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April 9, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Greil Marcus: The History of Rock’n’Roll in Ten Songs

The History of Rock’n’Roll in Ten Songs Greil Marcus Yale University Press T-Bone Burnett is quoted, in this book, “Listen, the story of the United States is this: One kid, without anything, walks out of his house, down the road, with nothing but a guitar and conquers the world.” It’s a good quote – but […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Authors I Admire, Authors I Admire: #12, Book, Book Review, Cultural Critic, Greil Marcus, Historian, Lipstick Traces, Music Writer, Music Writing, Mystery Train, Non-FIction, The History of Rock’n’Roll in Ten Songs ·

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December 16, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 11 – Alan Stuart

It’s the final post of the year regarding the podcast – the final episode for 2015, here we have episode eleven – a chat with Alan Stuart. I met Alan years ago when I worked in music retail. He was a regular customer, we’d chat about blues and British bands from the 60s. We still […]
Posted in Blog, Podcasts · Tagged "Singer", Alan Francis Stuart, Alan Stuart, Blogger, Britain, Conversation, Cultural Critic, Discussion, England, Five Albums I'm Loving Right Now, Five Films That Stay With Me, Interview, Movies, Music, Musician, Podcast, Simon Sweetman, Songwriting, Sweetman Podcast: Episode 11 – Alan Stuart, Wellington, Wiseblood ·

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November 30, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Five Films That Stay With Me: Andrew Paul Wood

Andrew Paul Wood is a Christchurch-based writer, cultural critic and freelance curator. He writes for The Press, the Listener, Urbis, Architecture New Zealand, and a host of others. Recent work includes a translation into English of the New Zealand poems of German-Jewish poet Karl Wolfskehl, Under New Stars: Poems from the New Zealand Exile (Holloway, 2012, edited by Friedrich Voit), and a […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 'Three Colours', 2001: A Space Odyssey, Adam Sandler, Alien, Aliens, Andrew Paul Wood, Andrew Wood, Art, Art Critic, Art History, Blade Runner, Blazing Saddles, Bridesmaids, Critic, Cultural Critic, District 9, Film, Film Review, Five Films, Five Films That Stay With Me, Ghostbusters, Hannah Montana, Hollywood, Jem and the Holograms, Josie and the Pussycats, Jupiter Ascending, Labyrinth, Lord of the Rings, Melancholia, Metropolis, Movie Review, Movies, Paul Feig, Queen Margot, Remake, Sequel, Special Guest, Star Wars, The Dark Crystal, The Hobbit, The Karamazovs, The Man Who Fell To Earth, The Matrix, The NeverEnding Story, The Princess Bride, The Ridiculous 6, The Shining, Watership Down, Willow, Writer ·

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September 10, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Authors I Admire: #4 Clive James

He won’t be with us for much longer. And I’m really sad about that. It’s a little strange, yes, to be getting ready to mourn someone you didn’t actually know, never met. And though it might also be strange to essentially eulogise someone still living I’ve often thought that – in a lot of ways […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Australian, Author, Authors I Admire, Authors I Admire # 4, Authors I Admire: #4 Clive James, Clive James, Critic, Cultural Amnesia, Cultural Critic, Journalism, Memoir, Phantom Billstickers, Poet, Poetry, TV, TV Host, Writer, Writing ·

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