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June 11, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 400
Bobby McFerrin, Spontaneous Inventions (1986) I’ve loved Bobby McFerrin and I’ve hated him too – and just recently I’ve decided the guy might be a genius. Yes, it’s hard to give his career an appraisal that’s fair because Don’t Worry Be Happy gets in the way. But I was taken with this album – and […]Archive
March 21, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 421
Neil Young & The Bluenotes, This Note’s For You (1988) I like this album – although it’s by no stretch great. Worth it though for the title song (and its video) and the story around it. Worth it, too, because all of Neil Young’s albums contain SOMETHING. There’s always something good or something so mesmeric […]Archive
January 25, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: The Selecter & The Beat (January 25; Wgtn)
The Selecter & The Beat Opera House Thursday, January 25 Two tones of 2-tone bands on the one bill and it seems The Beat and The Selecter take it in turns to headline; Pauline Black bounds onto the stage, her energy palpable instantly. It’s The Selecter’s turn to start the night, it’s hot and the […]Archive
December 8, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Playlist: Yet Another 80s Playlist
Time for another 80s playlist – so I call this one Yet Another 80s Playlist…and when I say “time for another 80s playlist” what I really mean is last weekend I DJ’d a corporate Christmas party with a 1980s theme. And so I’ve loaded all those tunes up into a playlist – it’s quite nice […]Archive
December 3, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
DJ Setlist: Intergen Christmas Party, Boat Shed, Wellington, Saturday, December 2, 2017
It was the Intergen Christmas Party – and an 80s theme, everyone looked great, the room was dressed up too, I was the DJ. An all-vinyl set, some background to start, a few bits between the band breaks and then aArchive
May 31, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Playlist: Vinyl Friday 1980s DJ Set (240611)
The other day I shared a playlist from when I DJ’d a set called “The Other 80s”. It’s an idea I’ve had a while and revisited a few times – but I think the first time I put it into any sort of shape (if you can call it that) was at the old (no […]Archive
May 28, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Playlist: The Other 80s (DJ Set)
I’ve had this idea in my head for year – and I’ve had a few goes at translating it – an eighties DJ set that doesn’t include all the obvious (“pop”) moments; so it has blues and jazz and it has some of the lesser known acts, or lesser known cuts from the bigger acts. […]Archive
May 15, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 162 The Steroid Guys
I met Alan and Andy in 1980 they had the Steroids going by then and were putting on some big shows. They had a practice room opposite Pidgeon Park and I used to hang out with them there a lot and I would do some roadie work for them. They both had this special thing […]Archive
May 1, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 160 The Rodent Guys
There was a big group of them and I think they all went to Onslow College together. This was 1980 and, as half of Negative Theatre, I was working at the art centre as a songwriter/performer. Jonathan Zwartz was there as well as a bass player and we became friends. He was part of the […]Archive
April 16, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Overblown, Overbooked, Terrible Ideas: The 19Graties
I want to be the creator of a band called The 19Graties. We will do covers of songs from the 1980s. They will be great, but we want to give the impression – in a cool, detached, ironic-but-chic way that they might actually grate. And there will be 19 of us in the band. So […]Archive
May 30, 2016 by Simon Sweetman