Bruce was a wonderful team member and a talented host and. iHeartRadio app. He took the time to sit in on a radio show with Conflict fanzines Gerald Cosley that was broadcast across New York City. Sunglasses Inside Episode 2 Happy New Year With Rod Stewart & His Tartan Suit, Uptown Funk Live On Ellen Bruno Mars, Mark Ronson & The Most Electrifying Live TV Performance In Years. Bruce Russell kept his writing up in Alley Oop, which was naturally well informed on the Dunedin indies progress. Russell leaves behind his wife Lorna and son Andrew. But wait, theres more! Awesome to see these people so enjoy talkback would like the calender lol, Mikey does NOT look like his voice at alllolJans the baker does. Bruce was a wonderful team member and a talented host and newsreader who brought joy to our audiences for many years. For his part (talking to Dave Cantor in August 2014), Bruce explained. Cheers, Nanster. He started doing some announcing around this period and was assigned to numerous stations as a community announcer, doing every shift imaginable. He even starred in a movie at the end of last year! The broadcaster, in his early 70s, died suddenly on Sunday night, working right up until his death - as an overnight host, newsreader and host of the popular In My Day show. 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NooooooooooooMy friend Bruce Russell passed away last night He was my #1 go-to for tips and advice during my tenure at ZB. It surprises me though that most of the callers are male, and some cant string a sentence together, (just saying).Thats my only bugbearI really miss Brucie as he had such an interesting life. With that pressing concern aired, the remaining items are discussed. According to his ZB bio, he began composing advertisements and started doing some announcing and was posted to numerous community stations, doing every shift under the sun. The Dead C had been busy as well. Later another woman tells Russell that its not as simple as he saysand his statistics are bogus. It rarely ever spoke a bad word of its contributor Russell and The Dead C in all its issues. The traditional plastic CD jewel case had been immediately discarded for aesthetic and practical reasons. The first Xpressway Pile Up compilation included tracks by the defunct Doublehappys and Nocturnal Projections, and its extended and reordered namesake from 1990 on Scottish label Avalanche Records added The Victor Dimisich Bands Native Waiter. May god his family and loved ones have enough strength to deal with the great loss. They are who they are, and that montage is a good illustration. My favorite newstalk an host for many many years Bruce Russell has died unexpectedly in a single day. In a statement on Newstalk ZB's website, the station said: "Bruce Russell, one of our long-time Newstalk ZB hosts, passed away unexpectedly but peacefully last night. Come January 1987 and Bruce Russell is back in Dunedin. He read philosophy for fun and for a while researched Renaissance magic, the Kabbala and Rosicrucianism. Just how busy the Lyttelton one-man industry had become was even more apparent in a full page Corpus Hermeticum ad on the back page of the now glossy covered Opprobrium in December 1997. Even after his death, his family has yet to come out in the media; they may be having some quiet time at this challenging time. Rest in peace legend Bruce. The mix of re-accessed music and contemporary sound would be typical of the labels output. Bruce Russell's 2012 Flying Nun compilation Time To Go: The SouthernPsychedelic Moment, 1981-1986 was hailed as a landmark collection of early 1980s independent music from the South Island. "He brought a particularly sharp sense of humour to his work and to his workplace. McCURRY: I think he also needs to demonstrate some gravitas, too. The third design stage resulted in a standard cruciform shape with folded card cover, printed spine and a couple of postcards in an envelope inside that could fit into the same space in shops as jewel cases. The broadcaster, who was in his early 70s, died abruptly on Sunday night while working as an overnight presenter, newsreader, and host of the famous In My Day show. Youd find Bruce Russell examining a wide variety of sound, both local and overseas in Dunedins Garage fanzine. Bruce Russell, a radio host, is known as a gifted newsreader with an unmistakable personality. Fans have already heard a different version of the albums Three Years on the new Xpressway Records tape imprints early defining Xpresssway Pile Up cassette. Sam Carlson Port Protection Singer Son Kelly Carlson Makes An Appearance On The Show, Bruce Russell Newstalk ZB Age And Wikipedia: Radio Announcer Death. Masonic Inborn parts II & III on Killing Capitalism with Kindness 3xEP compilation for Belgiums Turbulence Records soon followed. Hewishes he was a Fijian! Also read:Mark Kesslers Cause of Sudden Death at 74 Due to a DiseaseWrong Turn Director Declan OBrien Passed Away at 56. The Dead C members importance in the late 1990s was their removal of barriers to participation and the adventurous re-examination of older sounds that their taste and records prompted. The packaging itself was distinct and deliberate and constantly evolving. I do not believe that is Mikey!!! Press Esc to cancel. Ken Knight, a former radio host at Nga Iwi FM in Paeroa in the early 2000s, said the station would take the ZB news feed and 99 per cent of the time it was Bruce reading the news. Having spied Chippendale Houses hui ad in Critic, the University of Otago student newspaper, Ive dragged my Paeroa friend Peter along to get involved. Newstalk ZB host Tim Beveridge summed up the mood among broadcasters saying Russell was an integral part of the fabric of not just Newstalk ZB but the landscape of radio in New Zealand. In 2014, Bruces daughter Olive filmed a warm and revealing documentary on her father called 27 Minutes With Mr Noisy, which took Russell back to his old haunts in Dunedin and plumbed his world view in the back yard shed in Lyttelton, that is his creative home. And why the hell arethe police