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December 28, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 148: Joan Baez

Welcome to episode 148 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat. Here’s something a little different for the podcast. A conversation with legendary singer, songwriter, protester, activist and icon Joan Baez. Now, although this is the first-time broadcasting this – it is not a brand new conversation. It was recorded […]
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January 25, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: PJ Harvey (January 25, Wgtn)

PJ Harvey MFC Wednesday, January 25 No opening act – thankfully! – and at just after 8pm PJ Harvey and the all-male 9-piece backing band of multi-instrumentalists take to the stage with side-drummers shuffling them on in a near-funereal march. Backlit, save for a spotlight on the star, it’s to half a dozen songs straight […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2017), Gig, Gig Review, Gig Review: PJ Harvey (January 25, January 25, Live Concert, Live Gig, MFC, PJ Harvey, Wednesday, Wellington, Wgtn ·

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January 17, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Roger Waters The Wall: DVD

Roger Waters The Wall Directors: Roger Waters & Sean Evans Rue 21 Productions/Universal Pictures I was barely joking when I wrote that I’d never be able to listen to The Wall by Pink Floyd, my first – obvious/logical – choice in an ongoing list of “Classic Albums” I never want to hear again. But that […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Alan Parker, Classic Albums I Can't Ever Listen To Again, Concert Film, Documentary, DVD, DVD Review, Film, Floyd, Live Concert, Music Doco, Pink Floyd, Roger Waters The Wall, Roger Waters The Wall: DVD, The Wall ·

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October 3, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Gary Clark Jr: Live

Gary Clark Jr. Live Warner Bros. I’ve just about never been as gutted as when I heard Gary Clark Jr’s debut studio album. Just awful. He had this rep – and there was loads of evidence, an earlier EP, YouTube clips, cameos, anecdotal evidence piled up; he was the man. The future of blues guitar, […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Albert Collins, Album Review, B.B. King, Blak And Blu, Blues, Blues Guitar, Gary Clark Jr, Guitar, Jimi Hendrix, Live, Live Concert ·

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August 14, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

ZZ Top: Live at Montreux 2013

ZZ Top Live at Montreux 2013 Eagle Vision USA What a rarity – same line-up since 1969, pretty much oblivious to trends, still knocking it out of the park and with a recent record as good as almost anything else in their catalogue here’s ZZ Top with a faultless setlist. If you never liked them […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill, DVD, DVD Review, Frank Beard, Live Concert, Live In Montreux 2013, ZZ Top ·

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June 30, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Duran Duran: Unstaged

Duran Duran: Unstaged Director: David Lynch Transmission Films David Lynch directing Duran Duran in a concert film! Oh Wow! Amazing! A weird, dream pairing (or is that weird-dream pairing?) Anyway, have whatever thoughts you want and hold on to them because to actually watch this is to plunge yourself down for a long haul short […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Beth Ditto, Concert Film, David Lynch, Duran Duran, Duran Duran: Unstaged, DVD Review, Gerard Way, Kelis, Live Concert, Mark ROnson, Unstaged ·

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December 24, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: Helmet (December 20; Wgtn)

Helmet Bodega Friday, December 20 American band Helmet had its original run across the mid-90s and then disbanded. Page Hamilton (vocals, guitar) reformed the band, with a floating cast of members in 2004. Since then there have been decent albums but the fans still hang on for the magic from 1990’s Strap It On, 1992’s […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Bodega, Friday December 20, Gig Review, Helmet, Live Concert, Live Gig, The Dominion Post, Wellington ·

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October 16, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

It Was The Best Gig Ever: New Series

I’ve started a new series of pieces called It Was The Best Gig Ever. The good folk at Phantom Billstickers are publishing them weekly over at their Facebook page. Here’s the first entry. I wrote about my first international gig, seeing Eric Clapton in Auckland, 1990. Each week I’ll add a new story – a […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Best Gig, Facebook, It Was The Best Gig Ever, Live Concert, New Series, Phantom Billstickers, Weekly ·

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August 1, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Aerosmith: Rock For The Rising Sun

Aerosmith Rock For The Rising Sun Eagle Rock Entertainment/Shock I like/d a few Aerosmith songs I guess, sure. You kinda have to really – but a whole DVD of them? Well, I tried. This concert film, recorded in 2011, has the band in Japan, returning to continue their tour after Japan’s devastating tsunami and in […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Aerosmith, Concert Film, DVD Review, Japan, Live Concert, Live Gig, Rock For The Rising Sun ·

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July 20, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

The Charlatans: Mountain Picnic Blues

The Charlatans Mountain Picnic Blues – The Making of Tellin’ Stories Start Productions/Southbound You know, watching this DVD I was struck with the almost overwhelming feeling of just how monumentally boring I find the music of The Charlatans. I couldn’t really summon any enthusiasm for this – even though I know the Tellin’ Stories album […]
Posted in Blog · Tagged Documentary, DVD Review, Landfill Britpop, Live Concert, Mountain Picnic Blues, Mountain Picnic Blues - The Making of Tellin’ Stories, Tellin' Stories, The Charlatans ·

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May 28, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Richard Marx: A Night Out With Friends

Richard Marx A Night Out With Friends ViaVision/Madman Originally broadcast as part of the PBS: Front Row Centre concert series, A Night Out With Friends is a Richard Marx live DVD. That’s both description and warning. And for the sadists who walk among us there’s a version that comes with a highlights/hits CD. It gets […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged A Night Out With Friends, DVD, DVD Review, Live Concert, Madman, Richard Marx, Right Here Waiting For You, ViaVision ·

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March 19, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: Neil Young & Crazy Horse (March 19, Wgtn)

Neil Young & Crazy Horse TSB Bank Arena Tuesday, March 19 In his memoir, Waging Heavy Peace, Neil Young talked about feeling lost. He had given up marijuana – a habitual smoker from 19. He was going to have to learn how to write songs and play on stage without pot. And so he headed […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Americana, Gig Review, Live Concert, Neil Young, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Phantom Billstickers, Psychedelic Pill, Ramada Inn, Waging Heavy Peace ·

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