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New music from Lord this week. This is Man of the Year and of course she turned up at the Altro Music Awards, which was also very exciting and she performed in a Ymca toilet. Most excitingly, she did tell us that of course you will never miss a New Zealand tour, so she will be back at some point, which is excellent. Joining me now is talking entertainment Steve Neil, editor at flex Star, coded and ze good morning.

New music from Lord this week. This is Man of the Year and of course she turned up at the Altro Music Awards, which was also very exciting and she performed in a Ymca toilet. Most excitingly, she did tell us that of course you will never miss a New Zealand tour, so she will be back at some point, which is excellent. Joining me now is talking entertainment Steve Neil, editor at flex Star, coded and ze good morning.

Good morning. What a night it was on Thursday. Wonderful, wonderful ceremony, an excellent mood in the room and so many deserving winners are taking the stage throughout the night. A real joy to be celebrating the successes of alter Or music at the Armors this year.

Good morning. What a night it was on Thursday. Wonderful, wonderful ceremony, an excellent mood in the room and so many deserving winners are taking the stage throughout the night. A real joy to be celebrating the successes of alter Or music at the Armors this year.

Yeah, no, it was. It looked like an amazing night and we've spoken to people who've been to it, and you know, it's really interesting that genuinely there is a very supportive community feel around New Zealand music, you know, and everybody was there to celebrate, but maybe not quite everybody.

Yeah, no, it was. It looked like an amazing night and we've spoken to people who've been to it, and you know, it's really interesting that genuinely there is a very supportive community feel around New Zealand music, you know, and everybody was there to celebrate, but maybe not quite everybody.

Yeah, Well, the behavior of a senior National Party MP continues to overshadow the actual kind of good and fun news of the awards. Unfortunately, social media video of course circulating of Chris Bishop taking very verbal exception to elements of Stan Walker's performance on Thursday night and being told off by New Zealand music legend Don McGlashan for his i'd say borish behavior in the room. But the story that doesn't go away today. Altered Our Music Awards and Recorded Music New Zealand have publicly shared a statement they issued to other media yesterday, just kind of kicking this along a little bit. They said, yesterday we provided a statement relating to the actions of one of our guests at the Alted Our Music Awards on Thursday night and we wanted to share it with you here. We loved celebrating all the finalists, winners in our music community at the event and enjoying the credible performances marit quite Au and the statement says the inappropriate comments made by Honorable Chris Bishop during Stan Walker's performance have no place at the Alted om MUSS Awards. AMA is committed to creating a safe, respectful and inclusive environment for everyone involved, and expectations were clearly communicated to all who attended the event, the awards respect and honor til Mary, and we were proud to support stand with his vision for his powerful rendition of Maori quita Ao. Like the song itself about sustaining and perpetuating the Maori language and Malori culture, it felt like a very organic celebration and celebrating tidity feels like an extension of that. Nothing about that felt like it was grandstanding in the room. It was notably like I've been to music awards that had much more anti government sentiment coming off the stage, and no, that is not how it played in the room. So I think, you know, if anyone's thinking that that mister Bishop was on the receiving end of punches from a lefty music community on the night, I wouldn't want to be told off by. But he's embarrassing.

Yeah, Well, the behavior of a senior National Party MP continues to overshadow the actual kind of good and fun news of the awards. Unfortunately, social media video of course circulating of Chris Bishop taking very verbal exception to elements of Stan Walker's performance on Thursday night and being told off by New Zealand music legend Don McGlashan for his i'd say borish behavior in the room. But the story that doesn't go away today. Altered Our Music Awards and Recorded Music New Zealand have publicly shared a statement they issued to other media yesterday, just kind of kicking this along a little bit. They said, yesterday we provided a statement relating to the actions of one of our guests at the Alted Our Music Awards on Thursday night and we wanted to share it with you here. We loved celebrating all the finalists, winners in our music community at the event and enjoying the credible performances marit quite Au and the statement says the inappropriate comments made by Honorable Chris Bishop during Stan Walker's performance have no place at the Alted om MUSS Awards. AMA is committed to creating a safe, respectful and inclusive environment for everyone involved, and expectations were clearly communicated to all who attended the event, the awards respect and honor til Mary, and we were proud to support stand with his vision for his powerful rendition of Maori quita Ao. Like the song itself about sustaining and perpetuating the Maori language and Malori culture, it felt like a very organic celebration and celebrating tidity feels like an extension of that. Nothing about that felt like it was grandstanding in the room. It was notably like I've been to music awards that had much more anti government sentiment coming off the stage, and no, that is not how it played in the room. So I think, you know, if anyone's thinking that that mister Bishop was on the receiving end of punches from a lefty music community on the night, I wouldn't want to be told off by. But he's embarrassing.

You can have your opinion. It might not be your favorite performance of the night. You might not like the way other people participated, but actually it's not your house. You're a guest. Dare I say be better? And actually, you know, keep your comments to yourself for the uber home or something.

You can have your opinion. It might not be your favorite performance of the night. You might not like the way other people participated, but actually it's not your house. You're a guest. Dare I say be better? And actually, you know, keep your comments to yourself for the uber home or something.

I completely agree. I think McGlashan put it much more succinctly by saying, shut up, dick head.

I completely agree. I think McGlashan put it much more succinctly by saying, shut up, dick head.

Okay, all right, there we go. I really want to get your thoughts on a brand new film which has just been released on Neon. This is Jesse Armstrong, who of course is responsible for the TV show Succession so many people loved. He has released a satire come black comedy called Mountainhead.

