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March 9, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 40: Traffic – “John Barleycorn Must Die”
Here’s an example – I’m sure there’s been one or two others so far – of me actually being surprised that I hadn’t heard this. If anyone asks, I’ll tell them I like Traffic – but there’s a fairly sizeable catalogue of great music there I still need to discover. The only original Traffic album […]Archive
February 26, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 746
Cliff Martinez, Solaris [OST] (2002) I was already a Cliff Martinez fan, I found out about him through bargain-bin CD shopping; I’d pick up $1 albums to try things out (the Spotify of its day/time, the YouTube of back-then). And so I found out at Martinez, he’d scored a couple of films I liked and […]Archive
September 2, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 826
Steve Winwood, Talking Back To The Night (1982) My dad had the 80s Steve Winwood tapes in the car and we thought he was brilliant. And then I remember watching a doco about rock’n’roll a few years on and finding out that this pop guy was in a couple of bands back when he was […]Archive
February 14, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 948
Steve Winwood, Arc of a Diver (1980) I dig Steve Winwood – incredible start, prodigy, all that great music early on, a couple of decent groups (three great groups actually, though one only lasted for a few months and had too much weight on its shoulders at the get-go). And then, eventually, a solo career. […]Archive
February 4, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
We Lost 17 People This Summer On Our Roads, The Cops Made Lots of Money Though
I’m echoing sentiments expressed by Duncan Garner in the Dominion Post here when I say that the zero tolerance speed policy over the Christmas holiday period for NZ roads (then extended due to the higher road toll) was an astronomical failure. A simple way of the police topping up its revenue – it deserves all […]Archive
January 9, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 969
Neil’s Heavy Concept Album (1984) There are times where my record-buying is entirely nostalgia-based. I see something – on vinyl! – that I knew in a former life. I knew it perhaps as a CD or more likely a tape. Sometimes I knew it when it was part of my mum and dad’s record collection. […]Archive
July 17, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
Side Effects: DVD
Side Effects Director: Steven Soderbergh Open Road Films We keep hearing that Steven Soderbergh is done with directing films – and he keeps mixing it up by adding in documentaries and TV episodes and of course his (often) maddening “exercises”. But it’s a remarkable body of work – particularly when you look at the highlights. […]Archive
February 3, 2012 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1640
Jim Capaldi, Oh How We Danced (1972) As I was saying recently I’ve become a really big fan, just recently, of Eric Clapton’s self-titled album. When I owned it on cassette tape – while I was buying up Clapton stuff – I didn’t care for it all that much. Now it’s my favourite album by […]Archive
June 19, 2011 by Simon Sweetman