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December 10, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 460
Mike Post, The Theme From Hill Street Blues [Single] (1981) Mike Post did the heavy lifting when it came to 1980s TV theme tunes – such a huge impact on my crazy little kid-brain; these themes all stay with me. None more so than Hill St. Blues though – a TV show I watched because […]Archive
December 8, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Playlist: Yet Another 80s Playlist
Time for another 80s playlist – so I call this one Yet Another 80s Playlist…and when I say “time for another 80s playlist” what I really mean is last weekend I DJ’d a corporate Christmas party with a 1980s theme. And so I’ve loaded all those tunes up into a playlist – it’s quite nice […]Archive
May 28, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Playlist: The Other 80s (DJ Set)
I’ve had this idea in my head for year – and I’ve had a few goes at translating it – an eighties DJ set that doesn’t include all the obvious (“pop”) moments; so it has blues and jazz and it has some of the lesser known acts, or lesser known cuts from the bigger acts. […]Archive
April 16, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Overblown, Overbooked, Terrible Ideas: The 19Graties
I want to be the creator of a band called The 19Graties. We will do covers of songs from the 1980s. They will be great, but we want to give the impression – in a cool, detached, ironic-but-chic way that they might actually grate. And there will be 19 of us in the band. So […]Archive
December 29, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Playlist: Yet Another ‘Not Your Usual’ 80s Playlist
So, here’s another ‘Not Your Usual’ 80s playlist for you – might be a good time of the year for a 6-hour mix of tunes from the 1980s; one that starts out low-key and safe, and then throws up a few curveballs – then settles into the familiar and favourites… I’ve offered up an eighties […]Archive
December 24, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
DJ Setlist: Homecoming – 80s DJ Set for Christmas Eve, Turks Bar, Havelock North, Thursday, December 24
Back in the bay for Christmas – and down to Turks to play some 80s tunes – good fun. And a good list I reckon, not your standard 80s DJ set…well, not my standard one, but plenty of favourites, and a few random selections…Merry Christmas everyone, here’s the tunes I played as a long-haul 5pm-11.30pm […]Archive
December 13, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Turks in Havelock North – Homecoming Xmas Eve: 80s music DJ Set (Thursday, December 24)
I’m back in Hawke’s Bay for Christmas and I’m going to be playing some 80s records down at Turks in Havelock North on Thursday, December 24. Christmas Eve. It’s an early start – 5pm, and an early finish (11.30pm for a midnight close). So that’s over six hours of my favourite tunes from the 1980s. […]Archive
June 17, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Playlist: Not Your Usual 1980s DJ Set
Last weekend I was playing some 1980s tunes for the after-work session down at the San Fran. My idea was to play eighties tunes, but it’s not about guilty pleasures and dance-offs at that time of the evening…okay, well, it’s certainly not about dance-offs. I wanted to play soundtrack bits and pieces, pop, jazz – […]Archive
June 12, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
DJ Setlist: The Shakedown, “Not Your Usual 1980s DJ Set”, San Fran, Friday, June 12, 2015
Back at the San Fran for their regular 5.30pm “Shakedown” – decided to play a bunch of songs from the 1980s that you wouldn’t hear at your regular “80s Night”, all background stuff too, soundtrack for after-work drinkies, some guilty pleasures perhaps, but definitely favourites, all of ‘em… 1. Jan Hammer, Crockett’s Theme 2. U2, […]Archive
November 28, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
DJ Setlist: The Old Bailey, Embracing The Eighties, Friday, November 28, 2014
It was all about Embracing The Eighties at The Old Bailey this week – all 1980s, all vinyl, all night (long). And it was a fun set (I thought). A bit of dancing, some singing – nearly in tune at times too, disappointingly…and before all of that it was a bit of background/nostalgia stuff too…starting […]Archive
September 25, 2013 by Simon Sweetman