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May 18, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Control: When An Old Anton Corbijn Interview Gets Chopped And Screwed For Somebody Else’s Mixtape Of An Article

I spoke in a recent episode of the podcast about a time when I interviewed the great Anton Corbijn ahead of the release of his movie control. It was a piece that had been commissioned by The Listener. In the time between accepting the assignment and delivering to deadline the Arts Editor had quit, his […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Anton Corbijn, Captain Beefheart, Control, Control: When An Old Anton Corbijn Interview Gets Chopped And Screwed For Somebody Else’s Mixtape Of An Article, Editing, Editor, Freelance, Interview, Joy Division, Music Video, Photographer, photos, Podcast, Some Yo Yo Stuff, The Listener, When An Old Anton Corbijn Interview Gets Chopped And Screwed For Somebody Else’s Mixtape Of An Article ·

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January 6, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1208

Janet Jackson, Control (1985) I watched our video-taped copies of The Young Ones so many times as a kid that I can remember the ads we’d fast-forward through, Fruju ice-blocks and Trumpets, and an ad for Janet Jackson’s album, Control. That ad sold me on the album – made me want to have it in […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1985, Control, Jam & Lewis, Janet Jackson, LP, Michael Jackson, Prince, The Pleasure Principle, The Young Ones, Vinyl, What Have You Done For Me Lately ·

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January 23, 2012 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1654

Janet Jackson, Rhythm Nation 1814 (1989) I went to a Janet Jackson concert. I had a mate who was a bit of a fan – a huge fan in fact. And this is not one of those “a friend of mine” type stories, where I actually mean me. I owed this mate some money, so […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1989, Black Cat, Control, Janet Jackson, LP, Rhythm Nation, Rhythm Nation 1814, The Velvet Rope, Vinyl ·

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