Bill Direen, the Glossary
Bill (also William) Direen is a musician and poet.[1]
Table of Contents
22 relations: Above Ground, Alternative rock, Experimental literature, Ferocious, Flying Nun Records, Grapefruit (music label), Guerrilla warfare, Holloway Press, Landfall (journal), Michael King Writers Centre, Neofolk, Otago, Post-punk, Radio New Zealand, Rattle Records, Siltbreeze, SmartGuy, South Indies, Speculative fiction, The Bilders, Titus Books (publisher), Vacuum.
- 20th-century New Zealand short story writers
- 21st-century New Zealand short story writers
- Musicians from Christchurch
- New Zealand male short story writers
- New Zealand male songwriters
Above Ground
Above Ground was a band from Christchurch, New Zealand formed in 1983.
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Alternative rock
Alternative rock (also known as alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative) is a category of rock music that evolved from the independent music underground of the 1970s.
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Experimental literature
Experimental literature is a genre of literature that is generally "difficult to define with any sort of precision." It experiments with the conventions of literature, including boundaries of genres and styles; for example, it can be written in the form of prose narratives or poetry, but the text may be set on the page in differing configurations than that of normal prose paragraphs or in the classical stanza form of verse.
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Ferocious
Ferocious is a Canadian psychological thriller film released in 2013.
Flying Nun Records
Flying Nun Records is a New Zealand independent record label formed in Christchurch in 1981 by music store manager Roger Shepherd.
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Grapefruit (music label)
Grapefruit is an independent record label and distributor.
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Guerrilla warfare
Guerrilla warfare is a form of unconventional warfare in which small groups of irregular military, such as rebels, partisans, paramilitary personnel or armed civilians including recruited children, use ambushes, sabotage, terrorism, raids, petty warfare or hit-and-run tactics in a rebellion, in a violent conflict, in a war or in a civil war to fight against regular military, police or rival insurgent forces.
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Holloway Press
Holloway Press was established at the University of Auckland in the Library of the Tamaki Campus in 1994.
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Landfall (journal)
Landfall is New Zealand's oldest extant literary magazine.
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Michael King Writers Centre
The Michael King Writers Centre is a writing centre on the slope of Takarunga / Mount Victoria in Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand, which offers residencies to early career and experienced writers.
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Neofolk
Neofolk, also known as apocalyptic folk, is a form of experimental music blending elements of folk and industrial music, which emerged in punk rock circles in the 1980s.
Otago
Otago (Ōtākou) is a region of New Zealand located in the southern half of the South Island administered by the Otago Regional Council.
Post-punk
Post-punk (originally called new musick) is a broad genre of music that emerged in 1977 in the wake of punk rock.
Radio New Zealand
Radio New Zealand (Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa), commonly known as Radio NZ or simply RNZ, is a New Zealand public-service radio broadcaster and Crown entity that was established under the Radio New Zealand Act 1995.
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Rattle Records
Rattle Records, established in 1991, is a contemporary art-music label based in Auckland, New Zealand.
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Siltbreeze
Siltbreeze is an American independent record label based in Philadelphia.
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SmartGuy
SmartGuy is an American record label.
South Indies
South Indies is a rights and publishing label established in Christchurch, New Zealand, in 1984 as a vinyl records label and small book publisher.
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Speculative fiction
Speculative fiction is an umbrella genre of fiction that encompasses all the subgenres that depart from realism, or strictly imitating everyday reality, instead presenting fantastical, supernatural, futuristic, or other imaginative realms.
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The Bilders
Bilders (or Builders) is a New Zealand music group of varying lineups that produced a string of self-recorded 7-inch vinyl releases between 1980 and 1982 leading to Beatin Hearts, the first studio-album from fledgling New Zealand independent record label 'Flying Nun Records'.
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Titus Books (publisher)
Titus Books is an independent New Zealand publisher.
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Vacuum
A vacuum (vacuums or vacua) is space devoid of matter.
