glasses. His facial hair has been reduced to a goatee, the sort of which is now mostly seen on IT workers....
Missing videos for October 1994

Missing videos for October 1994

More quirky pop from the Brainchilds, but “Thinking About You” is a song whose online existence seems to be solely restricted to NZ On Air’s website. A message to Cinema: “Someone Has To” put your old music videos online, ok? I’m sad that Dave Dobbyn‘s “Lap of the Gods” video isn’t online. The Dobb has such...
Dave Dobbyn "Language"

Dave Dobbyn “Language”

Finally, Dave Dobbyn. Finally you grace us with your presence. Dave is a man of many appearances, so I feel it is important that these be logged. In “Language”, Dave wears a goatee beard, but it should be noted that in 1994, goatees were very hip. Although, like any youth fashion, that hipness did not...
Missing videos from October 1993

Missing videos from October 1993

“Tick Tock” was originally recorded by a band called Nixons on an album called “Eye TV”, but then a band in America called The Nixons coughed loudly and so the New Zealand group became Eye TV with an album called “Nixons”, which is a weird name for an album. The chickens entrails of the internet...
Dave Dobbyn "Slice of Heaven"

Dave Dobbyn “Slice of Heaven”

So, it probably goes without saying that we’re going to be seeing a fair bit of ol’ Dave Dobbyn around here – just not for a while. But to get us in the mood, I thought I’d look back at one of his best loved songs and one with a decent enough video from the...