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January 26, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Sly & The Family Drone: Walk It Dry
Sly & The Family Drone Walk It Dry Love Love Records It didn’t take long for these cheeky upstarts calling themselves Sly & The Family Drone to nab a following. The legend of punishing live shows where bits of drum-kit ended up all over the place and audience members were dragged in as ad-hoc percussionists […]
January 25, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: A Better Score
The music is almost always the first thing I notice about a film – it wasn’t always this way, and I can’t quite remember when it changed – obviously there are so many iconic themes we instantly think of from Star Wars and Jaws to ET and anything by Ennio Morricone, everything Quentin Tarantino chooses […]
January 25, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Shit 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 background. I was a kid. And rock guitar was my jam. And 1990 was the year that […]
January 24, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Robin Guthrie / Harold Budd: Another Flower
Robin Guthrie / Harold Budd Another Flower Darla Records Robin Guthrie and Harold Budd made music together on and off from the mid-1980s through until a few years ago. This is their final album – it was recorded back in 2013 and left unreleased until November, 2020. A week or so after it was released […]
January 24, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: Promising Dumb Punchline
Went and saw that movie Promising Young Woman and thought it was excellent – the whole thing, great film. Sad film. Funny film. Brilliant film. Was going to write a review – as a joke – saying that Carey Mulligan was brilliant of course but what about all the male actors. Why weren’t they getting […]
January 23, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
J. Pavone String Ensemble: Lost and Found
J. Pavone String Ensemble Lost and Found Astral Spirits It’s a leap forward for Jessica Pavone and her string ensemble with second album – Lost and Found. The idea of the ensemble seems fully cemented, the viola and violins to the fore, the drones are rich, there is a polish that never gets in the […]
January 23, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: The shed in the paddock miles from nowhere but I was there
ghostly silence frost on the window someone whispered footsteps broke
January 22, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Roberto Bravo: Tributo a Ennio Morricone
Roberto Bravo Tributo a Ennio Morricone JCM Discographica LTDA. The death of Ennio Morricone is still fresh, will resonate forever – he was one of the all-time greatest composers, conductors and arrangers for cinema and his works are so plentiful, so numerous that currently the old scores are being reissued and some are being released […]
January 22, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Books That Blew My Mind # 3: “Can’t and Won’t” by Lydia Davis
Can’t and Won’t by Lydia Davis I could have picked another book by Lydia Davis – I could have picked from a few and probably I should highlight Varieties of Disturbancesince that was my introduction to this incredible writer. But Can’t and Won’t – which I reviewed back when I read it in 2014 as […]
January 21, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: This Time (To Right)
“It’s pretty funny how you can just sit there and write a poem”, she said as I sat there writing a poem. “You don’t need the wind to be blowing a particular way or anything?” Well, there’s always a draft – so long as I’ve got a pen and some paper. And hope, of course, […]
January 21, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Nathan Micay: Industry OST
Nathan Micay Industry OST LuckyMe I really enjoyed the TV series Industry – and I’ve recommended it to a few people that have either hated it instantly or told me they’d already tried it and couldn’t get past the first episode. One of the complaints, too, was the film’s relentless music; sitting deep inside and […]
January 21, 2021 by Simon Sweetman