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January 9, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
DJ Setlist: “It’s Been Five Years” – Tribute To David Bowie, San Fran, Saturday, January 9, 2021
In honour of it being five years since the release of Blackstar and David Bowie’s birthday and the weekend we mark five years since his death I decided to roll out some of my favourite Bowie songs again in a DJ set tribute. It’s Been Five Years… Always a bit of fun – and pressure […]Archive
January 4, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
“It’s Been Five Years…” David Bowie Anniversary Drinks and Tunes: DJ Set
This weekend marks five years since the passing of David Bowie. To honour the legend (and the significance of it being Five Years!) I’ll be playing some my favourite Bowie songs and most of your favourites too this Saturday, January 9 at the San Fran bar in Wellington. From 5pm. I’ll never forget the day i heard the […]Archive
December 15, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: Self Pitying Hindsight IS 2020
The god-awful small affair that Bowie mentioned seems to have lasted a lifetime – this year I turned older than Billie Holiday ever did. I’ll never make as many records as Todd Rundgren could in one year. I’d never dare to try. I wrote a book and no one really had a look – or […]Archive
November 27, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Stardust: Film
Stardust Director: Gabriel Range Salon Pictures / Wilding Pictures / IFC Films Stardust is a little movie. That could have been fine. There are some wonderful small pictures. But Stardust is also a terrible movie. Plagued by many things – not just a lack of Bowie’s music, and distancing from the estate. For a start, […]Archive
September 29, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
David Bowie: Ouvrez Le Chien (Live Dallas 95)
David Bowie Ouvrez Le Chien (Live Dallas 95) Parlophone UK The gates are wide open now, the David Bowie reissues and new releases are pouring. Some are very, very boring. Some didn’t need to happen. But there are some gems – of course. There’s gold in the vault, and probably a bit more to come […]Archive
January 30, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: Doggone
My son was waiting for me outside a shop. I’d told the dog to sit and given the lead to the boy. I looked out the window and the dog was up and looking around, while the kid was sitting down on the ground – but at least he was holding the lead. A big […]Archive
January 14, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
John O’Connell: Bowie’s Books – The Hundred Literary Heroes Who Changed His Life
Bowie’s Books: The Hundred Literary Heroes Who Changed His Life John O’Connell Bloomsbury Publishing Much was made of the fact that David Bowie liked to read – he had a list of his favourite books, and it included so many classics. Outside of that there were interesting choices including journalism, memoir, contemporary novels… John O’Connell […]Archive
April 18, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 224 – Cigna Saints, Wellington, 2019
I had a really great chat with a Facebook friend the other day. We had never met. But he recognised me and got chatting about things I’d written and from there we had a huge conversation about the arts and culture and content and contributing and how being an audience member, a consumer, is part of the […]Archive
March 27, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 324
David Bowie, Lodger (1979) I love this album. It’s one of my favourite David Bowie albums. I almost never listen to it. I have no idea why that is. It wasn’t a favourite when I first heard it – it was just one that sat there in the CD collection, a part of the puzzle. But then I got hooked on […]Archive
July 21, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 125 – Russell Self
Welcome to episode 125 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat. Here I had a chat with Russell Self. He’s a Wellington-based, English-born musician and poet. Russell’s held many jobs, let many more go, he’s been a busker, a troubadour, he recites his own poems and sings covers – he also […]Archive
April 1, 2018 by Simon Sweetman