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February 7, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 97 Post-Punk

The early eighties in Wellington was the best place and the soundtrack for me was what I suppose you would call post punk. It was a new type of music and I loved it – Echo and XTC, Furs and the Cure, Magazine and Joy Division, Dexy’s and Only Ones, Stranglers and Members, Japan and […]
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June 10, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 877

The Cure, A Forest [Single] (1980) I do love The Cure – but if I’m honest, dedicating a night to playing only songs by The Cure was hard work, I felt suddenly over The Cure, despite the huge and often wonderful catalogue. I guess I’ve never been a huge/true Cure fan, I’m a tourist. I […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 12", A Forest, Another Journey By Train, Green Vinyl, LP, Record, Robert Smith, Single, Stunn, The Cure, The Vinyl Countdown # 877, Vinyl ·

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September 20, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Playlist: Out of This World – The Cure DJ Set

Last night it was four hours of songs by The Cure in Out Of This World my DJ set featuring singles, b-sides and album tracks – from toe-tappers to wrist-slashers and back again. It was hard to choose what to play – but easy to find favourites and new favourites. No surprise to see plenty […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged DJ Set, Out Of This World, Playlist, Robert Smith, Setlist, The Cure, The Music of The Cure ·

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September 19, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

DJ Setlist: Off The Tracks Presents Out Of This World

Here’s the set-list for last night’s Out of This World – The Music of The Cure DJ set. Doors were at the earlier time of 7pm, a few records to warm-up and then The Cure from just after 8pm until around 12.30am. Thanks to all who made it along. Horrible weather. It was fun to […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged DJ, DJ Evening, DJ Set, DJ Setlist, Event, Out Of This World, Robert Smith, San Francisco Bath House, Setlist, The Cure, The Music of The Cure ·

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September 18, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1279

  The Cure, Mixed Up (1990) I like this album – always have. I imagine it probably wasn’t all that popular at the time – a few purists, big time fans of The Cure might have had a moan about it not being “the real thing” or some such. But it was probably quite a […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1990, A Forest (Tree Mix), Double, LP, Mixed Up, Remixes, Robert Smith, Signed Record, The Cure, Vinyl ·

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September 10, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1286

The Cure, The Top (1984) I can’t argue against the fact that overall this is one of the weaker albums by The Cure. Closer, even, to a Robert Smith solo album. He clearly wasn’t quite sure where he wanted the band to go, what he wanted it to be – and this was the tentative […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1984, LP, Piggy In The Mirror, Robert Smith, The Cure, The Top, Vinyl ·

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September 2, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Out of This World – The Music of The Cure: DJ Set

Okay, let’s line up another one, following on from Purple Reign – The Music of Prince: DJ Set  and Loving The Alien – The Music of David Bowie: DJ set it’s time for a night of tunes by The Cure. Again, it’ll be up at San Francisco Bath House. All vinyl. All night. All music […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Cure, DJ, DJ Set, Out Of This World, Robert Smith, San Francisco Bath House, September 19, The Cure, Thursday, Wellington ·

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February 27, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

This Must Be The Place: Film

This Must Be The Place Director: Paolo Sorrentino Trinity Film I found it best, 10 minutes in, to think of Sean Penn’s character Cheyenne as not just Robert Smith of The Cure, but Robert Smith of The Cure post-stroke. And maybe that’s why they couldn’t go there completely with this as any sort of official […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged David Byrne, DVD Review, Film Review, Paolo Sorrentino, Robert Smith, Sean Penn, The Cure, This Must Be The Place ·

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