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November 17, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: The Bootleg Beatles (November 14, Wellington)
The Bootleg Beatles Opera House, Wellington Thursday, November 14 I’ve seen The Bootleg Beatles before – so they’re not the only repeat-offenders. They were very good. And I’m not (often) a fan of tribute acts. But a) it’s The Beatles. And b) this is a very good-natured, well-meaning, deftly executed tribute show. It’s about celebrating […]Archive
November 15, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 217
The Rolling Stones, Flowers (1967) I almost never feel like listening to The Rolling Stones these days – possibly because I’ve heard it all and heard it all for too long and too often. They were a band I really cared about for the longest time, but now it’s very rare I can make it […]Archive
April 23, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Completing the 1001 Albums Challenge
I had the 2005 version of the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die – I’d owned it for years and had a flip through the pages, but never really studied it. And then someone asked me how many of the albums I had heard – was it half? Was it all? I figured the […]Archive
August 3, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 127 – Ray Ahipene-Mercer
Welcome to episode 127 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat. I first met Ray Mercer some 15+ years ago. I had met him through a friend. And then, when I was commissioned to write my first professional piece for the then-Evening Post, a housing feature, of all things, I […]Archive
February 27, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 37: The Youngbloods – “Elephant Mountain”
Reading this book is a reminder of just how much music is out there that you forget about, or forget to check out further. First view of the name The Youngbloods and I’m scratching my head, thinking I’ve never even heard of them. But of course I have… Their 1967 single Get Together isn’t quite […]Archive
February 25, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 36: Chicago – “Chicago Transit Authority”
I know the key songs already – singles, a few of the album tracks too, sixties compilations… And I know plenty of other stuff by Chicago – but I’d never heard this, their debut album right through. Until just recently. It’s a curio, as anything from the past is – ultimately. But there’s a lot in this. So […]Archive
February 19, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 34: Elvis Presley – “From Elvis In Memphis”
As I mentioned with a previous entry into this series featuring a Presley record I am an Elvis fan. Although I wasn’t always, or at least wasn’t always deeply into Elvis. At first it was the early rock’n’roll hits, and they were part of my life – like anyone’s, or at least that’s how it […]Archive
January 17, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 26: The Electric Prunes – “I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night”
It seems odd – to me anyway – that I had never previously hear this. I mean the song, sure. I know that. A staple from Nuggets, I often play it at DJ sets – and the Nuggets compilation has been a big deal in my life for a while. And yet I just simply […]Archive
November 8, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 18: Nina Simone – “Wild Is The Wind”
I’ve listened to a lot of Nina Simone – compilations and albums – and there are so many gems still to find. I had never, until this challenge, heard Wild Is The Wind (the album). I know the song, of course and many of the songs on here, but this album is still pretty wonderful […]Archive
January 24, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Start of the San Fran Sound: The West Coast Bay Area Hippie-Dippie 1960s
British rock critic Nik Cohn, writing with an outside perspective, put it simply when looking at the San Francisco Sound: “In America, acid really mattered”. Using the proceeds from his novel, One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, the writer Ken Kesey initiated the Acid Tests; bankrolling experiments conducted by Dr. Timothy Leary – parties fuelled […]Archive
September 19, 2016 by Simon Sweetman