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June 21, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Now We Are Four: Sweetman Podcast’s 4th Birthday, yo!
Each week I share a conversation that I’ve had with a musician or writer or artist, filmmaker, actor – a “creative” (and I loathe that term). We talk about who they are and how they’ve become that person, the steps they take, the art they make, the world they occupy – and whatever is on […]Archive
November 23, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Heroes Live: #4 – Bob Dylan
You will have to trust that I was going to write about Bob Dylan anyway. It’s time to mark him down in my files just as I have with Neil Young and Mike Nock and Paul Simon (and you can click those links to read the entries about each of them) in my series “Heroes […]Archive
October 19, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
Great Kiwi Albums You Must Revisit: #4 The Islander
Some days I prefer Twist and Lament For The Numb – but The Islander is a special album for me, it’s always the first of Dobbyn’s albums I return to; the one that reminds me of his talent, of how his talent stretches far beyond the simple, crude criticisms of him as a sloganeering riff-writing […]Archive
October 12, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
Classic Albums I Can’t Ever Listen To Again: #4 Captain Beefheart, Trout Mask Replica
Trout Mask Replica is not an album, it’s conceptual art – like most conceptual art it fucking stinks. Because it exists to mock those who don’t get/don’t like it. Oh, I meant to start by saying I love the shit out of Captain Beefheart. The good Captain’s music gets better with time. Every time I […]Archive
September 25, 2013 by Simon Sweetman