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April 23, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Radio on the TV: My Top 10 All-Time Favourite TV Themes
The other day I was listening to Carl Stalling for the first time in a while – his bonkers-brilliant cartoon music puts you right there. You no longer need the images. The same is true of any great soundtrack composer, for film or TV. I regularly give Danny Elfman’s Music For A Darkened Theatre a spin […]Archive
April 4, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Trading: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
I often see posts on Facebook complaining/warning people to be careful when buying records from TradeMe auctions. The warning/complaint usually suggests that – essentially – things aren’t always what they seem. This is part of buying goods when you can’t see/test them first. You can view pictures, sure, but with something as tactile as vinyl […]Archive
February 25, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 577
Bob James, All Around The Town (1981) I’ve been collecting up Bob James records ever since I reconnected with the TV show Taxi and of course Bob James’ Theme (aka ‘Angela’) – from there it’s been to whatever versions of the Taxi theme I can get – the original album, Touchdown, the compilation of the […]Archive
August 31, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 641
Bob James, The Genie: Themes & Variations from The TV Series “Taxi” (1983) If you’ve read almost any of my posts you’ll know I’m obsessed with Angela – The Theme From Taxi by Bob James. I set off to someone’s house to pick-up my first ever TradeMe vinyl purchase just so I could get a […]Archive
August 9, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 656
Bob James, Heads (1977) There’s that scene in the Monty Python film, The Meaning of Life that I always think about – one in particular – they’re at the dinner party with Death, meeting their death, being shepherded out…and one of the characters, Michael Palin I think – in drag, says something about liking the […]Archive
May 4, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 703
Eric Gale, Ginseng Woman (1977) Some 20 years ago I moved to Wellington and started raiding the second-hand vinyl stores, there were a few of them then – and you’d also find people giving away whole- or part-collections, garage sales, all sorts. I guess that’s still the case, but the stores are shrinking. Limited market. […]Archive
August 26, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 831
Hank Crawford, We Got A Good Thing Going (1972) I was in Sydney the other week, but just for a few days. I like record shopping in Sydney. Some good stores. Only got into one this time. Only bought two records. And this was one of them. Slight punt this, in that I hadn’t heard […]Archive
March 25, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
TV Shows That Meant The World To Me: # 1 – Taxi
Taxi was an American sitcom – it ran from 1978-1982. I was just a kid – but it was one of those Friday night fish’n’chips family-sits-in-front-of-the-TV shows. The characters were colourful – well Louie De Palma (Danny DeVito’s breakout role) and later “the Reverend” Jim (Christopher Lloyd) were colourful and wonderful. They shouted a lot. […]Archive
November 25, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Walter Murphy: A Fifth of Beethoven [Reissue]
Walter Murphy A Fifth of Beethoven [Reissue] Hot Shot Records If you asked someone – now – what they knew about Walter Murphy, or if they knew him, they might tell you about his work with Seth MacFarlane – from writing/arranging for Family Guy he’s become MacFarlane’s go-to composer creating the theme tunes for his […]Archive
November 11, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 995
V/A, Moonlighting [The Television Soundtrack Album] (1987) Moonlighting – it was a big deal, appointment viewing. I was never quite sure why though – but Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd, and here on the soundtrack album they both get to sing. Wait! There’s some great stuff here too. I love Al Jarreau and his theme […]Archive
July 31, 2014 by Simon Sweetman