Well, we got a crap load of photos last week.. and they’re still coming in!
We also recorded a bunch of video footage for our Magneto TV channel over at Youtube.
Stay tuned this week as we work our way through the pile of goodness captured at O-week 2010.
Check out our Flickr feed for the first few shots!
mawsa’s already planning events for Re:Orientation 2010!
One of the events we’ve got up our sleeve is something we’re calling ‘Massey’s Hottest Best Intelligentest Talentedest Cleverest Homosapien’ [see if you can find an acronym in that]. read more…
[Update: Check out the full Orientation events guide here!]
Just a reminder, Bodega is teaming up with mawsa Orientation to give you a supersized edition of their infamous Black Keys & Blue Notes tomorrow night. This month they’ve got The Thomas Oliver Band, Elston Gun, The Mighty Ramble and Darren Watson playing covers that you wouldn’t expect, collaborations that will excite, and the infamously informal night that has a vibe like no other in Wellington. So head on down to Bodega: doors open at 9, $5 students, $10 general public. Drink specials available. Tickets available from mawsa, dazzletickets.co.nz, Real Groovy, Empire Skate Lower Hutt and the Pyramid during O-Week. Enjoy! Check out mawsa’s other Orientation events here.
[Update: Check out the full Orientation events guide here!]
Tomorrow night mawsa is proud to present a psychedelic aural extravaganza of magnificent proportions.
Three of NZ’s most interesting and exciting bands, An Emerald City, Cairo Knife Fight and Spartacus R will descend on the mighty Bodega for an event that will push the boundaries of what you thought you knew about live shows.
AN EMERALD CITY
“For my money this band is the most interesting, musically ambitious and creative I have seen in this country in many years. They possess that rarity in New Zealand music, an aesthetic sensibility — and it manifests itself in instrumental music which exotic, evocative, rides intelligent dynamics and is endlessly evolving. The instrumentation is based around rock (guitars, keyboards, rhythm section) but into that they pull Persian lute, sitar, violin . . . It makes for an album that almost seems to grow in your hearing, to take on a life of its own. It is quasi-psychedelic, improvised world music at one level, but sounds like nothing else in New Zealand’s musical landscape.” Graham Reid, Elsewhere
CAIRO KNIFE FIGHT
Cairo Knife Fight have pared their line-up down to an essential duo – guitarist Aaron Tokona of Weta and drummer Nick Gaffaney of enough bands to mention to fill a phone book have been in the studio working on an album of effects-drenched heavy duty progedelica that is going to blow some minds at these shows. Fresh from supporting Them Crooked Vultures on their NZ tour, this band will no doubt impress.
SPARTACUS R
The Wellington institution that is Spartacus R needs no introduction. The band like a sound that can challenge the listener but also keep them in a trance of entertained excitement. When the six members come together, they combine a diverse range of musical and stylistic influences, and a penchant for brown shirts, to create a sound that may be described as a “neo-lounge, Groove-laden psychedelia”…
WEDNESDAY 24TH FEBRUARY
BODEGA
$10 w/ Massey Student I.D, $15 GENERAL PUBLIC
DOORS OPEN 9pm
Tickets available from mawsa, dazzletickets.co.nz, Real Groovy, Empire Skate Lower Hutt and the Pyramid during O-Week.
The following is a wee message from the guys who handle safety & security on campus. Be sure to read it, because it’s these guys who you’ll need if you’re locked out of your computer lab at 10pm.
Welcome to your campus! The Buildings & Facilities service cares for the buildings and grounds and we hope the information below will help keep you safe and comfortable here. Please carry your student ID card with you whenever you are on campus, since we do get impostors trying to access our services and facilities for free. You have paid for your privileges and we want to save them all for you. read more…
So much to talk about, so little time…
First things first, we have the official O-Week festival programme – just print this off and stick it on your fridge to find out what’s on and when. Magneto’s been busy too: check out their new site for interviews with Sampology, An Emerald City and Cairo Knife Fight.
They also have a truly ridiculous amount of prizes to give away over the next week – double passes, DVDs, sacks of leprechaun gold – so go get stuck in and score yourself some free stuff.
Oh, and Muse FM is still coming at you live from the old Museum building – just click the feed on the right to stream it straight to your speakers.
Rightio then. Have fun, and don’t forget to check back for O-week photos and video clips.
mawsa is once again proud to bring you Orientation 2010, running from 19th February right through to 2nd March!
This year there are a host of events lined up to satisfy all Massey Wellington’s partying needs, covering a myriad of genres, events and activities. Here is the line up so far:
AN EMERALD CITY
CAIRO KNIFE FIGHT
SPARTACUS R
D-BRIDGE
INSTRA:MENTAL
FREW (AUS)
SAMPOLOGY (AUS)
THE ONLY (AUS)
FRIED CHICKEN SOUND SYSTEM (NZ)
BLACK KEYS AND BLUE NOTES
THE THOMAS OLIVER BAND
ELSTON GUN
Not to mention Bogan Bingo, a Freshers’ party, a movie night with all-you-can-eat bagels, barbecues, markets and a whole lot more! Check out our Facebook event pages for more details.
