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August 7, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: What A Gig. Weird To Say? So Be It.
I saw Michael Jackson in concert. Incredible. It was the mid-90s, you still had to line-up to buy concert tickets on the day they went on sale. That seems weird enough now – right? I woke up at 5am and got in the queue – it was already way down the street. When the first […]Archive
July 19, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Angel Dream (Songs from The Motion Picture “She’s The One”)
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Angel Dream (Songs from The Motion Picture “She’s The One”) Warner Bros. We’ve been lucky to receive a lot of great Petty reissues in the wake of his death. Not too much to get your head around, nothing so cynical it feels like a cash-in, and all respectfully done. The […]Archive
November 27, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: Moving Out of Vivian Street, 1996
The image is the early poems blowing down the street – comedy: I put the folder down for a split second I open the door, and in that moment the wind billows and to this day I don’t know what’s worse – that some of my poems are lost to time, or that someone, by […]Archive
June 30, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Richard Jewell: DVD
Richard Jewell Director: Clint Eastwood Malapaso Productions / Appian Way Productions / Warner Bros. Pictures Richard Jewell is the story of a security guard that went from national hero to chief suspect in a crushing blow for his own health and sanity and in an awful trial-by-media persecution that is just part of the downfall […]Archive
March 6, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 21 – The Seahorses, “Do It Yourself”
The Seahorses, Do It Yourself, 1996 Remember The Seahorses? They made one album – this one. And lots of people bought it – and then straight away sold it; some held onto it for a few years and then chucked it in the bin or traded it in… We bought it – and bought into […]Archive
March 5, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 159
Tori Amos, Boys For Pele (1996) The other week a guy I know on Twitter sent me a message offering me a copy of this Tori Amos album. No catch. He’d ordered it and doubled-up. He didn’t need it, had no use for it. He offered it to me. A simple – but very kind […]Archive
August 9, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 267
Beastie Boys, The In Sound From Way Out! (1996) I’m never not loving the Beastie Boys – but right now I’m right back into them, the 30th Anniversary of Paul’s Boutique had me sharing some memories – just how important this band has been in my life. And this instrumental compilation – which sorta deeply legitimised them, as producers and players and tastemakers, was a big part […]Archive
August 29, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 507
Garageland, Last Exit To Garageland (1996) This felt like such a breath of fresh air to me when it was released – well, maybe that’s not even quite right; it wasn’t entirely fresh, perhaps it was rather obvious where it all came from, but it was such a strong collection of songs. So much so […]Archive
March 14, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 568
Beck, Odelay (1996) I need to start a list…(another one) of albums I’m planning to get, to pick off; the must-haves. It’s probably best I don’t of course…but there are a double-handful of records I covet, this is/was one of them. Now I have it. Twenty years old – coming from that vital first decade […]Archive
November 24, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 604
Blur, The Story of a Charmless Man [Single] (1996) I was never that much of a Blur fan – not at the time. My interest in their music started after, when Damon Albarn started doing (more) interesting things outside of the band. I then went back and listened to the music of Blur through that […]Archive
August 23, 2016 by Simon Sweetman