crumb #33

APRIL 2025

THE WORD

MISSING YOUR WATER

The Byrds got this song from a long time ago called “You Don’t Miss Your Water.”  The rest of the refrain goes,”… until your well runs dry.”

A true thing for sure. Like it’s about taking things for granted. Ignoring this and that. Not paying due respect to the things that we love, to the things that sustain us. Forgetting to visit old friends and new friends and staying in touch with family and community. When something is taken away, you realise just how important it was – or wasn’t – but then its too late because its gone. Stuff like freedom. Like water. Like friends. Like microphones.

Hope to see you at one the thirst-quenching open microphone events in April. Details on the following pages for  NgAng’s Gallery, The Dangerous Kitchen and the Mussel Inn.

Peace
Mark Raffills
Golden Bay Live Poets Society

Listen to “You Don’t Miss Your Water” here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2AnszaTyy8&t=86s

You don’t miss….

I got to drink the water from a broken cup
And then with my eyes I forgot to look up
To the cottonwool clouds hanging in the sky
I didn’t realise they were just passing by

Knocked on the door of an old friend I had
There was no answer, I left there feeling bad
Maybe they had died and gone far away
Maybe I will come back and check another day

Saw a man in a striped suit, no shirt or tie
I knew I should have stopped and asked him why
He was standing in a stone room with iron bars
Someone had taken away all the yellow stars

Saw my sister lying with a pillow on her bed
She was trying to remember things in her head
I said, please don’t leave me standing here
All I have to give you is this silver stream of tears

Saw a girl speaking so softly no one could hear
The microphone was switched off over there
Out on the dusty corners of the devil’s street
The story-teller had  forgotten just how to speak

Mark Raffills

 

LIVE MIC ACTION

Pot luck tea and a handle of moonshine

Moonshine on the Microphone kicks off with a POT LUCK TEA starting at  6.00pm. This is so we can hang out together and remind ourselves just how lucky we are to be in such a gem of a community.

It won’t happen without you so bring some food to share and something refreshing to drink and head on down to Collingwood where the doors of NgaAgs Gallery will be wide open in welcome. And of course, starting around 7.30pm, there will be the very fabulous and very intimate Moonshine on the Microphone open mic session.
The microphone in Collingwood has been a little lonely of late but it is still turned on! Remember the song – you don’t miss your water until your well runs dry….. So you are welcome from Rockville and Bainham, Pakawau and Puponga, Milnthorpe and Parapara and beyond. Come, join in the pot luck tea,!

Moonshine on the Microphone
Thursday 6 March 2025
NgAng’s Gallery
POT LUCK TEA – 6.00pm
Open Mic – 7.30pm. Koha

Pot luck tea and a handle of moonshine

LIVE MIC ACTION

Line Up for the Dangerous Microphone

Local talent and courageous performances line up at the DANGEROUS MICROPHONE every Wednesday.  A live microphone that is always in use  and never taken for granted at the Dangerous Kitchen where the food and beverage service is fantastic and the hostesses and hosts make you feel right at home. We pass the koha bowl to support our performers on the 30 Minutes of Glory evenings.  Here’s the programme!

Wednesday 2 April

DANGEROUS MICROPHONE  6.00pm – 8.00pm.  MIX UP THE JAM from 8.00pm. Bring your acoustic instruments and make the kinda music that replenishes the soul and boosts your playing confidence.

Wednesday 9 April

DANGEROUS MICROPHONE  6.00pm – 8.00pm. 30 Minutes of Glory featuring BEL DURY from 8.00pm. BEL is  from Scotland and  brings her Celtic lilt to some compelling original songs and beautiful covers. Starting out on her performance career, Bel is looking forward to  sending her songs down the highway to see what joy they may bring to traveller and homebodies alike. This will be Bel’s last Dangerous microphone appearance before she heads back to Scotland. Don’t miss her.

More over the page….

 

Line Up for the Dangerous Microphone

LIVE MIC ACTION

Dangerous Microphone Lineup

Wednesday 16 April

DANGEROUS MICROPHONE  6.00pm – 8.00pm. 30 Minutes of Glory featuring HULLABALOU from 8.00pm. HULLABALOU is a group of Golden Bay musicians  who play live music for Balfolk dances. We are part of the Balfolk Golden Bay Collective that includes musicians, dance teachers and people who enjoy dancing. Join us to explore a journey of French melodies, European folk tunes and old folk dances done in a new way, from frenzy to flow! Musicians include: Callie (violin), Craig  (accordion), Deb (whistle, flute), Jules (piano), Patrick (diatonic accordion, flutes), Patsy (violin), Kristina (guitar)

Wednesday 23 April

DANGEROUS MICROPHONE  6.00pm – 8.00pm. 30 Minutes of Glory featuring CAL HOLMES & FRIENDS from 8.00pm. A singer/songwriter from Wales, Cal  has been wowing the Dangerous Microphone audience of late with his songs and guitar and a performance that is simply stunning.

