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Now playing on More FM

Simon Spire — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 21:25:11 +0000

Hiding So Long has been added to More FM’s playlist! Hiding So Long is now playing throughout New Zealand on both Classic Hits and More FM radio networks, and on C4 and Juice music TV.

More Radio Play and Voting for Music TV

Simon Spire — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:37:06 +0000

Hear Hiding So Long on the Edge radio network this week, airing throughout New Zealand (and still hear it on Classic Hits throughout NZ too!). Catch the Hiding So Long video on C4 Select, weekdays 4pm-6pm.

Please vote for the Hiding So Long video by texting s169 to 4440 from any cell phone in New Zealand! The more votes it receives, the more it plays!

Hiding So Long released on radio

Simon Spire — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 02:02:30 +0000

I heard Hiding So Long on the radio for the first time today! Somewhat challenging given that it was airing in New Zealand, and I’m currently in New York…but you can see here that it worked out. Even if it meant being filmed in my bathrobe.

Hiding So Long hits radio

Simon Spire — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 01:19:40 +0000

Hiding So Long begins airing on radio in New Zealand with its feature on Classic Hits’ As Kiwi As.

Watch Simon hearing the song’s radio release here, or on the blog post.

Inaugurama

Simon Spire — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 11:21:36 +0000

There goes another historic day for the USA that I am witnessing from the Southern Hemisphere. For someone who seems to talk way too much about Ellis Island, I sure have a knack for missing those moments. Not that I’m complaining about the balmy Auckland summer after arriving here a week ago from snowy New York. And with the launch of Hiding So Long in New Zealand, as well as the final rehearsals with my NZ band before we begin our NZ shows, there’s really nowhere else I would rather be. But I do feel a certain desire to connect to the current Stateside excitement of the moment. I tried to console myself, after watching the inauguration early this morning NZ time, with the knowledge that I did, in fact, experience much of the lead-up to this day in the US…

However, making my way through the d

ay, that didn’t quite satisfy…

Until it dawned on me that I had already been unwittingly swept up in the gravity of the inaugural spirit! Behold, my inaugural Southern Hemisphere kale purchase. Yes, it may surprise you to learn that this favorite vegetable of mine has so far been a treat enjoyed only outside of good old NZ, despite having lived most of my life here. It’s not so easy to come by in these parts…but as fate would have it, today was deemed worthy of this monumental first.

The good stuff: Kale

The good stuff: Kale.

…oh yeah, the bag’s already half-empty.

Feeding off of the organic momentum of this realization, I had a second sudden flash of insight: this week is the inaugural TV appearance of the “Hiding So Long” music video in the United States. Thanks Channel One! “Hiding So Long” will be blasting over the airwaves around the country this week.

And in case there were still any doubt in my mind surrounding my current location, I was soon reminded that February marks Hiding So Long’s inaugural radio feature throughout New Zealand, on The Edge and Classic Hits networks. The inaugural spirit is all around.

Seeing it’s been so long since my last post, I never got to share the fun of the Dinner With Bob Geldof show in New Zealand…so here’s a shot to finish this inaugural 2009 blog post:

Performance at the Dinner with Bob Geldof event