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August 1, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 178: Steve Francis (Bulletbelt)   

Welcome to episode 178 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. Steve Francis is the drummer and driving force behind […]
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October 16, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Always Starting, Never Ending

jesus, FUCK! – Alan Bennett is 83. I better get watching – and reading – his books, his TV, his films, scripts… Shit! There’s too much for me. (I’ve read some, seen some – but there’s much to revisit, and so much to try, to find, to hunt, to line up). A name gets mentioned, […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Actors, Alan Bennett, Always Starting, Always Starting Never Ending, Art, artists, Bob Dylan, Books, Clive James, Comedians, Comics, Film, Filmmakers, Garry Trudeau, Graphic Novels, Herbie Hancock, Joan Didion, Musicians, Never Ending, Norman Lear, Patti Smith, Peter Cook, Plays, Poem, Robert Crumb, Roger McGough, Theatre, Tracey Ullman, TV, Tyshawn Sorey, Woody Allen, Writers ·

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July 6, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Noah Van Sciver: Fante Bukowski Two

Fante Bukowski Two Noah Van Sciver Fantagraphics; 1 edition I was a huge fan of Noah Van Sciver’s first iteration of Fante Bukowski; so much so I swiftly studied up on some of his other comics – but I loved this despicable character of Fante Bukowski, a self-appointed literary hero; self-assured but also clueless – […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2, Book, Book Review, Cartoon, Charles Bukowski, Comic, Comics, Fante Bukowski, Fante Bukowski Two, Graphic Novel, Graphic Novella, John Fante, Noah Van Sciver, Noah Van Sciver: Fante Bukowski Two, Satire, Sequel, Two, Writers, Writing, Zine ·

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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.
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged #166, Art, Artist, Artwork, Batman, Captain America, Cartoon, Comic Books, Comics, Daredevil, DC, Doctor Strange, Excelsior, Fabulous Four, Fantastic Four, Frank Miller, Graphic Novels, Guest Blog, Guest Post, Hulk, Iron Man, Jack Kirby, Jim Steranko, Jon Mcleary, Keigh Griffen, Legion of Superheroes, Love and Rockets, M-Men, Music, Neal Adams, Nick Fury, NME, Painting, Revengerss, Smash, Spiderman, Spines, Stan Lee, Teenager, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 166 Marvel Super Heroes, The Spines, Thor, War Stories, Wellington, Wgtn, Wizzer and Chips, Writing, X-Men ·

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June 6, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Life, Animated: DVD

Life, Animated Director: Roger Ross Williams A&E Television Networks, LLC/Madman Entertainment Owen Suskind was a normal, happy kid. Until he was three. Almost overnight he seemed locked in, his development halted. A profound autism the diagnosis. He was bullied at school and became further locked in a world of his own; his sanctuary – Disney’s […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Animated, Animated Films, Animation, Autism, Cartoon, Comic, Comics, Disney, Doco, Documentary, DVD, DVD Review, Film Review, Life, Life Animated, Movie, Movie Review, Owen Suskind, Roger Ross Williams, Ron Suskind ·

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June 6, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 687

Fred Waring And His Pennsylvanians, Song Hits From Walt Disney Films (1952) A recent find from the “Dump Shop”. We sometimes pop into the Recycle Centre and see what’s there…I’m never looking for anything, as such, and not expecting much. But this was quite the week gem, particularly as there’s a lot of talk about […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged [OST], 1952, 78, Cartoons, Comics, Disney, Disneyland, Fred Waring, Fred Waring And His Pennsylvanians, LP, Movies, Record, Song Hits From Walt Disney Films, Songs, Soundtrack, SoundtrackS, The Vinyl Countdown # 687, Vinyl, Walt Disney, Zip-A-Dee Doo-Dah ·

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November 2, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 32 The Blood Group

In 1984 when I became a father for the first time I rediscovered comics. We were living then in a huge warehouse with a big Dr Strange window down one end and it seemed appropriate. They had come a long way since I had read them as a kid in the 60s – there were […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Art, Blood Group, Comics, Guest Blog, Jon Mcleary, Music, Spines, The Brain, The Ghost of Electricity, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary, The Spines, War Stories, War Stories # 32, Wellington, Writing ·

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