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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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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 – […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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 – […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
March 24, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
V/A: A Psych Tribute To The Doors
Various Artists A Psych Tribute To The Doors Cleopatra You could be forgiven for thinking this was a redundant exercise but as far as turning new people onto the music of The Doors – a rite of passage, surely, and there can’t be that many left – I’d recommend A Psych Tribute To The Doors […]Archive
September 24, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
John Densmore: The Doors – Unhinged
The Doors: Unhinged – Jim Morrison’s Legacy Goes On Trial John Densmore CreateSpace John Densmore, erstwhile drummer for The Doors – and man who never wanted any part of a late-career reunion as The 21st Century Doors or any other Doors-related name with a band sans Jim – is, it has to be said, right […]Archive
July 8, 2013 by Simon Sweetman