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June 5, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

All I Am Saying Is Give Yoko A Chance

Yoko Ono. She is nearly 90. She might not be with us for much longer. I don’t think we’ve really appreciated her as an artist in her own right, for her amazing talents – and in her role too as the love of John Lennon’s life. That’s important – when The Beatles broke up both […]
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March 20, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

RNZ Feature: Music Feuds

I’m usually on RNZ once a month to have a chat about some new albums. But the other day I got the call up to present a Music Feature for the Afternoons show. The topic was Music Feuds – and so I discussed The Beatles/Yoko Ono, Simon & Garfunkel, Marvin Gaye’s divorce from Anna Gordy […]
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October 1, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 490

John Lennon, Watching The Wheels [Single] (1981) The best solo song by John Lennon – well, up there anyway, my personal favourite. A song I’ve always loved, one I link to trying to process his death at a very young age, at knowing that it meant something, one I link to understanding him as something […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1981, Double Fantasy, Double Single, EP, John, John Lennon, Lennon, LP, Mr. Holland's Opus, Ono, Single, Split Single, The Vinyl Countdown # 490, Vinyl, Watching The Wheels, Yes I'm Your Angel, Yoko, Yoko Ono ·

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July 5, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Claypool Lennon Delirium: Monolith of Phobos

The Claypool Lennon Delirium Monolith of Phobos ATO Records There is, in the end, nothing at all surprising about this collaboration between Primus’ Les Claypool and John and Yoko’s son, Sean. It sounds like the best bits of the music they’re known for separately. When a track gets too Primus-y, as on Captain Lariat, one […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, ATO Records, John Lennon, Les Claypool, Monolith of Phobos, Primus, Sean Lennon, The Beatles, The Claypool Lennon Delirium, The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger, Yoko Ono ·

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June 29, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Bob Gruen and Jody Denberg: See Hear Yoko

See Hear Yoko Bob Gruen and Jody Denberg Harper Bob Gruen has photographs from across the time Yoko Ono and John Lennon were bed-dwelling activists, through the birth of their son Sean and on to the present day. He charged Jody Denberg with the responsibility of matching choice quotes from Yoko and creating contextualising captions. […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Bob Gruen, Book Review, Coffee-Table Book, Harper, Jody Denberg, John Lennon, Photo Book, Photographs, Sean Lennon, Sean Ono Lennon, See Hear Yoko, The Beatles, Yoko, Yoko Ono ·

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August 18, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger: Midnight Sun

The Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger Midnight Sun Chimera Music How does it feel to be two of the Beautiful People? Pretty good according to Sean Lennon and Charlotte Kemp Muhl.  This second album under the Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger name is the best thing that Sean Lennon has done – and […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Charlotte Kemp Muhl, John Lennon, Midnight Sun, Psychedelic-Pop, Sean Lennon, Tame Impala, The Beatles, The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger, Yoko Ono ·

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March 2, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Cibo Matto: Hotel Valentine

Cibo Matto Hotel Valentine Virtual Label/Chimera Cibo Matto released two albums in the 1990s and then broke up. Sean Lennon was, briefly, a member of the group. And though there’s an obvious hipster appeal here, like a, erm, slowed down Chicks on Speed, it’s nice to have Cibo Matto back – back with their third […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Cibo Matto, Glenn Kotche, Hotel Valentine, M.I.A., Nils Cline, Sean Lennon, Wilco, Yoko Ono ·

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February 17, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band: Take Me To The Land Of Hell

Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band Take Me To The Land Of Hell Chimera Music Her heart is dancing and her mind is bouncing. She’s 80 – but it’s been that way for her entire artistic life, she even says so – literally using those words – on Bad Dancer, one of the 13 excellent tracks […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Double Fantasy, John Lennon, Kim Gordon, Milk and Honey, NY, Ono, Plastic Ono Band, Rising, Season of Glass, Sonic Youth, The Beatles, Thurston Moore, Tom Tom Club, Walking On Thin Ice, Yes I'm A Witch, Yoko Ono, Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band ·

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March 18, 2012 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1574

John Lennon/Yoko Ono, Double Fantasy (1980) I gave away my dad’s copy of this album – so had to buy another copy some years down the track. But this album was a staple growing up. The rule was that you skipped the tracks featuring Yoko Ono (far easier once the CD player came along). And […]
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October 19, 2011 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1801

Galaxie 500, This Is Our Music (1990) I bought this a couple of years ago – I’d enjoyed some Galaxie 500 and I had really enjoyed Dean Wareham’s book, Black Postcards. Also, I was interviewing Dean about his 13 Most Beautiful show. The album was a handy reference – as well as, you know, a […]
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