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December 21, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Steely Dan: NORTHEAST CORRIDOR: Steely Dan Live!
Steely Dan NORTHEAST CORRIDOR: Steely Dan Live! UMe It should come as no shock – really – that the band that, well, fired its entire band and then showed no loyalty to the session greats of the world, picking and choosing them on a track-by-track basis, simply carried on touring after co-leader Walter Becker died […]Archive
July 19, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
The Rolling Stones: A Bigger Bang Live On Copacabana Beach
The Rolling Stones A Bigger Bang Live On Copacabana Beach Mercury Studios Another month, another live Rolling Stones album. It got a bit boring a while ago. And then very boring some time shortly after that. I say this as a card-carrying Stones fan for some 35 years of my life. But I called time […]Archive
February 9, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Leonard Cohen: The Moon’s Too Bright
Leonard Cohen The Moon’s Too Bright: Los Angeles ’93 Syndicated Broadcast Second Line In 1993 Leonard Cohen embarked on his first tour since 1988 – he had the album The Future out and he had songs on the soundtrack to Natural Born Killers. In short: he was back on boogie street.Archive
October 8, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Queen + Adam Lambert: Live Around The World
Queen + Adam Lambert Live Around The World Hollywood Records It’s fair to say no one needs this live album by half of Queen and all of Adam Lambert. But there are probably a few psycho-fans that WANT it. So here it is. I enjoyed a Queen + Adam Lambert concert way more than I […]Archive
October 1, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Roger Waters: Us + Them
Roger Waters Us + Them Sony Legacy I didn’t think I ever needed to hear another Roger Waters solo album – and then, in 2017, he released Is This The Life We Really Want? And I got all gushy, and sentimental – and Roger sorta did too; though of course he was also spiky and […]Archive
August 19, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Matt Braunger: Finally Live In Portland
Matt Braunger Finally Live In Portland Comedy Dynamics, A Nacelle Company Matt Braunger is a stand-up comedian and actor. He was a cast member at the end of MADtv’s run, he’s also been a voice artist (Bojack Horseman, among others) and pops up in bit parts on movies, he’s hosted a handful of podcasts and […]Archive
July 20, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: Lotus Poisitioning
Back in the day I’d buy a new cassette tape each week – mow lawns to save money to buy tapes to listen to while mowing more lawns. It was a good system, joined the World Record Club – had obscure album choices sent to me in that little town where I lived; things you’d […]Archive
July 16, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Gary Gulman: The Great Depresh
Gary Gulman The Great Depresh Comedy Dynamics, A Nacelle Company I’ve seen the recent comedy special by Gulman which includes documentary footage as part of it – and I loved it – but as with recent albums from specials by Maria Bamford, David Cross and Jim Gaffigan I think I prefer hearing it as a […]Archive
April 14, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The O’Jays: Live In New York
The O’Jays Live In New York S-Curve Records / O’Jays Gigs, Inc. The “final” victory lap of The O’Jays culminated in this TV special in late 2019 recorded live for DVD and also released as an album. As they showed with final studio album – The Last Word – this version of The O’Jays (founders […]Archive
August 5, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Paul McCartney: Amoeba Gig
Paul McCartney Amoeba Gig Capitol The Paul McCartney Reissue Series marches on and the latest swag is a batch of random live albums – from Wings through the solo years. And ever since Sir Macca became The Professional Beatles Jukebox (entering into his version of a Never-Ending Tour around the same time as Bob Dylan just without […]Archive
May 29, 2018 by Simon Sweetman