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October 25, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

On Song: Five Years Old/Five Years On

Five years ago I released a book. On Song looked at 30 of the best New Zealand songs, 30 of my favourites. We started with a long list of at least 100 songs and whittled and whittled. I say ‘we’ – I am referring to the publisher, Penguin. And me. I was commissioned to write […]
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June 18, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

From The Archives: One of These Days, I’m Gonna Sit Down And Write Myself a Letter

I used to get a lot of hate mail – and then that turned into ‘comments’ and now it’s being tagged in an angry Facebook rant, or whatever. Sub-tweeted, but sub-humans…It’s all fair in love and blogging. But I got pretty good at receiving and reading hate-mail and figured I’d be able to pass off […]
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November 23, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Beyond The Edge: Film

Beyond The Edge Director: Leanne Pooley General Film Corporation/Rialto Distribution We tell ourselves we know the story of Ed Hillary conquering Everest – and in so many ways, as far as we’re all sure, that is the story. So this documentary film lays out that exact story, the conquering of Everest by Ed Hillary and […]
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January 9, 2012 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1673

Jose Feliciano, Feliciano/10 To 23 (1969) I’m a Jose Feliciano fan – it goes back to being very young. But I had no idea I owned this album or even what it was until the other night. Found it in the stash and decided to give it a go. It collects, as the title announces, […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1969, Amor Jibaro, Blog On The Tracks, Fargo, Feliciano/10 To 23, Hey Jude, Jose Feliciano, Jose Feliciano Sings, LP, Six60, Steve Buscemi, Vinyl · Leave a Reply ·

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