Author Archive
March 2, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Bill And Ted Face The Music: DVD
Bill And Ted Face The Music Director: Dean Parisot Madman If William S. “Bill” Preston, Esq. and Ted “Theodore” Logan had really faced the music they’d have deduced that a piss-weak sequel few were waiting for arriving like luke-warm soup some 30 years after it might have first been ordered was not actually non-heinous; was […]
March 2, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: Like and Subscribe
I took a long walk and listened to a podcast along the way – heard someone say that the secret to life was going to be on the very next episode. And then my battery went flat.
March 2, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
James Blunt: How To Be A Complete and Utter Blunt – Diary of a Reluctant Social Media Sensation
How To Be A Complete and Utter Blunt: Diary of a Reluctant Social Media Sensation James Blunt Constable I don’t know who first alerted me but I probably had the same reaction as many: James Blunt IS FUNNY! He was savage even. Just the right type of wit. It was wonderful to read his comebacks […]
March 1, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: Dude, Where’s My Bro Noun?
Dude is my preferred pronoun though I’m very pro nouns as a rule. I call a spade a spade. I lie in the bed I made. I’ll always tell you, my bro, who is number one and just what is number two.
March 1, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Diane Schuur: Running On Faith
Diane Schuur Running on Faith Jazzheads Diane Schuur, blind since birth, is one hell of a singer – and pianist. But here, on a gospel referencing collection, her first in six years, it’s very much about the other direction – the one above, nothing at all to do with down below. I’m pleased to hear […]
March 1, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
The Australian Dream: DVD
The Australian Dream Director: Daniel Gordon Madman This brilliant documentary, directed by Daniel Gordon from a script by Stan Grant, uses the story of AFL legend Adam Goodes – an inspiration on and off the field – to tell the wider stories of identity and racism. Goodes, winner of almost every single award going in […]
March 1, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: Dear Ngā Mihi,
Dear Ngā Mihi, thank you for the email telling me it’s a no. I’m curious, Ngā Mihi, not about your decision, more so about your name. It is beautiful. Did your parents give you that at birth or did you change it for professional reasons? Also, Ngā Mihi, have we emailed before or do you […]
February 28, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Melvins: Working With God
Melvins Working With God Ipecac Recordings Waiting for any new Melvins release (there might be three in one year and then a two or three year gap, it’s anyone’s guess) is tantalising and worrying; their albums can be frustratingly absurd or mesmeric in their riff-rattling intensity. And, hey, since it’s the Melvins, why not both? […]
February 28, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 281 – Cock, Wellington, 2019
A couple of years ago I went to see this play called Cock. It’s about a man’s bisexuality – specifically about how that places him in the middle of a woman and a man and how they push and pull at his feelings. He has been gay. He has been with a man. That relationship […]
February 27, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: Nostalgia Is Just Emotional Pornography
Those old boxes containing photos of the person you used to be are the type of cheap thrill no one pays for anymore – if at all. Fill the recycling, stock up on rubbish bags and remember the next time you clean out the car to wipe extra hard as you scrub the inside of […]
February 27, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Little Barrie & Malcolm Catto: Quartermass Seven
Little Barrie & Malcolm Catto Quartermass Seven Madlib Invazion I always rather liked Little Barrie, certainly the group’ s debut from around 15 years ago was a nice slice of British Blues Boom retro feels; all part of that wider retro-rock renaissance but there was something ever so slightly psychedelic about Little Barrie and they […]
February 26, 2021 by Simon Sweetman