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March 19, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: Video Store Homily
I worked in a video store – but only for a few weeks. I wish it was longer. But it was still a good time. And this was in the time of VHS tapes. Actual videos. I’d grown up, in some sense, in the video stores of New Zealand. Renting anything that needed to be […]Archive
February 3, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: I Used To Be Scared of Horror Films So I Watched Every Single One From The Local Video Store And Now I’m Cured
When I was a kid a rather stupid movie had a deep impact on me. It’s called Alligator. It’s from about 1980 – and I reckon we saw it just a few years after that. And in it, a pet alligator gets flushed down the loo. It ends up in the sewer where the bodies […]Archive
March 26, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 137: Britney Spears – “…Baby One More Time”
I never listened to this at the time – but I couldn’t avoid the videos for the big singles, particularly the title track. It was everywhere. This was a teen sensation – and it was pitched in all the right ways (or wrong ways if you think about it) to a broad audience. Britney Spears, former child star, was […]Archive
December 4, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Movies of My Life # 16: The Compleat Beatles
Maybe it’s because it’s hard to find and best remembered for what it represented (also: time/place) but I reckon The Compleat Beatles is the very best Beatles doco there’s ever been. It shits on The Anthology which is not terrible, but is, probably, far too much of a good thing. When The Anthology was released […]Archive
April 27, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Video Premiere: “Jezebel” by Engine Summer
Introducing the brand new video clip for Jezebel by Engine Summer. Engine Summer’s album, Trophy Kids is available now. You gotta hear this thing – so, so good, a glorious, infectious blast of 90s indie-pop with throwbacks to 60s garage rock – short, sharp, hooky, catchy. It’s everything good pop music should be. Whether you’re in with the in […]Archive
August 25, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
I Was Architecture Dancing When They Were 12: Remembering When Autozamm Wrote A Song About Me, Made A Video With Some Fat Goof Eating ‘Sweets’ To Get Their Point Across Then Promptly Deleted It When The Backlash Hit
It was weird. I wrote about how this band, Autozamm, seemingly a band (with a shit name) that no one gave a fuck about. I wrote about how they’d been funded and funded, they’d score so much money from the Govt-purse and done 5/8s of fuckall with it, max. They were garbage. But they kept […]Archive
August 1, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 523
Massive Attack, Mezzanine (1998) I remember seeing the video for Teardrop – and stopping in my tracks. It was a Saturday morning, it was peak-era for MTV and the whole integration of music/videos for me; you watched music TV, you took it in, it was how you found out about new stuff. I was probably […]Archive
April 4, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Short Film: For The Record – Southbound Record Shop
Check out this cool short film by Camaraderie – it’s specifically about Southbound Record Shop in Auckland, but within that it’s about records, our love of the format, what we find; a wee film that celebrates vinyl enthusiasts. For The Record – Southbound Record Shop from Camaraderie on Vimeo. A film where kiwi music enthusiasts share their […]Archive
February 8, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Video Premiere: Bluebeards and Monsters by Leila Adu
Introducing the brand new video and song by Leila Adu – please share and listen. Also available to stream and purchase from Bandcamp. Leila has recorded four albums to date, including working with Steve Albini. She has a new album on the way and works across improvisation, orchestral composition and other forms of music and […]Archive
December 6, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
You Must Remember This: The Aro Street Video Store
It was sad to read about the imminent demise of Aro Video. In a sense it wasn’t news, I’m a regular customer. I’m there several times a week – it’s near my doorstep, I know the owner, I know the staff, they’ve told me times are tough and business is hard work; a lot of […]Archive
August 26, 2015 by Simon Sweetman