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May 25, 2022 by Simon Sweetman
Ricky Gervais: SuperNature
Ricky Gervais: SuperNature Director: Ricky Gervais Netflix I haven’t found Ricky Gervais funny for a lot longer than I ever found him funny, something I explored when I made the wrong move of watching season three of After Life (I had mostly enjoyed the first two seasons, the first especially).Archive
May 18, 2022 by Simon Sweetman
The Way It Is With Prince
When Prince died I wasn’t a mess, and I was surprised somewhat by that. It just never happened. It was a strange day, sure. And I wrote about it – the memory of (finally) seeing him (just two months earlier) still so fresh in my head – but I find it so much harder to […]Archive
May 16, 2022 by Simon Sweetman
Watching Music
The best way you can learn about music is by listening to it – sure, you can research, ask questions, read up, get opinions from others…these are all smart ways to build your knowledge, but number one is to listen widely. And far too often. Reading about music has been a big part of my […]Archive
May 11, 2022 by Simon Sweetman
Prince: Tokyo Dome 1990
Prince Tokyo Dome 1990 Timeline In 1990, Prince’s Nude Tour was an interesting culmination of the various live experiences he had offered to date; it wasn’t quite a pivot, but then it wasn’t really ever in celebration of either of his recently released studio albums. Yeah, you could hear a track or two from both […]Archive
May 7, 2022 by Simon Sweetman
Photos from Photospace: Dirty Spoons w/ BOX OF HAMMERS and Bachelor of Architecture
Last night, Saturday, May 7, we hosted a gig up at Photospace Gallery in Courtenay Place. The excellent The Show Must Go On exhibition featuring some extraordinary rock’n’roll images captured by Murray Cammick is on until the end of May. And we thought it a nice idea to stage some sort of gig there. So my band, […]Archive
April 24, 2022 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: Hermione Johnson with Riki Gooch and Anthony Donaldson (April 21, Wellington)
Hermione Johnson w/ Riki Gooch and Anthony Donaldson Meow; Wellington Thursday, April 21 Earlier in the week I made sure I bought a ticket to see Hermione Johnson with Riki Gooch and Anthony Donaldson. Because I knew that if I didn’t book it then and there I’d make any excuse at the end of a […]Archive
April 24, 2022 by Simon Sweetman
John Williams / Berliner Philharmoniker: The Berlin Concert
John Williams / Berliner Philharmoniker The Berlin Concert Deutsche Gram France John Towner Williams is on a victory lap – and rightly. He’s just turned 90. His influence is everywhere in film scoring and his work continues. Here in celebration of some of his finest work, the Berliner Philharmoniker presents a towering program of highlights. […]Archive
January 30, 2022 by Simon Sweetman
Barn – Neil Young & Crazy Horse – A Band, A Brotherhood, A Barn: Film
Barn: Neil Young & Crazy Horse – A Band, A Brotherhood, A Barn Director: DHLoveLife A Shakey Pictures Production Neil Young is in the news for taking his music off Spotify – his stand against the company’s platforming of Joe Rogan’s podcast. Rogan masquerades as a free-thinker and entertains conspiracy theories, which has seen him […]Archive
January 13, 2022 by Simon Sweetman
Harold Mabern: Mabern Plays Coltrane
Harold Mabern Mabern Plays Coltrane Smoke Sessions Records The great post-bop pianist Harold Mabern died, aged 83, in 2019. His final recordings continue to arrive – Leon Lee Dorsey released Mabern’s last ever studio session just last year and here we have a live date from around 2017, released just now brand new. And if […]Archive
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
December 17, 2021 by Simon Sweetman