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March 18, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Pearl Charles: Magic Mirror
Pearl Charles Magic Mirror Kanine Records Pearl Charles reminds me of Weyes Blood – which is to say there is that throwback to the 1970s, to AOR and MOR but with the twist of modern vitality; a determined hipness that is never arch but which marks the work as more than just throwback; as its […]Archive
November 3, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Goodies – The Complete LWT Series: DVD
The Goodies – The Final Series The Complete LWT Series Madman In one of the saddest “Victory Laps” of all time (of all time) The Goodies took their unique brand of madness and mirth (or “Monty Python for kids” as one wag dubbed it) from an 8-season run throughout the 1970s with the BBC to […]Archive
October 31, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 227
V/A, Great Warner Bros. Spectaculars (1979) Okay, I’m drowning in soundtracks and soundtrack-compilations at the moment. And (mostly) loving it. The same guy that gave me this (and one of the sister volumes – love themes) also sent me a bunch of CDs; so I’m working through those too – finding some scores to films […]Archive
September 15, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Promises Promises: Back To Eric Clapton’s Backless
I come and go with Eric Clapton – particularly his solo career. I can’t make my mind up. It meant so much as part of the gateway, I got into a lot of stuff through getting into Clapton. But these days I hardly ever feel like listening to him. That said, I still like this […]Archive
August 14, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Cringeworthy: Theatre
Cringeworthy Direction: Andrea Sanders (devised by Andrea Sanders) Circa Theatre; Circa Two (August 10 – September 7) Cringeworthy comes to us from Andrea Sanders – creator/leader of The Beat Girls. She’s created musical shows before (usually for The Beat Girls to act and sing in) here she stars alongside Tom Knowles, Carrie McLaughlin and Jeff Kingsford-Brown in a knowingly kitsch (but utterly clever and classy) tribute to the […]Archive
April 23, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Completing the 1001 Albums Challenge
I had the 2005 version of the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die – I’d owned it for years and had a flip through the pages, but never really studied it. And then someone asked me how many of the albums I had heard – was it half? Was it all? I figured the […]Archive
January 24, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 152 – Martin Phillipps
Welcome to episode 152 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat. Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your Spotify library. This one was a long time coming – a […]Archive
August 21, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Ezra Furman: Lou Reed’s Transformer (33 1/3)
Lou Reed’s Transformer (33 1/3) Ezra Furman Bloomsbury Academic The death of the album – so greatly exaggerated. And the 33 1/3 series of books in tribute to classic albums (old and new) continues to trot out the titles. Here, musician Ezra Furman looks at Lou Reed’s Transformer album in this volume of the same […]Archive
August 7, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 80: The Damned – “Machine Gun Etiquette”
I don’t hate this at all – but I can’t say I’m hooked, wouldn’t have mattered if I’d ever heard this or not I reckon. Look, I like some of The Damned did and was about but it’s just that thing of this music existing at the wrong time for me, and/or me for it […]Archive
August 5, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 79: Japan – “Quiet Life”
I always love finding a New Favourite Album of The Year that comes from way back – this year my favourite album of 2018 not released in 2018 is – easily – Japan’s Quiet Life (released in late 1979). I have never listened to Japan. I’ve heard about the band, read about the band, thought […]Archive
August 1, 2018 by Simon Sweetman