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September 28, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Nirvana’s Nevermind at 30

Nirvana’s second album was their calling card. The band’s debut wasn’t heard by many people until after the group broke big. I have a memory of hearing it at a friend’s house in Auckland – he always had the stuff that was cool and/or hard to get. And I remember not really liking it. It […]
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June 11, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Playlist: Make A Jazz Noise

I make a few playlists – some to share, many are just for myself. Well, they’re all to share because they’re on Spotify and anyone can find them or can follow my account to get the updates etc. But what I mean is sometimes I’m specifically making a playlist for an audience – whereas other […]
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September 9, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Daze That Used To Be: Ragged Glory Turns 30

Ragged Glory by Neil Young (with Crazy Horse) turns 30 today. Thirty years old! I remember walking into a store that is long gone in a town that was my home (but I’ve now lived longer anywhere else) to buy this on a format that was long ago dead and buried until a bit of […]
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January 31, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

RNZ Pre-Panel: The Story of the Day (Jan 27, 30, 31)

Last week I had my secod go on the Pre-Panel on RNZ. Well, actually I had my second run of three goes… The Panel runs from 4-5pm but at 3.45pm they have the “Pre-Panel” where Wallace Chapman introduces the guests and the question of the day and they get a producer or a guest (or […]
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January 1, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 193 Sixty/Thirty

I was thinking back to myself and what I was like at a certain stage in my life – as you do. Wondering – would I even like that person I was then or would he be able to see himself in me. Take when I was thirty… 1988 A young dad – his kids […]
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