Bilders/Bill Direen -- I know there gotta be fans out there!

Going through a Bill Direen phase at the moment - digging his "disco" (well, the closest you'd get in NZ so v.lo-fi punk-funk/Talking Heads) album Let's Play:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntEZhYETPdo

Vinyl reissue of Beatin Hearts & a new book! Sadly missed his Wellington show due to a clash, tho.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/85440299/palmerston-north-rock-n-roll-legand-bill-direen-returns-to-promote-his-new-book

Also, nice AudioCulture overview:
http://www.audioculture.co.nz/people/bill-direen-and-the-bilders/stories/bill-direen-part-1-a-maverick-voice-1975-to-1984
http://www.audioculture.co.nz/people/bill-direen-and-the-bilders/stories/bill-direen-part-2-1985-and-into-the-present

Bill Direen documentary, A Memory Of Others showing at this year's film festival. I couldn't attend either of the local screenings but hoping to grab a DVD at some stage ... was ambivalent of the filmmaker's earlier musical documentaries, but some people I trust reckon this is a lot better. It's been a nice occasion for a bunch of decent articles on him, anyway.

Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hPBDIGV8fc

http://pantograph-punch.com/post/bill-direen-a-memory-of-others

https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/94366287/bill-direen-feeding-the-spirit-of-the-people

http://offthetracks.co.nz/bill-direen-a-memory-of-others-film/

I have the Flying Nun comps that came out in the 90s, I dig them. Could go for a similar overview of the past 20 years.

very much enjoying this, I guess it's a 2008 album?

https://thokeitapes.bandcamp.com/album/bilders-mindful-expanded-mc

The documentary mentioned above was quite good!

Also I appreciate how we all posted initially and then Bill himself showed up and nobody responded! What was up with us?