Thanks for your esteemed email bro Yes! One has to bear in mind that “the suits” are hostages of the same machine and I have been in that position myself once when trying to be “successful”. I was offsider to someone who was playing the game and found myself trying to be helpful and fit in and so on. What I soon discovered is that the market system has no time for emotion or “niceties”. The way it works is that its so functional that there is no place for the human touch. If there was then those streeties would be some kind of use by way of their emotional insights.
Have you seen the movie “Naked” by Mike Leigh? This movie proves that the super bright can fall into the trap too.
The problem with the market system is that its like a pressure cooker with no pressure release valve. It needs pressure release in the form of a percentage of turnover dedicated to cultivating emotionally intelligent initiatives of the most immediate kind.
There needs to be those little tea rooms for the elderly and places for kids to play right in the middle of town where such is most needed
Google allowed its workers 20% of worktime to dedicate to pet projects. The market should do that for us also. Allow a percentage of corporate revenue be used for direct and immediate alleviation of social problems caused by the problems associated with market economics.
But in the end its the punters who have to do this in their own time and with their own money. Everybody needs love but the system only sells lust. Its pretty tragic and we just gotta face up to the task out of our own resources…slender as they may be.
The Mission feeds people with food to keep their bodies alive.They also need i the spirit of human goodwill to keep their souls healthy. Thats where we come in.The things we do for out of human goodwill without any desire to be repaid…..those things are worth more than gold

In many ways the people on the bottom are the ones with all the real riches in Queen St. Those that exhibit qualities of humility, respect, kindness…. those that had the ability to live in the moment and acknowledge those around them with love, these were the people that I always admired. I can honestly say my dear friend that YOU are one of those people. Music has the power to heal, inspire and unite. Keep up the good work! The New Zealand I love is best represented in the misfits and in the artists of our society.

Times are tough that’s for sure and we all want to get ahead on a personal level but I believe that we, as individuals, should focus on contributing more of our energy to fostering a more supportive and community based philosophy that seeks to embrace our outcasts rather than exclusively following a ruthlessly selfish dogma.

In other words, please be nice to people you meet on the street. It could be a smile or a nod or having a laugh at a shared experience like just seeing a guy go past on his bike doing an extended wheel stand for a block…. or maybe even asking a stranger what makes them happy and then giving them a small amount of money for a burger and chips which they then spend on chicken and chips but it really doesn’t matter, because in the end what’s most important?….. is that you showed someone else in this world that you genuinely care about them and that’s super cool in my book…arohanui…Jase 🙂

Oh btw Mark the Aikido master from Helensville mentioned you last time when we were training. He missed your regular Saturday concert, and so did I.

See you on the streets.

Thanks Miles,

real good to know that there are people out there who remember. i have some new sounds to offer too so watch this space bro

Thanks Don,

He was under a weight of shame ……. he just needed to dump it in God’s dropbox and get on with his fragile life.

Thanks Siobhan,

It’s all about advantage for FB and a whole lot of running around and no rights for the dumb subscribers. The CONvenience of it. Ha ha! See you soon my friend

Thanks Karena,

Have you see the movie “this ain’t no mouse music”? about a label that got big and didn’t record in studios but more or less at live events and in the street its a real eye opener Chris Strachwitz AARHOOLIE records 50 years in the biz