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March 10, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast # 249: Gavin Hewitson (Gavin Learns)
Welcome to Sweetman Podcast. It’s 2021. But I started this year with conversations recorded at the very end of 2020. Now we’re into fresh conversations recorded in 2021. And this is episode 249 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys Now – as you probably know, as […]Archive
February 10, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast # 245: John Wareham
Welcome back to Sweetman Podcast for 2021. I posted the first episode for the year just last week. And now it’s time for a new one – so this is episode 245 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys Now – as you probably know, as well […]Archive
September 2, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: America? Mate, It’s Fucked.
America? Mate, it’s fucked. (It’s being run into the ground by a lunatic). It’s got no chance for decades now. Maybe longer. (It might never come back from this). So hug your pop-culture tight and remember what you loved best from that place and think about the good folks you know (and maybe love) that […]Archive
March 26, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 23 – The Grateful Dead, “Shakedown Street”
The Grateful Dead, Shakedown Street, 1978 Maybe every single album by The Grateful Dead could be on this list – they really did make some fucking stinkers eh? But I kinda love most of the ones that people say are shit. Though I can’t say I’ve heard every Grateful Dead album, I haven’t even heard […]Archive
October 3, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast # 187: Mark de Clive-Lowe
Welcome to episode 187 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 […]Archive
March 21, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 160 – Hadassah Grace
Welcome to episode 160 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. I had a conversation this week with Hadassah […]Archive
January 17, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast # 151: Marc Taddei
Welcome to episode 151 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 to access each new episode; or […]Archive
November 29, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 144 – Reb Fountain
Welcome to episode 144 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat. Now – 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 to access each new episode; or via Anchor/FM you can get […]Archive
August 17, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 129 – Suzanne Vega
Welcome to episode 129 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat. Here I talk with one of my all-time musical heroes, Suzanne Vega. We are in a hotel restaurant and there is some background noise. Just a warning. What a thrill to meet her and speak with her. I flew […]Archive
June 9, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 66: Suicide– “Suicide”
Another of those bands/albums where I knew about it, knew I was “supposed” to have heard it, etc. But the truth, obviously, is I had not. I did know about Suicide. And Alan Vega. But mostly just from reading books that document the era, from seeing docos, from the history of music… I knew a […]Archive
May 25, 2018 by Simon Sweetman