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August 8, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Tour Diary: # 8 – Sydney from a 747

We fly through the night – which works pretty good, just the one movie, a couple pages of my book and then sleep, mostly sleep. Osc is out for most of the flight, which is great. I could have probably tried a bit harder to read more – isn’t that always the way – but […]
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June 20, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Playlist: Songs for Sam on his 40th

My mate Sam had a 40th and got me to be the DJ. He chose the records – from my collection. I chose the songs and lined ‘em up. We had a party. Oh, there were other people there too…it wasn’t just us. That would have been a weird and boring party. Well, weird anyway… […]
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June 19, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 24 – Bonus Ep, Sweetman Podcast Turns 1…A chat with Sam, a song from The Winter

Happy Birthday To Us! A wee bonus episode here with some shout-outs of thanks – to all the guests so far, to the incomparable LoFi Sheriff on the editing/production duties, to Riki Gooch for giving us the intro/theme music, to anyone and everyone for listening and of course to the sponsors L’affare and Yeastie Boys […]
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June 17, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

DJ Setlist: Sam’s 40th – Hawke’s Bay, Saturday, June 11, 2016

I was in charge of the music at my good friend Sam’s 40th – in charge, as in behind the decks. He’d hired them – and I had two crates of records to work through. My records but Sam had pre-selected a lot of his favourites for me to work with…our tastes quite often line […]
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December 8, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 781

Darcy Clay, Jesus I Was Evil (1997) I met Darcy Clay at one of his rare (instore) live appearances. There weren’t many. And shortly after he became a bit of a thing he was gone. Done. Not for this world. Not for long anyway. I wonder what he’d think – if anything – about his […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged [45], 12", Darcy Clay, EP, Jesus I Was Evil, Jolene, LP, Real Groovy, Record, Sam, The Vinyl Countdown # 781, Vinyl ·

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October 31, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 799

Sid Vicious, Sid Sings (1979) I remember seeing Sid Vicious singing My Way (on an episode of Max Headroom – I think?) and I loved it. That, as much as anything, was my introduction to The Sex Pistols. Before that – they were just names (‘Sid Vicious’, ‘Sex Pistols’) but that footage intrigued me, made […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1979, LP, My Way, Record, Sam, Sid Sings, Sid Vicious, The Sex Pistols, The Vinyl Countdown # 799, Vinyl ·

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July 9, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 859

The Kingsmen, The Best of the Kingsmen (1985) My friend Sam flies over from Sydney for the weekend. He calls beforehand, says, “you need any vinyl or anything?” So I give him a list – tell him to look for early Paul Kelly or The Go-Betweens. I can get most anything else. Maybe a couple […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1985, Australia, Best, Best Of, Compilation, Little Latin Lupe Lu, Louie Louie, LP, Midnight Oil, Paul Kelly, Record, Sam, Sydney, The Best of The Kingsmen, The Go-Betweens, The Kingsmen, The Vinyl Countdown # 859, Vinyl ·

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