Pete Douglas is an Auckland based writer stuck in the body of a corporate middle manager. When not balancing the two he raises a pair of boys with his far more talented wife. You can follow him on Twitter @pdou012.
Shaggy and Sting together on the same album? Sure! Why not? Pete Douglas reviews.
With the announcement today that Roger Waters is heading back to New Zealand for a tour next January, Pete Douglas takes a look at his intermittent and sometimes misunderstood solo career.
Pete Douglas listens to the new Queens of the Stone Age album and discovers a band still finding ways to make rock n’ roll sound fresh.
Pete Douglas asks Queens of the Stone Age about their new album, classic rock, and fate of the humble guitar.
Pete Douglas looks back on that strange time when a broadcaster could release an album on a major label for seemingly no other reason than shits and giggles.
Longtime Hugh Laurie fan Pete Douglas counts the reasons why the Chance actor and Spice World star remains one of the greats of our time.
Beer baron Sir Douglas Myers' many achievements have been revisited after his passing last week. Pete Douglas takes a look at one of the most fascinating and unlikely of his successes - helping bring the great Gnarls Barkley single ‘Crazy’ into the world.
This week grunge titans Pearl Jam are being inducted into the Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame. To celebrate, Pete Douglas looks at how a litany of amazingly bad fashion choices correlate with the band’s best music.
Longtime Kim Possible fan Pete Douglas blows the cover on his favourite spy television shows of all time.
Pete Douglas runs down his favourite TV soundtracks of all time after killing the mood a party with some tense Twin Peaks tunes.
All-American hero, songwriting colossus, rock n’ roll star ... under-appreciated fashion icon? To mark Bruce's New Zealand concerts this week, Pete Douglas shines a light on the best of his looks through the years.
Pete Douglas investigates how the post-grunge monolith became the universal shorthand for all bad music, while all other comers fell by the wayside.
Poor old Donald Trump, struggling to get any of those liberal whack job musician types to take part in his inauguration celebrations this week. But maybe The Donald has missed the ace sitting right there in his deck all along, says Pete Douglas.
