Apparently, I’m not really much of a full-time work kind of guy, well I know that already on account of the fact that I don’t have a full-time job. But I’ve fully got time for a job that might require all the hours. I have transferrable skills. I have contacts. I have a proven track […]
Promising Young Woman and Unhinged were movies I liked – a lot. You are maybe not supposed to ‘like’ them; they aren’t meant to be a fun watch. But I applaud the filmmakers in both cases and I sat riveted. I want them to screen together. I want them to be shown to school-age audiences. […]
Newbop Quintet Meow, Wellington Jazz Festival Thursday, June 10 An Auckland “supergroup” of session stalwarts was put together to sell classic hard bop-era jazz to casual fans, to purists, to, well, anyone that might turn up. It was a shame more people weren’t there to hear them at Wellington’s Jazz Festival performance, the group’s Capital […]
Friends: The Reunion Director: Ben Winston HBO Max Nostalgia has always been the best marketing hook. Pop songs from the sixties singing about the “reflections of the way life used to be”. Pop songs from every decade since doing much the same. Why not remind people of the past though, you can sell them the […]
What luck, what timing Song comes on the radio. So does he. Tee-hee.
About once a month or so I have a long chat on RNZ about a particular musical artist or genre or a theme – for their regular Tuesday music features. This week I chose to talk about Bonnie Raitt. I’ve been a fan for a while. And this feature was all about revisiting the golden years […]
Hi and welcome to episode 261 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys and thanks to you readers and listeners. Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it […]
Three-Layer Cake Stove Top Rarenoise Records Three-Layer Cake is the latest project by bassist Mike Watt. You know him from Minutemen and fIREHOSE, from solo spots and cameos – including a stint with Iggy & The Stooges. So whilst indie and punk might be where he made his name, playing adventurous is absolutely his game. […]
the autobiography you never knew you’d write is the one you add to each and every night – confession here, reminder there – stories arrive when you sit to ponder, are they ‘good’ you almost never wonder, instead the job is to get them down – add to the files, surround yourself with reminders of […]
Martin Gore The Third Chimpanzee E.P. MUTE Martin Gore likes to sneak away from his main gig – Depeche Mode – to make solo records, experimental, instrumental, his band’s music is recognisable as resource but as Gore – or sometimes the moniker MG – he is almost hiding. Though Depeche fans would tell you straight […]
David Lynch is very similar to Joni Mitchell for me – in one regard only. Whenever I’m listening to a Joni Mitchell album it feels like my favourite by her. The best one she made. It’s often like that with Lynch’s films. I could make a case for Blue Velvet – as so many do. […]
There is one thing with this list of 10 – all of the shows needed to be rewatchable, need to be shows I have actually re-watched. Often. So with that as the only catch here’s the list. 1. Taxi – I am in love with this show. And I always have been and I’ve written […]