Posts Tagged Best Gig Ever

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December 4, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

It Was The Best Gig Ever # 15: Steely Dan, Wellington 2011

What struck me about seeing Steely Dan live – something I guess I knew already but it felt remarkable to actually see and hear it taking place, being shaped – was the bubble that this band’s music exists in; the bubble that Fagen and Becker’s music occupies, floats around in – impervious. There have been […]

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August 24, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: #132 – Kraftwerk – Autobahn, Sydney, 2013

Nothing this good ever happens to me! I got an email out of the blue one day, I was invited to Sydney – to pick a weekend to attend as much as I could of their Vivid Festival. So I picked the opening weekend, Kraftwerk was to perform its series of 8 shows, 8 albums, […]

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December 29, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

It Was The Best Gig Ever # 2: Bailterspace, 1995-2000

So I’m listening to the new (old) Bailterspace album, Trinine. It’s better than the 2-piece version of the band; that other new album from recent times – which was simply okay. Good for existing, but not great. This one was recorded before that one but here it is now. It features the classic line-up; the […]