simon o'connor

This week the Bayer siblings are thrilled to welcome their friend, musician Simon O'Connor! You may know Simon as the lead guitarist for Modest Mouse, touring bassist of MGMT and bassist/vocalist of Spiral Heads, but do you know if he's a total herb? Or if you are? Don't be so sure you can answer this question until the three of us define the personality characteristics of a herb and do our best herb impressions. Plus, we reminisce about having a Discman in the nineties: The time Jonah sold his Discman to Vanessa and then immediately took it back, the time Simon's discman was stolen by a former friend-turned-bully—and ponder if the Discman was even a good invention in the first place given all the skipping? Finally, in a rousing new game that was definitely named by Jonah, CONGRATULATIONS, YOU BAKED YOURSELF, we decide which of three culinary dishes we're most excited about making a comeback, despite never knowing any of them existed in the first place. So don't be a herb and check out this fantastic episode, and be sure to pre-order Simon's band Spiral Heads’ new album TIL I’M DEAD, which comes out this Friday! You can also learn more about Simon and his music over at his Instagram page. 

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This evening on The Huddle, Still projects director Sam Johnson and Jack Tame, host of Saturday Mornings and Q&A joined in on a discussion about the following issues of the day- and more!

Education Minister Jan Tinetti has been referred to Parliament’s Privileges Committee after she failed to correct a false statement about school attendance she made in the House quickly enough. Either she deliberately lied or didn't feel the need to correct the record- is this still a bad look no matter what?

Was Simon O'Connor being homophobic with his 'mother and father' comment? Why did he say he was being 'deliberate' with his language? Should he front up and clarify?

How economically viable are the Auckland Airport shares? Should Auckland Council sell them?

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National's Simon O'Connor is denying his comment about the responsibility of the 'mother and father' was intended to exclude same-sex couples.

The MP said his comment was aimed at fathers who didn't contribute child support and called any criticism a “very strange interpretation”.

Leader Chris Luxon has also stepped in to explain away O'Connor's stance.

ZB's senior political correspondent Barry Soper says that O'Connor is an ultra-conservative politician and same-sex parents didn't figure into his vocabulary.

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National's Simon O'Connor is denying his comment about the responsibility of the 'mother and father' was intended to exclude same-sex couples.

The MP said his comment was aimed at fathers who didn't contribute child support and called any criticism a “very strange interpretation”.

Leader Chris Luxon has also stepped in to explain away O'Connor's stance.

ZB's senior political correspondent Barry Soper says that O'Connor is an ultra-conservative politician and same-sex parents didn't figure into his vocabulary.

LISTEN ABOVE

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