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August 27, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Beer With Me: The Ongoing Disaster of Drinking Being Matched With Gigs
Beer and music – we’re told, so often, they go together. The craft beer fellas have all aligned themselves with music, sponsoring gigs, even naming beers after bands. And anyone with a rock’n’roll story of a gig from 20 or 30 years ago often adds in some yarn about being boozed, sozzled, tipsy…or if they […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
March 4, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
DJ Setlist: The Third Eye – Tuatara Temple of Taste, The Story of Funk, Soul, Jazz, Blues and Groove, Friday, March 4, 2016, 6-9pm
My first time playing some records at the excellent Third Eye bar, the first time they’ve had a DJ I think. It was all about the comfort-food version of funk, soul, jazz and blues – a little bit of pop and hip-hop and electronica sneaking in there under the “groove” banner. I enjoyed it. Great […]Archive
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 […]Archive
March 25, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
San Fran presents CubaDupa Balcony Sessions: DJ Set/s
This weekend in Wellington it’s CubaDupa and as part of all that action – as well as offering a safe haven, a chance to have a break and look down on the action from up above – the San Fran is offering Cuba Street DJs playing their choice of CubaDupa-inspired music. They’ll be running sets […]Archive
June 10, 2014 by Simon Sweetman