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April 1, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 418
David Bowie, Ashes to Ashes [Single] (1980) Hard to pick one favourite David Bowie song right? Impossible. And no need. Just enjoy so many of them…but I’ll bite. If I had to pick just one – it’s going to be this. Only because it always feels great hearing this – it’s a song you can […]Archive
October 12, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Music Snob: Apparently…
There’s an almost anti-intellectualism angle at play when you hear all these whining, soppy or pious points of view that the death of Glenn Frey from the Eagles is as important as David Bowie’s and/or Lemmy’s and/or anyone else who has shuffled off recently. Lives matter. Absolutely. But when we mourn a musician we are […]Archive
September 28, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 207 – Bowie Tribute, Wellington, 2016
I do wonder about these sorts of tributes – well-meaning, I guess. But buck-gathering too…that’s how I felt as I said too in the review when attending this body’s-still-warm Bowie tribute last year. We all claimed the death of Bowie, it meant so much to everyone, to all of us. Quite why you’d go and […]Archive
July 26, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: Hart and Soul
Out back in the yard with my book of poems by Hart Crane and reading it is hard – but good things don’t come easy. Or if they do it’s with some confusion too – like the sun shining in the middle of winter, the new puppy is out and off; exploring… and there’s music – […]Archive
March 21, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
David Bowie’s Most Underrated Album: 1. Outside
People talk about David Bowie’s phenomenal run of albums across the 1970s – and it really is (almost all) great. So much of it is wonderful, sublime, so near to perfect. And depending where you stop on the scale you have the absolute cut-off of Scary Monsters or tolerance/appreciation for Let’s Dance. From there it’s […]Archive
March 8, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 53 – Anthonie Tonnon
Welcome to episode 53 of Sweetman Podcast brought to you by Phantom Billstickers. A chat with musician Anthonie Tonnon. I first heard Tonnon’s music when he was recording under the name Tono and The Finance Company. I was hooked. Kiwi drawl, everyday stories, the vernacular was funny and real and there were sharp hooks too. […]Archive
January 8, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
DJ Setlist: Bowie’s Birthday Bash – Tribute to David Bowie on his 70th Birthday, San Fran, Sunday, January 8, 2017
Well, we paid tribute to David Bowie on his 70th Birthday in the only way we know how – just as last year we played a tribute show at the San Fran with various DJs so it was again. I played the opening afternoon set, and then a little blast a bit later on too…in-between […]Archive
January 1, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
David Bowie’s 70th Birthday: DJ sets at the San Fran, Sunday, January 8, 2017
This Sunday, January 8th, 2017, Wellington’ s San Fran will be celebrating David Bowie’s 70th birthday with a party fit for the legend. A selection of Wellington’s best DJs will play the best of Bowie from 4pm-late. There will be AV display of the legend and a lighting show over the dance-floor for the night […]Archive
January 27, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Simon Critchley: Bowie
Bowie Simon Critchley OR Books I’d recommend checking out this slim, wonderful set of essays about David Bowie if you haven’t already. It’s worth reading almost anything by philosopher Simon Critchley, so there’s that. But also, in the wake of so many tributes – and we have to assume most of them were at the […]Archive
January 17, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 94 Bowie
It was Peter Noone’s version of Oh! You Pretty Things that I first heard and was drawn straight into his lyrics – all that talk about homo superior juxtaposed with breakfast and coffee Then Lulu doing The Man Who Sold the World. I already had Hunky Dory and by the time All The Young Dudes […]Archive
January 14, 2016 by Simon Sweetman