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May 22, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 251 – Rants In The Dark, 2018
Emily Writes wrote the book and then it was turned into the amazing play/show – and head of that 2019 run (and it went around the country to various spots – no luck this years, thanks Covid) it was trialed with a workshop-styled short season; they sought feedback and made a few changes. I got […]Archive
May 18, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 250 – Hawks vs. Huskies, Napier, 2019
Over the last few years I’ve got back into basketball – at first casually, and then with a lot more interest – even buying a ball and going back to shooting hoops and obviously I’m currently bereft because there’s not only no live basketball to get to (or watch on TV) but also I’ve finished […]Archive
May 16, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 249 – Rufus Wainwright, Wellington, 2019
There are these artists you like – maybe never totally love but always like enough…and Rufus Wainwright is a great example. I’d barely call myself a fan but this was the third time I’d seen him play – the first was a very special performance. The second was as opening act to Paul Simon (so […]Archive
May 10, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 248 – Suzanne Vega, Sydney, 2018
One of the very reasons I got into writing about music was Suzanne Vega – just a lifelong fan of her work and I remember saying to a friend, way back, that I wish there was an opportunity to write about her, like an essay or something (this was before there was anything much in […]Archive
May 6, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 247 – Norah Jones, Wellington, 2019
I had seen Norah Jones live twice – and not been all that impressed – but something happened last year. Well, it had been building over the last few years, the last decade even. I interviewed Jones – around the time that she released her fourth album; the first that I really loved. And then […]Archive
February 17, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 245 – Fleetwood Mac, Auckland, 2019
I wasn’t sold on seeing Fleetwood Mac again straight away – which is to say I was real happy for anyone that was planning to go, but I’d seen them and even if it wasn’t with Christine it was with Lindsey! (And I’m Team Lindsey all the way). But I’m also a Neil Finn fan […]Archive
February 11, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 244 – NOT Randy Newman, Wellington, 2020
In a perfect world I was to be up now writing a review – no doubt a frothing, rave review – of Randy Newman. I’d bought a ticket – I’d bought two (one for my dad as a birthday present) and we were going to go and see Randy Newman; his first time ever visiting […]Archive
February 4, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 243 – Yawning Man, Wellington, 2020
First gig of 2020. And I forgot to write a review. That sounds lazy doesn’t it. I write the reviews just for this site, for me – and for you if you’re reading them. And school holidays proved quite tricky to be timely with content. It’s been hard enough getting back into writing album reviews […]Archive
December 12, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 242 – Michael Houstoun & The Rodger Fox Big Band, Wellington, 2015
An intriguing musical collaboration – and one that has worked so they’ve repeated it – and when I say repeated it, it’s always a little different. But the classically trained pianist and the big-band leader and trombonist really do find some strange alchemy – on record and in performance. I’ve seen them a few times […]Archive
November 21, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 241 – The Beat & The Selecter, Wellington, 2018
It was a double-bill, in fact they were taking turns to headline (a cool idea). I reckon The Selecter might have had the better energy all up but The Beat had more songs that resonated with this crowd; so Wellington was lucky to get that order – The Selecter first and The Beat second. Shit […]Archive
November 12, 2019 by Simon Sweetman