I am becoming increasingly brain damaged. The body went - now the mind will follow suit. I remember hearing "Sunshine Drive" on RRR, and thinking it was simply marvellous. I was at a low point at the time, halfway through a novel - single, dislocated, and half-crazy with fear.
Ha'ina 'ia mai ana ka puana
Ha'ina 'ia mai ana ka puana
Excuse my spelling, Warren.
And excuse me for name dropping you in THAT speech. Oh, God. I freak out just thinking about it.
But then I heard "Sunshine Drive" and I really thought that The Spazzys were something special. And they are. Innocent and joyous and hopeful - but muscular and posessed by a real emotional and spiritual presence. They are a Girl Group, yes. But a pure one - they are no mere cynical purveyors of cheap sarcasm and bogus postmodern ironic revisionism - they really seem to BELIEVE what they are saying.