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February 23, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

John Densmore: The Seekers – Meetings With Remarkable Musicians (and Other Artists)

The Seekers: Meetings With Remarkable Musicians (and Other Artists) John Densmore Hachette Books John Densmore was a pretty good drummer but he’s a really bad writer. So it’s remarkable that he’s now up to book number three! The first was a given – a book about his time in The Doors; no one could argue […]
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September 1, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 36 – Jim Morrison, “An American Prayer”

Jim Morrison, An American Prayer, 1978 I’ll always maintain that in terms of poetry, Jim Morrison had a spectacular voice. Maybe not anything special as actual poetic voice – but his spoken-world delivery was superb. He was just mad enough and insecure enough to want to try to believe everything he said. But quite apart […]
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June 18, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 290

The Doors, L.A. Woman (1971) It wasn’t the first album by The Doors that I heard – but it was the first I heard on vinyl, the first I owned. I got my copy as part of a stack; those heady discovery days, finding things and just constantly interested. I liked The Doors. Then I hated them. Then I liked […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1971, Cars Hiss By My Window, L.A. Woman, LP, Record, The Doors, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 290, Vinyl ·

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June 27, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Got Live Cos I Want It: 10 Important Live-in-Concert Albums In My Life of Listening

I know I’ve written about live albums before – several times, and I always will, I love live albums! – but I thought I’d give you a list of the ten live albums that I consider the most important. That is to say important to me, these lists are a chance for me to remind […]
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April 3, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

In & Out: My Understanding of The Doors

I have a love/hate relationship with The Doors. I don’t know quite what it is that makes me unable to make a firm decision about the band. I’ve learned to live with it. Between 1967 and 1971 the Californian rock band released six albums. I have owned all six of those albums on CD. I’ve […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Absolutely Live, An American Prayer, Doors, In & Out, In & Out: My Understanding of The Doors, Jim Morrison, John Densmore, L.A. Woman, Morrison Hotel, My Understanding of The Doors, Poem, Poetry, Ray Manzarek, Robby Kreiger, The Best of The Doors, The Doors, The Lizard King ·

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December 6, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

To See The Really Great Gigs You Must Travel: Overseas Highlights

Earlier this year I missed seeing The Cure, I missed a band I always wanted to see. But there’ll always be a few you don’t get to. I’ve seen more than most. Also, I was on holiday in America. So I couldn’t really complain – and didn’t. Also that same night I scored one of […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged America, Live Gigs, Live Music, Paul Williams, Peter Gabriel, Prince, Robby Krieger, Sleater-Kinney, Sting, The Cure, The Doors, To See The Really Great Gigs You Must Travel: Overseas Highlights, Travel ·

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July 26, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: Robby Krieger Band (July 23, Las Vegas)

Robby Krieger Band Freemont Street Experience, Las Vegas; NV Saturday, July 23 We are driving along The Strip in Las Vegas late on Friday night (having seen a Paul Williams show) when we see a car doing the rounds, towing a trailer, advertising a free Robby Krieger Band show the next night. Robby Krieger – […]
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May 11, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Some Late Night Junk

cars hiss by my window after 3 am Suzanne Vega again has the special stereo privileges and I’ve scored soul listening rights and it’s on these long, late, lonely nights with my empty coffee cup blues and eternal thoughts of what never was that I realize I’m lucky to push out anything that might resemble […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Cars Hiss By My Window, Poem, Poem: Some Late Night Junk, Some Late Night Junk, Suzanne Vega, The Doors ·

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April 23, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

R.I.P. Lonnie Mack

The great blues guitarist and vocalist Lonnie Mack has died. He was 74. And – there’s no other way to say it – he won’t get the column inches he might have otherwise deserved due to news of his passing being overshadowed by the death of Prince. Lonnie Mack won’t be on everyone’s radar – […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Blues, Eulogy, Guitar, Guitarist, Instrumentalist, Lonnie Mack, R.I.P., R.I.P. Lonnie Mack, SRV, Stevie Ray Vaughan, The Doors ·

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September 18, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: #145 – When You’re Strange, Wellington, 2010

This film about The Doors was playing in the Film Festival and I wasn’t planning to see it. Though I like The Doors (most of the time – anyway). But what I remember best about this was that I scored the ticket through Twitter. Maybe I was quite new to Twitter at that point actually […]
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August 31, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 827

The Doors, Morrison Hotel (1970) I loved The Doors. Then I hated them. Then I kinda dug them. It’s been on/off for 25 years or so…but I’ve always loved this album – even when I’ve not liked The Doors. I think this was actually the first full album I heard by The Doors (not counting […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1970, LP, Morrison Hotel, Peace Frog, Record, The Doors, The Vinyl Countdown # 827, Vinyl ·

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March 25, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Doors: Feast of Friends

The Doors Feast of Friends Eagle Rock Entertainment/ Eagle Vision/Shock The Doors’ Feast of Friends was an impressionistic documentary feature made in 1968, shown a handful of times and then buried. So now it’s here on DVD for all to see and padded out with a few extras. The original film – Feast of Friends […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 1968, Competition, Documentary, DVD, DVD Review, Extra Features, Film, Giveaway, Music Doco, The Doors, The Doors Are Open, The End, TWO Free Copies, Win ·
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