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December 17, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 19 – Bob Dylan, “Christmas In The Heart”
Bob Dylan, Christmas In The Heart, 2009 Well it’s time for a Christmas album to make this list – and I think straight away of when Bob Dylan dropped a set of Xmas tunes and everyone was horrified. People that never really listened to Dylan heard his voice, thought it was an ugly croak and […]Archive
December 7, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 208 Pete Shelley
Late 2009. The Spines at that time were Les Knight on bass, Riki Gooch on drums and me. We had just recorded the Bloodmonster album and I was about 50 and drinking a lot at Bodega – a period of renaissance for the band. I’d always been a fan of the Buzzcocks in the early […]Archive
February 19, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 433
The Holy Soul / Bowerbirds, That’s All / Give It [Single] (2009) The 7” single format. A great format. Right? One song to announce an artist, to be defined by, to represent – one song to kick off the party, to kick out the jams. How about the split single? Even better: two chances, technically. […]Archive
August 11, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 654
Olafur Arnalds, Found Songs (2009) A lovely wee 10” ep this – seven songs, one for each day – each piece written, recorded and sent out into the world (via Tweet) in one day. Here the seven pieces by Olafur Arnalds are collected up and celebrated on a limited-edition 10-inch vinyl. I love this guy’s […]Archive
September 15, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: #144 – Jason Alexander’s Comedy Spectacular, Wellington, 2009
That’s how it was billed – it was Jason Alexander aka ‘George’ from Seinfeld and he did this boring MC-bit with what passed for jokes I guess; clearly written for him. And then there was some music or something and fuckin’ Dai Henwood was part of it and it ended with Jason Alexander-basically-as-George answering questions […]Archive
June 8, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 86 – Simon & Garfunkel, Auckland, 2009
I had already seen Art Garfunkel live, early 2000s, and it was a good show (great band – decent repertoire) but Art’s voice was shot. I hadn’t yet seen Paul Simon (that would happen after this) so I took my chance to see Simon & Garfunkel. We were going for the nostalgia, absolutely. I prefer […]Archive
February 10, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 51 – De La Soul, Wellington, 2009
I like De La Soul as much as you do – I presume you like De La Soul. You should. There’s no reason not to. But I’ve seen them a few times and I’m not sure I get the fuss around seeing them live – a good fun vibe, sure. But I’d rather listen to […]Archive
January 12, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 38 – Fleetwood Mac, New Plymouth, 2009
We drove across, in convoy – two cars, to a house we rented for a weekend. Another couple of friends drove from a different direction and met us there. We had the Friday night in the house – a great place, much merriment – and then on the Saturday we had a wander around the […]Archive
December 1, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 27 – Basshunter, Wellington, 2009
Close to the nadir really – standing in a crowd of tweens while some jerkoff sings “if you’re sexy and you’re know it clap your hands” – it was like he was grooming, plotting, planning, tossing out bait and picking his victims. Revolting. And then there was the rest of the music. Just ghastly. Funny […]Archive
October 1, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1022
Radiohead, Rocks Germany 2001 (2009) If you looked at all the Radiohead albums I have you’d think I was a huge fan of the band. And I guess I am – I like them, I’m interested in them. I had several years away from them – lost touch, lost interest. And then got pulled back […]Archive
September 17, 2014 by Simon Sweetman