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August 21, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 176 The Record Covers
I started buying albums in the 70s and it was a great time for the cover artwork. I have to admit that was part of the attraction for me – those Hipgnosis and Roger Dean images grabbed my imagination. It was an essential aspect to enjoying an album for me. By the time the Spines […]Archive
August 8, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 519
Grayson Gilmour, Otherness (2017) I’m a fan of Grayson Gilmour – though I had let that slip over the last couple of year; he’s been a prolific force as singer/songwriter, band-member/collaborator, composer – and I’ve kept up with some, but not all of what he’s done…I’d forgotten, in that way that happens, about some of […]Archive
June 12, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 166 Marvel Super Heroes
Growing up in the 60s I think I probably first discovered them through black and white reproductions in English weekly comics like Smash or Whizzer and Chips. They reprinted early Fantastic Four, Thor and Daredevil issues and I really took to them – particularly the Jack Kirby artwork with the strange anatomy and alien landscapes.Archive
April 3, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Framing Vinyl: The LP Cover as Artwork
One of the things that vinyl has in its favour – and you’ll always hear a vinyl enthusiast trot it out as one of the virtues of the format – is the cover artwork; it actually works, it actually is (or can become) art. The CD has a lot of faults and though it seemed […]Archive
July 29, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Scott McClanahan/Ricardo Cavolo: The Incantations of Daniel Johnston
The Incantations of Daniel Johnston Scott McClanahan (Text) Ricardo Cavolo (Artist) Two Dollar Radio Here Daniel Johnston’s life has been lovingly paid tribute to in a rather exquisitely made graphic novel/biography. The non-fiction graphic novel can at times get bogged down when trying to find room for text but still have something to say, image-wise, […]Archive
May 23, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Adrian Tomine: Killing and Dying – Stories
Killing and Dying: Stories Adrian Tomine Drawn and Quarterly Adrian Tomine has published single-story graphic novels, ongoing strips and dozens of award-winning single panels, including many of the great covers for The New Yorker but Killing and Dying is a standalone set of short stories, connected by their themes of ennui, loss of hope, modern-day […]Archive
May 17, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Ohope Beach School Choir: Bird Song
Ohope Beach School Choir Bird Song Ohope Beach School The Ohope Beach School Choir – an open choir featuring years 0-6 (ages 5-10) – was asked to perform at the celebration for the 200th Brown Kiwi Release in the Mahy Reserve at Ohope Beach. Seeing the opportunity to turn this into a project, teacher Jenny […]Archive
December 30, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
My (New) Favourite Piece of Work
We haven’t been able to buy a lot of art recently – is there a more First World Problem sentence than that? – you don’t buy art when you have a wee kid, but you do get lots of new art anyway, fridge paintings galore… Anyway, my Christmas present was a new painting – the […]Archive
October 20, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 9 – Matthew Couper
Here’s episode nine of Sweetman Podcast now – my chat with Matthew Couper. Matt’s an artist, Hawke’s Bay born, now Las Vegas based. Matt’s also my oldest friend, in that we’ve known each other since we were three. We went through kindergarten, primary, intermediate and high school along the same strip in Havelock North.Archive
June 16, 2013 by Simon Sweetman