Okay, all right, there we go. I really want to get your thoughts on a brand new film which has just been released on Neon. This is Jesse Armstrong, who of course is responsible for the TV show Succession so many people loved. He has released a satire come black comedy called Mountainhead.

I loved this now it felt a little bit from the trailer like Jesse Armstrong was just going back to the Succession genre and you know, let's get some let's let's make fun of rich people. Let's let's make them look stupid and give them some good insults and maybe I can buy a new house on my victory lap from Succession. But it proves to be a lot more than that. The follow four senior tech executive senior tech executives who are sequestered away in a mountain retreat playing their kind of playing their sort of Marcho games with one another, and as the world is actually kind of crumbling on the TV around them through the direct consequences of their own actions.

I loved this now it felt a little bit from the trailer like Jesse Armstrong was just going back to the Succession genre and you know, let's get some let's let's make fun of rich people. Let's let's make them look stupid and give them some good insults and maybe I can buy a new house on my victory lap from Succession. But it proves to be a lot more than that. The follow four senior tech executive senior tech executives who are sequestered away in a mountain retreat playing their kind of playing their sort of Marcho games with one another, and as the world is actually kind of crumbling on the TV around them through the direct consequences of their own actions.

Love to ras each other, don't they, which is actually really and so the people.

Love to ras each other, don't they, which is actually really and so the people.

The people you'll you're you're encouraged to consider them being like Elon Musk or Peter Tiel or Jeff Bezos, and it's very unflattering portrayals of them, but without being caricatures, like without being directly this is Elon Musk with his Ketaminius and South African accent, and you're just encouraged to kind of get to I guess, like the psychological core of what makes the people tick and man. According to Jesse Armstrong, it is not pleasant. This is a this is a chilling comedy in places.

The people you'll you're you're encouraged to consider them being like Elon Musk or Peter Tiel or Jeff Bezos, and it's very unflattering portrayals of them, but without being caricatures, like without being directly this is Elon Musk with his Ketaminius and South African accent, and you're just encouraged to kind of get to I guess, like the psychological core of what makes the people tick and man. According to Jesse Armstrong, it is not pleasant. This is a this is a chilling comedy in places.

Yeah, no, absolutely, I said yesterday when I talked to Carl Pushman about it, I see look, to be honest with you, I found all the bro talk, these characters who are all desperately pretending they're friends, who clearly are more kind of collaborators and competitors probably than what I would call good friends, and I didn't I found it quite hard to watch because they're also greating and I didn't really understand the language they speak about the world, and with the philosophy and an ethics that doesn't.

Yeah, no, absolutely, I said yesterday when I talked to Carl Pushman about it, I see look, to be honest with you, I found all the bro talk, these characters who are all desperately pretending they're friends, who clearly are more kind of collaborators and competitors probably than what I would call good friends, and I didn't I found it quite hard to watch because they're also greating and I didn't really understand the language they speak about the world, and with the philosophy and an ethics that doesn't.

I think they don't understand, they don't understand what it's so like. Mountainheads clearly refers to the fountain Heads. It's appropriating an ideology that's probably quite familiar now to everyone emanating out of this ultra rich sphere. But yes, the fact that they are powerful, stupid, but capable, so they're kind of not the bump. They're not sort of the bumbling execs we see in Succession. I'd like, these are successful people running successful companies and everything's just kind of abstract.

I think they don't understand, they don't understand what it's so like. Mountainheads clearly refers to the fountain Heads. It's appropriating an ideology that's probably quite familiar now to everyone emanating out of this ultra rich sphere. But yes, the fact that they are powerful, stupid, but capable, so they're kind of not the bump. They're not sort of the bumbling execs we see in Succession. I'd like, these are successful people running successful companies and everything's just kind of abstract.

Yeah, I know. But then there's this point in the film where Steve Carell's character walks into a glass door, which just felt so it's sort of randomly human in amongst this film. And I tell you about that gig just never never gets old. And then for me the film kind of turned into this black comedy and then I was one hundred percent on board. I just loved the absurdity of it. You know, there is no limit to the agreed and their arrogance and seemingly their forgiveness.

Yeah, I know. But then there's this point in the film where Steve Carell's character walks into a glass door, which just felt so it's sort of randomly human in amongst this film. And I tell you about that gig just never never gets old. And then for me the film kind of turned into this black comedy and then I was one hundred percent on board. I just loved the absurdity of it. You know, there is no limit to the agreed and their arrogance and seemingly their forgiveness.

And I think distinguishing it a bit from Succession that it's got a bit of a theatrical field because it's kind of these people sequested on one location, so unlike sort of jumping, you know, jumping around different plot strands, you really are just stuck in there with these guys. This is coming to Neon today. Neon has it listed as a drama. That's probably one way of it'sing it. But it's not a drama, no.

And I think distinguishing it a bit from Succession that it's got a bit of a theatrical field because it's kind of these people sequested on one location, so unlike sort of jumping, you know, jumping around different plot strands, you really are just stuck in there with these guys. This is coming to Neon today. Neon has it listed as a drama. That's probably one way of it'sing it. But it's not a drama, no.

And look, I know you loved it from the get go, but if you start watching it and you're not one hundred percent sure, just stick with it because I've totally fell in.

And look, I know you loved it from the get go, but if you start watching it and you're not one hundred percent sure, just stick with it because I've totally fell in.

Love with that.

Love with that.

Yeah, I think those Jesse Armstrong rhythms. It'll stop feeling like a succession clone pretty quick, and it's it's very much its own beast.

Yeah, I think those Jesse Armstrong rhythms. It'll stop feeling like a succession clone pretty quick, and it's it's very much its own beast.

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