The Weekend Starts Here

Rip It Up, Issue 107, 1 June 1986, Page 4

The Weekend Starts Here

Missing Ready to Roll and Radio With Pictures? Well, some form of relief is on its way later this month when Television New Zealand’s new music show gets under way. True Colours begins its 10-week season on Friday June 20, in the Shazam slot of 6.30 pm. With negotiations over video payments still at stalemate, now True Colours has been scheduled, RTR and RWP won't be returning until it finishes.

However the video war has had a spinoff effect that could be beneficial to local music. For the bulk of True Colours will consist of New Zealand bands filmed performing live in the television studio. Some videos will be shown; of local bands whose music is more suited to that format than live performance. :

Also in True Colours will be music interviews, archival clips of local bands, and as a special feature, news hot from the newsdesk of Shake! magazine. True Colours will be fronted by Phillipa Dann and Dick Driver.

“If your hamster won't come down from the attic We know that it's psychosomatic , We can use our ESP If your cat gets leprosy, tause .

We are the Psychic Pet Healers”

It's been just over a year since Otis Mace and his Psychic Pet Healers unleashed their “bizarre ballads, twisted tangos, wacky waltzes and ragey rock and roll” on the world. In the past few months people have begun to fall under their spell. They all but stole the show when they supported the Violent Femmes, and ‘Screaming), off their new EP Heavy Petting, is one of the current standouts on BFM'’s playlist.