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Simon Sweetman

Wellington
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When did gigs become so exclusive?

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By Emily Writes, Chris Schulz Verified, Simon Sweetman
| Emily Writes Weekly
Last week, I went to see Kneecap - an Irish hip-hop trio with a punk ethos. My son absolutely loves Kneecap and we’ve spent many times in the car pretending to be Mo Chara and Móglaí Bap while our puppy stands in for DJ Próvaí. He texted me throughout the gig. Did I get a DJ Próvaí balaclava? Yes. Do I promise to take lots of videos? Yes. Can he share my Kneecap tee shirt with me? Yes. The next day as soon as he was home from school he insisted I show him every clip I’d taken on my phone.
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For Linda, From The Guns N Roses Concert…

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By Simon Sweetman
| Substack
Readers know, this newsletter goes out three times a week and Friday’s the regular for riffing on music. (Ahem, pun actually intended – you should intend all puns, or else not attempt them). Today’s one is a little different – though there’ll be a playlist (there’s always a playlist!) and it is still music-adjacent. Last night, we attended Guns N Roses at Wellington’s Sky Stadium.And by we, I mean me and my darling boy, Oscar.
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Remembering Hamish Kilgour

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By Simon Sweetman
| Substack
Very sad news about the disappearance and now death of Hamish Kilgour. I wrote a wee eulogy piece there in that link, as I do when the death of someone important has an impact on me, when I want to speak about their work, or a connect we had - maybe through the work, maybe through meeting personally. In the case of Hamish, it was both. I sometimes think there’s no finer music on this planet than what he and brother David achieved as two-thirds of The Clean. The mighty Clean.
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