Wednesday 30 April

DANGEROUS MICROPHONE  6.00pm – 9.00pm. Here’s chance to catch up with some  more local and travelling talent in a whole night of  live mic.

So come on. Gather up some friends, book a table and come on down to the Dangerous Kitchen every Wednesday night from 6.00pm.  You don’t miss your water until your well runs dry – so don’t let that happen!  Performers  book you slot at the live mic from 5.00pm.

Dangerous Microphone Lineup

LIVE MIC ACTION

ACID IN APRIL

Singer/songwriter NICK FEINT is our guest at ACID ON THE MICROPHONE, Thursday  17 April. Featuring a couple of new songs as well as all the hits – ha, ha, he says – Nick will be joined by some special musical guests. You won’t want to miss this one!

Our regular open microphone session for poets and musicians will run from 7.30 to 8.30.  The open mic always throws up some unexpected treats as new and established performers present their work.  Participants can put their names on the performance list on the night. Musician alanjahjah will kick the evening off from around 7.15pm with some moody dinner music.

ACID ON THE MICROPHONE presents
NICK FEINT
Singer/Songwriter
Thursday 17 April.
Open Mic from 7.30 pm.
Nick Feint from 8.30 pm.
 $5, Mussel Inn

ACID IN APRIL

LIVE MIC ACTION

NICK FEINT @ LIVE POETS

Singer/songwriter NICK FEINT will guest at the monthly gathering of Golden Bay Live Poets on Thursday  17 April. This will Nick’s last gig before he and partner Rose welcome a new baby girl due in May.  Featuring a couple of new songs as well as all the hits – ha, ha, he says – Nick will be joined by some special musical guests.

Is everybody talkin’ ’bout this local guy, this singer/songwriter? You bet. take a read.

“Singer-songwriter Nick Feint has an innate ability to bring in depth stories to life in his songs with heart and good humour. Bearing traces of Billy Bragg, Nick’s musical mix of wordplay and direct emotion makes for a strong and satisfying set. Check out his next live show.” Charlotte Yates, Musician

‘Touching on life’s moments big and small, Nick performs his own, heartfelt songs with integrity and confidence’. Jane Dixon

The first time I listened to Nick I thought “They are good songs! I’m now more aware of the lyrics and think “They are extraordinary songs!” Nick sings of significant life moments in a richly lived life. He’s candid and insightful. There’s no mystifying abstraction rather growth, courage, wisdom and love. It’s not just listening to music; it’s meeting the man.  Bill McEwan

ACID ON THE MICROPHONE presents
NICK FEINT
Live @ The Mussel Inn
Thursday 17 April.
Open Mic from 7.30 pm.
Nick Feint from 8.30 pm.
 $5 on the door.

NICK FEINT @ LIVE POETS

LITTLE BITS OF NEWS

A little bit of this and that

New things are happening at The Possibilities Centre.

All is being revealed as we speak.  Keep an eye out at the space on 90 Commercial Street. All will be revealed very soon…
Talk to Aroha on 03 5256111/ 027 2317447 

 

COMING UP AT THE MUSSEL INN

Sat 5th THE EDEN IRIS TRIO $20 door
Mon 7th SINGALONG ‘round the piano with CRAIG DENHAM. 7pm All welcome
Weds 9th TELLTALE – PLAYBACK THEATRE 7.30pm  $15 door
Thurs 10th QUIZ NIGHT – All welcome 7.30pm
Mon 14th SINGALONG ‘round the piano with CRAIG DENHAM. 7pm All welcome
Weds 16th ALI WHITTON $10 door
Thurs 17th ACID ON THE MICROPHONE  – LIVE POETS featuring local singer/songwriter, NICK FEINT
Sat 19th THE RIWAKA HIGHROLLERS $15 door. Pretty much a local gig this one with CRAIG DENHAM and friends.
Mon 21st SINGALONG ‘round the piano with CRAIG DENHAM. 7pm All welcome
Weds 23rd AURUM TRIO $30 tickets $35 door
Thurs 24th QUIZ NIGHT – All welcome 7.30pm
Sat 26th GB BLUEGRASS –  some flat picking guitar and fiddle playing make this local ensemble something to gather for!
Mon 28th SINGALONG ‘round the piano with CRAIG DENHAM. 7pm All welcome

A little bit of this and that

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