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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 […]
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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 […]
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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. […]
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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 […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 10-inch, 10", 2009, Composer, EP, Iceland, LP, Olafur Arnalds, Raein, Record, Ten Inch, The Vinyl Countdown # 654, Vinyl ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2009, Comedy, Comedy Event, Dai Henwood, George, Jason Alexander, Live Gig, Opera House, Seinfeld, Showcase, Stand Up, Stub, Stubs, Stubs: #144 – Jason Alexander’s Comedy Spectacular Wellington ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2009, Art Garfunkel, Auckland, Dominion Post, Gig Review, Live Gig, Paul Simon, S&G, Simon & Garfunkel, Stub, Stubs, Stubs: # 86 – Simon & Garfunkel ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2009, 20th Anniversary Tour, De La Soul, Hip-Hop, MEDIA, Media Pass, Opera House, Stub, Stubs, Stubs: # 51 – De La Soul, Wellington, Wgtn ·

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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 […]
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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2009, 3Oh!3, Basshunter, Gig, Gig Review, Live, Smashproof, Stub, Stubs, Stubs: # 27 – Basshunter, Ticket, Wellington ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 2009, 2LP, Bootleg, Live, LP, Morning Bell, Radiohead, Rocks, Rocks Germany 2001, Vinyl ·

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September 17, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Row Boat: Romance

Row Boat Romance Fluttery Records Mark Wardale’s Row Boat moniker started with this EP in 2009, now newly reissued it will give fans of his recent effort, In Between, a chance to go back to how that sound first started. New Zealand music fans familiar with Rhian Sheehan’s work and – particularly – the textural […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2009, 2014, EP, Fluttery Records, In Between, Reissue, Romance, Row Boat, The Impending Adorations ·

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August 11, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

It Was The Worst: # 16 [Surviving] The Game

I remembered – out of nowhere – just the other day that I attended a concert by The Game. Do you remember him? He’s a rapper born Jayceon Terrell Taylor and he took on that modest moniker, The Game. He made a couple of albums back to back, The Documentary (2005) and Doctor’s Advocate (2006) […]
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