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May 18, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Control: When An Old Anton Corbijn Interview Gets Chopped And Screwed For Somebody Else’s Mixtape Of An Article

I spoke in a recent episode of the podcast about a time when I interviewed the great Anton Corbijn ahead of the release of his movie control. It was a piece that had been commissioned by The Listener. In the time between accepting the assignment and delivering to deadline the Arts Editor had quit, his […]
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February 7, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 97 Post-Punk

The early eighties in Wellington was the best place and the soundtrack for me was what I suppose you would call post punk. It was a new type of music and I loved it – Echo and XTC, Furs and the Cure, Magazine and Joy Division, Dexy’s and Only Ones, Stranglers and Members, Japan and […]
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November 28, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

DJ Setlist: Bodega, Saturday, November 7, 2015 – UK 79

It was a tribute night – three very good tribute bands playing the music of The Cure, The Clash and Joy Division at Bodega and in-between and before and after I was playing a few records to try to suit the mood, and start and end the party. And it was a good time. The […]
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October 27, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Preview: UK 79, Bodega, Saturday, November 7, 2015

Coming up at Bodega there’s a post-punk tribute night celebrating Britain’s finest hour (year) in music. UK 79 will feature the music of Joy Division, The Clash and The Cure as performed by experienced covers bands Permanence (Joy Division), Wazzo Clash (The Clash) and Splintered In Her Heard (The Cure). It’s $15 on the door […]
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March 3, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 937

New Order, Brotherhood (1986) There I was – in a bizarre love/hate triangle with the music of Joy Division and New Order, always liked the JD stuff, never cared for that much of the NO stuff. That’s just how it’s been. Look, I loved Blue Monday as soon as I heard it. I was just […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1986, Bizarre Love Triangle, Blue Monday, Brotherhood, Get Ready, Joy Division, Low Life, LP, New Order, Peter Hook, Peter Hook & The Light, Record, The Vinyl Countdown # 937, Vinyl ·

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March 2, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: Peter Hook & The Light (Feb 26, Wgtn)

Peter Hook & The Light Bodega Thursday, February 26 Peter Hook was the bassist in Joy Division and the band that formed from its ashes, New Order. That’s enough reason to want to see him – an icon from that post-punk/new-wave era. He’s running a decent covers-band now, The Light, featuring his son Jack covering […]
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December 1, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Preview: December 31st – New Year’s Eve at Bodega

What a great line-up – DJs in the Burgundy Room playing party tunes all night and DJs and bands upstairs in the main room including a DJ set from Nick Harte of The Shocking Pinks, DJ Serpico (aka Ryan from Minuit) a Cure covers set from Splintered In Her Head, Brave New Void, Tomato Willis, […]
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