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October 25, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Newsroom: Simon Sweetman vs. Stuff

This was originally published on Newsroom’s Reading Room page I wasn’t there for the start of music journalism in New Zealand – but I was there for the death of it. Some would say I was part of the reason. But you should never read the comments. All I know is I was sent to […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Newsroom, Newsroom: Simon Sweetman vs. Stuff, Poems, Poetry, Reading Room, Robbie Williams, Simon Sweetman, Simon Sweetman vs. Stuff, Stuff, Stuff.co.nz, The Death of Music Journalism ·

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September 20, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 185: Paula Penfold

Welcome to episode 185 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat. Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved […]
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April 1, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

That Time Robbie Williams Shared A Lovely Picture to Only Summon Hate 

I attended a Robbie Williams concert. That alone should have just been the bizarre thing – as a music fan with a hunger to write I’ve stooped fairly low previously. I once interviewed Shaznay of The All Saints. I attended a Wing “concert” in a tiny function room in a budget hotel. They served tea and coffee […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Blog, Chav, Fairfax, Robbie Williams, Stuff.co.nz, That Time Robbie Williams Shared A Lovely Picture to Only Summon Hate, The Spinoff, Twitter, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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January 29, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Stuff.co.nz Reviews The Rolling Stones, December, 2019

The Rolling Stones are the world’s biggest band. We asked Darren and Tamzin, on holiday from the gorgeous Crofton Downs, what they thought  of the show.  “It was good. But they didn’t play all the songs I expected”,  said Darren.  “Yeah, not even Hey Jude, which I was calling for”, laughs Tamzin.  “I mean, I know they didn’t write it, but I would have liked to hear it anyway – I bet […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2019, December, Poem, Poem: Stuff.co.nz Reviews The Rolling Stones, Review, Stuff, Stuff.co.nz, The Rolling Stones ·

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June 22, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 69 – Jeremy Taylor

Welcome to episode 69 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. This conversation is me chatting with writer, reviewer, musician and record store guy, Jeremy Taylor. If he’s not at the counter offering his wisdom he’s in the back room at Slow Boat Records […]
Posted in Blog, Podcasts · Tagged 2nd Birthday, Chat, Christchurch, Cinematic, Comedy, Conversation, Critic, Episode 69, Film, Food Blogger, Interpol, Interview, Jeremy Taylor, Le Petit Chocolat, Lorde, Musician, Phantom Billstickers, Record Store, Reviewer, Rugby, Rugby World Cup 2015, Simon Sweetman, Singer/Songwriter, Slow Boat Records, Stuff.co.nz, Sweetman Podcast, Sweetman Podcast: Episode 69 – Jeremy Taylor, T Leaf T, The Omnivore, Throw, Timaru, TV, Two Years, Writer, Yeastie Boys ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Anonymous, Blog, Comments, Fan Mail, From The Archives, From The Archives: One of These Days, Hate, Hate Mail, I’m Gonna Sit Down And Write Myself a Letter, Letter, One Of These Days I'm Gonna Sit Down And Write Myself A Letter, Six60, Stuff.co.nz, Writing ·

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February 9, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: #199 – Robbie Williams, Wellington, 2015

It was going to be so easy…just a quick stroll down the road from my home, to a venue I was looking forward to experiencing; Robbie Williams wasn’t someone I was ever a fan of – but just from working music-retail (and reviewing) I knew his material, most of it anyway. Maybe he’d be the […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2015, Apology, Basin Reserve, Email, Fairfax, Gig Review, October, Robbie Williams, Spinoff, Stub, Stubs, Stubs: #199, Stubs: #199 – Robbie Williams, Stuff.co.nz, The Dominion Post, Wellington ·

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October 11, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Rolling With The Stones: A Lifelong Journey

Growing up the first two Rolling Stones albums I heard were Undercover and Dirty Work. Now, these won’t ever figure highly on lists of favourite Rolling Stones records, but I have a connection to them because, as is often the case with music, the first album/s you hear from a significant artist will remain a […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged A Lifelong Journey, Archives, Beggar's Banquet, Black And Blue, Blog, Blog Archives, Blog On The Tracks, Dirty Work, Exile, Exile On Main Street, Goat's Head Soup, Journeying With The Stones, Let It Bleed, Rolled Gold, Rolling With The Stones, Rolling With The Stones: A Lifelong Journey, Some Girls, Steel Wheels, Sticky Fingers, Stuff.co.nz, Tattoo You, The Rolling Stones, Undercover ·

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September 26, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Culture Club: Two NZ Shows (Dec, 2016)

Boy George and Culture Club will perform for the first time in New Zealand, two shows, playing Christchurch’s Horncastle Arena on Friday 2nd and Auckland’s Vector Arena on Sunday 4th December 2016. The 80s pop hits Karma Chameleon, Do You Really Want To Hurt Me, Church of the Poison Mind, The War Song and many […]
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September 4, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: Engelbert Humperdinck (August 31, Wgtn)

Engelbert Humperdinck Opera House Wednesday, August 31 Born Arnold George Dorsey, it is under the unlikely moniker of Engelbert Humperdinck that the British middle-of-the-road balladeer has found his fame – now on tour to celebrate 50 years in show business. At 80 he didn’t look a day over 77, and if, in his stage attire, […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Arnold George Dorsey, August 31, Dominion Post, Engelbert Humperdinck, Gig, Gig Review, Gig Review: Engelbert Humperdinck (August 31, Live, Live Gig, Live Music, Stuff.co.nz, Wellington, Wgtn ·

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August 30, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: Henry Rollins (August 28, Wgtn)

Henry Rollins Paramount Sunday, August 28 Those famous images of musicians giving it their all – locked in one with their instrument – John Coltrane with the saxophone stuck to his lips, Eddie Van Halen with his back arched but fingers hovering over the fretboard, Buddy Rich’s arms a blur of a whirlwind above the […]
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August 21, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 646

William Tyler, Modern Country (2016) The day before we went on holiday I picked up this record – I got it because I was a fan of William Tyler already (loved – Impossible Truth and the Lost Colony EP and totally sold on his sound). And so I only had one chance to give it […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged America, American, Highway Anxiety, Holiday, Holiday Record, Impossible Truth, Lost Colony EP, LP, Modern Country, On Tour, Record, Stuff.co.nz, The Vinyl Countdown # 646, Tour, Vinyl, William Tyler ·
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