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December 10, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 202
Paul McCartney, Pipes of Peace (1983) Of all the Paul McCartney material to be reissued this is the one I hated the most hearing it the second time around – I had lost love for it, rather than gained any. And I say that as a fan of the title track purely because my intermediate […]Archive
November 21, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 16 – Paul McCartney, “Give My Regards To Broad Street”
Paul McCartney, Give My Regards To Broad Street, 1984 John Lennon makes a good greatest hits – Paul McCartney less so. With Paul it’s an album-by-album thing; he doesn’t excerpt well. Maybe because his biggest solo hits have been the “cheese” that turns so many off him. There’s certainly a lot of buried treasure in […]Archive
November 13, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Re-Righting The White Album: Choose Your Own Tracklisting
When Steve Gunn was in town last week I recorded a conversation with him for a future episode of Sweetman Podcast. You’ll get to hear that soon and it was a lovely chat. By the end of it we were geeking out over The Beatles and many other things to do with music. And then […]Archive
October 29, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Ringo Starr: What’s My Name
Ringo Starr What’s My Name Ringo Starr Every other Ringo Starr album is “the best thing he’s done in 30 years” – no one checks to see what album came out 30 years ago when they say that, they just assume it’s the requisite amount of distance. The alternate ones are dogshit and best forgotten, […]Archive
October 17, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: We Listen To The Beatles
We listen to The Beatles because they’re the best band in the world – they mean the most to the largest number of people – and yeah, that’s changing and that’s all good too – but when my son asks me if this is a Paul or a John or a George song, or tells […]Archive
September 30, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Beatles: Abbey Road – Anniversary Super Deluxe
The Beatles Abbey Road: Anniversary Super Deluxe Capitol It’s the 50th Anniversary of the last album The Beatles recorded together – and its available in a spangling new package with a book and outtakes and straight away you might wonder if you need to purchase it again and the answer is, ultimately that you will […]Archive
September 29, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: Abbey Road at 50
It’s The 50th Anniversary of Abbey Road which means it’s pretty much the 30th Anniversary of me listening to Abbey Road. It might not be the best Beatles album but it’s my favourite. And that’s always been the way. And yes, there are new mixes and outtakes – but today to celebrate we took the […]Archive
May 29, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast # 170: Gregg Bissonette
Welcome to episode 170 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat. Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your Spotify library. Here’s a 35-minute conversation I nabbed with […]Archive
May 26, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: Gregg Bissonette Drum Workshop (May 26, Wgtn)
Gregg Bissonette: Drum Workshop Memorial Theatre, Victoria University of Wellington Sunday, May 26 American session-star drummer Gregg Bissonette is in the country as part of Rodger Fox’s touring Jazz Gala and ahead of those concerts for a series of drum workshops. He’s been to New Zealand a bunch of times – some 20 years ago as a clinician and more recently as the […]Archive
May 9, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Gregg Bissonette Drum Clinics in NZ: May 2019
As part of the Jazz Gala featuring Gregg Bissonette the legendary session drummer will also be performing a set of drum clinics. Gregg can be heard, across the years, on albums by Joe Satriani and David Lee Roth, he’s now a regular touring drummer for the Ringo Starr All-Starr Band, he’s an in-demand clinician and has played […]Archive
March 5, 2019 by Simon Sweetman