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July 4, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: All This Trouble In The World 

Adolf Hitler just wanted to be a painter – someone should have given him an exhibition.  Take a  chance!  Charles Manson wanted to make records – why do you think he befriended the one Beach Boy that could surf? he wanted to soak up  the sound… he wrote some songs. certainly managed to get plenty of […]
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December 8, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Order

John Lennon said The Beatles were bigger than Jesus Charles Manson reckoned he was bigger than The Beatles I’d like to think my work is more important than…at least someone else’s (though I don’t begrudge anyone for trying) Jesus thought he could walk on water…
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Charles Manson, Jesus, John Lennon, Order, Poem, Poem: Order, Simon Sweetman, The Beatles ·

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November 29, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Five Films That Stay With Me: George Henderson

George Henderson was born in Scotland many years ago and has been creating music in New Zealand since the mid-1970s and releasing it fitfully since the mid-80s, mainly as The Puddle. In this our 21st Century he has taken a renewed interest in his so-called art and released a string of Puddle albums on his brother/drummer Ian’s […]
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