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November 1, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 26
David Bowie, The Laughing Gnome [Single] (1967) You quickly sort the true believers when you delve into David Bowie’s pre-Ziggy years. Or his David Jones years. Or really we’re talking about the bridging of them…some of the David Jones stuff became popular on the back of his world domination in the 1970s. I can take […]Archive
September 29, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
David Bowie: Ouvrez Le Chien (Live Dallas 95)
David Bowie Ouvrez Le Chien (Live Dallas 95) Parlophone UK The gates are wide open now, the David Bowie reissues and new releases are pouring. Some are very, very boring. Some didn’t need to happen. But there are some gems – of course. There’s gold in the vault, and probably a bit more to come […]Archive
June 27, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 31 – Queen, “Hot Space”
Queen, Hot Space, 1982 It should have been called Hot Mess! Amiright? Or amiright? Most Queen fans hate Hot Space, rate it as the one to not rate – its saving grace being the final track, the duet with David Bowie – Under Pressure. Apart from that? What’s there? Messy, meaningless, disco-tinged pop-crap that has […]Archive
May 13, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Adam Buxton: Ramble Book [Audiobook Edition]
Adam Buxton Ramble Book [Audiobook Edition] HarperCollins / Audible Adam Buxton’s autobiography/memoir Ramble Book exists currently in Audiobook form only – the print version one of many things put on hold by the pesky ol’ Coronavirus. Ramble Book in pages-form will arrive later in the year, meanwhile if anyone was going to do-over the audiobook […]Archive
March 16, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Tricky: 20, 20 (ep)
Tricky 20, 20 (ep) False Idols Tricky is one of the most distinctive, idiosyncratic voices in modern music across the last quarter century. You hear in every release how he’s taken from – and given to – the worlds of hip-hop, trap, grime, electro, pop and so many hybrid genres and then out into the […]Archive
January 14, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
John O’Connell: Bowie’s Books – The Hundred Literary Heroes Who Changed His Life
Bowie’s Books: The Hundred Literary Heroes Who Changed His Life John O’Connell Bloomsbury Publishing Much was made of the fact that David Bowie liked to read – he had a list of his favourite books, and it included so many classics. Outside of that there were interesting choices including journalism, memoir, contemporary novels… John O’Connell […]Archive
October 12, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Underworld: DRIFT: Episode 5 – “GAME”
Underworld DRIFT: Episode 5 – “GAME” Smith Hyde Productions Here we have EP 5 of Underworld’s Drift Project. It’s the most recent – and it’s the final installment ahead of a boxed-set treatment. We kick off with the brooding balladry of Toluca Stars (Film Edit), one of several pieces across the series which is both […]Archive
October 7, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Underworld: DRIFT: Episode 4 – “SPACE”
Underworld DRIFT: Episode 4 – “SPACE” Smith Hyde Productions The bangers and mind-bending delights continue from Underworld on this, the fourth installment of the band’s Drift Project. The first song, Listen To Their No, doesn’t quite do it for me, but there’s a sonic joyousness on display, it’s a bright – lovely – production. Just […]Archive
July 25, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 277
Ryuichi Sakamoto, Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence [OST] (1983) I don’t know how I arrived at this – because I’ve yet to see the film – but I imagine it was just as part of an exploration of Ryuichi Sakamoto’s work (which is ongoing). And I fell for this score on first listen. Hooked. But I can tell you something […]Archive
March 27, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 324
David Bowie, Lodger (1979) I love this album. It’s one of my favourite David Bowie albums. I almost never listen to it. I have no idea why that is. It wasn’t a favourite when I first heard it – it was just one that sat there in the CD collection, a part of the puzzle. But then I got hooked on […]Archive
January 10, 2019 by Simon Sweetman