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September 29, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
David Bowie: Ouvrez Le Chien (Live Dallas 95)
David Bowie Ouvrez Le Chien (Live Dallas 95) Parlophone UK The gates are wide open now, the David Bowie reissues and new releases are pouring. Some are very, very boring. Some didn’t need to happen. But there are some gems – of course. There’s gold in the vault, and probably a bit more to come […]Archive
August 23, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Matthew Marshall: Fragments
Matthew Marshall Fragments Rattle I’m part of a small gang singing the praises of Rattle Records. I’m sure they label wants that group to group to grow. I sure did which is why if they keep putting out great product I’ll keep singing their praises.Archive
July 23, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 266 – Cable Car, Wellington, 1995-2020
I’m always amazed that Wellington’s Cable Car is the Tourist Destination/Activity that it is – but, hey. It is. That view’s pretty good, it’s pretty cheap, and it (now) runs swiftly. It’s an easy thing to go and do and a way to see the city. I’ve lived here 25 years which means 25 years […]Archive
March 25, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
It Was The Best Gig Ever # 17: The Cult, Wellington 1995
I still think about this show – a lot. It was great. It was The Cult. I love The Cult. I loved them about the most I ever did at the start of 1995. And more on that in a bit. But most of all this was an important gig because it was the first […]Archive
October 9, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 221 – Faith No More, Wellington, 1995
When I first saw Faith No More in Wellington (1993) it was (and still is) one of the greatest gigs I’ve seen. And when Faith No More released its new album in 1995, King For A Day – Fool For A Lifetime, I was amped; anticipating the album and very excited to find they’d be […]Archive
February 20, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Five Albums From 1995: The Year I Left Home
In 1995 I moved to Wellington, ostensibly for university, but in reality it was to start an enormous CD collection. Most of that collection has now been replaced by vinyl – and/or Mp3s. That’s because 1995 is closer is more than 20 years ago now. But at the time I was buying up music, having […]Archive
November 13, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Amps’ Pacer: Happy 20th
The Breeders had had something of a hit with Last Splash – certainly with Cannonball doing the rounds of hip radio stations and plastered across MTV. And then Kelley Deal – a major junkie – was busted and had to go into rehab. This meant that Kim Deal had a bunch of leftover songs sitting […]Archive
November 2, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
That Time We Stood Waiting For Four Hours To Buy A CD – And Then, Years Later, Marveled Over Its Glowing Red Light All Over Again
I bought Pink Floyd’s Pulse the very second it became available. It was mid-1995. It was my first year living away from home, in Wellington; ostensibly I had travelled to the capital to study English and Political Science. I already had my undergraduate degree in the works of Pink Floyd when Pulse was released. The […]Archive
February 21, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 99 The Stones
It was my mate Geordie who first got me into The Rolling Stones. He was from Newcastle and brought his record collection with him when his family moved to Hamilton. His albums had more elaborate covers than the versions we got out here. He had a great passion for the Mick Taylor years, had seen […]Archive
January 20, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 763
Sonic Youth, Washing Machine (1995) I became a fan of Sonic Youth by reading about them: Guitar World, an excellent article where the guitarists talked about anti-guitar hero antics and notions, namedropped a bunch of great things (some I’d heard, some I hadn’t) and just generally made me want to hear their music. And I […]Archive
November 11, 2015 by Simon Sweetman