Poem: Abbey Road at 50
It’s The 50th Anniversary of Abbey Road which means it’s pretty much the 30th Anniversary of me listening to Abbey Road. It might not be the best Beatles album but it’s my favourite. And that’s always...
View ArticleThe Beatles: Abbey Road – Anniversary Super Deluxe
The Beatles Abbey Road: Anniversary Super Deluxe Capitol It’s the 50th Anniversary of the last album The Beatles recorded together – and its available in a spangling new package with a book and...
View ArticlePoem: We Listen To The Beatles
We listen to The Beatles because they’re the best band in the world – they mean the most to the largest number of people – and yeah, that’s changing and that’s all good too – but when my son asks me if...
View ArticleRe-Righting The White Album: Choose Your Own Tracklisting
When Steve Gunn was in town last week I recorded a conversation with him for a future episode of Sweetman Podcast. You’ll get to hear that soon and it was a lovely chat. By the end of it we were...
View ArticlePoem: It’s Been 18 Years Since George Harrison Died
When George Harrison died, I helped move a friend from her flat in Elizabeth St to her new place then in Tasman St From Mt Vic to Mt Cook, sounds like the title to a down-scaling book but this was just...
View ArticlePoem: The Chairman of the Bored
Frank Sinatra called Something by The Beatles the greatest love song of all time. Then when he sung it he ruined it by adding the name “Jack” to the end of the line about sticking around. Some people...
View ArticleRNZ Features: The Beatles one by one…
About once a month or so I have a long chat on RNZ about a particular music or a theme – for their regular Tuesday music features. Over the last two years, I’ve been slowly building up a chat on each...
View ArticleShit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 41 – Gary Moore, “Still Got The Blues”
Gary Moore, Still Got The Blues, 1990 There was a time when I loved Gary Moore – and it was mostly because of this album. I mean I was excited about his pedigree (Thin Lizzy) and his hard-rock...
View ArticleThat Terrible George Harrison Doco
I watched the Martin Scorsese documentary about George Harrison – it’s called Living in the Material World. I don’t get the fuss. It’s nearly four hours long. I sat and took it in one sitting. It felt...
View ArticleShort Story: The Day Harrison Died
When George Harrison died, I helped move a friend from her flat in Elizabeth St to her new place then in Tasman St. From Mt Vic to Mt Cook sounds like the title to a down-scaling book but this was just...
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