{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Ep. 59 - Clinton Tokona (Weta)","description":"Clinton Tokona is the bass player for iconic New Zealand band Weta. Tookie (or Toks as he is known) and I have been good friends since Weta released their debut (and only!) album \u2018Geographica\u2019 back in 2000. We met backstage at Kiwi high school band competition The Pepsi Smokefree Rockquest which I was competing in with my first band 1QA and Weta were the guest performers. Since then Toks and I have played in a bunch of different projects with each other and have enjoyed many a lol over a coffee\/tea\/beer\/cigarette\/other.   After the death of his brother Aaron Tokona (the principal singer\/songwriter for Weta) earlier this year the band have remastered their record and are celebrating it\u2019s 20th anniversary along with a new single entitled \u2018So Far, So Close\u2019.   Toks and I talk about boxing, bass playing, cheap eggs benedict, his brother Aaron, how he (maybe) met Flea (but DEFINITELY met Neil Finn) and a bunch more.   All music on the podcast by Joshua Moriarty & All The Colours.   The title track of the Weta record \u2018Geographica\u2019- https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SGF4-hUzSMQ&ab_channel=Weta-Topic   \u2018Got The Ju\u2019 live on Channel V in 1999- https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JuRNLpGOnDM&ab_channel=Weta   Aaron Tokona performing his song \u2018Turnaround\u2019 with Fly My Pretties- https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kNHDfl__g2c&ab_channel=loopcrew ","author_name":"'The Bottom Of It' with Joshua Moriarty","author_url":"http:\/\/thebottomofitpodcast.com\/","html":"