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February 17, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: The tuatara in the playground 

recently, someone was telling me that the tuatara in the playground in Cuba Mall (I call it a playground, it’s a slide and this fucking tuatara-thing) is the most pointless playground-thing around.
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Cuba Mall, Poem, Poem: The tuatara in the playground, The tuatara in the playground, Tuatara, Wellington ·

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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 […]
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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2016), 5.30pm, 6-9pm, 9.00pm, Blues and Groove – Prince Tribute, DJ Set, DJ Setlist, DJ Setlist: The Third Eye – Tuatara Temple of Taste, Friday, Jazz, LP, May 6), Prince, Records, Soul, The Story of Funk, The Third Eye, Tuatara, Vinyl ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 2004, 3121, Dear Mr. Man, LP, Musicology, Prince, Record, The Third Eye, The Vinyl Countdown # 737, Tuatara, Vinyl ·

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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 […]
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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2016), After-Work Drinks, Blues, DJ, DJ Set, Friday, Funk, Groove, Hip-Hop, Jazz, LP, March 4, Motown, PR, Promo, Records, Simon Sweetman, Soul, Stax, The Story of Funk Soul Jazz Blues and Groove, The Third Eye, The Third Eye – Tuatara Temple of Taste: DJ Set (Friday, Tuatara, Tuatara Temple of Taste, Vinyl ·

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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 […]
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June 10, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Preview: Sam Hunt and Riki Gooch – True Troubadours

Sam Hunt and Riki Gooch are performing three shows in the lower North Island this week – two nights back to back at Wellington’s San Fran (Thurs, June 12 and Fri, June 13) and one night at Masterton’s King Street Live (Sat, June 14) – Sam will also be appearing on his own on Sunday, […]
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