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September 24, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
V/A: And Now A Word From Our Sponsor
Various Artists: And Now A Word From Our Sponsor Frenzy Here’s a double disc of NZ advertising jingles from across four decades. We’re talking 99 songs over two CDs – and, yes, some will trigger your deep-seated cultural cringe, but it’s a fabulous history lesson, nostalgia-grab and all-around reminder of our country’s catchup-embracing of TV […]Archive
September 22, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Jim Gaffigan: Quality Time
Jim Gaffigan Quality Time Comedy Dynamics, A Nacelle Company I wonder these days what the need is for a “Comedy Album” – given that we are inundated with Netflix specials; you can just watch those without really watching them for the album experience; you can put your headphones on and walk around with Netflix on […]Archive
July 18, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
RNZ Reviews: July 2019
Once a month or so I have a chat on RNZ on their Afternoons show with Jesse Mulligan. These things start – randomly and stop in much the same way. I hope to keep doing this. For a while at least. I think I started in December of 2015, so now four years into it or so… […]Archive
March 1, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
RNZ Reviews: January 2019
Once a month or so I have a chat on RNZ on their Afternoons show with Jesse Mulligan. These things start – randomly and stop in much the same way. I hope to keep doing this. For a while at least. I think I started in December of 2015, so now four years into it or so… For […]Archive
February 12, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Manins/Samsom/Benebig/Lockett: SHUFFLE
Manins/Samsom/Benebig/Lockett SHUFFLE Rattle The Rattle label continues to defy the odds, making quality product (actual CDs, lovely covers, liner notes, packaging and production – never ‘just’ the music) and shining a light. Jazz, Maori music, contemporary classic – call it “art” music if you want a catch-all maybe, I like to think of the boutique […]Archive
April 26, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: Simon Sweetman, This Is Your Life
I was thinking about how one time we couldn’t afford the bills in the flat – a guy had drawn up a charter, he’d even used the word “vestiges” – there was a flat-meeting because I was dragging the chain. the power was going to be disconnected, the internet, in its infancy, would no longer […]Archive
April 11, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Rick-Rolling Through My Tape Collection: Remembering The Generation of Cassette Tapes
I own Rick Astley’s Whenever You Need Somebody on tape. I bought it when it was released. I found that old tape just recently. (I have it on vinyl as well – nutcase!) Buying tapes – it dates you. I mowed lawns to earn money to buy tapes. Then I’d listen to the new tape […]Archive
March 12, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: Sometimes You Kick, Sometimes You Get Kicked
the INXS Kick album is 30 years old. I remember it so well. (Still dig it – Side One especially). It’s linked to when I had my first overseas trip. To the Gold Coast and Sydney. I’d saved my pocket money for a Walkman. My folks were going to buy me some jeans. Basketball boots […]Archive
February 27, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Mockers: Live At The Powerstation
Mockers Live At The Powerstation (Independent) The recent reunion tour of the Mockers was a triumph – here’s the (lasting) proof, the band’s Powerstation gig from its national tour captured on double-CD and DVD. In the time since the band broke up its guitarist Brett Adams went away and became one of the best and […]Archive
November 22, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
All I Had To Do Was Listen To Carly Binding’s Album Every Day For Two Weeks And I Might Win A Home Theatre System – A Fair Trade (Nearly) – And No Questions Asked…Or So I Thought…
I’ve worked in a couple of music stores. Back in the day. The first time around I was a student and it was part-time work and it was great and the perks (beyond the then-crucial “Staff Discount”) amounted to some signed CDs now and then, a few promo/advance copies and a few free gig tickets. […]Archive
November 9, 2017 by Simon Sweetman