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Fielding man into The Pixies
Mr Nelson confirmed the news, saying "Yes that's right, I like the Pixies."
He first began to like the Pixies after hearing their album Doolittle at parties in the the early 1990s.
He then went on to purchase the album himself.
Since then Mr Nelson has owned all the Pixies albums at various points, though he has lost several in moves and in break ups with girlfriends over the years.
He currently has and old copy of Trompe Le Monde, and a dubbed copy of the Pixies B Sides album, he says is "ok".
Mr Nelson was reportedly "not too worried" when The Pixies broke up in 1993 and did not think he would attend any reunion or Frank Black solo concerts unless they included Fielding on the tour. If Feilding was included on the tour there was a "strong liklihood" that Nelson would attend.
Newspaper Museum gets go ahead
The Government has announced plans for a Newspaper Museum in Wellington.
Before the advent of the Internet, "newspapers" were used to spread information to large numbers of people.
They were printed on low quality paper and delivered by hand to peoples' homes, in a process taking hours.
The average newspaper cost around $1 each and contained hundreds of advertisements, pictures of sharks, rugby analysis, cartoons and an hotchpotch of other items classed as "news".
The $5 million museum will feature a realistic replica of a giant "press", once used to print newspapers.
It will also have a "subs bench", where specially trained people once checked the newspapers for mistakes!
New Zealand once had several newspapers, including the New Zealand Herald, the North Shore Advertiser and The Dominion Post.
Culture and Heritage Minister Judith Tizard said the museum would provide a valuable reminder of a bygone age.
"The morning newspaper is now only a distant memory for some of our old people, so it's important we remember how we once lived."
The museum will be located on a 2 ha block of land near Wellington's waterfront, where sufficient space has been set aside for the forthcoming Radio and Television museums.
National action figurines resemble Labour throwaways
WELLINGTON: The release of National Party "action figures" ahead of the 2008 election has prompted accusations that the idea - and the figures themselves - were reworked from a discarded Labour Party order.
Mother Nature rues missed opportunity, lashes out at NZ
BLUFF: Mother Nature is reportedly "devastated" at missing an opportunity to wipe the town of Invercargill off the map in the early hours of Sunday morning, and has more than made her displeasure felt by subjecting the whole of New Zealand to a lashing of snow flurries, rain and gale force winds.
Pot faces fine after calling Kettle "black"
WELLINGTON - A document leaked from the Office of the Human Rights Commission shows that city eatery, Marie's Cafe, has exhibited racial discrimination in its internal promotion processes and may be subjected to a fine of up to $100,000.
