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October 2, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: #148 – Kraftwerk – Radio-Activity, Sydney, 2013
It can’t be often you get to see two of the best gigs you could ever see in one night – well it happened to me once. Same band too – Kraftwerk playing their classic albums through one by one. Eight albums across four nights, two shows a night and I got to hear the […]Archive
September 11, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: #142 – Heritage Orchestra: Music from Blade Runner, Sydney, 2013
I think back now and perhaps I liked this show a bit more than I let on at the time. Well, no maybe that’s not quite it, maybe I explained myself and the show just fine at the time. But I catch myself thinking about this show – Vangelis’ music from the film Blade Runner […]Archive
June 25, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: #98 – Bobby Womack, Sydney, 2013
I was flown to Sydney, Australia for the Vivid Festival one year. A real treat – got to see some cool talks and shows, and I have friends in Sydney so I got to hang with them. I was put up in a hotel, I met some other music-peeps in Australia and was generally treated […]Archive
September 11, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Authors I Admire: # 5 Sylvie Simmons
I started reading about music when I was 10. That’s about when I started really obsessively listening to music too – buying tapes and reading music magazines. Then it was to bios – I read about The Stones and The Beatles and some of it went over my head but that was okay, I would […]Archive
June 28, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
R.I.P. Bobby Womack
Bobby Womack has died. He was 70. I was pretty sure he was so close to dead when, roughly a year ago, I saw him stumble and bumble his way through a concert in Sydney, Australia. He had not turned up the night before, two nights reduced to one. And he struggled. Almost immediately. And […]Archive
January 7, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
It Was The Best Gig Ever # 11: Kraftwerk, Sydney 2013
Here’s something that never happens – well, has never happened before – EVER – for me. I was flown over to Sydney to see Kraftwerk. Earlier this year. Man! It was the best. I’d have to think of the first Kraftwerk gig as the best of the year in 2013. One of the best ever. […]Archive
July 9, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1339
Kraftwerk, Radio-Activity (1975) A strange album for some, but I really like this. I wasn’t going to pick up the new vinyl version – until I scored a trip to Sydney recently and saw the album performed in its entirety. As part of the build-up for that trip I bought this album – it’s now […]Archive
June 7, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
Vivid Festival: Inside The Evolving World of Photojournalism, Photo Agencies and Newspapers
Inside The Evolving World of Photojournalism, Photo Agencies and Newspapers Panel Discussion: Museum of Contemporary Art Australia Saturday, May 25 Panel discussions seldom resolve anything they set out to, often they don’t even make it over the line – just leaving questions, the speakers either cutting each other off or they’re not guided correctly by […]Archive
June 3, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
Alan Cross: Kraftwerk – The Secret History
Kraftwerk: The Secret History Alan Cross Audio Joe/Amazon Digital Services, Inc. Alan Cross has pumped out a few Kindle Singles that trace around a band’s chronology. This one is about Kraftwerk and will take 20 minutes to read – max. And you have to wonder why there is a need for such things these days […]Archive
May 31, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
David Buckley: Kraftwerk – Publikation
Kraftwerk: Publikation David Buckley Omnibus Press Well this book arrived at a good time for me I guess. Already on a bit of a Kraftwerk kick I then get invited to review not one but two shows from the band’s recent Catalogue Series at Sydney’s Vivid Festival. Special shows they were too, particularly the first […]Archive
May 29, 2013 by Simon Sweetman