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November 30, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

It Was The Best Gig Ever # 14: Paul Simon, Auckland 2013

I don’t get up to Auckland all that often for gigs. I’d like to. There are a lot of good gigs that come to New Zealand, but only play Auckland: one show only. And it’s the obvious place for one-show-only tours. It has the population. I get to Auckland once a year for a gig. […]
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October 31, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Heroes Live: #2 – Neil Young

Earlier this year I reviewed the brand new Neil Young album another live record from him, another weird one from Uncle Neil. Only Neil Young could give up smoking marijuana and then release a live album where he replaced the audience applause with animal noises. When I was writing that review I thought that Neil […]
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September 10, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Five Films That Stay With Me: Sarah McMullan

Sarah McMullan is a freelance publicist and film reviewer. She had a six-year stint reviewing films at Radio New Zealand, has worked for the New Zealand International Film Festival and currently writes for The 13th Floor and her own The Call Her Square Eye. Here are five films that have stayed with her… I worked […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, Beyond The Black Rainbow, Black Mountain, Bright Eyes, Broken Circle Breakdown, Cinema, David Bowie, DVD, Enter The Void, Film, Film Reviewer, Five Films, Five Films That Stay With Me, Five Films That Stay With Me: Sarah McMullan, Full Metal Jacket, Guest Post, Hair, Heroes, Immortal Beloved, It Follows, Jeremy Schmidt, Labyrinth, Let's Dance, Movies, Poltergeist, Risky Business, Sarah McMullan, Sinoia Caves, Special Guest, Suspiria, The 13th Floor, The Entity, The Excorcist, The Good The Bad & The Ugly, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, They Call Her Square Eye, Under The Skin, Watership Down ·

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July 31, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Dylan Howe: Subterranean – New Designs on Bowie’s Berlin

Dylan Howe Subterranean – New Designs on Bowie’s Berlin Motorik Recordings British drummer Dylan Howe leads his own small ensemble, plays drums in his father’s trio (dad is guitarist Steve Howe) and has worked with Wilko Johnson and Ian Dury among others here covers Bowie’s Berlin-era instrumentals; reinterprets them, shifts their context. The electronic elements […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 1. Outside, Adrian Utley, Album Review, Berlin, Brandon Allen, David Bowie, Dylan Howe, Glengarry Glen Ross, Heroes, Jazz, Julian Siegal, Low, Outside, Ross Stanley, Some Are, Steve Howe, Subterranean, Subterranean - New Designs on Bowie's Berlin, Subterraneans, Wayne Shorter, Weeping Wall ·

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August 11, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1310

David Bowie, Stage (1978) You know I only got hip to this album when it was reissued on CD a wee while back now, maybe 10 years ago or so. I hadn’t heard it before then. I knew a lot of the material, obviously, but not these versions. I had plenty of David Bowie albums […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged Be My Wife, Berlin Trilogy, Concert, David Bowie, Double, Heroes, Live, Low, LP, Stage, Vinyl, Ziggy Stardust ·

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