PinnedbootcutjeanBefore the numbness set inHome is where you can fall asleep on the sofa, sometimes even easier than on your bed. I fell asleep on the sofa at my Glendavar Street…5 min read·Jul 3, 2023----
bootcutjeanYou Alright?It was the first thing that made me feel truly like a fish out of water. I’d lived in Aotearoa about 3 months when I realised: you don’t…5 min read·Jul 3, 2023----
bootcutjeanBack to the MotherlandI feel connected to my ancestors when I do mundane things like drying the dishes. For some reason when I used to help my mum dry the…6 min read·Jul 3, 2023----
bootcutjeanChristmas is the titsChristmas is a very female time. Even though it’s technically about the birth of a little boy, really it’s about the birth, not the boy. We…1 min read·Dec 25, 2022----
bootcutjeanCate Le Bon at MeowFor many of us in the Wellington crowd seeing Cate Le Bon and her band play on 4 June would have been the first international act we’d seen…3 min read·Jun 14, 2022----
bootcutjeanDaydream juke joint: Alternative Aotearoa roady playlistAs I crossed the threshold on my latest road trip up north, an unusual song sprung to mind, unusual because Joni Mitchell is probably not…7 min read·Dec 4, 2021----
bootcutjeanLiam Gallagher made me want to have children againHow’s that for a clickbait title? But this is actually about climate change. Not the Oasis frontman reigniting my biological urge through…5 min read·Sep 21, 2021----
bootcutjeandaydream jukejoint: blazing off into the sunsetThis song would play me out at the end of the film, it might not have been an especially dramatic plot, but something has been overcome or…2 min read·Sep 21, 2021----
bootcutjeanthe daydream juke joint: what if I was a boxer?I settle into a good daydreaming session as if I am slipping into a warm bath. Sometimes I double up and daydream in the bath. But the most…4 min read·Aug 29, 2021----