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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