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We’re moving to Papua New Guinea.

Yes, really.

So, ah, that’s what’s happening with that, then. Right. So. Hmmm. Good.

I’ll be restarting this blog again to keep you all in touch.

Speaking of which, do you like the new look for the ole Sweetness Machine?

Yes? Good for you.

No? Well, why don’t you stand there angrily for 28 seconds, like Tony Abbot. Then walk away.

Sad News for Movie and Music Fans

No. I’m not talking about Charlton Heston.

Cody’s Myspace page has been taken down. I’m not sure why, but it’s nothing sisnister. Mysapce is full of glitches. I suspect it was an error in the system whereby you have to validate the page in a certain amount of time using an e-mail address. I tried, but it never worked, so the page has been taken offline.

That means the VIDEO PAGE is now down – no more watching Erin’s zombie dance from last year or Cody swimming a lap. It also means that THE CODES first album is also offline. I’ve taken the links out of the sidebar. I still have all the files (video and music) if anyone is dead keen.

I’ll get another video page up and running at some point. Or maybe I won’t. 

I made the following statement to Roling Stone, NME and other key music papers:

Legendary Solomon folk band THE CODES have broken up, citing irreconcilable personal and musical differences. They leave behind a fragmentary trace of musical genius that has inspired artists ranging from Leonard Cohen to Beethoven. We tracked down the band’s driving force, Cody W, in his Honiara hideaway, and asked him about the band and future musical directions. But he was in bed. because it was a school night. 

New Videos Up – Dancing

Head over to the Video Links Page and check out the two new vids I took last night at the Honiara hotel in Chinatown. The first – unfortunately rather dark – shows the sort of thing we see pretty regularly at the hotel on a Friday night: a traditional pipe and dance band performance. We really like this band and have seen them three times now.

The second shows the kids dancing along to a Kiribati Dance Troup (Polynesian). They dance to rather tacky backing music, but the dancing itself is fun, and Cody likes mimicking their actions, as you can see. Meanwhile Erin is training to be an extra in Return of the Dead.

Love Steve.