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July 28, 2022 by Simon Sweetman
What A Good Score! – #19: Hannah And Her Sisters by Various
These days it is both deeply uncool and hugely problematic to mention almost anything to do with Woody Allen. In my teens and through my early 20s I was such a fan of his work. I continue to be a fan of that work that I loved then – most of it, anyway. He’s made […]Archive
July 27, 2022 by Simon Sweetman
Melbourne Record Stores
I went hog-wild in Melbourne record stores. My mate Ryan met me in Fitzroy at 10am, right when some of the record shops start opening. A few don’t open until 11, and we missed some of them as a result. I had eyes only for the soundtrack section – and I came away with 11 […]Archive
June 29, 2022 by Simon Sweetman
Going Back To Lou Reed: Time To Revisit His Strange, Wonderful, Weird Catalogue
It was strange when Lou Reed died. I wasn’t all that sad, concerned, upset; he was 71 – he started cheating death in his 30s. And though he’d been a clean-living portrait of near-enough-to-health for the last 20 years and most of the last 30 years, time was always going to catch up; the indulgences […]Archive
May 16, 2022 by Simon Sweetman
Where Have All The Kiwi Soundtracks Gone?
My fascination with film scores – listening to them, collecting them – began with a New Zealand movie. But you wouldn’t have such luck now. When I was a kid the Footrot Flats movie, A Dog’s Tail Tale, was a local blockbuster. It was at the cinemas, at a time when not every Kiwi film […]Archive
May 13, 2022 by Simon Sweetman
Everything Must Go: My Last Time At The Record Fair
Today I will be at A Vinyl Affair – Wellington’s Record Fair. I am pretty sure it will be my last time selling records there. Not because it’s a bad time – it’s a great time and a great place, but because it’s the end of the road for me as a record sell. Last […]Archive
May 10, 2022 by Simon Sweetman
Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 53 – Iggy Pop, “Brick By Brick”
Iggy Pop, Brick By Brick, 1990 When I was 15 I loved this. And I loved it because of the music on it, sure. But I loved it, first of all, because I had found the poster in a music store, given it from the counter-staff to hang on my wall. I thought it was […]Archive
April 23, 2022 by Simon Sweetman
Playlist: Phil Spector’s Greatest Hits
Okay, okay, Phil Spector is obviously a despicable – and probably fully cancelled – individual. But the music he made, stood over, demanded from people…that’s not going anywhere. Some of it is some of the best music ever. Almost all of it is worth savouring. I recently found a very cool single-LP greatest hits album – […]Archive
April 14, 2022 by Simon Sweetman
What A Good Score! – #12: Eyes Wide Shut by Jocelyn Pook + Various
So many great soundtracks I’ve given away, lost, sold, traded, ditched. And one that springs to mind instantly, one I’ll be getting back a.s.a.f.p is Eyes Wide Shut’s soundtrack. Not a full score – it includes some songs too (but most of them are great) it’s a stunning set of music to a film that […]Archive
April 2, 2022 by Simon Sweetman
What A Good Score! – #11: The Young & The Restless by Various
The music haunted me somewhat. In a way. I remember it so deeply from childhood. I wasn’t a fan of the show. But my mum was – it had started a few years before I was born, probably in perfect time for my older brother to start pre-school, I guess. And also, it was scheduled […]Archive
March 29, 2022 by Simon Sweetman
A Vinyl Affair – Wellington’s Record Fair: Saturday, May 14, 2022
Things are coming back. Well, it’s all still fingers crossed very much. But we can start to make plans again. One of the things that’s coming back is Wellington’s Record Fair: A Vinyl Affair. A chance for sellers to sell, for buyers to buy, for vinyl fans to hear great music (DJs all day) and get bargains, […]Archive
March 20, 2022 by Simon Sweetman