A Christchurch Trilogy

Part 1 (RED)
It has been a tough week for Christchurch after the big earthquake on saturday night and all the aftershocks still occurring now. So today's blog can be a bit of a tribute to a beautiful city. I have always loved the gothic buildings down there and I hope most of them can be saved. The city of Christchurch has also given us many great musical artists... it is a melting pot of creativity and one such artist is 'Scribe' and being the parochial Canterburian (Cantabrian) he is, he named his debut album 'The Crusader' with possibly more than one meaning, but we all know it was also named after the Crusaders rugby team from down there. The track "Theme from the Crusader" is all about his hometown and, of course, the team.

Part 2 (BLACK) The Earthquake (Magnitude 7.1) 4.36am Saturday 4th September 2010. Part 3 (RED and BLACK) The Dance Exponents had a great single from their second album 'Expectations' called "Christchurch (In Cashel st, I Wait)" and that would've been the perfect song to finish this blog with. But, I couldn't locate the song on the net to share with you.... and I like to, at the very least, allow you to link to a song I blog about. So this blog has taken an unexpected turn, but one that seems appropriate, I guess. "Join Together" is a terrible song that was the theme song for the 1974 Commonwealth Games in Christchurch. However, it seems appropriate for the present (post-earthquake) Christchurch because the people down there are joining together and helping one another. Now, if you decide to release a song as a fundraiser to help restore your beautiful city, then I'm behind you all the way.... but just don't make it this song. Give Jordan Luck a call instead. All the best in your hood, Canterbury.