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June 24, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: June 25th and 26th, 2009
Michael Jackson died. And I was picked up in a car and whisked out to Avalon to speak live on TV – part of a panel for the Good Morning show. And then Stuff.co.nz called and asked me to write something quickly – which is all I’ve ever done. Went home and listened to Dr. […]Archive
April 11, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Nils Frahm: Graz
Nils Frahm Graz Erased Tapes Records Ltd. Nils Frahm. Exquisite. Piano master. A producer and wizard with electronics and all sorts too – but at the core of it all is just his two hands, his heart and soul and the piano stool that places him in the space where he needs to be. From […]Archive
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