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Posts Tagged New Year’s Eve

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September 22, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: New Year’s Eve in Matamata. Early 1990s.

Three of us. We only have a few beers – but we can get into the booze-cabinet if we want to. First, we’ll run down the road and put a bambina car up on someone’s front lawn. We sprint, hard, as if anyone might be watching. There’s a rush as we hide behind the couches, […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Early 90s, Harvest, Matmata, Neil Young, New Year's Eve, New Year’s Eve in Matamata, New Year’s Eve in Matamata. Early 1990s., NZ, Poem, Poem: New Year’s Eve in Matamata. Early 1990s., Richard Burton, War of The Worlds ·

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December 30, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Playlist: All You Need For New Year’s Eve

I’ve been making a few playlists recently – check them all out from here – and so for your New Year’s Eve party – or even for the following day – I present All You Need For New Year’s Eve, a summary taken from all of the recent playlists and with a few new tracks […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged All You Need, DJ, Holidays, Matinee Idle, New Year's Day, New Year's Eve, NYE, Off The Tracks, Party, Playlist, Playlist: All You Need For New Year’s Eve, Playlists, Radio, Records, Something For Everyone, Spotify, Summer, Vinyl ·

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December 30, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Five Albums I’m Loving Right Now: DJ Bill E

Bill E is a Wellington DJ behind the regular Atomic and 24 Hour Party People club nights. His Hang The DJ  New Year’s Eve gig at the San Fran is something of an institution – in fact it turns 10 this year. Here’s all the details for the event. And here are five albums he’s […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 24 Hour Party People, Arctic Monkeys, Atomic, Austerity Dogs, Bill E, Chubbed Up, DJ, DJ Bill E, Drake, Five Albums, Five Albums I'm Loving Right Now, Five Albums I’m Loving Right Now: DJ Bill E, Hang The DJ, Hotline Bling, John Peel, Key Markets, New Year's Eve, Nothingelseon, NYE, Records, Saint John Divine, San Fran, Simon Bendall, SJD, Sleaford Mods, Suck It And See, Timmy Thomas, Vinyl ·

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December 29, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

DJ Setlist: Slices of Heaven – Kiwi Music DJ Set, San Fran, Tuesday, December 29

I love Wellington all year round – but I really love Wellington in that little space between Christmas and New Year’s (actually for most of January, even). The stuffiness of the city goes on holiday, Lambton end is all but shut-down, the office-workers plan their holiday for the year and the rest of the city’s […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2015, Christmas, Cuba Street, December 29, DJ, DJ Set, DJ Setlist, DJ Setlist: Slices of Heaven – Kiwi Music DJ Set, DJing, Favourites, Holiday, Kiwi, Kiwi Music, Local, New Year's Eve, New Zealand, New Zealand Music, Nostalgia, NZ, Record, Records, San Fran, Slices of Heaven, Summer, Summer Holidays, Tuesday, Vinyl, Wellington, Wgtn ·

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December 10, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Announcement: New Year’s Eve at San Fran – December 31st, 2014

San Fran, DJ Bill E, Teeth and Bunnies on Ponies with Garage Project invite you to celebrate the end of 2014 with gourmet BBQ treats on the deck from 6pm-11pm and great music happening inside the venue – the bands Teeth and Bunnies on Ponies followed by DJ Bill E’s legendary Hang The DJ  NYE […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2014, 2015, 24 Party People, Atomic, BBQ, Bill E, Bunnies on Ponies, DJ, Garage Project, Gig Announcement, Hang The DJ, Live Music, New Year's, New Year's Eve, NYE, Phoenix Foundation, San Fran, TEETH, Wellington ·

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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, […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2014/2015, Bodega, December 31 2014, DJ, DJ Set, Ghost Wave, Gig Preview, Gig Preview: December 31st – New Year’s Eve at Bodega, January 1 2015, Joy Division, Live Music, Minuit, New Year's Eve, Permanence, Shocking Pinks, Splintered In Her Head, The Cure, Wellington ·

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January 3, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: The Phoenix Foundation (Dec 31, Wgtn)

Phoenix Foundation San Francisco Bath House Tuesday, December 31 It’s a special night – it’s New Year’s Eve and it’s the last gig at The San Fran Bath House in its current state/guise. It’s still unclear as to what will happen and what the venue will be like, but it was important – and correct […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Farewell To The Bath House, New Year's Eve, NYE, Phoenix Foundation, San Fran Bath House, San Francisco Bath House, Tuesday December 31 ·

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November 23, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Farewell of The Bath House: Phoenix Foundation and Hang The DJ

Wellington’s iconic venue The San Francisco Bath House is saying farewell to 2013 with two great shows on the one night. And it’s not just farewell to 2013 from the Bath House – it is in fact a farewell from The Bath House. Under The Radar presents: New Year’s Eve – “Farewell of the Bath House” […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 24 Hour Party People, Atomic, Bill E, Farewell of the Bath House, Gig Announcement, Hang The DJ, Live Music, Music Venue, New Year's Eve, Phoenix Foundation, Promo, San Fran Bath House, San Francisco Bath House, The Phoenix Foundation, Wellington, Wellington Music ·

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