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October 16, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Scarlett Sabet: Catalyst
Scarlett Sabet Catalyst Jimmy Page Records / JimmyPage.com Ltd Of all the terrible things Jimmy Page has done – including, but not restricted to: wearing dragon pants, dating 14 year olds, allegedly a kidnapper, writing and playing The Crunge, interest in the occult, the Outrider album, being Robbie Williams’ neighbour and endless Zep reissues/repackaging – […]Archive
October 14, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 236 – Demolition of the Century, Wellington, 2015
This was a good show – it was a spoken-word/theatre show by the writer Duncan Sarkies. And it featured live music (covers, originals and score) by Joe Blossom. I went along to review it – not sure quite how that happened, must have been asked along by Joe Blossom perhaps, or by Circa. But I […]Archive
October 8, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Bernard Fowler: Inside Out
Bernard Fowler Inside Out RHYME AND REASON RECORDS LLC Bernard Fowler has, for the last 30 years, been The Rolling Stones’ chief backing singer. He’s a journeyman vocalist that’s worked with Tackhead and Little Axe among others. And one day, during the Stones’ 2015 tour, Fowler stepped up at a soundcheck to deliver a tongue-in-chic […]Archive
September 22, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 247
Gerald Murnane, Words in Order (2018) I reviewed the album right here just recently – but now I’m celebrating its glory and existence on vinyl as is the way with this blog-series. Gerald Murnane, the great – and reclusive Australian writer – saw fit to play along with the folly of recording some of his […]Archive
September 6, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Gerald Murnane: Words In Order
Gerald Murnane Words In Order Culture Sack Last year word started to really travel about Gerald Murnane. Which is almost ironic, given the small-town Australian author doesn’t really travel himself. He lives in a town with a population of around 600 (Goroke) and has only been outside of the state of Victoria a handful of […]Archive
September 2, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Andrew Fagan: it was always going to be like this
Andrew Fagan it was always going to be like this (Independent/Bandcamp) / Plus1 Andrew Fagan is a poet. Has always been a poet. In and around the albums by the Mockers and his solo fare there were books. And readings. Performance poet. Poet for the page. Taking poems to the people, putting poems on the […]Archive
August 25, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
RNZ Reviews: August (2) 2019
Once a month or so I have a chat on RNZ on their Afternoons show with Jesse Mulligan. These things start – randomly and stop in much the same way. I hope to keep doing this. For a while at least. I think I started in December of 2015, so now four years into it or so… This […]Archive
August 20, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Kate Tempest: The Book of Traps and Lessons
Kate Tempest The Book of Traps and Lessons American Recordings/UMG Kate Tempest has been dazzling audiences with both words for the page and words meant for a stage – via volumes of poetry, plays, a novel and albums – and most often there’s been a rage to her voice that is palpable. She delivered one of the finest shows […]Archive
March 5, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Theatre Preview: Your Heart Looks Like A Vagina
Following the sold out debut season in 2017, Dominic ‘Tourettes’ Hoey brings his original autobiographical theatre piece ‘Your Heart Looks Like A Vagina’ back for a return season at The Basement Theatre in Auckland and to Wellington’s BATS Theatre in April. ‘Your Heart Looks Like A Vagina’ is a one man show that will bring […]Archive
August 16, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 4: Ramblin’ Jack Elliott – “Jack Takes The Floor”
I guess I heard about Ramblin’ Jack Elliott before I ever heard him – and though this album wasn’t known to me before reading this book and starting this challenge I did know a lot of the songs here, either these versions or some of them coming from the sources Ramblin’ Jack mentions (such as […]Archive
May 3, 2017 by Simon Sweetman