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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 […]Archive
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 – […]Archive
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. […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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) […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
March 13, 2014 by Simon Sweetman