Hello – I’m Marty Duda – welcome to the 13th Floor. Hopefully this will be a place where you’ll come regularly to check out what happening in music, film and art in New Zealand and around the world.
Thanks to my work for Radio New Zealand, Groove Guide, Next Magazine and others, I get the opportunity to interview quite a few artists. The Interview section contains these interviews, unedited – some of which are exclusive to the 13th Floor. The new year has kept me busy and there are new interviews with Wire, Amanda Palmer, Iron & Wine, The Melvins, Jessica Lea Mayfield and Joan As Policewoman. I’ll also be posting a few “classics” as well. For instance, with Lloyd Cole touring New Zealand this month, I’ve dug out an interview from 2006 along with a few songs recorded during his sound check from that interview session.
The main feature of the website is the streaming radio show section. This consists of one to two hour programmes hosted by myself or others that you can listen to while trolling around on your computer. To start things off I’ve produced one programme myself and there is another hosted by Caitlin Smith. Links to them are on the homepage. New programmes hosted by other music lovers will be posted regularly.
Additionally, there is a section for CD, DVD and film reviews and a place to check what’s happening with upcoming live shows, album releases and film premieres.
I look forward to your comments. A good healthy discussion is always fun. Enjoy your stay on the 13th Floor.
Cheers, Marty
Marty
I am trying to find information about a band called The Surf Rockers. They put out a cover track of the old country song “Wild Side Of Life” and it appears on a CD called Keep On Indo Rockin’ Vol 7. The same track (to my ears anyway) is on Surf’n'Burn by The Surf Rats – are they the same band? Do you have any info. on the lineup that played on “Wild Side Of Life”?
Re: Toy Love….
Refer here: http://www.elsewhere.co.nz/absoluteelsewhere/4902/toy-love-a-return-bout-2012/
choice flying nun, may come you’re way too, long in the snaggletooth
Hi Marty,
I just saw this on here,
“Toy Love April 21 – Auckland – The Gluepot”
Can you confirm?? Where to get tickets? Where is the Gluepot in 2012 ???
thanks! James
Good questions. I am trying to get more details. Here’s hoping its not an April Fools joke.
Hi Marty.
Hear you on 101.4 all the time. Like yr web site. Bookmarked now . Does it have an elevator ?
I co-host a vinyl fair with Klaus the Wonder Plumber at the Freemans’ Bay Community Hall three times a year. Next one’s in March. Some industry folk wander through from time to time, so, don’t be a stranger. Drop me a line if you’d like to talk high – end analogue / vinyl setup and good health for your gramophone. Well done.
Hi Marty,
Not sure whether you have come across us lot from Paekakariki – here is our ‘One Shot Wonder’ YouTube Channel, featuring lots of music vids from the sticks.
http://www.youtube.com/user/stefantehoro?feature=mhsn#p/f/6/xQmfULkSSyU
Hello Marty, I would like to suggest that you feature The Mekons on one of the Nine to Noon programmes. They have been around for 30 years but are still a functioning sort of collective. New Zealanders might like to hear about them.
Cheers and thanks for your work,
Hamish mack
enjoying your site tremendously. I’ve been writing about outsider art and music at Intuitive Eye http://www.intuitiveeye.org this year. I’ll keep reading and listening, jay wehnert
Hi Marty,
Really enjoy reading your website & really love Simon Combers music too, so I am pleased to see you are talking about him! I would love to send you through an album to consider for review, what email address is best to send correspondence to? There doesn’t appear to be a contact address on the website. You are welcome to email it through to me.
Cheers!
I can’t get the music to stream in the background as you suggest it should – I get it playing but as soon as I go to another page, it stops.
Is there some trick in setting it up?
Hi David,
It all seems to be working OK. You need to click on links that open new tabs. For instance, if you are listening to a radio show and want to read a review, rather than click on the headline, click below where it says “click here to read the entire review”. That should keep you listening while reading. Hope that helps.
Great looking site, Marty.
Steve Wendell
Marty Duda, the Google of music!! Fantastic!! Go, Marty
Hi Marty, I would like to get a full size file copy of the photo of Bob Dylan that you have used on the review of his Auckland concert, it is the one of him looking up and he has a band member next to him, it looks like he is holding a harmonica in his hand. Is this possible please.
I don’t own the photo. It was taken by Michael Flynn, who is out of the country at the moment.
Thanks Marty, maybe he could contact me on return, you have my permission to give him my email which I suppose you have access to through my contact.
Sup MD!
I just wanted to give you “mad props” for the great reviews you do here on the 13th Floor and for RNZ. You do your homework, have a critical analysis and are obviously a rocker from way back.
While my fav genre is hip-hop, which isn’t given huge promo on RNZ, and could be given more due to its influence on my generation (late 20s/30s), you do cast a gaze on the related blues/funk/jazz and R&B music scene. Nice.
I’m envious of your job, but hey, you do it well!
Keep the peace,
Alex B
Thanks for that, Alex. I’ll try to get some hip hop covered. Saw Public Enemy in January, which was pretty awesome.
Cheers,
Marty
Hi Marty,
It was nice to meet you last Saturday at Marianne Dissard’s performance at The Lucha Lounge. Great website! We’ll be checking in regularily.
Cheers,
Christian
Hi Marty,
What a great website. Started listening to the Aaron Neville interview but got distracted trawling through the site at the same time. Damn not having the female multitasking properties down. Never mind i’ll just listen again.
Thanks for all your good work with this.
Thanks Neil. Glad you like the site. Plenty more coming!
Hi Marty,
How about playing ‘The Books’ on Nine to Noon or even an interview with them? Am looking forward to their concert at the Kings Arms Feb 25! We are big fans of their album ‘Lost & Safe’.
Roy
Thanks for the suggestion…I’ll look into it.
Cheers,
Marty
Hey Marty!
Greets from Rochester… look forward to digging the blog!
Cool. Let me know what you think.
Hi Marty,
Great looking site!
Damn you, i’m trying not to be distracted at the moment and now you have presented us all with this rich trove of treasure
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