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May 6, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

DJ Setlist: The Third Eye – Tuatara Temple of Taste, The Story of Funk, Soul, Jazz, Blues and Groove – Prince Tribute, Friday, May 6, 2016, 6-9pm

Back at The Tuatara Bar – a good jointto be at. And back doing a tribute to Prince – different from last Friday’s though. It was nice to be in a bar where it wasn’t about a dance-crowd. This felt like my send-off to Prince. Corny, perhaps, but I was really trying to tell a […]

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May 2, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Third Eye – Tuatara Temple of Taste: DJ Set (Friday, May 6)

This Friday I’m back at The Third Eye – Tuatara Temple of Taste to play some records. My regular night is called The Story of Funk, Soul, Jazz, Blues and Groove – and if you think that’s a long title, well, it’s a long story…but this week it’s a slight deviation – I’ll be doing […]

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March 11, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 737

Prince, Musicology (2004) I had almost forgotten I owned this record – I was in a music store in Auckland the day after seeing Prince and another customer (I didn’t know him) struck up a conversation with me, we were both checking out soundtrack albums and hip-hop stuff and he asked me if I had […]

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February 24, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Third Eye – Tuatara Temple of Taste: DJ Set (Friday, March 4)

The Third Eye – Tuatara Temple of Taste is kicking off a regular Friday series hosting DJs. Each night will be a different record-collecting/playing enthusiast showing off some aspect of their collection. I’m honoured to have the first shot at it, net Friday, which is also the venue’s first birthday. My night is called The […]