See also
20th-century New Zealand short story writers
- Alice Glenday
- Amelia Batistich
- Arapera Blank
- Beverley Dunlop
- Bill Direen
- Bronwyn Elsmore
- Bub Bridger
- C. K. Stead
- Carl Nixon
- Chad Taylor (writer)
- Charlotte Grimshaw
- Chris Else
- Dan Davin
- David Ballantyne
- Denis Baker
- Emily Perkins (novelist)
- Eve Langley
- Fiona Farrell
- Fiona Kidman
- Frances Cherry
- Frank Anthony (writer)
- Gaelyn Gordon
- Geoff Cochrane
- Gloria Rawlinson
- Jack Ross (writer)
- Jacquie Sturm
- James Courage
- Jan Kemp (writer)
- Janet Frame
- Jean Watson (writer)
- John Caselberg
- Judy Corbalis
- Katherine Mansfield
- Keri Hulme
- Laurence Fearnley
- Marilyn Duckworth
- Maurice Shadbolt
- Michael Gifkins
- Michael Morrissey (writer)
- Mona Williams (writer, born 1943)
- Owen Marshall
- Paddy Richardson
- Patricia Grace
- Peter Hooper (writer)
- Sarah Quigley
- Stevan Eldred-Grigg
- Sue McCauley
- Tessa Duder
- Yvonne du Fresne
21st-century New Zealand short story writers
- Angelique Kasmara
- Anna Taylor (writer)
- Anthony Lapwood
- Bill Direen
- Bronwyn Elsmore
- C. K. Stead
- Carl Nixon
- Chad Taylor (writer)
- Charlotte Grimshaw
- Chris Else
- Colleen Maria Lenihan
- Courtney Sina Meredith
- David Coventry
- Denis Baker
- Duncan Sarkies
- Eleanor Catton
- Emily Perkins (novelist)
- Emma Hislop
- Fiona Farrell
- Fiona Kidman
- Fiona Sussman
- Frances Cherry
- Geoff Cochrane
- Gina Cole
- Iona Winter
- Jack Ross (writer)
- James George (writer)
- Jan Kemp (writer)
- Janet Frame
- Judy Corbalis
- Kathryn van Beek
- Keri Hulme
- Kirsten McDougall
- Laurence Fearnley
- Lawrence Patchett
- Lee Murray (writer)
- Marilyn Duckworth
- Michael Botur
- Michael Morrissey (writer)
- Michalia Arathimos
- Mona Williams (writer, born 1943)
- Patricia Grace
- Samuel Te Kani
- Sarah Quigley
- Stevan Eldred-Grigg
- Tamsyn Muir
- Tracy Farr
Musicians from Christchurch
- Annea Lockwood
- Ariana Tikao
- Bic Runga
- Bill Direen
- Boh Runga
- Brendan Dugan (musician)
- Cairo Knife Fight
- Chris Doig (opera singer)
- Dave Miller (New Zealand musician)
- Dorothy Buchanan (composer)
- Doug Caldwell
- Dudley Benson
- Flip Grater
- Frances Alda
- Gary Thain
- Hamish McKeich
- Hayley Westenra
- Hinemoana Baker
- Jack Christie (musician)
- Jean Anderson (musician)
- Jeffrey Grice
- Joan Hammond
- John Amadio
- Ladi6
- Lawrence Arabia
- Luke Di Somma
- Mark Simmonds (saxophonist)
- Marlon Williams (musician)
- Maryrose Crook
- Max Merritt
- Miho Wada
- Mike Nock
- Miranda Easten
- Nick Gaffaney
- Oswald Cheesman
- Paul Reid (actor)
- Phil Garland
- Ray Columbus
- Rodger Fox
- Roy Montgomery
- Teddy Tahu Rhodes
- The Renderers (band)
- Theia (singer)
- Tom Cosm
- Yulia (singer)
New Zealand male short story writers
- Bill Direen
- C. K. Stead
- Chad Taylor (writer)
- Chris Else
- Craig Cliff
- Dan Davin
- David Ballantyne
- David Coventry
- Duncan Sarkies
- Edward Jenner (writer)
- Frank Sargeson
- Jack Ross (writer)
- James Courage
- John Caselberg
- Ken Strongman
- Maurice Duggan
- Maurice Shadbolt
- Michael Botur
- Michael Gifkins
- Michael Morrissey (writer)
- O. E. Middleton
- Owen Marshall
- Peter Hooper (writer)
- Peter Wells (writer)
- Rowley Habib
- Russell Haley
- Simon Petrie
- Stevan Eldred-Grigg
New Zealand male songwriters
- Age Pryor
- Al Hunter (singer)
- Alastair Riddell
- Arthur Baysting
- Benny Tipene
- Bill Direen
- Christopher Banks
- Corben Simpson
- Dalvanius Prime
- Dave Dobbyn
- Dave McArtney
- Don McGlashan
- Eddie Rayner
- Glen Moffatt
- Glyn Tucker
- Gray Bartlett
- Harry Lyon (musician)
- Herriot Row
- Ian Morris (musician)
- Ivan Zagni
- Jay'ed
- Jeremy Redmore
- John Joseph Woods
- John Rowles
- Johnny Devlin
- Jon Toogood
- Jordan Reyne
- Karl Kippenberger
- Kenneth Avery
- Leroy Clampitt
- Liam Finn
- Luke Hurley
- Luke Steele (musician)
- Max Merritt
- Neil Finn
- Nigel Stanford
- Paul Martin (radio presenter)
- Philip Dadson
- Red McKelvie
- Rikki Morris
- Ritchie Pickett
- Russell Garcia (composer)
- Sam de Jong
- Samuel Flynn Scott
- Tim Finn
- Willow Macky
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Direen
Also known as Direen, Bill, Direen, William, William Direen.