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October 4, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 92: Madness – “The Rise & Fall”
It was probably The Young Ones that introduced me to Madness – and madness! And when I watched them, the first few times, I was a (very) young one and I thought it was one big long series of 12 eps, not two separate sets of six eps each. So I was impressed that Madness […]Archive
January 29, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 196 Ska
I think it was the killer basslines that hooked me in and the attitude as much as anything. When I first moved to Wellington in 1980 I guess I was still writing folk songs. Louise and I had found work at the Art Centre and I felt under pressure to write. That first Specials album […]Archive
January 25, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: The Selecter & The Beat (January 25; Wgtn)
The Selecter & The Beat Opera House Thursday, January 25 Two tones of 2-tone bands on the one bill and it seems The Beat and The Selecter take it in turns to headline; Pauline Black bounds onto the stage, her energy palpable instantly. It’s The Selecter’s turn to start the night, it’s hot and the […]Archive
January 24, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Selecter: Daylight
The Selecter Daylight DMF Music The Selecter will always be remembered for its part in the UK ska/reggae/punk explosion across the late 1970s/early 1980s, its debut remains a classic. And there is much to praise about this band – now multi-generational (in band make-up and audience) as well as multicultural and featuring a strong female […]Archive
January 16, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Bad Manners: NZ Tour 2018
Ska Legends BAD MANNERS bring their non-stop party back down under for a Greatest Hits Tour! Get your Tickets Now Fronted by the larger than life Buster Bloodvessel, BAD MANNERS setlist is all chock-a-block full of bouncy ska toons – ‘Lip Up Fatty’, ‘Special Brew’, ‘Just A Feeling’, ‘Skinhead Love Affair’, ‘My Girl Lollipop’, ‘Inner London Violence’, ‘Walking In The Sunshine’, ‘Lorraine’ and of course the […]Archive
October 8, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary #182 In Your Wound
It hurts to laugh and hurts to cry Nearly sixty years on the planet and this is the first time I’ve ever needed to be in hospital for my own health I did spend months in Dunedin Central at my son’s bedside when he was in a halo so I am quite familiar with the […]Archive
July 15, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 856
The Specials, A Message To You Rudy [Single] (1979) Geez I love The Specials – well, I love the first couple of records. You know they have to be one of my favourite bands that I hardly own anything by…one day I’ll get around to getting that classic first album on vinyl (I have the […]Archive
December 7, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: The Skatalites (Dec 6, Wgtn)
The Skatalites Bodega Saturday, December 6 Billed as the 50th Anniversary tour – for indeed a band called The Skatalites started recording and performing music back in 1964 – this was one of those situations where you could cynically talk about the band being a cover act, a tribute version of itself; one original member […]Archive
August 28, 2014 by Simon Sweetman