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August 7, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

It Was The Worst: # 21 Reading A Book About James Blunt

I’ve read some really bad music books. This is the worst. Please understand that I wish I was joking when I tell you that a publisher sent me a copy of a book called Different Country, Same State: On The Road With James Blunt.  Please understand I wish I was joking when I tell you that I read the entire thing. 
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December 7, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

It Was The Worst: # 20 Japandroids – A New Low In Live Music

I’m still hearing about how, a few years back, I declared the Leonard Cohen concert the best gig I’d ever seen. I already know this. I wrote it. I called it the best concert I would ever see. Hey, a bit of hyperbole never hurt anyone right? (Except for the writer of the hyperbole). I […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged A New Low In Live Music, Duo, Gig Review, It Was The Worst, It Was The Worst: # 20, It Was The Worst: # 20 Japandroids, It Was The Worst: # 20 Japandroids – A New Low In Live Music, Japandroids, Live Gig, Live Music, Review, The Worst, Worst, Worst International Act ·

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November 15, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

It Was The Worst: # 19 Disturbed Repeatedly

I am a survivor of three separate Disturbed concerts. The first – comically – was on Valentine’s Day. I met Katy after work and told her to come to the show with me. I pointed out it wouldn’t be her cup of tea, there’s a clue when you say the band’s name is “Disturbed”. We […]
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November 10, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

It Was The Worst: # 18 That Time I Made It All The Way Through A John Mayer Concert And Felt As Empty As One of His Songs

John Mayer fans are rather frightening. Silence in the foyer, can’t tell if there is a gig on. Walk in to take our seats early – mostly so I could see if the crowd was alive. They were sitting quietly. Waiting. I felt like I was entering a Bible Group meeting. Not far off – […]
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October 3, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: #149 – K-Ci & JoJo, Wellington, 2011

In the mid-90s I had a summer-job as a car-cleaner. I’d cut and polish and valet a car or two each afternoon after washing down a full yard of them in the morning. It was made all the more glorious – this glamour-gig – by the fact that I was being paid $1 an hour. […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2011, All My Life, Blog On The Tracks, Dominion Post, Gig Review, It Was The Worst, It Was The Worst # 12, Jodeci, K-Ci & JoJo, Live, Live Gig, R'n'B, Stub, Stubs, Stubs: #149 – K-Ci & JoJo, The Best Gig Ever, The Worst, Wellington ·

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August 26, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: #134 – Mumford & Sons, Wellington, 2012

I’ve hopefully made my position clear regarding Mumford & Sons, just exactly where I stand on them (windpipe, preferably). But you know, banjos-chucked-in-a-tumble-dryer and all these guys can play. I went along to this – expecting the worst. Well, it was a Mumford & Sons show after all. And the worst was really the audience […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2012, Blog On The Tracks, Dominion Post, Gig, Gig Review, It Was The Worst, It Was The Worst # 8, Live, Mumford & Sons, Stub, Stubs, Stubs: #134 – Mumford & Sons, The Worst, Town Hall, Wellington ·

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October 4, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Counting Crows: Somewhere Under Wonderland

Counting Crows Somewhere Under Wonderland Capitol Records The lyrics aim for profound and settle for ridiculous, the melodies tumble – there are plenty, its hook-laden, evocative – as always – of R.E.M. and The Band (and – as always – never ever close to being as good) and yet of course the only thing you […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Adam Duritz, Album Review, Counting Crows, It Was The Worst, It Was The Worst: #17, Somewhere Under Wonderland, Van Morrison ·

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September 24, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

It Was The Worst: # 17 That Time I Nearly Took Counting Crows Seriously

The other day the brand new Counting Crows album arrived in my mailbox. You think having U2’s latest nonsense appear on your phone is a big deal, huh? I still get the occasional letter bomb! So I’m unwrapping this particular letter bomb, and as soon as I see the words ‘Counting’ and then ‘Crows’ I […]
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August 11, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

It Was The Worst: # 16 [Surviving] The Game

I remembered – out of nowhere – just the other day that I attended a concert by The Game. Do you remember him? He’s a rapper born Jayceon Terrell Taylor and he took on that modest moniker, The Game. He made a couple of albums back to back, The Documentary (2005) and Doctor’s Advocate (2006) […]
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May 24, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

It Was The Worst: # 15 Interviewing the Drummer from Duran Duran

For a while I only ever seemed to interview drummers. It just happened. I never planned it. You’d get the call that there was an interview-opportunity, that someone from the band would be available. And then it was the drummer. I talked to Alex Van Halen and he was great. I spoke with local drummers […]
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May 1, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

It Was The Worst: # 14 The Best/Worst Guest Blog I Never Actually Published (Until Now)

Every now and then I turn my blog on Stuff over the to the readers. I do this for a bunch of reasons. It gives me a break – kinda. It gives the readers a chance to write what they want. It also lets them see that it requires a lot of energy to follow through […]
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April 3, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

It Was The Worst: # 13 Wellington’s Jazz Police Out In Force!

Leonard Cohen had warned me, many years ago, that the Jazz Police would be looking through my folders – but I thought they were out to bust the jazzers not the music-writers… It all went down around four years ago now – it was my regular bread’n’butter gig – the International Arts Festival – and […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged It Was The Worst, It Was The Worst # 13, Jazz, Jazz Police, Stop Simon Sweetman Reviewing Jazz Gigs, The Yellowjackets ·
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