showing bloody cultural sensitivity to Maori? These cookies do not store any personal information. What was the name of an older man who did talk back radio he had lots of medical remedies and is he still alive? To be told: This next piece will be called The Kabbalah of the Horse Pegasus. To make a live-to-two-track album with stringed instruments, where the only concept is Dont touch the strings! and have the other half of your duo rush off to vomit, when the reels keep spinning! This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Bruce Russell is the Night and Overnight Host at NZME based in Auckland, Auckland. The following year, Bruce Russell edited and contributed to Erewhon Calling: Experimental Sound in New Zealand (2012), an Audio Foundation published compendium of thought, image and voice examining our productive and long-lived experimental music community. Russell had a special skill to connect with others and that was seen again just last week on his Friday morning show. At this time as you may also find out, there is no official report about Bruce Russells cause of death, it seems there are some hidden stories behind his death; some claim he died because of a long time illness he was recently suffering from. After working at Apple Radio in Hastings, Russell moved to Timaru's Radio Caroline in 1982 where he became a lifelong friend with breakfast host Peter Mac. In another film clip from May 2014, just prior to The Dead Cs appearance in Sydneys Opera House for the Vivid Festival, Bruce Russell in an old pulled at the neck T-shirt has been cornered by a fan with a camera. I had come in for my news shift at 4am and he was on overnight talk. The esoteric art and titles Bruce Russell used for the CDs and singles reflected his interest in the occult. Bruce Russell of Newstalk ZB spent a career as a buddy to his devoted listeners. Heres an old montage featuring an unusual word: gravitas. The great artist who recorded and toured withThe Tubesand contributed to their unique stage attire took her last breath and multiple news accounts confirmed the heartbreaking news. The Bats Robert Scott, Kathy Bull, Kath Webster and Lesley Paris of Look Blue Go Purple and Nick Wilkinson of The Alpaca Brothers I know by sight, having seen their groups play. Ill remember Bruce for his cheeky banter, his distinctive voice, his unmatchable work ethic. Burial site and Find a Grave details, Ricou Browning funeral, burial service, pictures, date, time, venue. Theres a lot more interaction with the recording process and a lot more use of live backing tapes, Bruce Russell explained in Poi$on + lie$ = money + death from John Nixon and Marco Fusinatos Axe: a specialised rock journal, no.19, 1999 in an essay reprinted in Left Handed Blows. Always made me laugh with his dry sense of humour and helped me a lot with his advice. He died just as he was about to begin hosting Newstalk ZB's nightly show on April 24, 2022. Sulley Muntari, Agyeman Badu, Asamoah Gyan, others visit Christian Atsus family home, VIDEO: Government will be fully involved in providing Christian Atsu a befitting burial Dr. Bawumia, Christian Atsus mortal remains arrive in Ghana via Turkish Airlines, Maybe I created enemies along the line Kofi Amoabeng on UT Banks collapse, Christian Atsu was one of Ghanas finest personnel Akufo-Addo, This is some food chain story Archipalago shamed for chasing clout with Christian Atsus death. New Zealand radio host Bruce Russell is being remembered as a "talented host and newsreader" following the news of his shock death on Sunday night. Yeats, Morley and Russell were back in Auckland on June 14, 1996 with Empirical at a packed and enthusiastic Kurtz Lounge. Thereby Proving To Everyone That Senator Joe Mc Carthy's Assertion That A Whole Network Of Fellow Travelers To The Comintern Soviet Block Of Marxist Communist Propagandists In The U.S. And World, Is Well Established, Through Literal Transmission Belts ! Our goal is to create a safe and engaging place for users to connect over interests and passions. Thats why hes absent from Garages fifth issue. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. His inimitable personality in the newsroom and in the studio would always entertain his colleagues too.Our thoughts and love are with Bruce's family at this sad time. So it is no surprise that we have grown in stature, while others have withered away.. Newstalk ZB's Bruce Russell, in his early 70s, was working right up until his death - as an overnight host, newsreader and host of the popular In My Day show on Saturday night. . Its got that import cachet, the hard to find, real gold, collector scum mentality, Russell told Philip Matthews in The Wire, June 1999. In Timaru, Russell created a young character he played Freddy, who lived with a mother who went off to work with make-up and fishnet stockings, taxi drivers were picking him up and he had lots of new fathers. With Flying Nun Records back in safe hands whatever animosity the Xpressway scene had for Flying Nun Records was long gone by the new millennium, with Bruce Russell compiling four retrospectives for the perennial NZ label, including The 3Ds early years, The Pin Group and The Stones. The first thing that struck was the dual guitar sound. "That was all down to Bruce's ability to take anything, no matter how normal or absurd it might be, and bring it to life. For many years, he provided joy to the crowds. The letters and music that Bruce and the label sent out to the newly interested revived the sense of inclusion that Flying Nun Records was losing (especially for those outside Auckland) and began the knitting together of a new indie community in New Zealand and overseas. My favourite newstalk an host for many many years Bruce Russell has died suddenly overnight. It was a broad and geographically diverse strand of small-scale indie music-related activity hed soon find a ready use for. Samoansare a very bad violent race as well. There were also three shows with V3. DONALDSON: Displayed tonight a certain gravitas. 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