My girlfriend really is super and she is my hero.  Despite the fact we have spent much of the last four days arguing, while packed in a hot car and zooming across the North Island (I don’t know whether lesbians really are made for tight spaces). 
However, today it is back to the daily grind and before I […]

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I’ve just seen that the second track from the Breeders forthcoming album Mountain Battles is out on the web.
For a free download of Bang On go here.
I’m quite liking it.  It’s understated.

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I have belatedly discovered the list of the “50 gayest songs”created by Australian website Same Same to celebrate Mardi Gras.  I am left wondering who actually voted on this thing, that allowed ABBA’s Dancing Queen to be voted #1!  That song reminds me of being stuck listening to my stepmother warbling along to it in the car on a […]

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The origin of my name for this blog “Kitten Power” is mostly tribute to one of my favourite musicians Cat Power, real name Chan Marshall, who I finally saw play live for the first time last night at The Powerstation in Auckland. 
Marshall is completely beautiful and she has a voice so sweet and stellar it overcame even the dodgy […]

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