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September 28, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Nirvana’s Nevermind at 30
Nirvana’s second album was their calling card. The band’s debut wasn’t heard by many people until after the group broke big. I have a memory of hearing it at a friend’s house in Auckland – he always had the stuff that was cool and/or hard to get. And I remember not really liking it. It […]Archive
December 14, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: Tribute
nearly ended up in a Nirvana covers band, dodged a bulletArchive
April 21, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Tori Amos: Broken Silence (Live 1992)
Tori Amos Broken Silence (Live 1992) Shockwaves Another day another bootlegged radio broadcast – this one from Toronto; this one from Tori Amos around the time of the release of her debut album. What a debut that was – and is! And here we have Tori showcasing what is now her known style as live […]Archive
February 27, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 37: The Youngbloods – “Elephant Mountain”
Reading this book is a reminder of just how much music is out there that you forget about, or forget to check out further. First view of the name The Youngbloods and I’m scratching my head, thinking I’ve never even heard of them. But of course I have… Their 1967 single Get Together isn’t quite […]Archive
May 3, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Virginia Hanlon Grohl: From Cradle To Stage
From Cradle to Stage: Stories From The Mothers Who Rocked and Raised Rock Stars Virginia Hanlon Grohl Seal Press Nepotism meets meta-prank – or something? – as Dave Grohl’s mother rolls out a book just in time for Mother’s Day…Archive
January 14, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Plugging Back In To Nirvana: Revisiting MTV Unplugged In New York
So I just watched Nirvana’s MTV Unplugged In New York on DVD. This is a classic concert – an important concert to me. I’m not sure how great it is as I have a rather biased view towards Nirvana. I’m not their biggest fan. I think Kurt Cobain was often a bit of a twit. […]Archive
March 22, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Dope Smoker: Marijuana
Dope Smoker Marijauana (Independent/Bandcamp) Just when you thought the album/track Dopesmoker by Sleep was as overt as “Stoner Rock” got, along comes the Welsh band Dope Smoker – that seminal track/album was surely, well, a guiding light – and here’s their fifth album; the title now as blatant as can be, and if you’re somehow […]Archive
March 5, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck – The Home Recordings
Kurt Cobain Montage of Heck: The Home Recordings Ume The barrel has been scraped. Here, masquerading as “the soundtrack” to a grave-robbing, bones-picking, totally unnecessary documentary of the same name, we have Kurt Cobain’s “home recordings”. We’re meant to process them as if seeing behind the machine, hearing early versions of Nirvana songs, Beatles covers […]Archive
October 28, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Radio Nowhere by Michael Ross: # 7 – Cities Where Stuff Happened
Something different today, before regular Radio Nowhere service finally resumes… People travel for a lot of fairly obvious reasons – to eat, drink, see the sights, visit friends, and so on. Me? I mainly travel so I’ll have a good excuse for repeatedly missing blog deadlines, and also because there’s a part of me that’s […]Archive
June 23, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Soaked in Bleach: Film
Soaked in Bleach Benjamin Statler Montani Productions/Daredevil Films It took just shy of a decade for this film to come to fruition. Another new Kurt Cobain documentary, but this is essentially the opposite of/opposite to Montage of Heck. Where that was a tribute – albeit creepy and voyeuristic and lacking in real grit or substance […]Archive
May 12, 2015 by Simon Sweetman