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March 10, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: Hobbling On
When I was 13 I was in the school’s First XI hockey team – the youngest and at that point the first ever junior to be in with the seniors. We were playing the best school in the league and in the final moments of the game the ball was dragged back in front of […]Archive
March 9, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Songs Sung Blue: Everybody Knows One…
People love Johnny Cash’s version of the Nine Inch Nails song, Hurt because of the timing; that video, his wife had died – then Johnny died shortly after. Complications resulting from a broken heart. It’s a good song, a good version. But the original is better. I know I’m not alone in thinking that – […]Archive
February 15, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Revisiting Tracy Chapman by Tracy Chapman: Tracy Chapman’s Classic Self-Titled Debut
A couple of weeks back we’re driving back into Wellington, having been up the coast. It was a long Sunday drive and we had been playing a bunch of Sunday afternoon music in the car: Paul Buchanan’s Mid Air, Mark Lanegan’s I’ll Take Care Of You, Lawrence Arabia’s The Sparrow, Paul & Linda McCartney’s Ram, […]Archive
July 28, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
The Best Guitarist in The World: # 2 – Ry Cooder
You can’t just call him a guitarist. He plays so many instruments. He’s written a book of short stories. He produces, finds and nurtures talent, is something of an ethnomusicologist, he’s created evocative film scores, is a gifted singer/songwriter and yet through all of that he is simply one of the very best guitarists you […]Archive
May 18, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Movies of My Life # 6: Crossroads
The movie Crossroads (and no, I don’t mean the Britney Spears vehicle, which I have watched, I even kinda liked it truth be told) is one of my all-tie favourites. I like Crossroads for the memory of growing up with it. I watched this film so many times. And it meant a lot to me. […]Archive
July 11, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
Steve Vai: The Story of Light
Steve Vai The Story of Light Sony Yes, this album’s a bit old now – but he’s here next week! So, thought I’d give it a mention. And I really liked this. A nice surprise. Maybe it was his virtuoso performance here earlier last year that put me in such a good (open) mind when […]Archive
December 8, 2011 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1723
Ry Cooder, Into The Purple Valley (1972) There have been a few Ry Cooder albums on The Vinyl Countdown already (see here and here and here and – technically here) and there will be more because a) I love the guy’s work and b) I’ve collected most of it. In fact I’ve collected most of […]Archive
November 21, 2011 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1749
Tracy Chapman, Crossroads (1989) I liked the first four Tracy Chapman albums. I really liked (and still like) that debut album – as I’ve already told you. But hot on its heels was this, Crossroads. I first bought the tape – and maybe I even liked this album more. It never bruised the charts like […]Archive
October 11, 2011 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1813
Ry Cooder, Johnny Handsome [OST] (1989) I saw the film Johnny Handsome one weeknight during school – some time a couple of years after it was released I’m guessing. Ry Cooder’s score was noticeable – and a hook, a lure for me. I was (still am) a massive Cooder fan. And was taken – almost […]Archive
June 28, 2011 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1951
Ry Cooder, Crossroads [OST] (1986) We were in a hotel room in New Plymouth – because they had not organised enough billets. We were 13, so we were pretty stoked to be in a hotel instead of being billeted. The movie Crossroads was on the hotel’s movie channel – pre-Sky days – and a group […]Archive
May 18, 2011 by Simon Sweetman